turned back up as high
as a runaway kite, and went to open our room door before turning back towards
me closely followed by Romeo.
“My pimp! What ya’ bringing
me, bruvva?” I asked Romeo in my best street voice as he stalked towards me, a
deep growl rumbling through his chest and I raised my eyebrows as he scooped me
up, slung me over his shoulder and carried me through the hotel corridor.
“Where are we going?” I giggled as I enveloped his thin
but hard body with my arms. “You know, you’re quite fit to hulk a hefty thing
like me across the hotel.”
He snorted something illegible and I pouted when he
didn’t answer. “Are you irritable?” I asked as I nuzzled my nose into the crook
of his neck, “Are we off to have sex?”
“For Christ…” he muttered and I giggled again.
“Oooh we are a little grumpy. Do you not masturbate, Romeo?
It helps you know.” I told him with conviction as I slid a hand around his soft
neck and curled against him, “It’s a proven fact that a wank can alleviate
stress levels you know.”
“I know Bulk’s the man to spank that fucking backside of
yours, but I swear to God, Spirit, any more and I’ll tie your mouth shut with
your knickers and thrash you with your own God damn shoes!”
I squinted and tilted my head as I tried to catch what he
said when we entered his hotel room and bounded straight through another door
into a bedroom, before he slung me on the bed with another growl and turned to
the corner of the dark room.
“Sort your mess out! Janey doesn’t need this, and I
certainly don’t need it. I’ll be fucked if I’m gonna stand back and watch you
self-destruct, and I’ll be double fucked if I watch you destroy this girl while
you do it.”
I giggled, I couldn’t help it. Why was he talking to me
with his arse? Well, I think it was his arse, I couldn’t actually see any
movement but it spoke so…
My eyes widened when Romeo sailed through the air and
landed beside me on the bed.
Wow, that was cool! He could fly! How did he do that? I
wanted to fly!
“I want to fly!” I said sulkily as his hand flew up to
his chin. He looked at me in bewilderment before he scrambled back off the bed
and ripped across the room, a string of expletives flowing quite fluently from
him as he leapt at something.
I squinted as I pulled myself upright and tried to focus
on what Romeo was doing. I wasn’t sure if it was a kind of a dance he was doing
but I couldn’t stop laughing as he pranced around something. Was it a maypole?
My laughter was now in full force as I watched this funny
man romp about, his arms flaying and his body jolting.
Holy shit! I think he was fighting with someone but I
still couldn’t control my laughter as the pair of men punched the shit out of
each other.
“Had enough yet?” Romeo screeched at the silhouette, “Got
it out of your system?”
“Like fuck, bring it on!”
Shit, was that Bulk?
What the hell was happening?
I tried desperately to climb from the bed but my frazzled
senses and muddled brain sent my coordination to Mars.
“Hey… my boy’s….” I flopped face first off the bed onto
the floor, my nose squishing into the carpet as my arms wedged beneath me.
Oooh dear, I think I felt sick… No! I was okay… I… yup, I
definitely felt sick!
Too late!
I gurgled, choked and spluttered as I revolted against
the new substance my body didn’t like.
“Shit!” I heard Romeo grumble as hands encircled my head
and turned my face to the side as I erupted forcefully.
“Fuck, Spirit!” This time it was Bulk’s voice that skimmed
my ears and I could hear the anger in his tone.
I shook my head as my stomach pumped even more. “I don’t
feel too good,” I murmured as I continued to vomit everywhere. Sweat covered the
whole of my trembling body and my head swan as goose bumps exploded over the
entirety of my skin.
“Bulk… Bulk?” I reached out as my vision distorted and
everything
Patrick Modiano
Franklin W. Dixon
William Dietrich
Adib Khan
Ciana Stone
Michael Crummey
Deon Meyer
J. L. Mac
Joseph Nassise
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