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"Wanda?" Ian said, disorientated and without looking up from the tank.
"No. It's me, Melanie"
"Get out!"
"I came to ask if you wanted to help find another host for Wanda. Me, Jared and Jamie are going later, at dusk."
"Go. Away." This is going to be harder than I thought, I had to do it. It was the only way.
"I have a message – from Wanda." That was all it took for him to finally up at me. It was just seconds after his eyes met mine that they welled up and spilled over.
"Why?" Ian sobbed. I wasn't sure of what to do at this point, so I acted in a way I would want someone to act if I was in this state.
I slowly walked over to the spot where he was sitting and wrapped my arms around his shoulders and just sat there until his sobs slowed and eventually stopped.
"Why did she leave?" Ian asked when he was able to calm his voice enough not to shout.
"She said she didn't want to be a parasite anymore." I said in my most sympathetic voice.
"You let her! If you had said no, I would have her here with me!" Ian's sadness had quickly transformed into anger, anger directed at me. He shrugged my arms off his shoulders and scooted away from me, as if I had the plague or something.
"No, Ian! I didn't want this. She was lying. I told her to stay, I told her she could have my body. But, she wouldn't listen to me. But you can. You have to believe me, I'm telling the truth." I spurted the words out quickly so that voice wouldn't catch on the lump in my throat but it didn't work. My voice filled with emotion as I tried, so desperately, to convince Ian that I wanted Wanda to stay here.
"Don't try and defend yourself, now that Wanda's not here to defend herself! Okay! Just don't! It's not fair! Now, get out! Your the last person in the entire universe that I want to speak, see or even think about at this moment in time. So just GET OUT!" Ian's voice grew louder and louder and I was worried that we would attract an audience. And, I just wasn't ready to be welcomed back into the community, not when I hadn't had a chance to let go of my fury towards the people who would be most happy to see me. Sharon and Maggie. I was so angry about their attitude towards Wanda, that the mere thought of them made me feel queezy. So, I quickly scrambled to my feet, as to make a quick getaway, but Ian still hadn't answered my question.
"Just answer me this. Do you want to help us pick a host or not?"
"Not. No matter what her body looks like, she'll be the most beautiful creature ever, no matter what." Ian said in a calm voice. "Now, GET OUT!"
"Okay, I'm going. But I promised Wanda I would do what I could to help you, and I will not break a promise, so, I guess, I'll see you again soon." I made my way to the door and walked out. I quickly poked my head back in.
"You know, she really does love you. She would never lie about something like that." I didn't wait for any kind of response. I jogged back to my cave room. I passed a couple of people on the way; Violetta and, I think,Trudy, but I didn't stop to say hi, or introduce myself as Melanie Stryder, no soul invader.
As I got back to my room, Jared and Jamie were still sleeping. I began to lay back down with Jared, but there was knock on the makeshift door.
"Only me." Uncle Jeb said popping his head into the room. I ended up just sitting on the edge of the mattress, so that Jeb could sit with me easily.
"Hi," I said back. "How you doing?"
"I'm good. But more importantly; How are you doing sweetie? I know you must have gotten pretty attached to Wanda. You must be missing her."
"Yeah, I miss her. But I think it will be good to have her as a separate person. That way she can't kiss my Jared anymore, with the excuse that I want it." I laughed aloud and Jeb laughed with me.
"You got a good point there." Jeb said in-between chuckles.
"But, seriously. I don't know if I can face Sharon and Maggie. They've been just horrible to Wanda, even when they knew that I was still here. I think I'll just fly off the hook if they try and say anything. I know it's wrong, there family, but I just makes me so angry!" It felt good to vent, and I knew that Jeb wasn't exactly happy with Sharon and Maggie so I knew he would find it okay.
"I know, honey. Just take your time, and see if they do anything you don't like, come to me. I'll sort them out." He patted me on the shoulder as he spoke. It felt nice to have Jeb there, he was a family member I was thoroughly glad to have back.
"Well, no rest for the wicked. I got work to get done. I'll stop by and talk later. You three don't need to worry about work today. Get reacquainted. I'm sure we'll manage." Before I could protest, he was gone. I really didn't mind working and It might keep me from running in to people I didn't want to see.
Jared quickly woke after Jeb left. He sat up and put his arms around my waist. And with a kiss on the cheek he said morning.
"Hi." I said as I twisted my head so that I could kiss him on the lips.
"I'm sorry I fell asleep. I must have been tired than I thought I was."
"That's cool. It was nice, to just lay there, in your arms. I missed that the most."
"Hey, what about me. Didn't you miss me the most?" Jamie made me jump as his bounce to my side.
"Morning," I said. "Well, of course I missed you the most." I said with humour in my voice.
"Yeah, sure you did." Jamie said in a sarcastic tone, and giggled when he finished.
"Well, I managed to get you out of work today, so we have all day to do whatever. What you wanna do?" I asked, looking at Jared.
"Anything you want." Jared answered.
"Okay, then. Let's eat first." We all got to our feet and began to walk to kitchen area. Me and Jared intertwined, his arm around my waist, and Jamie bounced along the side. We passed a few people and said passing hello's but nobody, not me or the people we were passing, stopped. When we got the kitchen, we sat down, but only Brant and Lily were sitting also. Lily was still grieving for Wes so she just looked like she was fighting back the tears constantly and Brant, well to be perfectly honest, just didn't seem interested by us, so Jared, Jamie and myself sat down, like the little family we used to be when we lived in Jared's shack.
I munched on the edge of a roll, why Jamie caught me up on how he and Jared discovered Jeb down here. It wasn't as exciting, or adventurous, or as challenging as I had thought it to be, but it was still interesting. So, I listened intently, mostly because I wanted to hear the story, and secondly because I wanted to get used the sound of Jamie's voice again. It just wasn't the same to hear it first hand, experiencing everything first hand was going to be difficult to get used to.
I eventually finished my roll and Jared got up, to lead us back to out room. We walked slowly, again intertwined. I figured that I might as well tell them about Ian, even if it was to let them know that he didn't want to raid with us tonight. Which was another topic for conversation, everything needed to be finalized, and we needed a description of what to look for. Something that best complemented Wanda's personality.
"So, I went and saw Ian before you two got up."
"And..." They both prompted.
"And, nothing. He didn't want to see me. He blames me. And I can't say I blame him. I mean, Wanda lied about me demanding my body back, and believed her." I think that had been the only convincing lie that she was able to tell.
"At least you tried." Jared said, as he gave a quick tug at my waist, as to bring me closer.
"Yeah, I suppose. I'm gonna try again. I promised Wanda." I said, as I planned the next time I would go and see him. Would I be extra pushy and try again, in an hour or so, or should I give him time to think and go much later, like just before we leave. I was gonna go for over pushy. "Oh, but I did find out that he doesn't want to come with us. So, It's up to us to find Wanda the perfect host."
We reached the room, and Jamie moved the door, letting me and Jared enter first. We all sat down at the foot of the mattress. It looked like I was going to have to start the conversation about the raid later.
"So, what are we actually going to do when we get out there?"
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I must admit that I'm not sure where or when the story will end but I'm having so much fun writing it, and it's fun to be in Mel's head, without Wanda, so I'm not sure when I will end.
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