Chapter 6: On Our Side
Once the laughing is done and David stops yelling at us we go off and sit on my bed. Just like old times when Effy and I would sit in each others room doing whatever we felt like. Even with all this danger lurking around we feel safe with each other because we know we can trust one another.
I play with my Ruby necklaces knowing that my mom is always with me. She will also give me my strength and hope. It doesn't matter that no one else believes Effy because my mom would just tell me to pay no mind to them; they don't know who the people in your past are.
"Still have that necklace?" I turn to see Effy holding onto her own necklace around her neck. My mom got me a ruby necklace while she got Effy a necklace with a six sided blue gem on it. We call them our friendship necklaces. No matter how far apart we are we are always with one another.
"Yeah, I never take it off."
"Neither do I. Its like part of me would be missing. This necklace keeps me strong and positive. Without it I would believe it to be impossible to find you."
"I know what you mean. This ruby makes me think of my mom and you and how things can turn out to be just fine."
We smile at one another and hug each other tight. I never want to lose Effy again. Her presence also gives me hope not just the necklace.
"Now let's celebrate our strength and hope with a joint!" I roll my eyes at Effy. She always finds a way to get in drugs and alcohol.
She lights two joints and hands me one. I lay back and relax as I smoke and let it take me to a world filled with love and peace and trust. A world were everyone can be friends and no war or hate was allowed or even thought of.
Effy and I laugh uncontrollably causing Marko to come over. He looks at us and then jumps on the bed making in move like waves in the ocean. This causes us to laugh more and feel free from all the shit in the world.
"Hey girlies!!!! Can I join the party?" He asks while jumping some more. As we scream yes he losing his footing almost crushing us.
"Christ Marko want to make us into pancakes?" Effy says causing me to laugh.
Marko can also get high and drunk because he is pretty small but I like to think it is because of his personality and because when he was a human he loved to smoke pot.
"Girly pass it", he says pushing me. I push back but hand him the joint. He smirks and all three of us lie back and smoke. "You know Effy you're pretty cool."
"I know. So are you."
"Who doesn't know I'm cool." He smirks at me and I rest my head on his shoulder. "But seriously I figured that if you saved her you couldn't be bad. I know David thinks it's a practice run but Ash wants this done know. So he wouldn't have a test run."
"You got that right. Ash wants this done as soon as possible. Right now their probably getting my vampires to join him. He won't do anything until his army is built. I say give or take a week."
"That long", Marko snickers.
"Ash is an asshole. No one wants to join so he has to bribe them."
"What a shock", I say sarcastically. We all laugh and then go back to smoking.
As we smoke I look around for the first time. Paul and Dwayne are sitting in a corner watching us every so often. The girls talk softly but with my hearing I know their talking about Marko joining our side. David sits in his wheelchair with an evil look on his face. He's staring straight ahead in deep thought.
The whole rest of the night is spent in silence besides Effy, Marko, and me. Soon the boys go in the back and the girls go to their bed. While the three of us fall asleep on my bed. I'm between Marko and Effy and I couldn't feel more at home. But the one thing on my mind is when the others will see that Effy is good and join Marko in believing.