Deck His Halls

by Jazzi-chan

“You’re crazy. Lily has a deep and undying love for me which she is bound to desire to consummate before my seventeenth birthday . . . She better be. You don't know what it's like to be alone!” [ J a m e s & L i l y ]

5. Part Two: Round Up Yon Virgin

"If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is."

- J. B. Yeats

Part Two

Round (Up) Yon Virgin

The space between here and there had turned into a battle field. Missiles flew over my head from one wall to the other, resulting in loud moans and squeals. Weapons were piled on either side of me. This was war.

A mattress creaked. Someone I thought I had known draped one hand over the side of the bed. A feminine giggle made me look up. I wished I hadn't.