Reid Graves 7                                  

 

"Are you okay, Tabitha?" Gwendolyn asked, her voice laced with concern.

 

Tabitha forced a smile, but it looked more like a grimace. "Y-yeah. I'm just . . . not feeling too great all of a sudden."

 

Reid, ever the scientist, observed her like she was an experiment gone wrong. "That usually happens to first-time members. They don't come back the next day. I wonder why though."

 

"Yeah. I wonder why too," Tabitha muttered, sarcastically, slumping forward like a deflated balloon.

 

Gwendolyn leaned closer, her big, doll-like eyes filled with worry. "Can you go home on your own? Where do you live? I can take you there."

 

Tabitha blinked, her brain too fried to process the offer. For a second, she imagined getting princess-carried by Gwendolyn like some tragic heroine in a romance novel.

 

That might actually be nice.