sort of people.
—If we can’t recruit the people then pay attention to the trees. We can recruit bushes to hide behind. We can recruit rocks to throw. Anything we can use when they try to come get us. Look over there.
—It’s a back porch. What?
—The barbecue grill has a propane tank we can recruit.
19
Angel and Susan make a plan .
—How much farther do we have to walk?
—It’s bracing. The night air will wake you up. I feel more and more alive the later it gets. Fuck!
—I feel like shit.
—Are you sleepy?
—I’m drunk.
—So you’re not really gonna go meet that guy later tonight?
—Do you think we should?
—We
didn’t tell him we would, Susan—
you
did.
—You were there.
—Yeah, I was standing right there beside you, wondering what the fuck you were doing.
—He wouldn’t let us go unless we promised.
—No one can make you do anything, Susan. No one tells you when you can leave a party. Or what you have to promise. Not if you’re the sort of person who sticks to her word. That kind of person has willpower and nobody can ever manipulate her.
—Are you saying I don’t keep my word?
—I’m saying Malcolm expects you to break it. He thinks if he tells us to stay inside that we have to. But you already told someone else youwere going back out. You have to decide what sort of werewolf you’re gonna be.
—What do you mean?
—Malcolm’s not your boss.
—Neither are you.
—I don’t care either way.
—You’re trying to get me to cross Malcolm so that he’ll look stupid. That’s not cool.
—He doesn’t need my help.
—Then why are you bothering me about it?
—You got me involved. When I asked Craig if you could borrow his watch so you could be there on time, I didn’t know you were lying.
—You didn’t borrow anything.
—It’s only stolen if you don’t keep your word. That means
you’re
the thief. Not me.
—I’m not a thief.
—There’s no bad karma from stealing food or anything you need to survive. The universe understands necessity. But if you steal things by lying or by stealing someone’s affection—that can bring you a serious curse. You’ll see.
—Will you go with me?
—You’re gonna go meet him?
—Tell me what you think I should do.
—I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do, Susan. I’m gonna wait until we get to this new house, then I’m gonna see how far it is and how safe it is, and wait until we get settled, and see what kind of bed I’m gonna be able to curl up in, and how late it is. Then, no matter what, I’m gonna make myself get up and go meet him, because I fucking said I would.
—I didn’t take you for being a “man of your word” kind of girl.
—Doing what you say is the only kind of magic I know. It’s the only real magic. If I say I’m gonna transform into a werewolf, then I have to do it. Otherwise it’s just a fairy tale.
—Say you’ll help me. Give me your word on that.
—I’ll make sure that Craig gets his watch back.
—Cool. Thank you.
—You can just give it to me. If you’re too drunk or tired then just give me the watch and I’ll take it to Craig if you don’t wanna go with me.
—I didn’t say I don’t wanna go with you.
—All right. We’ll see.
20
This place is awesome .
—It’s a two-story house.
—Three stories. There’s a basement with a badass stereo system. The speakers are like four feet tall.
—And there must be five bedrooms upstairs.
—Did you see the clothes in the girl’s room?
—The
pink
girl’s room or the
baby blue
girl’s room?
—I’ve never been in a house that has three stories before.
—There’s
two
girl’s rooms?
—And they both have cool clothes.
—Food in the kitchen. Food in the basement. And there’s even a mini-fridge in the master bath.
—Who needs to eat while they shit?
—I’m gonna pawn everything brass in this house.
—The paintings are even cool.
—I think there’s two girls. I think one of them must be off at
—If we can’t recruit the people then pay attention to the trees. We can recruit bushes to hide behind. We can recruit rocks to throw. Anything we can use when they try to come get us. Look over there.
—It’s a back porch. What?
—The barbecue grill has a propane tank we can recruit.
19
Angel and Susan make a plan .
—How much farther do we have to walk?
—It’s bracing. The night air will wake you up. I feel more and more alive the later it gets. Fuck!
—I feel like shit.
—Are you sleepy?
—I’m drunk.
—So you’re not really gonna go meet that guy later tonight?
—Do you think we should?
—We
didn’t tell him we would, Susan—
you
did.
—You were there.
—Yeah, I was standing right there beside you, wondering what the fuck you were doing.
—He wouldn’t let us go unless we promised.
—No one can make you do anything, Susan. No one tells you when you can leave a party. Or what you have to promise. Not if you’re the sort of person who sticks to her word. That kind of person has willpower and nobody can ever manipulate her.
—Are you saying I don’t keep my word?
—I’m saying Malcolm expects you to break it. He thinks if he tells us to stay inside that we have to. But you already told someone else youwere going back out. You have to decide what sort of werewolf you’re gonna be.
—What do you mean?
—Malcolm’s not your boss.
—Neither are you.
—I don’t care either way.
—You’re trying to get me to cross Malcolm so that he’ll look stupid. That’s not cool.
—He doesn’t need my help.
—Then why are you bothering me about it?
—You got me involved. When I asked Craig if you could borrow his watch so you could be there on time, I didn’t know you were lying.
—You didn’t borrow anything.
—It’s only stolen if you don’t keep your word. That means
you’re
the thief. Not me.
—I’m not a thief.
—There’s no bad karma from stealing food or anything you need to survive. The universe understands necessity. But if you steal things by lying or by stealing someone’s affection—that can bring you a serious curse. You’ll see.
—Will you go with me?
—You’re gonna go meet him?
—Tell me what you think I should do.
—I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do, Susan. I’m gonna wait until we get to this new house, then I’m gonna see how far it is and how safe it is, and wait until we get settled, and see what kind of bed I’m gonna be able to curl up in, and how late it is. Then, no matter what, I’m gonna make myself get up and go meet him, because I fucking said I would.
—I didn’t take you for being a “man of your word” kind of girl.
—Doing what you say is the only kind of magic I know. It’s the only real magic. If I say I’m gonna transform into a werewolf, then I have to do it. Otherwise it’s just a fairy tale.
—Say you’ll help me. Give me your word on that.
—I’ll make sure that Craig gets his watch back.
—Cool. Thank you.
—You can just give it to me. If you’re too drunk or tired then just give me the watch and I’ll take it to Craig if you don’t wanna go with me.
—I didn’t say I don’t wanna go with you.
—All right. We’ll see.
20
This place is awesome .
—It’s a two-story house.
—Three stories. There’s a basement with a badass stereo system. The speakers are like four feet tall.
—And there must be five bedrooms upstairs.
—Did you see the clothes in the girl’s room?
—The
pink
girl’s room or the
baby blue
girl’s room?
—I’ve never been in a house that has three stories before.
—There’s
two
girl’s rooms?
—And they both have cool clothes.
—Food in the kitchen. Food in the basement. And there’s even a mini-fridge in the master bath.
—Who needs to eat while they shit?
—I’m gonna pawn everything brass in this house.
—The paintings are even cool.
—I think there’s two girls. I think one of them must be off at
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