"The Loss of Reason" John [1] 5

I awoke wrapped in Shane’s arms. I smiled, I couldn’t help it he was everything good in my life. I slipped out of the bed as gently as I could, and pulled on a pair of pants over my boxers. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth.1

I noticed the smell of bacon frying as I spit out the toothpaste. Curious I went to the kitchen to see who had beaten me up. I walked into the room to find Alex and Sarah sitting on the couch, I turn around and there stands Amy at the stove.2

Very confused by this point I asked, “What did I miss?”3

Alex turned around, looked at me, laughed, and said, “Yeah my reaction, Slutty over there got kicked out.”4

Amy turned around with a hot and greasy, spatula in hand and said, “Hey shut it Alex or you’ll get this shoved up your ass.”5

“Once again, what did I miss?”6

“I got kicked out, I slept with Blade my mother caught us, called me a slut, and slapped me, I told her just what I thought about her and she kicked me out, and now I’m taking ya’ll up on the offer to move in. Happy?” Amy turned back around and began to take up the bacon from the skillet with out missing a beat.7

“Wow, now how did I miss all of this?” 8

“You slept past eight in the morning,” Sarah said, turning to look at me over the back of the couch. 9

“It’s only 8:30, how can I miss all of this in thirty minutes?”10

Amy turned off the burner, poured the grease from the skillet into a metal kettle sitting between the burners on the back of the stove then said, “Yeah well it started at six this morning.” She sits the skillet down in the sink and runs water over it and as steam rushes up over the sink continues, “Yeah six o’clock in the morning and she comes be-bopping up into my room, and starts screaming at both of us, makes Blade leave, and screams at me about everything under the sun. Things that aren’t even my fault. She finally ends up calling me a slut, I told her that she didn’t raise me and that I owed everything I am to her for teaching me what not to be.”11

“Damn all of this happens at six in the morning. Is it a full moon?”12

“Yes, but that’s not the point,” Amy laughed, “So where’s Shane?”13

“He’s still asleep,” Amy turned back around and finished washing the skillet. “So you cooking for all of us now?”14

She started to dry off the skillet, “No this is just for me you have to make your own.”15

I just looked at her, “Ha ha very funny.” She smiled and put the skillet back on the stove. 16

Walking over to the fridge she asked, “How do ya’ll want your eggs?” The doorbell rang. Amy started to answer it, but I stopped her and went over to the door while she got the eggs out of the fridge.17

I opened the door to see Blade standing there, “Is Amy here?”18

“Um, yeah would you like to come in?” I asked. Even though I could usually read people I couldn’t have told you what was wrong if my life had depended on it. 19

“Well no I was hoping to talk to Amy,” he paused, “alone.”20

Amy, who had sat down the eggs and walked over to stand beside me at the sound of Blade’s voice, looked at Blade then at me and said, “Finish breakfast I need to talk to Blade.” I just nodded and stepped to the side to let her out the door. “I’ll be back soon guys,” and with that she left.21