The Ghost and The Graveyard by Genevieve Jack

Author:Genevieve Jack [Jack, Genevieve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

My Personal Crisis Intervention

Hot soapy water cures a multitude of ailments. Wine, the rest of them. I soaked in the bathtub, sipping Pinot Noir since I’d polished off all the Shiraz, and tried to clear my mind. An image cut through the darkness. A thought. A dream. Maybe a memory.

Rick, in a bar, upside down. Wait, no, I was upside down, my red hair dragging on the floor below me. A grunge band rocked out in the background, and I was having trouble keeping my hockey jersey tucked into my pants in my inverted position.

The human pyramid suspending me chanted my name. Sam, Sam, Sam. I raised a shot of tequila to my lips, tossed it back and swallowed. The hot liquor coursed up to my stomach, the heat radiating to my toes.

“Whoa-oh-oooh,” a man’s voice said from behind me. I felt myself begin to tip, but it was hard to tell if it was gravity or the alcohol making my head swim. It was gravity. My human suspension system toppled like a deck of cards, arms and legs and bar stools flying. I reached out, prepared to handspring off the sticky mess of a bar floor to safety. I didn’t have to. I landed in the cradle of Rick’s arms. A cheer rose up from the bar behind us as the patrons realized they wouldn’t need to call an ambulance after all.

“Upside-down shots?” Rick asked, eyebrow raised.

“It’s the newest thing. You should try it.”

He flashed his quirky half-smile. “I think I’ll pass. Looks dangerous.”

“So do you.” His eyes had bled to black, and he was staring at me like he was hungry. “Will you always be waiting to catch me when I fall?” I raised my hand to run my nails through the sides of his hair.

His eyes searched mine. “Always.” Slowly, his lips lowered. I’d take care of that hunger.

“Take me home,” I whispered into his kiss.

I startled awake in the tub, the vision passing like a thick fog. One word rattled like an echo through my brain. “Always.”

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