“Oh shit.” Tic whispered.
“Tic! What the hell are you doing here?” Jacob exclaimed. He ran over and wrapped Tic in a hug not even realizing that he was still naked. When he did, he quickly backed away and attempted to cover himself. “Wait, why are you in Joe’s office?”
“Shit.” Tic whispered again as Jacob threw on his pants.
“Tic, I was worried sick! Why are you here? What’s going on?” Jacob asked- the questions erupting out of him like bullets. Relief gave way to confusion and anger as he grappled with this in his mind.
“You’re not supposed to be here yet. Crap, I told Jeff this was a bad idea.” Tic responded, backing away from Jacob.
“Where on earth have you been?” Jacob yelled, his emotions boiling over. “I’ve been worried sick! You weren’t answering your phone! You! Not answering! What the fuck is going on!?”
“It’s okay Jacob. Calm down. I’m sorry you couldn’t know yet but-” Tic held his hands up and tried to calm Jacob down, but it wasn’t working.
“Couldn’t know what?! What the fuck is going on?” Jacob spat. “What the fuck are you doing here?”
“Can you please just put some pants on first?” Tic asked, trying hard to avert his gaze.
“It’s nothing you haven’t seen before!” Jacob snapped.
“Come on Jacob. This is a church.” Tic urged.
“Fine!” Jacob huffed as he walked over to his clothes pile and whipped his pants on as fast as he could. “You disappeared! What the hell happened?”
“Your boyfriend happened. He needed my help with something and I couldn’t tell you about it because…”
“You were helping Joe with…What are you talking about?”
“Look- This isn’t my place to say. I’m okay. I’m safe. I’m sorry if I scared you, but I just need you to trust me on this. Okay?”
“Tic- I’m not going to do that! Tell me what’s going on right now!” Jacob exclaimed.
“Okay. Fine. Look- just have a seat and I’ll explain everything to you.” Tic responded. Jacob frowned. He didn’t like this but he looked at Teddy who shrugged. Once again, the seagull was useless- but appreciated. “Are you ready?”
“I’m fine. Please tell me what’s going on.” Jacob sat back into the chair and crossed his arms. He wasn’t happy about this, but he wanted to hear what was going on.
“Perfect.” Tic said. He looked as if he was about to say something, and then bolted out the door slamming it shut behind him.
“Oh for fucks sake.” Jacob grit his teeth. Bolting out of the chair, he whipped to the door to follow.
“He got you there.” Teddy snickered.
“Shut up you stupid bird!” Jacob sneered. “Tic! What the hell are you doing! Come back here!” Like a shot, he pursued. Jacob whipped out into the hallway just in time to see Tic round the corner towards the sanctuary.
“Look who it is!” He heard a slurry voice call from behind him. Jacob looked back to see the older women staggering towards him. One held a bottle in her hand- the same one he’d used earlier for his spell.
Uh oh…Well they certainly appeared to be having more fun now.
He had only wanted to show them a good time. It wasn’t even alcohol…he thought. What exactly had he created for them?
“Ladies, are you okay?” He asked.
“We’re just fine. I just think mama is hungry for a twinky.” Edna hiccuped, her large wig flopping around with a newfound intensity.
“You…what?” Jacob asked.
“Look at him. All nice and young and supple.” Darlene echoed, the light glistening off her peach-lipstick covered teeth. “We could just eat him up.”
“I think we should.” Redhead Rhonda responded with a thick slur. “Let’s get him ladies!”
