Note: I’m aware it took me a lot of time to continue writing in this story again. I wasn’t up to it and let me tell you, my stupid mood swings have a lot to do with my writing abilities.

Aezy: Actually, I’m not French. I live in the French-speaking part of Belgium but I guess you could say it’s relatively the same. Thanks anyway, I was wondering if my English was good enough to actually write in it.

And, of course, thank you, thank you and thank you to all my reviewers. You make my life better.

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After Fall and Alex had passed out on the couch, Vikter and I continued drinking together.

“What’s up?” Vikter asked rather groggily.

“Nothing much. I’m just getting drunk with one of my best friends and I’m having trouble seeing clear. What about you?”

“I’m getting horny. Wanna fuck?”

“Ha, yeah.” I laughed back.

“No, seriously now.” Vikter’s voice said in a low tone. “Why not?”

He caught my lips in a brief kiss.

“It’s not like this is new stuff.” He said, looking into my eyes.

“I know but.. I don’t really feel like it today.”

Vikter smiled then lightly kissed my neck, one two, three times before pulling away.

“I’m sure you’re attracted to Alex even if you pretend you think he’s a retard.” He continued in a conversational voice.

“Don’t be such a dick. You know that’s untrue.” I protested.

“Come on, Eve. Between you and me, we both know he’s fucking hot. I’d so jump him.”

“Go for it then!”

“Meh. I doubt he’s the slightest bit gay. But you should try, I mean.. it’s been ages since you’ve had a boyfriend. If you can even say you ever had a real, exclusive boyfriend.”

“I guess that’s what happens when you have the mother I have.” I joked.

“Don’t mingle your mother to this, she’s great and at her age, it’s nice to not have any attachment. But you, you should try.”

“Hey, a minute ago, you wanted to have sex with me and now, you’re saying I should get a boyfriend?! Something’s wrong in there.” I replied, tapping lightly on his head.

He shrugged while trying to hold back some laughter.

“Not really. You’re just being oblivious to your needs.”

“Hit me in the head.”

Vikter whacked me lightly.

“One more time.”

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“You didn’t have any trouble finding?” Genesis asked anxiously.

“No, it was quite easy.”

“I’m glad you’re here!” She cried while dragging me inside. “I made cookies!”

She pointed to a stack of chocolate chips.

“I also made ones we can decorate with frosting. I thought you might want to do that with me.. This isn’t too childish now, is it?”

“Of course not!” I exclaimed. “This is great, I do that all the time at home.”

Genesis sighed in relief as she gave me a pink-coloured frosting and a brush.

“I want to know everything about you.” She said, sitting down on the opposite side of the counter. “Green frosting looks good on these..”

“What do you want to know?” I asked while covering a cookie with frosting, eating half in the process.

“I dunno actually.. Want me to start?”

“Go ahead.” I nodded. “Mmh.. This is delicious.”

“Thanks hun. Well, let’s see. I just moved here.. I’m a Gemini. I’m very outgoing and I’m attracted to people like you.”

“Like me?”

“Yeah. The casual, kooky, popular kind. I’m always in love and right now I’m infatuated with you. I’m not exactly in love with you though. Obsessed, I’d say.”

How reassuring. I switched over to some blue frosting.

“I don’t have my license. My parents are divorced and I have an older brother who’s in college. I hate dogs and I used to be anorexic. I’ve slept with eleven guys and four girls: David, Cole, Matthew, Kate, Sophia, Steve, Erik, Nick, Ashley and I regret the rest. I don’t believe in having a regular relationship at our age. I love baking cakes and cookies. I never had a real friend: guys wanted to sleep with me and girls thought I was a slut which is partly true. I’ve been to three different high schools last year and my parents had to pay a freaking lot to get me into the private one we’re going to. I’m lazy, obnoxious, vain and bitchy but I’m also generous and fun.”

She paused to eat a cookie.

“That’s about it. What about you?”

