Prime Identity by Robert Schmitt

Author:Robert Schmitt [Schmitt, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734961201
Publisher: Robert Schmitt
Published: 2020-04-22T22:00:00+00:00

15

“I’M SO SORRY.” KIARA didn’t even bother with a preamble when I saw her next in the locker room at the hub.

“Hmm?” I paused and tried to think through what she could be sorry about. “Is this about that dumb video you took?”

“What? No!” She couldn’t stop the smile that broke across her face as she realized what I meant. “I’m not sorry about that. It was hilarious.”

“Oh?”

“No.” She waved her hand in front of her face. “I was talking about Jake. I had no idea he was going to be so, well...”

“Twitterpated?” I frowned and tilted my head to the side.

“Yeah.” She snapped her finger. “Good word choice.”

I sighed. “Jake and I talked about it too. I don’t think he meant for that to happen either. I hope that wasn’t weird for you.”

She winced. “Don’t take it the wrong way, but wow! It was so weird to see the old Amber poking through from a man’s body. And then, the way he kept checking me out? Major creep factor.”

“Life’s just different for men.” I shifted weight between my feet as my face burned from embarrassment for a reason I couldn’t place.

“You can say that again.” She laughed as she started changing. “I never imagined that she, I mean, he—”

“You don’t know what it’s like, okay?” I twisted around to look at her. I tried to keep my voice even, but it cracked a moment later. “I’m sorry it was uncomfortable for you. Really, I am. But, don’t you think both Jake and I know how messed up we are? Yeah, Jake was acting like a slobbering idiot around you. Just like a teenager. So what? Do you know why teenage boys act that way? It’s because, as soon as they hit puberty, they’re slammed with so many hormones it gets hard for them to think straight. And it never gets better. The only reason men ever act normal at all is through years and years of experience and practice at blocking out and tamping down on our urges. But they’re still there. They’re always there. It’s almost like a drug. It’s just... most of us manage to sober up. But the pull, the drive... it never goes away. Jake’s had, what, two months to get used to it? So, of course he acted that way.”

“I...” She faltered, her eyes on the floor. “I’m sorry. I didn’t realize...”

“It’s not your fault.” I turned away and continued changing. “This whole thing with Jake and me is really, really weird. We know that. You get to look in from the outside and see how weird it all is, but you don’t have to live it. Every day, you get the chance to get away from it. You can go home and not think about it until you see us next. That’s not an option for us. We’ve had literally every defining aspect of who we are, other than our memories, ripped away and replaced by something completely different. And there’s nothing we can do to go back to who we were.

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