Monster by Juliann Whicker

Author:Juliann Whicker [Whicker, Juliann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Unicorn

My mother didn’t say anything on the entire walk home. With every step, I felt more idiotic, more awkward, and also more irritable. She’d caught me sleeping, fully clothed. She supported me sleeping with Abe. You know, this whole thing, keeping secrets, I was finished with it, hysteria or no. I had Met’s kiss pressed against my lips. I didn’t have to be afraid of monsters anymore.

I stopped walking and put my arms over my chest. She glanced over her shoulder at me then turned around, arms crossed to mimic my position.

“Mom, I like him. I really like him.”

“I can see that.”

I threw up my arms. “I didn’t have any nightmares with him. If you don’t mind me sleeping with Abe because he keeps the nightmares away, why would you mind it with this guy?”

“Because Abe is good, and Met is not.”

“What? Met is a million times kinder and better than Abe in absolutely every way.” Just because she preferred slayers to whatever Met was, didn’t mean some slayers weren’t jerks and some monsters absolute angels. Met was an angel. Definitely. My angel. Not that he was mine. We were just friends. Good friends.

“You were with Met because you wanted to be with him, not because he would prevent your pain. Met seems nice enough, but he’s not for you.”

“Who is, Mom? If it isn’t the one guy I’ve met who doesn’t feel ick when I touch him, who is it? I don’t think it’s going to last forever, but can’t I have my first kiss, my first crush, my first hand-hold? You should be happy for me. I thought I’d die without ever liking anyone much less love, but now at least I get to taste…”

Her hand rose in a sudden slash. “Love?” She stepped towards me and I backed away because that was a scary walk. “You love him?”

“Um, yeah?” I winced because I was such an idiot, but seriously, so I was in love with him. Why not? I was certainly the age for stupid in-love stuff.

She exhaled and put a hand over her eyes like it hurt to look at so much stupid. “Eleanor, you have no idea what love is.”

“That’s not very validating.”

She dropped her hand and frowned at me. “This is serious, Ellie.”

I shrugged. “It’s not. I had this instant attraction, love you could call it, to him, but he’s only starting to notice me as a girl lately. Please don’t mess this up, mom. Don’t embarrass the only guy I’ve ever even half been able to understand, much less really, really, really like. I’d run away and join a biker gang. Not even kidding. I mean, I am, there’s no way I’d…”

She grabbed my arms and pulled me close, her eyes intent, deeply serious. “Eleanor, I understand loving someone you shouldn’t love. I understand very, very well. Jasmine’s father was everything that I knew that I shouldn’t have, but couldn’t resist. He started like an angel, everything he did calculated to make me

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