Book 5: Chapter 72: Human Fallout
Bob
August 2345
Ragnarök
I’d been invited to Bill’s place for a meeting of the Ancient Ones. I wasn’t honestly sure if I really cared for that title, but Bill pointed out that trying to deflect Garfield once he’d made up his mind would just make him double down. I blamed Bill for that; I’m sure I was never that stubborn.
It turned out I was the last to arrive. Bill, Garfield, Howard, and Will turned and acknowledged me as I popped in.
“About time,” Garfield said. “Did we interrupt a date with your girlfriend?”
“Uh … ” The comment was a bit harsh, but possibly not as facetious as Garfield intended. “Maybe don’t make jokes about that while she’s around, okay?”
Garfield frowned. “What’s going on?”
“Maybe nothing. Maybe something. I … we’ve never been what you’d call astute in the ways of relationships—”