Chapter 7

A Day Off

The sun shone across the land of Mardol marking a new day. Flint and Rose were having the greatest rest they've had in a while, their muscles were relaxed along the soft cloth of their mattress. Enough time had passed to where Rose could no longer sleep, her eyes opened and they were invaded by the sunlight she hadn't seen for over a day. She went to rub her paw against her eyes, but then remembered her broken leg. She let out a disappointed sigh, then continued to rub the sleep out of her eye using her other paw. With a stretch, she hopped out of bed and walked towards the window. The weight shift on the mattress caused Flint to wake up as well.

He looked around and spotted Rose, "Up so soon?"

"Soon? The sun is past the horizon, sleepyhead."

Flint flopped his head back on the mattress, "It's still too early, and you need to rest your leg a little more."

"That sounds boring, why can't we do something fun?"

"Like what?" Flights voice muffled into the mattress.

"I don't know, let's go explore Bark Leaf and see what there is to do. We haven't relaxed in over a week."

"Okay, fine," Flint said while stretching and yawning. "First we need to bathe, there is a bathtub right here. You can bathe first while I see what everyone else has planned for the day."

Rose nodded and Flint left the room. He headed down to where Tesla and Kindle's room was. Flint knocked on the door and waited for a response. After a few seconds, Kindle had answered the door.

"Oh, hi Flint! What brings you here?"

"I was just dropping by to see what you two had planned for the day."

Kindle looked over her shoulder, Tesla was asleep on his mattress. "I think he plans on sleeping all day, I might see what's around town, maybe shop a little."

"Maybe you could join Rose and me? We were doing the same."

"Sounds great! When did you want to leave?"

"Well, Rose is bathing right now and then I'm going to, so after that all be ready."

"Sounds like a plan. I'll watch over Rose while you get ready if you'd like?"

"That would be nice. She might be done now, I'll head back over and check."

Kindle decided to follow Flint. After they reached the room Flint knocked on his door making sure it was safe to enter.

"Flint?" Rose replied from the other side, her voice sounding uneasy.

"Yes, are you alright?"

"N-no, I'm bleeding..."

Flint suddenly became worried and rushed into the room. As he entered he saw bloody water in the tub and Rose to cover herself in a slightly blood stained towel.

"What happened?" Flint asked protectively while approaching Rose.

"I don't know."

"Don't know? Where are you bleeding from?"

Rose hesitated to respond and noticed Kindle was in the room as well, "Why's Kindle here?"

Flint noticed she felt a little uneasy and avoided his question, "Kindle, could you step outside real quick?" She nodded and left the room, shutting the door as well. "Where are you bleeding from?" Flint asked again.

Rose still hesitated, she didn't seem nervous, rather embarrassed, "...Between my legs," she finally said while pulling the towel away a little bit revealing the blood that dripped out.

"Oh no..." Flint said to himself. He then began to have another flashback.

The blood then stopped flowing into Flint's mouth, feeling a little safer, he pulled his teeth out of the neck of the zangoose. His lifeless eyes stared back into Flint's.

"What have I done?" Flint said feeling guilty for killing the zangoose.

Suddenly another growlithe tackled him into an embracing hug, "Oh, Flint, thank arceus you're alive," she said with tears in her eyes.

"Nevermind me, are you alright?" Flint now almost forgot about the zangoose.

"Yes, I am now that you saved me," she said while nuzzling into his neck. "Thank you, Flint."

Flint seemed to ignore her affection, "You're welcome, Adara. Why did the zangoose attack you? I never saw what happened, I just saw him, well, um, try satisfying himself."

Adara slightly pushed herself away from Flint and looked towards the ground, "I think it's because I'm in heat."

"In heat?" Flint asked, tilting his head, unsure what it meant.

For some reason Adara seemed slightly annoyed, "It means I'm horny, Flint, I want to fuck a lot of growlithe, but I can't because I know I don't want to. It's just my urges..."

"Oh..." Flint seemed a little weird about the matter. He then noticed blood dripping down her hind legs, "Adara, you're hurt," he said with concern again.

She looked down and noticed her blood as well, "Oh, that's nothing. That's just part of being in heat I guess. I don't know, it's how mother explained it to me, she said that whenever I bleed means I'm able to bare children. But then some of the other female growlithe told me that being in heat makes us horny and we can hardly control our lustful impulses."

