psychic bubble around someone. When the conversation came to a lull and they had found the couple of books Blake was looking to show Josh, they sat down in the office. Josh flipped through one of the books.
Blake asked, "Can I ask you a personal question, Josh?"
Josh looked up concerned, then closed the book and set it next to him on the couch. "Yeah, I guess."
"Why aren't you and Melanie, you know, together?"
"Ummm well, I don't know. We've only just met. Besides, I don't think she's all that interested."
"You're kidding right?"
"No. Why?"
"Well, I'm no rocket scientist, but I've been in your head and you obviously like her, but on the outside you treat her like she's your kid sister."
Josh looked shocked. 'You obviously like her' echoed around in his head. Is that what all the confusion in his head and heart was about? Damn! he thought. Blake is right. It was like a light had been turned on. How stupid he had been.
"Huh! I hadn't really thought about it."
"Liar," Blake said jokingly.
"Okay, so I've thought about it, I guess, but hadn't really put two and two together yet. So much has been going on; I guess my brain just hadn't sorted through everything. But it doesn't really matter, she doesn't really think of me that way."
"What makes you say that?"
"She's been distant since yesterday. Then last night and this morning, I don't know, she's been standoffish."
"Why? What happened yesterday?"
"We posed as a married couple at the motel but when we went to dinner, there were so many people in the restaurant, I kind of freaked. Lanie buffered a lot of the voices out but it was a bit too much, so she ordered our food to go so I didn't have to be around all those people. She was cute kissing me on the neck and acting like she was helping her poor sick husband back to the room. We talked for a long time that night. It was really nice."
"So what happened the next day?"
"I don't know? I got up in the morning and she was still asleep, I thought. So I went out for a walk. When I came back we went to breakfast. On our way back we saw the vampire and we cut out of there. Once we were on the bike, I knew there was something wrong. She had been up close to me all the day before, but she barely touched me yesterday."
"So what happened at breakfast? Did you treat her any different then you had been before?"
"I guess, maybe. There was this waitress at the restaurant that was hitting on me in front of Lanie. She even had the nerve to write her number down on the check."
"How did the waitress treat Melanie? How did you treat the waitress?"
"The waitress was totally rude to Lanie. She acted as if she wasn't even there. Lanie had to shout out her order to the girl as she walked away. I didn't want to draw any attention to us, so I played along smiling at the waitress, but I wanted to smack her."
"There's your problem right there."
"What? I should have smacked her?"
"No. Don't be stupid. But YOU were the one giving mixed signals."
"How?"
"The day and night before, all seemed well, but then you smile at this waitress who is obviously hitting on you, you pretty much ignored Melanie while this was going on, and from what I've seen since you've been here, it's been pretty much the same. You didn't even speak to her last night at dinner. You didn't sit with her. In fact, I haven't seen you talk with her alone at all since you've been here. She doesn't think you are interested in HER and I have to agree, you are not exactly giving her any sign that you are. This morning she looked like she had been crying all night."
"I think she had been."
"And you knew this?"
"Yeah. She came running into the room last night in a panic. I guess she had a bad dream, something had happened to me. I often sleep with my iPod on so I don't have to listen to the voices around me, so when she first came in, I didn't hear her and she freaked. She jumped on the bed and yelled my name and cried. I couldn't seem
Blake asked, "Can I ask you a personal question, Josh?"
Josh looked up concerned, then closed the book and set it next to him on the couch. "Yeah, I guess."
"Why aren't you and Melanie, you know, together?"
"Ummm well, I don't know. We've only just met. Besides, I don't think she's all that interested."
"You're kidding right?"
"No. Why?"
"Well, I'm no rocket scientist, but I've been in your head and you obviously like her, but on the outside you treat her like she's your kid sister."
Josh looked shocked. 'You obviously like her' echoed around in his head. Is that what all the confusion in his head and heart was about? Damn! he thought. Blake is right. It was like a light had been turned on. How stupid he had been.
"Huh! I hadn't really thought about it."
"Liar," Blake said jokingly.
"Okay, so I've thought about it, I guess, but hadn't really put two and two together yet. So much has been going on; I guess my brain just hadn't sorted through everything. But it doesn't really matter, she doesn't really think of me that way."
"What makes you say that?"
"She's been distant since yesterday. Then last night and this morning, I don't know, she's been standoffish."
"Why? What happened yesterday?"
"We posed as a married couple at the motel but when we went to dinner, there were so many people in the restaurant, I kind of freaked. Lanie buffered a lot of the voices out but it was a bit too much, so she ordered our food to go so I didn't have to be around all those people. She was cute kissing me on the neck and acting like she was helping her poor sick husband back to the room. We talked for a long time that night. It was really nice."
"So what happened the next day?"
"I don't know? I got up in the morning and she was still asleep, I thought. So I went out for a walk. When I came back we went to breakfast. On our way back we saw the vampire and we cut out of there. Once we were on the bike, I knew there was something wrong. She had been up close to me all the day before, but she barely touched me yesterday."
"So what happened at breakfast? Did you treat her any different then you had been before?"
"I guess, maybe. There was this waitress at the restaurant that was hitting on me in front of Lanie. She even had the nerve to write her number down on the check."
"How did the waitress treat Melanie? How did you treat the waitress?"
"The waitress was totally rude to Lanie. She acted as if she wasn't even there. Lanie had to shout out her order to the girl as she walked away. I didn't want to draw any attention to us, so I played along smiling at the waitress, but I wanted to smack her."
"There's your problem right there."
"What? I should have smacked her?"
"No. Don't be stupid. But YOU were the one giving mixed signals."
"How?"
"The day and night before, all seemed well, but then you smile at this waitress who is obviously hitting on you, you pretty much ignored Melanie while this was going on, and from what I've seen since you've been here, it's been pretty much the same. You didn't even speak to her last night at dinner. You didn't sit with her. In fact, I haven't seen you talk with her alone at all since you've been here. She doesn't think you are interested in HER and I have to agree, you are not exactly giving her any sign that you are. This morning she looked like she had been crying all night."
"I think she had been."
"And you knew this?"
"Yeah. She came running into the room last night in a panic. I guess she had a bad dream, something had happened to me. I often sleep with my iPod on so I don't have to listen to the voices around me, so when she first came in, I didn't hear her and she freaked. She jumped on the bed and yelled my name and cried. I couldn't seem
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