1. From A Distance
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"To bad I don't have any oils. I would love to rub them all over you." Marcus washes my hair.
"Are you mad at me?"
"No, I'm not mad. I have concerns. But I'm not mad."
"What are you concerned about?" He washes my body.
"Why are you pushing to find my limits? I could tell you were trying to get me mad. I can understand you trying to figure out what my limits are. You're still young and learning how to figure those out in people. You could have been trying to get me mad to see what I would do. That's generally a trauma response from people who have been abused. You want to make sure I'm not going to beat the hell out of you or murder everyone. So what happens if you get me mad? Do I spank you?"
I shake my head.
"Do I talk to you about it?"
"Yes. That's fine." I wash his hair.
"That does work for you. You didn't kiss Elek anymore after we talked did you?"
"No."
"If I ever get mad, I will talk to you about it." I wash his chest. "And if that doesn't work, I'll spank you."
"No, that don't work. How old are you?"
"1112."
"Dipak is older. Don't tell him your age. Tell him you're older than him. Say you're like 1800."
"Why?"
"Everything is a competition to him. And you will hear for the next 8000 years, how he is older and wiser than you."
We dry off and lay down in bed.
He pulls me in close to him. "Tre is you and Tye's age, isn't he? Or close."
"Yes. He's 40 years older than me."
"You 2 really did grow up together. Did you have s*x with him first?"
"No, that was Dipak... But Dipak thought it was Tre. So that was a whole thing. But he figured it out."
"How did he figure it out?"
"I don't know. It hurt a lot. He asked me if I ever did it before. I couldn't lie at that point."
"At least he knew what he was doing. I doubt if Tre would have."
"I was Tre's first. Sometimes I wish he would have been mine."
"Why?"
"I don't think it meant anything to Dipak. I was one of many. It would have meant a lot to Tre." I shrug my shoulders.
"What about Tye?"
"Tye knew everything. He didn't care about any of it. He wanted me. Everyone told me he wouldn't make it. Dipak wouldn't even let us get tested for the soulmate bond. They said he was to young and a prince. He would get bored and do what bored teenagers do. They said he would break my heart."
"And?"
"And he hasn't yet. He's actually been the most stable one. He really loves me."
"He's the most stable?"
"Parts of the bonds break when one of us hurt the other one. Like when the boys found out I had s*x with Tye, part of Tre's broke, Dipak's fell apart. When Dipak beat me, Tye's the one who held me and rubbed the bruises... I don't want to talk anymore. Let's go do something else. Do you have ice cream? I like ice cream. And chocolate. I like chocolate. Do you have that?"
"Come here."
"Do you have wine here?" I stand up. "I like wine. And painting. I should combine those. Do I have clothes here?"
"Slow down baby."
"CLOTHES."
"I will get you some. Sit down."
I sit on the edge of the bed completely still. I need to go home. I need Tye. I try to connect his feather, but it won't work.
"It doesn't work in here." He hands me some clothes.
"You should fix that." I throw the clothes on and run for the door.
I run to Dipak's office and straight to Tye. I curl around him and hold him tight. "You love me."
"I do babydoll." He rubs my back.
"I think she recovered a repressed memory."
Omar stands up. "What did she say?"
"Tye was the one who held her and rubbed the bruises on her back."
"Mine."
"All yours. She's shaking and twitching."
"Take her to your apartment and sit with her. I'll be there in a few minutes."
-Blackness-
Tye's washing my face with a cloth.
"You're ok."
"They told me you'd leave. You'll get bored. You're to young. You're a prince. Girls are always after you. You'll break my heart." I wrap around him. "Please don't leave. You're everything to me."
He kisses my head. "I'll never leave you. You're everything to me too."
"Let's sneak out of here and go be stupid teenagers."
"Yea that sounds fun."
4 hours, 3 villages, and many drinks later.
"NO, I want to kiss a girl. Pick a girl for me."
"Woman, I am not kissing a boy."
"Fine. You take the dark-haired girl. I want the blonde."
"Got a thing for blondes, do you?" He smacks my ass.
"I like it when you smack my ass."
"I'll be smacking it a lot later. Go get that blonde babydoll."
I run after the girls.
Lucky for me, they're as drunk as we are.
"You want to dance?"
"Yes please."
We dance and spin. Then we dance sexy.
I pull her in closer and kiss her. We pull each other closer. I drag my fingers over her boob. Then I kiss her neck.
"RIGHT THERE."
The police are yelling.
Tye jumps up and makes a door for another place.
He smacks my ass as we go in. "You really do have a thing for blondes."
"You didn't even try for the dark-haired one. What's your type?"
"You woman."
"Sir, you are already going to f**k me tonight. Who else would you like to kiss?"
"Yea, I'm ok with the dark-haired ones. You can have the blondes woman."
"Fair enough." I drag him over to a girl.
"Sorry, but my friend is shy. Would you dance with him please?"
He holds out his hand. "May I please have a dance?"
She smiles and takes his hand.
"Right there." He points at a blonde. "She likes girls and that one over there is her type."
"My friend would love you. SARA COME HERE."
A pretty little brunette walks over.
"Can I have a dance with you?"
We dance and I get a couple kisses. I like her, but she won't let me go any further. I kiss her again anyway. She's fun. Then I see Dipak staring at me with his eyebrows up.
I run for Tye. He's making out with the dark-haired girl. Marcus is staring at them. I grab her head and throw her out of the way. "TIME GO. GROWN UPS HERE."
He drags me through a door. We end up at another festival.
We bust out laughing.
"You threw her by her head, woman."
"Did you want to get caught?"
We have a couple more drinks and make out with each other. "I love you babydoll."
"I love you. Thank you for tonight."
"It's not over yet. I'm going to be slamming into you soon."
"I love you."
"I love you babydoll."
I fall off the table. "Didn't mean that."
He helps me up, and we make it about 4 steps before we fall over. I don't know how long we sit there kissing each other before a police officer shows up.
We lay in the bed in the jail cell. "Want to have s*x now?" I rub my boobs on his chest.
"Hell yea I do." He smacks my ass.
"Yes, I'm taking them both."
I look at Dipak, Tre, and Marcus. They do not seem happy.
"I didn't do it." I shake my head.
"Do what, babydoll?"
"I don't know. But they're not happy."
He glances at them. "I didn't do it either."
Tre pulls me off Tye.
"No Tre. I like him."
"You can like him from a distance." He hands me towards Dipak.
I puke on the floor. "My tummy hurts."
Dipak pushes me to Marcus. He picks me up.
Tre half drags, half carries Tye out the door.
Tye starts puking in a bush.
I fall asleep in Marcus's arms.
- Writer
