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Why Superman Could Never Find a Phone Book – (Chapter: 36: Intimate Projection)
Intimate Projection
“I’m not asking you to take my pain, Ash…I’m not.”
“Then why am I here?” Ashley spoke, yet the words seem to drift off, the tone that of a question she could only ask herself, as if she had inadvertently spoken out loud.
Spencer watched Ashley intently; every move, each twitch, each thump of her heart against her chest. Seeking clues, warning signs, outright predictions.
“I think…I think, I’ve been asking myself that same question since August of last year.” Spencer allowed the words to slip out softly, as if not wanting to stir Ashley up, the bass and tone of her words possible instigators, threatening to rock the cage, riling up whatever beast currently resided within Ashley’s body.
Ashley sniffed and her eyes black against the contrast of her oddly pale face. She was thinking; hard, and Spencer knew that she was in the midst of a dual, a showdown, an almost sickening battle of wits.
She began to sweat, her eyes glancing towards the front door, as if guessing what Ashley might be thinking. That she might flee. If she did, Spencer didn’t know how she would react. She laughed inside her head, realizing that maybe Ashley was right.
Ashley didn’t know her.
Spencer had spent years trying to decipher Ashley, sometimes from miles away, a time when neither knew where the other was, Spencer holed up behind white walls, and Ashley in school, moved away, Spencer never knew for sure. All she had done was think about why she was there, why it all hurt so badly, how she couldn’t contain the shame, as it drifted over her like hot wax, finally hardening, sticking to her skin, suffocating her.
Ash had sat back down on the couch, her thoughts far away, her index finger thumping wildly against her thigh, in time to some maddeningly chaotic beat.
Spencer was losing control. Aiden had come. Aiden had left. Now everything had changed.
Spencer inhaled deeply, remembering just an hour ago back at the pool, how she had felt so free, so liberated, the cold water splashing hard against her back between her shoulder blades. The laughter had risen up and out, from inside her, without force or baiting; it just came, as natural as a sneeze.
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Kyden says
very nice
CryingRed says
just…wow, amazing. im speechless.
peglegmeg says
Pinkslorg07–No, Spence didn’t kill the bird. i reworded Ashley’s words, cause yes, that was a tad confusing. Thanks for the observation.
Kyden says
very nice
CryingRed says
just…wow, amazing. im speechless.
peglegmeg says
Pinkslorg07–No, Spence didn’t kill the bird. i reworded Ashley’s words, cause yes, that was a tad confusing. Thanks for the observation.
Spashley4u says
that chapter was by far the best chapter I ever read. the best, that was just amazing. PMS
Spashley4u says
that chapter was by far the best chapter I ever read. the best, that was just amazing. PMS
Jordan says
Ok so I think I just let out my first real breath. That was absolutely amazing. It good to see all of this finally coming together. I have to admitt I still really don’t undertand Aiden’s “role” is this, if you call it. But it’s stil amazing none the less. But I want to know why it has to be like this! And what had to be like this? Why did Ashley literally have to kick the shit out of Spencer?? Please post again soon.
Jordan says
Ok so I think I just let out my first real breath. That was absolutely amazing. It good to see all of this finally coming together. I have to admitt I still really don’t undertand Aiden’s “role” is this, if you call it. But it’s stil amazing none the less. But I want to know why it has to be like this! And what had to be like this? Why did Ashley literally have to kick the shit out of Spencer?? Please post again soon.
Angelfire says
amazing chapter. PMS!
Angelfire says
amazing chapter. PMS!
pinkslorg07 says
iv been reading…but never commented…but this was…WOW…like this was just mind blowing…”Yes, I do, Spencer…we were friends for a long time, good friends, and then things changed, and something was happening, and then bam, it ended. All of it. The day I killed that bird when we were down by the creek, it all changed! You killed it! Just like my parents, goddamn Madison, Aiden!”—so does that mean spencer killed the bird and not ash…?
pinkslorg07 says
iv been reading…but never commented…but this was…WOW…like this was just mind blowing…”Yes, I do, Spencer…we were friends for a long time, good friends, and then things changed, and something was happening, and then bam, it ended. All of it. The day I killed that bird when we were down by the creek, it all changed! You killed it! Just like my parents, goddamn Madison, Aiden!”—so does that mean spencer killed the bird and not ash…?