So tell me the name of an idiot who decides to go out in the freezing cold of January London without even a Jacket?679Please respect copyright.PENANA3tU2Ne9KnG
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Caleb Fucking Winters, that's who.679Please respect copyright.PENANAhptTORP8SZ
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What's worse, is that in the line for the doll, I was in front of a man who was sneezing and coughing nonstop. When I came home I was feeling a bit stuffy, and I blamed it entirely on the cold. Obviously, I was wrong.
Evetta woke me up at two a.m. to inform me that I was roasting, and that she wanted me to take Panadol Cold and Flu; she then all but shoved the two tablets down my throat, and pushed a glass of water into my hands. That's when I realised that Sir Germs A Lot fucked me over.
She's been taking my temperature every half an hour ever since.679Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6mBp2kNwE
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"104.5. That's still high," she sighs. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA0nnHXRGpkT
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I feel like shit. My insides feel hot, and everything outside feels cold. My nose is clogged, so when I talk, I sound like Barney.679Please respect copyright.PENANA8MPzafnvVH
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Then, something occurs to me. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAFyz18WeUfN
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"Aren't you supposed to be at work?"679Please respect copyright.PENANApLjIUK5u72
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She looks at me as if I'm retarded.679Please respect copyright.PENANAwDz66QwwDI
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"You're sick."679Please respect copyright.PENANArzsNwkGeXP
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"You have a job."679Please respect copyright.PENANAN8O7VjE6HY
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"I also have a boyfriend who can't even breathe through his nose."679Please respect copyright.PENANAuPi4ZuMbbL
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"I can take care of myself," I insist, feeling like so many different kinds of shit. "Go to work," I order her. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAz7z0CKKFAb
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"No," she replies.679Please respect copyright.PENANA8PRSNVWHb9
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"Evetta, I don't need anyone to take care of me; please go to work." I can't have her miss work to take care of me.679Please respect copyright.PENANAE6SrOYBh32
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"I'd rather not."679Please respect copyright.PENANAIUYuJUNU4P
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I sigh in frustration.679Please respect copyright.PENANAaSMnFwxoLD
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Of course, as per usual, I internalise that frustration. I'm supposed to take care of her, yet here I am, helpless as ever. Again.679Please respect copyright.PENANAtAyJBbMVto
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"Stop." 679Please respect copyright.PENANAFoJE2ahkyA
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"Huh?" I say, at a complete loss as to what she is talking about.679Please respect copyright.PENANAJEANbyZdQS
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"Stop blaming yourself. I don't mind missing work to take care of you; I really don't. Please stop being so dramatic."679Please respect copyright.PENANAQkz7ia6B3T
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I nod at her, saying nothing. She sighs.679Please respect copyright.PENANAY4Zb22kMbn
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"Go to sleep, Caleb. You look tired."679Please respect copyright.PENANAFwEXjeHOik
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I pretend that I didn't hear her.679Please respect copyright.PENANAIQQg44qZST
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"I want to hear you play the violin."679Please respect copyright.PENANATuQGHbQ6bC
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She looks at me surprised.679Please respect copyright.PENANA4H20ZW49Jk
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"I haven't played in a while—"679Please respect copyright.PENANASCRUTbj2gC
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"Then make something up," I say teasingly. She shoots me a glare and I backtrack.679Please respect copyright.PENANAWI3YImnVzw
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"Okay," I say, chuckling. "What about 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'"? 679Please respect copyright.PENANAlroVGDNTMa
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She smiles at me.679Please respect copyright.PENANAgG54ZeVkU3
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"I would, but I don't have any rosin."679Please respect copyright.PENANA1tmKvwhDNo
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"Yes, you do. Look in the bottom of the bag."679Please respect copyright.PENANAQFqaIZ5IA8
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She raises her eyebrow. "Did you plan to have me play for you?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAl32Ke5U5f4
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"Babe, I just wanted to give you the full package," I reply, pun unapologetically intended.679Please respect copyright.PENANAyZwCBY0wAG
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Her smile broadens. "Glad to know."679Please respect copyright.PENANA2m4dCqSdvb
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She takes the rosin out of the bag and removes it from its casing; as she applies it, I can't deny that she has a certain elegance about her. When she looks up and catches me staring at her, she raises an eyebrow, and I raise mine back.679Please respect copyright.PENANAomOGzE8mCM
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"Okay. So, 'Twinkle Twinkle', right?" she asks, and I nod my head enthusiastically.679Please respect copyright.PENANA5as0s2fi86
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Then, she begins.679Please respect copyright.PENANAHpIAkXqi0Z
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To be honest, she's kind of a show off. She uses chords, somehow manages to run a scale through it after playing the note for 'sky', and when she's done, she simply puts everything away, as if the past two minutes never just happened.679Please respect copyright.PENANAaljTdcSo9E
