Masks Chapter 18
*Before….
Mark’s there setting down tea stuff so we can make our own. “That’s the night that after the cops and Aunt Els got you home, you took the pills right?”
What?
“Oh…oh shit M.J…..” I’m freaked, floored and I’ve never heard any of this….
“It just hurt so much!” She wails. “They…they were supposed to be my friends! But they…they just turned their backs on me and called me slut and witch!”
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That gets a sobby wet laugh from Mary Jane and I hug her tight, really tight and stay there. “M.J.?”
(Sobby-sniffle.) “Yeah…?”
“You never, ever fucking do that again you hear me? I can’t make it through this fucking curse with out you.” I sobbed out that last half of it.
She turns and she looks at me.
Yeah more tears are rolling down her face and she swallows a few times and nods. But instead of talking because we just can’t yet we hook pinky fingers again.
*And Now…