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My heaving onto the street, along with the groans, must have gathered a little attention.
“Herlady time?” Cookie asked. “Are you an idiot? Does this look like herlady time? If this was normal, we’d all be dropping like flies once a month, you weirdo.”
“It worked, didn’t it? They all kept walking,” Dice said.
“Probably because they figured you were insane and didn’t want to get anywhere nearyou.”
“What would you have said?” Dice asked.
Cookie opened her mouth to give a retort. There was nothing but silence for a few seconds. I flopped onto my back, watching the two of them argue over me as I lay half dead.
“Yeah, I don’t know.” She threw up her hands.
I couldn’t hear what was said next, as I had to lean on my side to vomit again.
“He’s on his way,” Connor said.
Just what I needed. Kaden.
“What do we do with her until he gets here?” Connor said, then looked where I’d just vomited and took a step back.
“I have no idea.” Cookie turned to Dice. “If anyone starts poking around, keep screaming about lady time like a weirdo.”
“You’re a real asshole, you know that?” Dice said.
“What are you bitching about now? I’m serious. It worked,” she said.
Connor walked through the outpost door, which was still open and attached to what appeared to be a brick building on the street. He came back out with a blanket, which he threw over me.
Dice pointed at the mustard-yellow and green striped grandma blanket that covered half my body. “And you complain about me?” Dice asked Cookie.
“Oh, you’re getting plenty of credit. Loads of credit,” Cookie said.
Connor pulled the blanket up just shy of my chin while Dice continued fighting with Cookie.
“Just so you know, I left the last purple lollipop for you, and this is how I get treated?”
“What happened?” Kaden asked, bringing their bickering to an end. “She wasn’t supposed to go through the door and yet here she is, with all of you here? No one could stop her?”
I closed my eyes, telling myself it was just to rest through the pain. That it had nothing to do with the vomit next to my head or the fact I was too weak to even get off the street.
“I told her not to go through the door,” Dice said.
“She was getting impatient,” Cookie added. “She’s the one who has to pay the price. Figured it was her choice.”
Connor didn’t say anything, but I could imagine him shrugging.
“You can go now,” Kaden told them.
The entire time he was talking, I wondered if I had puke in my hair.
“Do youeverlisten?” Kaden asked, so close he must be kneeling next to me.
I opened my eyes, irritation pushing back the humiliation enough to stare right at him. “To people I don’t know and can’t possibly trust? I have to admit, I've never been very good at that.”
I would’ve sounded so much cooler if I didn’t have to roll onto my side and vomit right after.
He stayed kneeling next to me, waiting for the spasms to end.
