Suffocate Me

“You sensed it then?”

“Hell, even I felt a bit weirded out!” Ashley said.

C.C. just nodded solemnly, raising his eyebrows at Ashley’s little outburst. The whole band was in the living room, brooding over today’s events. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t exhausted, but I was just as engaged everything that had happened.

I wonder if Olivia will let me sleep next to her…

I shook my head violently as more perverse images began to creep into my mind. Her scent was driving me nuts now and knowing she wasn’t all mine was torturing me, but I had to wait. I told her I would.

“Jon looked like he was good pals with Job, but I just can’t shake the feeling he’s up to something.” Jinx said.

I didn’t know if Job had a different agenda, but I certainly didn’t like him now. At first I thought I was being paranoid, but as the guys and I talked I realized that everyone had a weird feeling about him. Even C.C. who could read minds.

“Come to think of it,” I said,”C.C., did you take a peek into Job’s head?”

“Actually, I did,” he admitted, settling next to Jake on the couch.

“And?” Jake and I asked.

“He was preoccupied with some kind of memory. It looked like a little sister, but I could tell something terrible happened to her, something that he witnessed.” C.C. explained,”There were also images of the band and the photographer, Olivia running through his head.”

“Well, duh, he was meeting us,” Jinx reasoned,”Of course he was scanning us.”

C.C. shook his head gravely. His normal merriment and shit-eating grin was gone. Seeing him so serious was strange enough, but the topic we were discussing just made the atmosphere more unusual. Uneasiness rested in the air like oxygen and I think a few of the guys were getting chills.

“But the thing was his memory of us was older and I’m not talking about just the band, Olivia too.”

“He knows Olivia?” I asked.

“Yes, and she doesn’t know him. It’s all very strange.”

“Okay, okay, can we chill for a minute,” I asked.

A chorus of “sure”’s sounded through the room. I took a breath and quickly relayed everything that had happened with Juliet, all the while feeling like a bit of a jerk. Conveniently, Olivia heard me telling the story and took it upon herself to stand by me. By the time I was done, the guys were cursing under their breath.

“Well, today’s just been a messed up day for you, hasn’t it Biersack?” Jake laughed weakly.

All I could do was nod.

“So, as much as I want to check out the sub-manager, I would really like to sleep,” I said.

The guys agreed, setting up to meet again the following night to talk again. We had another performance tomorrow and after that was the “trip” around town that Olivia was going to take her pictures on. Amongst all the chaos I had almost forgotten why she was here in the first place.

Before I could climb in my bunk that night, I felt a small tap on my shoulder. Shyly twirling in place, Olivia was eyeing my bunk. I smiled and beckoned her in. To my joy, when I shifted to sleep so did she. Silver streaks stained her brown fur along her sides. Her yellow eyes were big and light in contrast to the ashy fur that surrounded them. A trail of white, smooth hair fell from her long tail as it wavered from side to side. She was a gorgeous mess of colors.

It is worth noting that she fitted perfectly underneath my forearm and against my chest.

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Juliet looked from the rugged crystal in front of her to the green-eyed witch behind it. Holly’s fingernails clicked against the magenta rock and her golden raven amulet glinted in the candle light. The tension was strung between her tapping fingers as carefully as knitting. Her flowing clothing swayed with her as she leaned towards Juliet, her blonde hair falling into her face as she did.

“Are you positive about this?” Holly asked.

“Just a quick look,” Juliet said.

“My girl, I asked if you are sure you wish to proceed. Looking into an unknowing persons mind can cause that person immense pain or change in character.”

“I don’t understa-”

“As in, reaching into a brain for memories will scramble some things in his head. Do you still want to proceed?” Holly asked, earnestly searching Juliet’s expression.

Juliet leaned forward in an attempt to intimidate. Determination blazed in every fiber of her being and a feeling of entitlement shot through her blood. She would have what she knew she deserved.

“Like I was going to say, I don’t understand your hesitance. I am paying you to do this, now do it, if he does go into pain I’ll drop off some medication. If his character is a little shaken then so be it.” Juliet said, feeling her hair again begin to frizz,”I want the truth.”

“So be it.”

Holly’s hands lifted up over the crystal and gently fell over it. A mixture of light and liquid began to swirl inside the rock.

“Here is your truth.”

Notes

Yay! More thingies!

(MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUPER HAPPY CUZ I ACED MY HISTORY EXAM TODAY)