"So he attacked you because you're in heat?"

"Yes, I came out here to have a little self-control and to resist my urges, but I guess he smelt my scent and wanted to have his way. Thankfully he didn't. You saved me, Flint, and I'm thankful for that." She was brushing her fur against Flint slightly seductively now.

"Well, I'm glad I was able to help."

"Is there a way I could repay you, Flint?" Adara now had her nose touching against Flint's, looking lustful into his eyes causing him to faintly blush as he understood what she was implying.

Flint shook the thoughts out of his head. He was embarrassed having walked in while Rose was bleeding for the first time. Though, he never knew how old Rose was, he now could confirm she was mature enough to breed.

"What do I do?" Rose asked completely confused about the entire situation.

"Oh arceus, how do I explain this?" Flint thought to himself. "Would you mind if Kindle came in, she could probably explain what's happening better than I could?"

"Wait, you know what's happening?"

Flint nodded, "Yes, well, kind of. What you're going through only happens to female pokemon, hence why I'd rather Kindle explain this to you."

"O-okay," Rose stuttered nervously cringing at the sight of her blood.

Flint then explained to Kindle what was happening and asked her to explain to Rose what she was going through

"Hmm," Kindle began, "where should I start? Have you bled before or is this your first time?"

"This is the first I've noticed."

"How much do you know about reproduction?" Rose stared at her with a blank expression, choosing silence as an answer. "Flint, have you talked to Rose about the birds and the combee yet?"

"No, I didn't know if she was ready or not."

"Well, she needs to know sometime. She's bleeding right now, the first cycle of her heat. In about a week will be when her hormones act impulsively."

Flint felt pale, but Rose was still confused on the matter. "What's the 'cycle of my heat' mean?"

"First, I should tell you about what being in heat is. This is the sign that your body is now ready and capable of reproducing. The first cycle is when you bleed from your," Kindle decided to cough instead of saying the word. "It usually lasts about a week or so. After that, your body is going to feel different, you're going to crave something you don't know about, but you can resist your body's urges if you have the willpower. Luckily, you're an eevee, you only have one heat cycle a year. As you've noticed, it's spring, so every spring you'll have a repeat of this."

All of the information seemed like a lot for Rose, but she somehow managed to retain it. "You said that my body is now ready to reproduce. What does that mean?"

"Flint, I think you should give her 'the talk.'"

Flint looked nervous, he never had to explain to someone what sex was and now realized how weird it must have been when it was explained to him. "Umm, well..." he scratched behind his head. "You see how you have a hole between your legs?" Rose slowly nodded. "That's a female reproductive organ, males have a different type of reproductive organ that goes inside that hole."

"Eww, why?" Rose said in disgust.

"That's how reproduction works. A male that loves a female puts his... thing inside your hole."

"It sounds awkward how you're describing it," Kindle said, "just use the actual words instead of thing and hole."

"R-right. A male inserts his penis inside your vagina. There's a fluid that comes out of a male's penis known as sperm. Inside your body is an egg, when the sperm mixes with the egg, that starts the process of a baby being born."

"Wait," Rose spoke up, "so this is how babies are made?" Flint nodded his head. "That's... weird... and gross. What do we do now?"

"There's not much we can do about it," Kindle spoke. "We just have to let it pass. From the sounds of it, you'll be in your second stage either on the way to Whitestone or when you're already there. Just be cautious."

"What about the bleeding?"

"Well, they just so happen to make things for that. I'll lend you some when we go to my room while Flint bathes."

Speaking of which, Flint now noticed he was hungry and wanted to get his mind off the subject. "Alright, I think we should start getting ready, I'm already hungry. Who knows what this place has to offer food-wise."

Everyone seemed to drop the subject. Kindle took Rose to her room while Flint bathed and retrieved his coin pouch. Afterward, the three left the Rusty Wood Inn and walked the paths of Bark Leaf. The town looked even more gorgeous in the daytime. The roads and paths were lined with a wide variety of flowers displaying a large spectrum of vibrant colors. Warm breezes passed through the town, rustling the plants and relaxing the three. The town's folk all seemed happy and greeted of another as they passed.

