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Tina was fully awake now. Two whole days of her body continually slammed into ecstasy without warning or provoking. She expected her body to be sore and raw but it actually the opposite. She’d gained a strength through that experience. She stood up out of bed for the first time in two days and she felt a little taller and she stood up a little straighter than usual.

With each step her foot took on the hard wood floor she could feel the wood’s fibrous embrace on her feet. They curved to her and she felt as though each one was caressing her foot with each step. She hadn’t bothered to fix herself up as she walked into the kitchen thinking that it was only dawn and she didn’t want to wake Eddie and Kit. She walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of water and began chugging it down.

Kit looked back at Eddie who was frozen mid forkful as he watched his little sister take down the water like a drunken college student.

“Good evening.” Kit said. Tina only turned her head enough to see them seated at the table still watching her as she hadn’t stopped drinking yet. She finished the bottle and the loud crack of the plastic springing back into shape broke the silence.

“Evening?” she panted out. “How…how long have I been out?”

“Two days, 4 hours and 38 minutes.” Eddie answered. Tina knew once he started keeping a watchful eye on the clock he was upset or waiting for something, this time it was both. She fixed her over sized shirt and took a seat at the table across from them both. She didn’t know why but she couldn’t keep the smile from her face, she flipped her hair back out of her face and just stared at the table ahead with a huge grin on her face.

“You feel better?” Kit asked smiling at her.

“Actually, I … I feel so unbelievably good right now.” Kit dropped her head down and chuckled softly. She couldn’t help but feel the discomfort flowing from Eddie in waves. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair and rolled his eyes at Tina’s every smile. Finally he got up and stormed out of the kitchen.