Cold Blood (2011)
“It took me a minute to realize it wasn’t an emergency. I wasn’t used to her being so wide awake before me. Even on school days she was dragging and gulping coffee until the end of second bell before she resembled a person. But today, she was wide awake, shower bag in hand as she stood over me and shook me awake.
“What the hell?” Cord mumbled, from her cot across the room. “Shut the noise off. It’s the middle of the night.” She wore a padded eye covering, like something you’d wear in a spa, and ...didn’t bother removing it to yell at us. Then she rolled over and went back to sleep.
“I’m going to shower,” Cambria said. “You coming?”
“Sure.” I grabbed my stuff and followed her out. Cord didn’t move except to burrow further underneath her blankets. At least I’d get the morning away from her.
“She’s a dream in the morning,” Cambria said.
“Late night, remember?”
Cambria stuck out her tongue.
I’d made a stop at her room last night on the way in from Griffin Hall and filled her in on what had gone down at the garage, and then at the meeting after.MoreLess
“What the hell?” Cord mumbled, from her cot across the room. “Shut the noise off. It’s the middle of the night.” She wore a padded eye covering, like something you’d wear in a spa, and ...didn’t bother removing it to yell at us. Then she rolled over and went back to sleep.
“I’m going to shower,” Cambria said. “You coming?”
“Sure.” I grabbed my stuff and followed her out. Cord didn’t move except to burrow further underneath her blankets. At least I’d get the morning away from her.
“She’s a dream in the morning,” Cambria said.
“Late night, remember?”
Cambria stuck out her tongue.
I’d made a stop at her room last night on the way in from Griffin Hall and filled her in on what had gone down at the garage, and then at the meeting after.MoreLess
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