Eventually, they had reached an area of the town that was like a market. The streets were littered with pokemon. There were lines at wagons that have been delivering fresh produce seeking Mardol. Seeing the wagons reminded Flint of Idwon, he wondered where he would be now that he's most likely finished taking Emalra to Whitestone. Other attractions on the streets were street performers, a couple of pubs, as well as a place that had a brute-looking pokemon standing in front of a door allowing certain pokemon inside.

"I suppose we could get some food at a pub?" Flint suggested.

"Will they allow Rose inside one?" Kindle asked.

"I guess we'll have to find out."

Flint then walked through the crowd as Kindle and Rose followed. Rose tried her best to stay at Flint's side. Flint decided to pick a pub at random, he ended up heading towards a pub known as ' The Drunken Pearl.' Like every other building in Bark Leaf, the pub was built into a tree. Inside, the pub had about four separate floors. The scenery was nice. The bartenders wore silky black ties while the waitresses had silky black bowties. The tree was lit up by purple, magical, flames that made anything white more vibrant. Rose noticed this as she looked at her collar fur, although not entirely white, was still light enough to change. The music was being played was very smooth and relaxing.

A roselia had noticed them walk-in "Good morning," she started with a soothing voice, "welcome to The Drunken Pearl, if you follow me I'll show you three to your table."

They then followed the roselia as she sat them in a booth that had three menus on it. Rose and Flint sat on one side while Kindle sat across from the two.

"Should I get you all started with a drink?"

"I'll have a water," Flint said.

"Water as well," Rose then said.

"I'll have a green tea, thank you," Kindle finished.

"Alright, I'll be back with your beverages momentarily," the waitresses said before departing.

"This place looks pretty eloquent," Kindle admired.

"That's what I'm slightly afraid of, this place could be out of my price range."

Kindle glanced through the menu, "Everything seems reasonably priced, this could just be a popular pub so they put their expenses into the decor."

"That's a relief, I guess. What do you think, Rose?" Rose seemed to be staring off in the distance, unfocused on the casual conversation. "Rose?"

She snapped back into reality, "Huh? Oh, um, sure," she said, not sure what to say.

"Are you feeling okay, Rose?"

The forced smile she had on then turned into a frown, "no..."

"What's wrong?" Flint said while rubbing a paw along her back.

"I don't know, I'm still lost in thought about the whole in heat thing. It all feels strange. I'm not even sure what to think about the second cycle that Kindle explained. Craving something I didn't know I want. What does that even mean?"

"We shouldn't talk about this in public, it'd be best to wait until we get back to our room."

As Flint finished his sentence, the waitress had brought everyone their respected drinks. Afterward, the group had ordered their meals for the morning and waited for their food.

Meanwhile, back at the inn, Tesla was just waking up. As his eyes opened, he was somewhat glad to see he was alone. He threw the sheets off of himself and stretched his tired body. After getting ready for the day, he left the inn to see what there was around town.

In another room was Aurora, she was already up for the day. Currently, she was searching through her backpack for a certain item. After feeling a round, metallic object, she pulled it out. It was a bowl. Next, she pulled out a stand for the small bowl to sit on then filled the bowl with water. After the process was done, she grabbed her necklace and dropped it into the water. After doing so, the water began to glow white light.

"Aurora," greeted a telepathic voice in her head.

"Good morning princess Starshine, I've come to inform you of the status of my current objective."

"Proceed."

"All has gone well so far, except for the lost crew I informed you about. As of recently, I've hired a few bounty hunters to help escort me back to Whitestone."

"How many have you hired?"

"Four, except one is a child."

"That's strange. Anyway, I'd assume they'll be needing a reward of sorts?"

"Correct. There's namely a growlithe and a mareep who seem interested in riches. The other two aren't as concerned. The child seems to of been forced to come along and had slowed our progress a bit..."

"How so?"

"Well, we had another encounter with Frostbite as we traveled through the mountain cave. We were able to defend ourselves and the you-know-what. Anyway, near the end of the battle, Frostbite had broken the child's leg, so progress has been slowed a little and we are currently in Bark Leaf letting her heal a little. We'll be leaving after tomorrow night."

"Then I assume you should be here within four days. If need be, we can have our medical experts treat the child's broken leg."

"Your highness there is one last bit of information I feel I should tell you about this child."

"Go on."

Aurora paused before answering, "She's an eevee."

"Are yo- are you sure?" Starshine stammered in shock.

Aurora found the question a little silly and would have given a sarcastic response if it wasn't the princess, "Yes, m'lady."

