Chapter Two: I Know You
"I asked you who you are." The tom spoke softly. Demeter took a gasping breath, and tore her eyes from his.
"I'm, I'm Demeter." She looked at him again, this time taking in all of him. Jesus! He's cute! He looks like David Bowie . . . Who on earth is David Bowie? She looked up at him in confusion. Damn. Those eyes. I know those eyes from my . . . "Do I know you?" The tom looked her over.
"I don't know. I was about to ask the same of you."
"What do you mean you don't know?" Demeter asked him shakily. He eased away from her. She slumped. No longer being held up, she sank to the floor. I guess I'm not better yet. His back was towards her.
"I can't remember anything past last week, when I woke up here." He turned to face her, and his eyes narrowed. "What's wrong?" Demeter glared up at him.
"Nothing! I'm fine!"
"I beg to differ." He scooped her up off the ground, and placed her on his bed.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Coricopat." He whispered. Demeter shivered. He glanced over at her. He grabbed a blanket, and pulled in over her. He began to hum something softly. Demeter sat bolt upright.
"Where did you learn that?"
"What?" Coricopat looked confused.
"I know that song! Where did you learn it?"
"I . . ." He began. He stopped. "I don't know." Demeter sat up and began to sing to the song he had just been humming.
"Starlight Express. Starlight Express. Are you here? Yes or no? Starlight Express, answer me yes. I don't want you to go." Coricopat stared at her for a long time. Finally he stood up, and walked towards the door.
"Try to get some sleep. I'm going to go get Jenny." And with that, he left the room. Demeter lay back down, and began to hum. By the time Coricopat had returned with Jennyanydots, she was fast asleep.
"I asked you who you are." The tom spoke softly. Demeter took a gasping breath, and tore her eyes from his.
"I'm, I'm Demeter." She looked at him again, this time taking in all of him. Jesus! He's cute! He looks like David Bowie . . . Who on earth is David Bowie? She looked up at him in confusion. Damn. Those eyes. I know those eyes from my . . . "Do I know you?" The tom looked her over.
"I don't know. I was about to ask the same of you."
"What do you mean you don't know?" Demeter asked him shakily. He eased away from her. She slumped. No longer being held up, she sank to the floor. I guess I'm not better yet. His back was towards her.
"I can't remember anything past last week, when I woke up here." He turned to face her, and his eyes narrowed. "What's wrong?" Demeter glared up at him.
"Nothing! I'm fine!"
"I beg to differ." He scooped her up off the ground, and placed her on his bed.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Coricopat." He whispered. Demeter shivered. He glanced over at her. He grabbed a blanket, and pulled in over her. He began to hum something softly. Demeter sat bolt upright.
"Where did you learn that?"
"What?" Coricopat looked confused.
"I know that song! Where did you learn it?"
"I . . ." He began. He stopped. "I don't know." Demeter sat up and began to sing to the song he had just been humming.
"Starlight Express. Starlight Express. Are you here? Yes or no? Starlight Express, answer me yes. I don't want you to go." Coricopat stared at her for a long time. Finally he stood up, and walked towards the door.
"Try to get some sleep. I'm going to go get Jenny." And with that, he left the room. Demeter lay back down, and began to hum. By the time Coricopat had returned with Jennyanydots, she was fast asleep.