by Kappa Evil Foot » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:47 pm
Thanks Juneth71, that means a lot coming from you. I really enjoy your writing. I'm still working on my style; But I guess you only improve with practice, right?
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Sanjay was awoken from his binge with his throbbing head on the toilet. It was a night of dry heaving and tears. Something the young man wasn't familiar with at all. Well, the puke part. The first few months in Canada were nights of crying till he fell asleep. This, somehow, felt much worse than his past heartbroken situation.
"Light weight." Jane smirked from the hallway.
Even with his vision impaired by the sunlight, his legal guardian's plump Apple figure was inescapable. Especially in her morning-wear; Pajama bottoms and a matching Spider-Man t-shirt that rid up a tad too high. Jane had an awful lot of visible stretch marks too!
"Sam is pissed!" Jane laughed.
"Are you, though?" Sanjay asked. He didn't really care. None of this mattered, he was about to make a deal with a powerful witch. Everything was about to be taken away from him.
"Jay, I'd be a hypocrite! I remember being 17, just don't make a habit out of it, okay? This is mostly a beer gut I'm sporting, ya know!" Jane laughed, shaking her massive belly.
Sanjay couldn't keep his eyes off it. It was practically jello!
Jane may no longer be a thin teenager with years of adventure ahead of her, but she seemed happy with her life. Being a 32 year old teacher clearly wasn't the worst place for Jane to be, if only she had someone to be with.
"Can you get my mobile?" Sanjay muttered. "I've gotta apologize to Sammy. Was she here long?"
"Sammy never left. She's downstairs watching Torchwood on Netflix. Didn't want to leave till you quit puking, and boy... you must've lost thirty pounds by now, Jay! Are you excited for swimsuit season?" Jane cackled.
When Sanjay got downstairs, he was immediately attacked. Sam got little sleep, wasn't dressed in her comfy yet cute pajamas, and was extremely anxious about how messy her hair was. If her old self could see how girly he's become!
"What the hell, Jay?" Sammy shoved him on the couch. "I was so worried, you ass!"
Sanjay started to smile.
"What?" Sammy glared. Without her glasses, Sam's green eyes were sparkling! It was amazing how pretty she is.
"I don't even fink Jane's gonna ground me for this."
"I know she won't..." Sammy crossed her arms. "But I am! It's our last year of high school, Jay, I'm not gonna let you burnout and lose that scholarship to NYU! If I catch you drunk again... you are in so much trouble! And can it with the cockney shit! You don't sound cool, you sound like an idiot!"
"Why are you like this?" Sanjay smiled. "You're like a mum and a friend at the same bloody time! God, it's... it's so hard talking to you, Sammy, but I love you. You know that, right? You mean a lot to me, Sam. I'm sorry about last night, I am an arse."
Amazingly, that defused the rage. Shocking, when Sam was a guy, that could never have been achieved!
"Do you wanna finish Torchwood with me? Jane got doughnuts and I don't wanna leave till I've seen you fill up that empty tank you tossed out all night!"
"That's sound great, but I've got something to do." Sanjay sighed.
Before he went upstairs, he hugged Sammy tightly and whispered.
"I just want you to be happy."
That scared Sammy, it sound like a huge red flag. But at the same time, Sam felt like she got her point across. Whatever Sanjay was going through, he got that Sam was there for him.
"He's just stressed." Jane assured the girl while scarfing down a maple log. "A second move in under five years? I'd be nervous too!"
"I'm worried it's more than that." Sammy said honestly. "This isn't like him."
Jane laughed.
"I've known him a lot longer than you. Believe me, he's fine."
"Did you know about Paul?"
"Of course, everyone in the family did. That's why he's here."
"I don't think that's fair what happened."
"His parents are... conservative. But Jay could've taken the move much worse if it weren't for you."
"Really?" Sam's eyes started to water.
"Of course." Jane placed her hand on Sammy, making the girl blush. "For awhile, I didn't think Jay was gonna make it. But you really helped him, he needed a good friend during that bullshit."
Sam smiled.
"I'd never do that to my son." Sam said firmly. "It's not like my parents are all that progressive, but they wouldn't care if I loved a man or a woman. As long as they treated me right."
A fun observation about Sam, boy or girl, that's genuinely how she felt about the subject. And Sanjay had always sensed that, even if they never once mentioned it. Sam may have always been a stubborn person with intense opinions through the roof, but Sanjay always felt comfortable about being himself around Sam.
And that's why he couldn't continue using the marker, that person needed to be protected. Girl or boy, that didn't matter. Young or old, wasn't an issue either. Sam was Sanjay's friend, that meant something, he wasn't going to let that be taken away.
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The room was pure blackness, with only a chair visible. A Woman appeared. It was Agatha Pain, projecting herself with a devilish grin on her face.
"You're the first person to get this far." Agatha smiled. "Most of my owners get lost in the alterations they doodled. You? You've certainly kept your grip, young man. I'm impressed."
"Can we get on with it?" Sanjay shook his head. "You were pretty clear yesterday. I stab my chest with the marker, we trade places, and my friends get happy lives. Let's not drag this on."
"Someone's in a rush to be a marker!" Agatha laughed. "Shame you didn't eat a doughnut while you could, how I've missed a warm pastry atop one of my maid's saggy bosom! But why am I telling you this? Not like we have similar tastes!"
Sanjay wrote a list of what he wanted for Jane and Sam. He made an agreement with Agatha, he'd be her marker if she used his new powers to give those two a a good existence.
"I'm trusting you, Agatha." Sanjay said with a stern voice. "Please, don't make do anything I'll regret."
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