Mindstormer by A. J. Steiger
Author:A. J. Steiger [Steiger, A. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction, General, Adventure, Dystopia, Fantasy, Mental Illness, Romance, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781780749266
Google: th29DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1780749260
Publisher: Rock the Boat
Published: 2017-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
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21
Within minutes, I find one of the medics, marked by a white sash tied around her arm. Sheâs maybe nineteen; she has pink streaks dyed into her hair and huge, gold hoop earrings, and the sleeves of her black shirt look like theyâve been chewed up by rats. She takes us to a room in the med wing and tells Ian to follow a light with his eyes, then asks him his name and age and has him count backward from ten. âAny dizziness? Nausea?â
âNo. Just a headache. A small one.â
She nods. âLie down for awhile and donât do anything too strenuous for the rest of the day. You should be fine.â
She leaves, closing the door. Ian is stretched out on the cot, staring at the ceiling through his good eye. The other is a puffy slit.
âHow are you feeling?â
He tries to smile, then winces. âCould be worse.â He turns his face toward the wall. âEmbarrassed, mostly.â
âWhy?â
âDo you really need to ask? You just watched me get beaten up by a girl.â
âBy Shana,â I correct. âSheâs more like a cross between a shark and a psychotic baboon.â
One corner of his mouth lifts, then falls.
I pull up a chair and sit. âThank you, by the way. For standing up for me.â
âI just made things worse. She probably hates you even more now.â
âIâm not sure thatâs possible. But even if it is, I donât care. It helps, knowing that someone is on my side.â
A light flush creeps into his cheeks. âIâm sorry she said those things to you.â
A lump fills my throat, and I push it down. âMaybe she had a point.â
âLain.â His voice is firm. âDonât let her get under your skin. Sheâs the one with the problem here, not you. If she gives you any more trouble, tell someone. Okay?â
I nod, studying my feet. I know what heâs saying is true, but even so, Shanaâs words have lodged themselves somewhere inside me, and I canât shake them loose. I canât hate her, eitherânot now. I see her in my head, a tiny, fierce-eyed girl wielding a frying pan, trying to protect someone she loved. And for that simple, understandable gesture, the system squashed her like a bug.
The Blackcoats are bound together by their pain. Iâve suffered too, but not in the same way, not for the same reasons. Here, Ian and I are the outsiders. âLately,â I whisper, âIâve been wondering if I made the right choice, coming here.â
âI know the feeling.â He hesitates. âIs everything okay? I mean⦠between you and Steven. I donât see you two together very often.â
I swallow, throat tight. âWhat Steven does is his own business.â
âYou donât have to pretend, Lain.â
I meet his gazeâthose clear, earnest eyes.
Theyâre beautiful. Itâs just a fact. My mind flashes to an incident back in Greenborough High. I was in the bathroom, washing my hands, and overheard two girls talking and giggling. I caught Ianâs name and honed in on their conversation. âI know,â one of them cooed. âHeâs soooo yummy.
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