"..." Starshine was unsure how to respond until she then realized something. "Wait, you said you had an encounter with Frostbite, so he's aware of the eevee's presence as well?"

"Yes, he seemed to target her because she's the weakest of the four."

"This could be bad. If Frostbite is thinking what I'm thinking, then he had possibly informed Tenebris of her existence. If Tenebris has found out, then..." she was lost in thought. "You need to get to Whitestone, as soon as possible."

"Should we leave tomorrow instead?"

"Yes, the sooner the better. You all could be in danger right about now."

Flint, Kindle, and Rose were now leaving after enjoying a filling meal. Almost too conveniently, as they exited the building, they saw Tesla walking among the crowd.

"Tesla!" Kindle called to him.

Tesla's faced them and already lost interest, "What do you want?"

"I just wanted to see if you wanted to hang out?"

Tesla for the most part didn't enjoy being around Kindle since he saw her every day. He didn't care much for Rose, but also didn't have anything against her. He did feel at ease around Flint, he even defended him when Aurora didn't want to share the treasure with Tesla.

"What are your plans?"

"I don't know, we're just checking out the town. These streets are beautiful and the market is filled with enticing aromas galore. There's just so much to do here."

"I was looking forward to going to a tavern, want to join me, Flint?" Tesla offered.

"Uh, I don't know, I haven't drunk in a while and I'm watching after Rose right now."

"Kindle, would you mind watching Rose for the day?"

"I'd love to, as long as she is alright with it."

The attention was now directed towards Rose who felt uneasy, "S-sure, I guess."

"Then it's settled," Tesla spoke, "let's see what the town has to offer."

Flint and Tesla walked off leaving Rose with Kindle. "What would you like to do Rose?"

"I don't know, we could see if there's anything of interest to do here in the market?"

Kindle agreed and then the two worked their way through the crowded streets. It seemed so busy and there were tons of merchants selling goods to the town's folk. Fruits, vegetables, herbs, rocks, jewelry, you name it, it was most likely in the market. Rose's ears perked up at the sound of singing. As she turned her attention, she saw two pokemon around her age singing a song with familiar lyrics. Upon further audible inspection, Rose recognized the song as 'Her Majesty.' She couldn't believe it. A couple of days ago she was sad for misplacing the book of songs that Idwon let her borrow, and now here were a couple of pokemon who knew of the song as well.

"Kindle, wait up, I want to talk to these kids."

Kindle directed her attention to them and smiled, "Sure thing."

Rose then politely waited for the group to finish their song then approached the two. One was a female whismur and the other was a male larvesta. "Hey, was that 'Her Majesty' you two were singing?"

"Yup," the two replied in unison with a happy attitude.

"I love that song! I've been wanting to learn it but haven't really had something to help me memorize the lyrics."

"Hey," said the whismur, "maybe we could help teach it to you!"

"Really!? You'd do that?" Rose said trying to hide her excitement.

"Of course!" The larvesta replied. "we'd be happy to teach it to someone interested in the song."

"Thank you, by the way, I'm Rose." Instinctively, Rose was about to extend her right paw but was reminded it was broken, so she reached out her other paw to the whismur.

"Melody," the whismur said while shaking her paw.

"I'm Blazewing," introduced the larvesta. "If you don't mind me asking what happened to your foreleg?"

Rose hadn't expected anyone to ask but also had a gut feeling that she shouldn't tell the truth about it to strangers without the need to know. Telling someone that a random weaving from arceus knows where she broke her leg on a battle probably wouldn't go too well. "I, uh, l-landed on my leg wrong." Luckily, the two seemed to believe her.

Kindle took note of the fact that she lied, but brushed it away, "Hey, Rose, I'm going to go look around the market a little bit, I'll meet you back here in a bit." Rose then nodded to acknowledge her.

Still curious, Rose had a question on her mind, "What exactly is the song about?"

"The song?" Melody said. "I've always believed it wad about the story of Mirrosa defending Mardol from the Dark Legion."

" No way!" Blazewing interjected. "It's a song about the current war going on in Zerith, her majesty is obviously princess Starshine and the darkness is the Dark Legion."

"Shhhhh! Don't say that name so loud. Besides, I still think you're wrong, the song has existed for many of years, how could it be dedicated to Starshine?"