Like I know what the fuck to say after such an outburst.

“I live with my mother who’s this sort of insane post-hippy, pro-party, karma-obsessed woman. She has a boyfriend, Bruno who is going to move in with his son. I’m not sure if I like Alex, he’s a snob but he’s rather fun.”

I licked the frosting from my fingers.

“Is he hot?”

“I guess so, in the indie fuck way.”

“How many guys have you dated?” Genesis asked curiously.

“I don’t believe in dating.”

“How many guys have you had sex with then? Or are you still a virgin?”

“This is getting quite personal.”

“Come on, we’re friends, aren’t we? We are, neh?”

“Yeah.. we are.” I smiled.

In a weird way, we were friends. How am I going to explain this to my rational side?

“I’ve had sex with two guys.” I finally said.

“Oooh, this is getting interesting.”

“I’m addicted to Lucky Strikes and to green tea. I have good grades without bothering, which is good I guess. I suppose you could say I have a rather active social life.”

“Tell me a little about your friends.”

“Mmh. Fall is my best friend. He’s everything I could ask for and a little more. I’ve known Sasha for ages. When we were little, we lived in the same house because our mothers had declared war to the male kind. Then Becky moved because of her job. He’s really into occultism and stuff like that.. Vikter is someone I can always count on and we have loads of fun when we’re together. As for Bloody.. well, we met a while back and she’s a great girl, very inspiring. I don’t know what to say really. They’re a huge part of my life.”

“Did you sleep with Fall?”

I choked on my cookie.

“Sorry?!”

“It’s just that.. you two seem to have a connection. When one of you is in the room, the other just radiates.”

“A connection? You should talk about that with Sash.” I smiled.

“It’s weird. You don’t even talk a lot together, it’s just.. something. I wish I had that with someone. Want to watch a movie while eating my delicious cookies?”

“Sure.”

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I got home around eleven but my mother was nowhere in sight. She must be out with Bruno or something.

Talking with Genesis is quite a tiring experience but the girl is fantastic. I’ll have to phone Sasha to tell him how we ‘connected’.

I went wearily upstairs, dying for a hot shower. I threw my army messenger bag in my room and jumped as someone turned the lights on.

“What the fuck are you doing in here? You fucking scared me shitless.” I gasped at Alex.

“I’m sleeping here, you dork. You don’t have a spare room and I guess Kathlyn prefers having the living room free of any sleeping teenager when she comes back.” He yawned, his fingers rummaging in his already tousled hair.

“Already invading my private space?” I asked, lifting an eyebrow at all his belongings littering the floor.

He shrugged.

“I’m a messy person but I’ll get that out of the way once I’ll be done listening to your entire cd collection.”

“That means I won’t have any place to walk for at least two weeks.”

“You do have all The Promise Ring cds as well as the entire Radiohead anthology. I’m not even mentioning the others but I’ve already listened to your Jets To Brazil and Hot Hot Heat. Old friends..”

“Yeah.. Don’t you have your own cds?”

“Nope, they’re all at my mother’s at the moment.” He grinned. “I forgot them for some reason.”

“That’s rather surprising coming from a music slut.”

“We got in a fight before I left. I didn’t take the time to think.” He snapped.

“Sorry..”

“You can be.”

“Don’t be such a pretentious jerk with me, thanks. I wasn’t supposed to know.”

“Yeah, what the fuck..” He mumbled then added quite aggressively. “I’ll be in your class tomorrow. My father made me change schools.”

“Great.”

“To be in a private school, wearing a uniform and hanging out with a bitchy fashion plate isn’t my definition of great.”

“I guess you’ll quickly learn what irony is, prick.”

I went out to take my shower and left him there, in the middle of the mess he created.

I know I should feel sorry for him but god, what a jerk-off.

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Yeah.. I guess this is an informative chapter.

Alex isn’t feeling too good in his shoes and Eve can’t help feeling annoyed at him. Cohabitation sounds like it’s going to be hard.