Moment of Clarity by Karen Stivali

Author:Karen Stivali
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-04-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

I HEARD raised voices before I even got to the top of the staircase. I took the remaining steps two at a time and threw open the door to our floor. Tim and Tanner were standing in front of our room.

“You’re being a douche about three different ways right now. You going for some sort of asshat-trick?” Tanner’s voice vibrated with anger.

“Ass trick? That’s more your speed, D’Amico.”

“Jealous?”

Tim let out an ugly cackle. “Yeah, right. You’re nothing to be jealous of. Fucking degenerate.”

Tanner’s fist clenched and unclenched.

“Hey, guys.” I approached slowly, heart pounding, not wanting to set either of them off.

Tim’s lip curled. “Oh, look, your wife’s home. Or are you the girl?”

Tanner lunged before I could reach him and hit Tim hard enough to slam him into the wall. He’d taken Tim by surprise with that punch, but the shock didn’t last long and Tim swung back, catching Tanner under the ribs before he tackled him to the ground.

The sounds—grunts and thumps—coupled with the image of Tanner getting hit, and something inside me snapped. Tim had at least twenty pounds on me, but I pulled him off Tanner like I was ripping open a cardboard box. I don’t even remember aiming, I just remember my fist smashing into his jaw.

Tim regained his footing almost instantly and shoved me into his door. Before I could react, he landed a punch so hard, I thought my eye was going to explode. Tanner was on him, tugging him away from me, and then I heard Eric’s voice.

“Jesus. What the fuck?” Eric stepped between all of us.

For a second I thought Tim was going to take a swing at him too, but Eric had his hands up. Tim bounced with energy. “Fucking faggots!”

Tanner lurched toward him, but I grabbed him and held him back while Eric blocked Tim’s way.

“Stop it,” Eric said. “You’re gonna get us all kicked out of the dorm.”

Tim’s eyes bugged. “I don’t understand you, man. Did you not hear me?”

“I heard you.”

“Why are you sticking up for them? Are you one too?”

“No.” There was enough disgust in Eric’s voice for Tim to believe him and for my stomach to turn.

Tanner broke away from me. “What the fuck is it to you anyway, asshole? Trust me, neither of us has any interest in you. Unless, is that it? You feel left out?”

Jesus. Don’t antagonize him.

“I’m gonna fucking kill you, D’Amico.”

“Go for it.”

Fuck.

Eric threw me a look. “No one’s killing anyone. We’re all just gonna go back to our rooms before… shit.”

Footsteps echoed in the stairwell, and the RA from the floor below us came through the door, followed by two other guys I didn’t know. “Is there a problem up here?” the RA asked.

“No,” Eric said.

The RA looked back and forth among us, and then his gaze landed on our door. I hadn’t seen it before, but now it was as if it was the only thing in the hall. Bright red letters shone against the black door. “FAGS LIVE HERE.

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