"Well, the term her majesty represents any queen that's been present during the war, we've had about five or seven queens during the whole war so far."

"That sounds like an excuse, none of the previous queens did anything to aid the war, only queen Blossom, the most recent queen, aided in the war after the 'king' disappeared."

The two continued arguing back and forth. Rose now understood what Idwon was saying a little more, everyone had their own interpretation as to what the song meant to them. She just needed to learn it and start finding her own meaning to its lyrical mystery.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to start an argument," apologized Rose. "I'd just like to learn the song now."

"I'm sorry too," Blazewing said a little embarrassed, "I shouldn't have argued with Melody."

"Sorry," said Melody. "Anyway, let's start with the chorus, it's the easiest to learn in my opinion, it's the only part that's repeated and has the title in the song, so the work becomes easier."

Meanwhile, Flint and Tesla were strolling through the streets. Flint was starting to wonder why he didn't just go back to The Drunken Pearl but continued walking with Tesla. The sun was getting ready to set and Flint was unaware of how short the day seemed.

Tesla then stopped Flint, "What do you think about that place over there?" He said while pointing.

Flint read the sign on a tree Tesla was pointing at, "The Lusty Lopunny?"

"Yeah, they have drinks and entertainment."

Flint had a gut feeling about entering said building, "What do you mean by entertainment?"

"Come on, Flint, it doesn't take a psychic type to know what that means. It means girls are there to entertain us."

"I-I don't know Tesla, I thought we were just getting drinks."

"You're not scared, are you Flint?"

"Scared? O-of course not!"

"Then why are you stuttering, hmm?" Tesla asked with a smirk.

"Maybe I'm a little nervous."

"What's wrong, never been around attractive girls before?" Tesla teased.

"I have, I just feel wrong going in there."

"Loosen up a bit, what's the worse that could happen?" Tesla said while walking over to the tree.

'A lot, honestly...' Flint thought before following Tesla.

Unlike most of the other trees, this tree was dead. The stairs lead underground. There were also bright red flames that decorated the tree's outside. The duo then walked down the stairs and into its underground interior. Standing at the door was a red-colored lycanroc. Since ID verification wasn't a thing around this time era, the lycanroc would let anyone in that looked somewhat mature and paid the entrance fee, which was two bronzin.

After paying the fee, the lycanroc stepped aside and opened the door for Flint and Tesla. The underground room was also decorated with red flames. The room was filled with various conversations and laughter. There was a stage where a female vulpix was performing for her crowd. She was on her back with her legs spread apart, she was rubbing her paws around her body and groping herself seductively. She was enjoying herself just as much as her spectators. Across from the stage was the bar table, a quilava preparing drinks for his customers. Tesla and Flint found themselves a seat at the bar as the quilava approached them.

"Wot can I getcha lads today?" They quilava asked in a Scottish accent.

"I'll have a tamato berry and rum mix," Tesla said.

"I'll have vodka mixed with sitrus berry juice," said Flint.

"Tamato with rum and sitrus with vodka comin' up."

The quilava prepared their drinks while Flint and Tesla conversed with each other. The vulpix on stage had finished her performance and left the stage so the next entertainer could get ready. She noticed Flint and Tesla walk in and was interested in talking to the two.

The vixen then sat next to Flint just as the quilava handed them some drinks, "You're not from around here are you?"

"What makes you say that?" Flint asked while drinking his sitrus alcoholic beverage.

"I haven't seen you here before, everyone else here is a regular. It's nice to see some new faces around every once in a while." Flint just continued drinking his drink. The vulpix then whispered in his ear, "I was thinking about you while I touched myself~" Flint choked on his drinks for a second after hearing that, the vulpix giggled to herself. "What brings you here?"

"We're bounty hunters, right now we're just visiting."

"Bounty hunters? You must be strong and brave~?"

"I wouldn't exactly say that..." Flint said while remembering his encounter with Frostbite.

"So, if you're just visiting, that means you probably have a room you're staying in at an inn, right?" Flint nodded. The vulpix whispered in his ear again "How about I come over and give you some company~"

"I can't do that, I have a child there."

The vulpix then retorted taking Flint's comment completely out of context, "Ugh, you're disgusting," she then excused herself from the table and left.

After she left, Tesla started laughing at Flint, "Nice going," he said while slapping him in the back.

