Surf's Up by Bee Murray

Author:Bee Murray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bee Murray
Published: 2020-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: RONNIE

“COME ON, RONNIE. WE’RE going out.” Glenda meets me at the door and holds out a biscuit wrapped in a plaid napkin. It’s still warm. Glenda knows how to push my buttons. Baked goods ensure I am immediately ready for whatever she wants to do.

“Where we going, oh, fearless leader?” I joke, hurrying down the steps after her. I wave to Chuck so he knows I’m leaving and he waves back.

“We’re going to find out what you are!” Glenda says brightly.

I pause.

I gave the guys a lot of shit about implying I am somehow anything other than completely human.

I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that any of this is possible.

But... given everything that has happened, maybe it would be prudent to at least entertain the possibility that something might be up.

“Don’t you want to know what you are, Ronnie?” she asks as she studies my face carefully.

I honestly don’t know if I do or not. I’ve spent 38 years being Ronnie—a solidly average human in every way.

“Is there an easy way to find out?” I finally answer her.

Glenda thinks for a moment, her brow furrowed.

“Easy? No. Mostly painless? Maybe.”

I sigh.

Knowledge is power, right?

“Ok, Glenda, let’s try it. Might as well add to the ‘nothing is the way it should be’ parade.” My sighs are heavy and whatever expression I have on my face makes Glenda laugh out loud and pull me into a reassuring hug.

“You know, trusting Fate does not mean giving up, or submitting, or anything like that,” she says suddenly, stopping in the middle of the sidewalk to pierce me with an uncharacteristically serious look. “If that’s what you’re scared of? If that’s what is holding you back from choosing your Pod? Don’t be. Fate just leads you to them. The rest is up to you.”

I think about that for a moment, “But, the chemistry? That can’t be real. No one has that kind of chemistry right off the bat. And, there are FOUR of them!” I protest.

“I keep forgetting that you were raised among humans, dear. If you’re worried that the Matestone is forcing feelings onto you or them that are not real, forget about it. Think of the stone as more of a... catalyst. It amplifies the natural chemistry at its purest form and takes away your inhibitions while it is activated. It gives you a taste of what the good stuff will be if you choose that mate. It does not promise an easy life, or a union that will be free from conflict. It doesn’t control your behavior, or theirs. It just gives you a taste. You choose what happens next.” She smiles reassuringly. “You’ll see, dear. At the Festival. Let other incomplete pods hold your hand and you can see.”

I look down at my necklace with renewed interest. “So, while it’s glowing, it’s like a relationship-success-o-meter? It can tell me or show me or something, whether or not we’re a good match? That’s actually really cool.

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