Chapter 38: Familiar Shape
She was standing behind me, wearing her usual black jeans and a heavy metal t-shirt, grinning. She shouldn't have been here. Her classes were all in the other buildings. I checked it myself when we were working on Plan C. She wasn't supposed to be anywhere near Zero and his Disease.
'Hi! What are you doing here?'
I gulped. Humans had this saying: if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
Damned humans and their damned human God.
'Uh... you know...'
She looked at me, then at Tanya, a smile frozen in place.
'Hey, I know you. You were at that Solstice party, right?'
And I remembered the party, Claire asking: "Who's that girl you've been staring at this whole evening? Is she, like, your ex?" And me saying: "You're seeing things."
Fuck.
Tanya gave her a polite smile.
'The Solstice party? Yes, I think I was.'