So tell me the name of an idiot who decides to go out in the freezing cold of January London without even a Jacket?754Please respect copyright.PENANAlC6TI3nMwB
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Caleb Fucking Winters, that's who.754Please respect copyright.PENANAn0P1XlutJL
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAIEqRrHkmDy
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"104.5. That's still high," she sighs. 754Please respect copyright.PENANAYy560u6oos
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANANQMcaPc3R6
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Then, something occurs to me. 754Please respect copyright.PENANAqWoFyRGCit
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"Aren't you supposed to be at work?"754Please respect copyright.PENANAuWs4eebRYp
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She looks at me as if I'm retarded.754Please respect copyright.PENANAkxD21Ql8rz
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"You're sick."754Please respect copyright.PENANAvX3LBF4q8F
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"You have a job."754Please respect copyright.PENANA5FJggNMNqK
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"I also have a boyfriend who can't even breathe through his nose."754Please respect copyright.PENANAoMkk0NGIJZ
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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. 754Please respect copyright.PENANAkEm74sILEm
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"No," she replies.754Please respect copyright.PENANAiUyFejhZmD
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAuRfaVn0HGU
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"I'd rather not."754Please respect copyright.PENANAEuaIi4jfyv
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I sigh in frustration.754Please respect copyright.PENANA8ThjpFxnm2
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAmPmBxNeSqB
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"Stop." 754Please respect copyright.PENANALZK81X5Ffy
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"Huh?" I say, at a complete loss as to what she is talking about.754Please respect copyright.PENANAq62ggN1TMM
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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."754Please respect copyright.PENANALWzBsGFuVb
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I nod at her, saying nothing. She sighs.754Please respect copyright.PENANAiqdG1NZRo1
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"Go to sleep, Caleb. You look tired."754Please respect copyright.PENANAbumMT97kfE
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I pretend that I didn't hear her.754Please respect copyright.PENANAlLOTJkZlY6
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"I want to hear you play the violin."754Please respect copyright.PENANAPLeSZV5njA
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She looks at me surprised.754Please respect copyright.PENANAvHRetNwLpm
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"I haven't played in a while—"754Please respect copyright.PENANA6oNJ70OYTf
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"Then make something up," I say teasingly. She shoots me a glare and I backtrack.754Please respect copyright.PENANAzoekro3zKI
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"Okay," I say, chuckling. "What about 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'"? 754Please respect copyright.PENANAm6D8r02mgX
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She smiles at me.754Please respect copyright.PENANAndKFEQje2d
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"I would, but I don't have any rosin."754Please respect copyright.PENANA2MnXiZ26KO
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"Yes, you do. Look in the bottom of the bag."754Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8w7QQhAyR
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She raises her eyebrow. "Did you plan to have me play for you?"754Please respect copyright.PENANAt2M29eFKoC
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"Babe, I just wanted to give you the full package," I reply, pun unapologetically intended.754Please respect copyright.PENANAgk57P0LfyZ
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Her smile broadens. "Glad to know."754Please respect copyright.PENANAmw6FhYihTp
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANArYfdZHiPmm
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"Okay. So, 'Twinkle Twinkle', right?" she asks, and I nod my head enthusiastically.754Please respect copyright.PENANANMTYiIlA9r
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Then, she begins.754Please respect copyright.PENANASngNSYOqFL
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANA9yprd93Smw
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When she turns back to me, she ignores my awed expression, and simply says:754Please respect copyright.PENANALX5ozRRXF8
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"It's time to take your temperature again."754Please respect copyright.PENANApl6Q26o7dp
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"100.1. Better, but still a fever," Evetta says exasperated, sitting on the bed beside me.754Please respect copyright.PENANAI9zHSfEWdT
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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?754Please respect copyright.PENANA5kQpmRew9o
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANA4skVSTAvbY
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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."754Please respect copyright.PENANAgkWgYlNcS1
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What the fuck? That's so strange.754Please respect copyright.PENANAnkSzRMFiCs
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"Why?"754Please respect copyright.PENANABiWpohDD9Y
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAtgec8EjDUd
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAvynTIsaMOv
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAfVPLWoThXj
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAbspDcqxyIE
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She laughs; it's that warm, bubbly sound again.754Please respect copyright.PENANAMMa9ujvnVw
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"Try not to eat the bowl."754Please respect copyright.PENANArAfAXerocy
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She sets the trey down on the bed in front of me and goes into the bathroom to bathe.754Please respect copyright.PENANAXFzUTVwfYO
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAdZUwU7ge81
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAGS5MdPZ48M
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However, as I am pulling the spoon out of my mouth, something hits me; something big.754Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5swjD2FHu
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A memory.754Please respect copyright.PENANA6hQRd31qe2
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAh9IuXfskYT
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The my reaction.754Please respect copyright.PENANA6p9bYHY1AJ
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"Holy shit! That's amazing!"754Please respect copyright.PENANAZk9lWngVDd
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"You really think so?"754Please respect copyright.PENANAxvdI19GcX5
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"Yes, of course, darling." 754Please respect copyright.PENANAfA1IcfepLC
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After which, we kissed.754Please respect copyright.PENANAs1nua4UtgK
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Before I know what I'm doing, I walk straight into the bathroom.754Please respect copyright.PENANAPn8sz3KiVD
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"Ah!" she shouts in surprise, completely naked, under the shower.754Please respect copyright.PENANALtbYAgGDaJ
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANALYndd9fgKm
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"You what? What did you remember?"754Please respect copyright.PENANAFSpG0c3vBG
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAEEytbaA39J
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"That's amazing, Caleb, I'm so happy! I'd hug you, but I'm wet, and you're sick."754Please respect copyright.PENANAxirMBpGS2b
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"You're wet?"754Please respect copyright.PENANA7hUyDDgUbi
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"Shut up," she says grinning. 754Please respect copyright.PENANAN7bmbAPswe
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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.754Please respect copyright.PENANAWR1A08Q3hb
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