I toss the ball back to Hachiko, work to keep it smooth. Breathe steady. It's real easy to just say you don't like someone, but that's a lotta words to pull from SeaTac. Not the way he'd lie. I don't think.
Ball comes back to me, I catch it, se…
I catch the ball from Hachiko. "S'a lot on my mind tonight." I tell her.
I turn to SeaTac, give Joey a look. "You're gonna do good. Keep your eyes up and listen good when you're gettin' taught. An' be honest. That's my advice."
I almost jump off my bike. Instead I lean back away from my handlebars, give SeaTac a nod. Joey, too. I listen for SeaTac's response, try to keep aware of where my Arrows are at. Maybe he got a lead-in on that casino thing.
Boy, that puzzle cub…
Hey All, I've joined up to play some FURIOUS AW. RAAAAARH. Ahem. I got recruited off of Google Plus.
I'm 33, live in Lansing, Michigan with 5 other people in a sort of soft cooperative/housemate situation. No kids, beloved of other people's cat…
::Three Arrows Circle:: I sign out to the gang at large. It's a nightly order so it's gotten real short. Hopefully the most sober girls will volunteer themselves to check around the hideout before we settle in.
I pull up towards SeaTac and the k…
Our hideout is just south of SafeCo, in this building between the old rails. We got ramps of scrap laid up to get our bikes high and dry. We don't keep much junk here, that'd be dumb. Sometimes we change spots if we don't like the way the spot fe…
I take August's hand and answer back quiet. "Hmmm, yeah that's for the best." I nod, and though August is talkin' quiet real close to my ear, I tap her on the back like I was pointing at Grunge.
I didn't want to stay with Nana and the Arrows, a…
More chuckling. "Blue! Skeers. Haha, that's great stuff, Zeus. Maybe I'da lived in the dry times I woulda skeed. Had one of those phoneys." I make like I'm tapping some small flat thing held between my hands with my thumbs. Saw it on a big pi…
I chuckle. That stuff sounds ridiculous. "What if they fell and ate water?"
I know the answer but I want to hear it. I know it's true but I just can't get my head there.
I wonder, not for the first time, if Grunge is looking to jump crews. She's seen more of the Arrows tonight for sure.
I take my seat next to August and lean in. What thing is Zeus remembering out loud for us? Some'a that stuff is real weird.
"I know, it was rotten thing to do. And SafeCo knows better now." I nod back to the gang to check and see if Laika's ready or if she's got more to say.
I lead into this slow so's we have more walk time. "Laika, I just broke Speed as a man. He 'fessed to whupping on Joey and sinking him in clean water for trying to steal hooch. Now he's out with Admiral."
My hands are in my pockets. The jeans…
Ace gets the smallest nod I've got. I'd do it for the rest of the gang, keep em safe from reprisal. I hate that I would. But I would take it all on.
Rainey gets a nod, too. Smart. Glad I have her. Glad I have August to speak my heart, too. W…
I stare back, snarl at Ace mentioning August's child. Not hers to say. ::We do this MY way. You want to end up like What-a-Mess?::
I've left off of shielding my talk. This is open.
I nod at August. Her thinking is good. ::Wind doesn't make mud clear.::
What I'm saying is Hope's not guaranteed to love it once we make these things happen to her. ::I love being the wind but I want more from you.::
So she did get to see Hope, that's good. ::I been someone's beast before, it's bad rot and I hate him on that alone. I'd love to kill him and his in-crew but we got to not soak it up and YOU don't get to decide by yourself.::
I love Ace so hard r…
I grumble into August's back. "I don't like his face." Maybe I could change it forever.
Standing, I hoist August up with me, let her separate mostly at her ease. She gets a soft kiss on the side of her neck by way of saying I'm sorry to part wit…
Are these whiskey shudders or something else? "..I'd like it better if he ignored you all the way. What's your feel on it?" Dunno why he was there today, and I had other stuff on my mind.
August, what's the most fun we've had together?
I rest my chin on August's shoulder, smell her skin and feel comfortable. "It went the way it needed to go. I'll talk about it later."
You know, I do catch her, but it doesn't matter, I'll hold August how we like. Grunge isn't in for the pile to…
I put away some of my own drink. It's safer than the water they serve here.
I put an arm around August's waist and fit my hand into her pocket opposite me. The denim presses my hand in closer and I wanna pull her into my lap. I start, give her…
I reach out and grab Cujo's wrist, give it a warning squeeze. You can clown on the stranger but not your own Arrows. I look at the empty bowl in my other hand, try to fit it onto Cujo's head in my imagination. Grin.
I smile at Laika; this stuff looks good. I wolf down my stew, chewing for real when something's tough and stuffing some bread in my mouth when something's too hot. More food is how I fix any eating problem. Except maybe choking. Or biting my che…
Aw, cool music. I scan the tables for chow once Grunge is takin' her test, and settle in between Tin-Girl and Belka. "Shy girl might got work, might have skittered but we'll see her again."
I bite into something and pour myself a drink. If Grung…
If you're new to drinking with the Arrows, for your first drink you get a shot of the hardest thing available, and you got to balance it on your tongue and wait till one of the gang takes pity on you and tips in into your mouth for you. Then you ca…
Yeah Zeus is like the god-queen of bike skills. I love it when she shows off (even if that's a really legit way to make a turn at a dead end.)
::You must love the view from on top of my tits because you have been standing there all day.:: I sig…
You know, I've never named my bike. Not sure why. Guess I don't need it to be special.
I chuckle and grin for the old lady. She's fun, our Zeus, makes me remember Nana a little. She's been in from the beginning and really seen some floods.
:…
If she's never been on an h-bike before then she doesn't know what fast is like. I gun it to Pike's, show her some fast-fast. I keep my course straight until I think she gets how to follow my lead on turns.
Now, in Pike's proper the place is a me…