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Soleil snorts. “Everyone you love dies? What a crock of shit.”
“Hey! You can’t say my feelings are a crock of shit.”
“I can when they’re complete bullshit.”
I grit my teeth. “They are not complete bullshit.”
“Oh yeah?” She motions to all my friends gathered around the table. “If everyone you love dies, why are we still here?”
“Yeah.” Ashlyn nods in agreement. “You haven’t killed us off.”
“Because you’re like athlete’s foot. I can’t get rid of you.”
“We’re athlete’s foot?” Soleil shakes her head. “Have you met Brody? I can’t get rid of the guy.”
I grab hold of the opportunity to change the subject. “Tell me more.”
“Nope. I need to straighten your shit out first.”
“There’s nothing to straighten out. I took care of it. I got rid of Elder.”
“Except you love him,” Moon sings.
“You want to make babies with him,” Ashlyn adds.
“Our children will be cousins and play together and be the best of friends,” Eden says.
My heartbeat races causing my chest to ache. Children? With Elder? “I can’t,” I wheeze out.
Soleil squeezes my hand. “You can. I bet if we call Elder now he’ll come running.”
“I have him on speed dial.” Ashlyn digs her phone out of her pocket, but I slap it away and it tumbles to the ground.
“You are not phoning Elder. Elder and I are finished.”
“Because you’re being an idiot,” Eden says.
“Did I call you an idiot when you were being an idiot about Miller?”
“I believe you did.”
“It’s not nice.”
She nods. “I know. It sucks when you’re confronted with your fears.”
“With how irrational your fears are,” Soleil corrects.
“My fears aren’t irrational.”
“You’re worried Elder will die because you love him. How is your thinking not irrational?”
“Unless you have a superpower. Did we consider the superhero angle?” Ashlyn asks.
“Superheroes don’t exist,” Moon says.
“I’m not a superhero.” Superheroes don’t kill people. They save people.
Soleil pats my hand. “Will you at least consider your thinking may be irrational?”