"I seriously didn't mean it like that."

"Work on wording your sentences better," Tesla laughed. "You could have had her too, she's a fine-looking vulpix too."

"I can't do that, I'm watching over Rose."

"I'm all about helping friends out, she could have stayed with Kindle and I for the night and you could have been banging that vulpix tonight."

Flint took note that Tesla considered him a friend, "I'm not interested in the vulpix though, sex isn't a strong interest of mine."

"Why not? Don't like the feeling? Are you a virgin? Or is your sex drive just low?"

"No, I'm not a virgin, and I do enjoy the feeling. I guess I'd just rather have intercourse with a girl I care about, not just any random girl I see."

"Gotcha," Tesla said while finishing his drink. "How about a couple more drinks then we head back."

"Sure," Flint said while finishing his drink and asking for another.

"And that's about it, easy as that," Melody concluded to the newly taught eevee.

"Wow, thank you so much!"

"No problem," said Blazewing, "it was a pleasure teaching you."

Kindle was now back carrying a bag with a couple of fruits, "Hello, Rose, I'm back."

"You're just in time, I finished learning 'Her Majesty' thanks to these two."

"That's great news, Rose! Anyway, we should probably head back here soon since the sun is setting."

"Alright. Well, it was nice meeting you Melody and Blazewing."

"Take care," said Melody.

"Nice meeting you too," Blazewing said.

Kindle and Rose head then set off back to the inn they were staying at. After they climbed up the spiral stairs, they saw Aurora standing outside her room with an impatient look on her face.

"Hello Aurora," greeted Kindle. "what's up?"

"I've been needing to tell you all that we have to leave a little early. I can't go too much into the reason why, but I need you to make sure Flint and Tesla know as well."

"Oh, okay. Guess we'll see you tomorrow." Aurora ignored them and went back inside her room.

"What was that all about?" Asked Rose.

"Beats me," Kindle shrugged. "You can stay in my room and wait for Flint if you'd like."

A couple of hours later, Flint and Tesla were walking into the inn. Flint had to use his body to support the completely intoxicated mareep as they walked up the stairs. To say the least, it was more tiring than when he carried Rose up them last night. Flint then walked him to his room and knocked on the door.

Kindle then opened the door, "Hello you two, looks like you had a good night."

"It was... interesting..." Flint said.

"Oh, by the way, Aurora said we have to leave tomorrow instead. She didn't tell me why, but it sounded important."

"Tomorrow!" Exclaimed Tesla, "I fucking hate Aurora and her last-minute shit."

"He's a little... drunk by the way."

"A little?" Kindle joked.

"Anyway, how was your two's day?"

"Mine was fine, Rose seemed to have a better day."

"Oh?"

"Flint," Rose then said, "guess what."

"What is it little one?"

"I met these two pokemon today who were singing in the market area and they taught me how to sing 'Her Majesty.'"

"That's awesome," Flint said with a smile. "We should get back to our room now, especially since we have to get up a little earlier now that we're leaving."

Rose and Flint then made their way out of the room after exchanging good nights with Kindle and Tesla. Afterward, Kindle then snuggled up in her blanket and closed her eyes to sleep. However, a strange feeling kept her awake. She opened her eyes and see Tesla still sitting at the end of his bed staring at her.

"Are you okay Tesla?"

"..." no response.

Kindle then got out of her bed and walked over to him, "Hey, what's wrong?"

Tesla kept his eyes on Kindle, once she was close enough, Tesla pounced onto her, pinning her to the ground.

"Tesla, what are you doing!"

"Have I ever told you how attractive you look?" Tesla said before licking her cheek.

Kindle could smell the alcohol in his breath, "Tesla, you need to stop, you're drunk."

He only grinned, "That's what makes this more fun, now sit still."

Quickly, Kindle rammed her head directly into Tesla's causing him to collapse unconscious on top of her. She used her strength to push him off and got back to her feet. 'Hopefully, he's too drunk to remember this whole incident...' Kindle thought to herself.

She tucked her head under Tesla's stomach and lifted him off the ground to place him on his bed. After tucking him in, she headed back to her bed and tucked herself in. She looked back at Tesla and let out a sigh, 'Too bad he will only think of me that way when he's drunk. He'd never give me that kind of attention if he were sober...' Letting out another sigh, she rested her head on the bed and went back to sleep.

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