I was awakened by a stirring in the night. "Senna," I muttered," go
back to sleep." I felt over on the other side of the bed, but realized she
wasn't there. I heard something down the hall, it sounded like her
sobbing.
I got up and groggily walked down towards her. It had been six months since our high school graduation. Senna's father and stepmother still believed she had run away, and refused to take her back in. April was enrolled in the local college, but was still living with her parents so she was out as a roomy. Everyone had quickly realized that without a diploma Senna wouldn't have much chance of getting a decent job going, so we did the only thing we could do...we got married..fast.
Yes I know it sounds desperate, but it worked. I got her a job a Starbucks with me, so we could get our own little apartment downtown. I enrolled in the nearest tech school, just trying to get a good enough job to support us by myself; I didn't want my wife working at Starbucks when she was forty.
She on the other hand had turned into the kind of wife my grandma was. She cooked, she cleaned, she did the dishes, and she would have had my slippers and pipe ready every night if I had wanted. It looked like as soon as I graduated, and she stopped working we'd slip into an "I Love Lucy" rerun (except she didn't whine as much).
I came into the bathroom where she was crying and splashing water on her face. "Honey it's the middle of the night. What is it?" I probably shouldn't have sounded so cold, after all she'd done she deserved a little sympathy, but then again after ALL she'd done she deserved prison so heck with it.
She turned to me and cried, "CAN YOU SEE IT!" pointing at the mirror.
I came over and hugged her, "Baby all I see is you and me, and a few to many clothes." Lame joke I know, I've spent too much time around Christopher.
"No," this time her voice turned was a whisper, "its Hel. She did something to me. She left a part of her in me. She's using me as a portal."
"Honey, your powers are gone. No one can use you anymore..except me of course, now come back to bed." She suddenly returned to her timid, submissive self and followed me back into the bedroom. I didn't give what she said another thought, but I probably should have..
I got up and groggily walked down towards her. It had been six months since our high school graduation. Senna's father and stepmother still believed she had run away, and refused to take her back in. April was enrolled in the local college, but was still living with her parents so she was out as a roomy. Everyone had quickly realized that without a diploma Senna wouldn't have much chance of getting a decent job going, so we did the only thing we could do...we got married..fast.
Yes I know it sounds desperate, but it worked. I got her a job a Starbucks with me, so we could get our own little apartment downtown. I enrolled in the nearest tech school, just trying to get a good enough job to support us by myself; I didn't want my wife working at Starbucks when she was forty.
She on the other hand had turned into the kind of wife my grandma was. She cooked, she cleaned, she did the dishes, and she would have had my slippers and pipe ready every night if I had wanted. It looked like as soon as I graduated, and she stopped working we'd slip into an "I Love Lucy" rerun (except she didn't whine as much).
I came into the bathroom where she was crying and splashing water on her face. "Honey it's the middle of the night. What is it?" I probably shouldn't have sounded so cold, after all she'd done she deserved a little sympathy, but then again after ALL she'd done she deserved prison so heck with it.
She turned to me and cried, "CAN YOU SEE IT!" pointing at the mirror.
I came over and hugged her, "Baby all I see is you and me, and a few to many clothes." Lame joke I know, I've spent too much time around Christopher.
"No," this time her voice turned was a whisper, "its Hel. She did something to me. She left a part of her in me. She's using me as a portal."
"Honey, your powers are gone. No one can use you anymore..except me of course, now come back to bed." She suddenly returned to her timid, submissive self and followed me back into the bedroom. I didn't give what she said another thought, but I probably should have..