Invitation?I could see the direction of her... Invitation?I could see the direction of her thoughts now
There are two beds hereThere aren't enough sleeping areas for me to have my own spaceOf
course we should share
Does he? Wanda, open your eyesHe's starting to… How do I explain it so that you'll
understand right? To feel about you… the way you feel about JaredCan't you see that?
I couldn't answer for two heartbeats
That's impossible,I finally said
“Do you think what happened this morning will influence Aaron or Brandt?” Ian asked in a low
voice from the other side of the doors
“You mean Kyle getting a bye?”
“YeahThey didn't have to…do anything beforeNot when it looked so likely that
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do it for them
“You think that will be enough?” Ian asked
“I've saved both their livesIf I ask them for something, they'll do it
“You'd bet her life on that?”
There was a pause
“We'll keep an eye on her,” Jared finally said
Another long silence
“Aren't you going to go eat?” Jared asked
“I think I'll hang out here for a bit How about you?”
Jared didn't answer“Is there something you want to say to me, Jared?”
“The girl in there…” Jared said slowly
“Yes?”
“That body doesn't belong to her
“Your point?”
Jared's voice was hard when he answered“Keep your hands off it
A low chuckle from Ian“Jealous, Howe?”
“That's not really the
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“Wanda seems to be, more or less, cooperating with MelanieIt sounds like they're almost… on
friendly termsBut obviously Wanda's making the decisionsWhat if it were you? How would
you feel if you were Melanie? What if you were the one… invaded that way? What if you were
trapped, and someone else was telling your body what to do? If you couldn't speak for yourself?
Wouldn't you want your wishes–as much as they could be known–respected? At the very least
by other humans?”
“Okay, okayI'll keep that in mind
“What do you mean, you'llkeep that in mind? ” Jared demanded
“I mean that I'll think about it
“There's nothing to
discount tiffany's necklace think about,” Jared retortedI knew how he would look from the sound of
his voice–teeth clenched, jaw strained“The body and the person locked inside it belong tome”
“You're sure that Melanie still feels the –”
“Melanie will always be mineAnd I will always be hers
Melanie and I were suddenly at opposite ends of the spectrumShe was flying, elated
We waited anxiously through the next silence
“But what if it were you?” Ian asked in little more than a whisper“What if you were stuffed in
a human body and let loose on this planet, only to find yourself lost among your own kind?
What if you were such a good… person that you tried to save the life
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almost died trying to get her back to her family? What if you then found yourself surrounded by
violent aliens who hated you and hurt you and tried to murder you, over andover again?” His
voice faltered momentarily“What if you just kept doing whatever you could to save and heal
these people despite that? Wouldn't you deserve a life, too? Wouldn't you have earned that
much?”
Jared didn't answerI felt my eyes getting moistDid Ian really think so highly of me? Did he
really think I'd earned the right to a life here?
“Point taken?” Ian pressed
“I–I'll have to think about that one
“But still –”
Ian interrupted him with a
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