Penelope Fletcher

“You shouldn't play with your food. It's rude, barbaric, and there is nothing to be had but carnal gratification for the feral.”

“Every day I like what and who I am less and less,” he whispered more quietly than before,“because I know you wish for a different life. And I cannot give it to you.”

“A hot guy who fucks sluts in the nightclubs a companion for life does not make.”

“Fuck you."I shrug. "You already have."She rolls her eyes as her cheeks gain color. "So I have."Bethany puts her drink down and her voice drops a few octaves, laughingly, "And what fun i had whilst doing it."I chuckle uncontrollably, at so small a thing? No. Maybe it's the fact I've realized why other men had held nothing more than a vague interest for me "Oh, Beth!" I mock lament, both in reaction to her silliness and my own thoughts.She abruptly stops laughing. "I swear to god, I would kill for your voice. Each time you speak it's like being ear fucked.""Ear fucked," I echo and wince. "No, thank you.”

“Bethany and I often hook up like this. She texts me at the height of her boredom, unable to sleep, and since it's past midnight she's probably drowning her sorrows.”

“That is your choice so embrace the damnation.”

“Why so worked up Lee? Why is your chest heaving? Listen to your heart fly, it beats fast like a hummingbirds wings. Does the harsh light of day make everything sick and reveal how depraved what you crave truly is?”

“What happens with this being will mean the end of my life, this much is clear, so why does excitement bubble my blood and make my heart roll over in my chest. Life? For him, I will risk it all if he takes me. What is my alternative? To sit and wait for a fairytale Prince charming who will never come?”

“If another body pulled that shit, I would've screamed blue murder. I would have gone at them with my nails and not stopped until they were a bloody mess at my feet. Then I would have gotten the cricket bat hidden under my bed and spent a few minutes feeling guilty about not feeling guilt as i beat the crap out of the intruder waiting for the police to arrive.”

“Oh, Lee, how deep into the rabbit hole you have fallen. You're worse than Alice.”

“There is nothing between us but raw emotion, and it's painful yet has the sweet sting of addiction.”

“Go away common sense, you don't live here anymore, hadn't you heard?”

“Is that supposed to be ironic or predictive or something?”

“Ignorance is bliss.”

“Fat raindrops are starting to fall and no doubt it's only a matter of time before the sky is throwing buckets of water in my face.”

“Did somebody whisper something? I look left then right. Uh oh. I think I'm hearing voices now. Not, I AM hearing voices I THINK I'm hearing voices. Okay not voices, just a voice. Is thinking you heard it better or worse than knowning you heard it? Does the distinction matter?”

“Where was my head just then? I've already said I'm plain yet all of a sudden I think I'm The Shit? I'm not myself, my thoughts just took an uncharacteristic turn to vanity.”

“Doe eye sparkling in her elfin face, and a sassy hairstyle I can only dream would make me look adorable instead of mannish. She is a traditional bea.uty that time cannot diminish”

“Don't talk to strangers? Well, I figure he will always be a stranger unless I speak to him. Where is the logic in such a rule?”

“why when death approaches, does the world hold its breath”

“Gods, to fall for someone so hard surely you were bound to break apart. Unravel at the seams because you are undone by how they make you feel.”

“No funny business. I’ll scream and dead or not it will hurt your ears”

“I know you wish to be normal, human, but soon you will see there is nothing better than what you are.”