Trance's announcement was met with stunned silence. Then all of sudden
everyone began talking at once.
"There is really such a thing as a love bug?" Harper asked. "Cool."
"Is it permanent? Please tell me it isn't permanent. How long until he is back to normal?" Beka asked.
"Is he in any danger? I find no mention of a love bug in my data banks." Rommie said.
"The Devine works in mysterious ways." Rev recited.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine…" sang Dylan.
After a moment of trying to get everyone's attention, Trance started jumping up and down.
"Would you people PLEASE be quiet!" she screamed.
"Well you don't need to yell." Rommie said huffily.
"Okay, now from what I know about love bugs, they are relatively harmless. The victim of the love bug seems to fall hopelessly in love with the first person they see regardless of who it is. They also may violently hate anyone who they think stands between them and the person they are infatuated with. However on the bright side their bites only last for forty- eight hours."
"Thank goodness." Beka said.
"However," Trance added, "you must be careful with what you say and do, especially you Beka. The toxin that the bug secretes enhances the victims' hormones, causing heightened emotions. Dylan will be very susceptible to our words and actions for a couple of days and we must not do anything to upset him unnecessarily."
"What do you mean?" Harper asked.
"Well, for example how he is acting towards Beka, if she rejects him too harshly he may become depressed. I have heard of love bug victims hurting themselves because the one they loved rejected them. But all of his emotions will be susceptible. Anything we say may cause him to become angry, frightened or upset."
"You mean I have to put up with this? Please tell me you are joking Trance." Beka was currently trying to avoid Dylan's lecherous grasp by running around one of the beds with him in hot pursuit.
"I am afraid not Beka. I think the best thing all of us can do is simply humor him."
"Yeah, well that is easy for you to say." Beka replied, dodging around the bed once again.
"There is really such a thing as a love bug?" Harper asked. "Cool."
"Is it permanent? Please tell me it isn't permanent. How long until he is back to normal?" Beka asked.
"Is he in any danger? I find no mention of a love bug in my data banks." Rommie said.
"The Devine works in mysterious ways." Rev recited.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine…" sang Dylan.
After a moment of trying to get everyone's attention, Trance started jumping up and down.
"Would you people PLEASE be quiet!" she screamed.
"Well you don't need to yell." Rommie said huffily.
"Okay, now from what I know about love bugs, they are relatively harmless. The victim of the love bug seems to fall hopelessly in love with the first person they see regardless of who it is. They also may violently hate anyone who they think stands between them and the person they are infatuated with. However on the bright side their bites only last for forty- eight hours."
"Thank goodness." Beka said.
"However," Trance added, "you must be careful with what you say and do, especially you Beka. The toxin that the bug secretes enhances the victims' hormones, causing heightened emotions. Dylan will be very susceptible to our words and actions for a couple of days and we must not do anything to upset him unnecessarily."
"What do you mean?" Harper asked.
"Well, for example how he is acting towards Beka, if she rejects him too harshly he may become depressed. I have heard of love bug victims hurting themselves because the one they loved rejected them. But all of his emotions will be susceptible. Anything we say may cause him to become angry, frightened or upset."
"You mean I have to put up with this? Please tell me you are joking Trance." Beka was currently trying to avoid Dylan's lecherous grasp by running around one of the beds with him in hot pursuit.
"I am afraid not Beka. I think the best thing all of us can do is simply humor him."
"Yeah, well that is easy for you to say." Beka replied, dodging around the bed once again.