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When she turns back to me, she ignores my awed expression, and simply says:679Please respect copyright.PENANAsJVfzLvYhg
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"It's time to take your temperature again."679Please respect copyright.PENANAi3z79nKpAt
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"100.1. Better, but still a fever," Evetta says exasperated, sitting on the bed beside me.679Please respect copyright.PENANA2qjwi5379l
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It's midday, and she has not left the house. She has not even bathed, but for some reason, she smells like baking soda, and beeswax, and... coconut oil?679Please respect copyright.PENANANBuoyZnkkD
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I sniff a little more, trying to figure it out. Apparently I'm not as inconspicuous as I thought, because she notices.679Please respect copyright.PENANAdtGw9xEnK0
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"It's my deodorant. It's natural deodorant, and I wiped my armpits with wet wipes and I put it on this morning."679Please respect copyright.PENANAo1pfpVMBiq
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What the fuck? That's so strange.679Please respect copyright.PENANA0cfmTMR5yP
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"Why?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAep6o3drRpj
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"Because my armpits naturally smell like a gorilla's ass crack, and I didn't think you'd appreciate that smell. I'm making pumpkin soup. And before you ask me how I know where everything is, I know this house inside out. I used to stay here with you all the time, and after the accident, I never stopped coming here; I would keep your mother's company." With that, she leaves the room.679Please respect copyright.PENANAmurOTxkH3m
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Wow. She always knows what's going to fly out of my mouth; but why would she want to stay around my mother? It's not as if they have anything in common. My mother is humourless, timid, and very introverted. I just can't see my mother being close enough friends with Evetta that it would allow her to come over regularly.679Please respect copyright.PENANAbeJENDRzl4
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And that speech about her armpits. A gorilla's ass crack. That sounds awful. What does that even mean? I try to imagine the smell, create it in my mind, and it isn't pleasant.679Please respect copyright.PENANA452nMYA1WM
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"Here," I hear her say from the doorway. Yet again, I failed to take notice of the passage of time, and I can hardly smell anything, but as she brings the steaming bowl to me, my stomach growls in anticipation, as if calling the food.679Please respect copyright.PENANABie5D0jdwF
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She laughs; it's that warm, bubbly sound again.679Please respect copyright.PENANAWFTACZXUTe
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"Try not to eat the bowl."679Please respect copyright.PENANAdHnj7O14OA
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She sets the trey down on the bed in front of me and goes into the bathroom to bathe.679Please respect copyright.PENANAw2doao9uA7
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I look down at the thick, orange liquid, and raise a spoonful to my lips and blow on it before drinking it.679Please respect copyright.PENANACpHy67bJ4T
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The taste is amazing; it's as if heaven has been brought down in the form of soup and presented to me.679Please respect copyright.PENANAc3QuDa20to
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However, as I am pulling the spoon out of my mouth, something hits me; something big.679Please respect copyright.PENANAKlPKghs9a7
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A memory.679Please respect copyright.PENANASXmZ9vKKzM
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A memory of Evetta feeding me this same dish, literally feeding me with the spoon, a flirtatious smile on her face.679Please respect copyright.PENANArOmHVlkUfg
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The my reaction.679Please respect copyright.PENANAvSQkFmLo6H
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"Holy shit! That's amazing!"679Please respect copyright.PENANAqmUHkvPtuz
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"You really think so?"679Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZDPRXLqzr
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"Yes, of course, darling." 679Please respect copyright.PENANA1tDjUi9Y1s
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After which, we kissed.679Please respect copyright.PENANATHx1gP7G61
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Before I know what I'm doing, I walk straight into the bathroom.679Please respect copyright.PENANAMdf3Aw7o7J
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"Ah!" she shouts in surprise, completely naked, under the shower.679Please respect copyright.PENANAVkp9xxlJhU
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"I had a memory of you, and you're fucking hot," I say struggling to keep my eyes on her face after eye-fucking her body for about two seconds.679Please respect copyright.PENANACutZoSq0vK
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"You what? What did you remember?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAmQDi9WV9K2
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"The first time you made me soup," I say. It may not seem like a major memory to an outsider, but for me, it's a big deal; it's the first step.679Please respect copyright.PENANACaHlHADsGx
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"That's amazing, Caleb, I'm so happy! I'd hug you, but I'm wet, and you're sick."679Please respect copyright.PENANAbw3NVuXYEQ
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"You're wet?"679Please respect copyright.PENANALpLVIgEAgN
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"Shut up," she says grinning. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAgx0VkdlvvC
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"Don't worry, you'll say that for me soon enough," I say exiting the bathroom, and even though I'm fucked up, happier than I've been in a long time, because a) I got back my first memory of Evetta, 2) she knows that, and I know that it makes her happy, and 3) I didn't miss the way that her thighs came together when I spoke of making her wet, so I figure that I already have.679Please respect copyright.PENANAMiqfNOVvXx
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