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I nearly fire two at the door but…nada. There’s nothing past, only hallow, empty staircase. No se lo. Keep my gun hooked in front of me. It’s not the same staircase. Looks like it but, no se lo, es nada? Quiet, except an eery little chorus of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Spiderthread on the rails and the thumping. Oh.
“What’s going on?” Marsha whispers “there’s…nobody there…”
No. There is something there. I’m not loco, there’s a slow creak like we’re hanging in air. And a scurry.
“Whoa…” Ehud says softly, peering out the door. “Maybe we should go…check it out…?”
He starts to go so I pull him back by his hood.
“I’m going to look ahead,” I say firmly, and point to the ground in their room. “Stay here until I come back, but if I’m not back in five minutes get moving.”
“But–”
“Stay.” I say without turning around. Half-way out now, careful.
“I’m not a puppy!!” His indignant voice sounds from the other room while Marsha is trying to shush him so I know he’s following orders.
You can hear ticking and ticking as I make it up. The stairs are skeleton, and white as teeth. What big teeth you have…

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“What time is it?” He says, flopping despondently onto the floor after a dramatic–and rather cluttered–speech expressing his indignation and comparing it to society at large (Rosario was right this guy is cute). I wonder why he’s asking that of all things but I dutifully glance at the blue band on my wrist.
“It’s eleven-thirty.”
“Oh.” Ehud yawns without covering his mouth, and rakes a hand through his sandy-blond hair. “Do you think she can still hear us?”
“No, she’s pretty well ahead of us now…” I hope she didn’t leave us to die. But he pops up hopefully and sizes up the staircase. “Um…Rosario said for us to stay her–”
“Don’t worry I’ll be super quiet–unless I die, if I die I’m gonna scream.” And then he actually tries to imitate Rosario’s tone of voice, probably unconsciously. “Stay here until I come back, unless I don’t come back then you’re on your own cos I’m probably dead.”
“Really? This is ridic–” Wow, that kid is fast. He’s already out of sight…

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Tick tick tick…
Not a little spider’s thread. Enough for strangle-wire. I’m getting forward, watching the whitewashed walls, the whitewashed stairs straight up, 90 degrees to the left at every corner.
Scrieett!
Gun ready. You won’t keep us here whatever you are. I cocked the trigger first before I left, making a soft click and I’m not human after that. This is my job and I do it very well. All my

job is to survive. I reach a corner and an opening in the center. Glass. Gears. It’s the center of the Grind and the gears are screaming. If I didn’t know better I might even say they were breathing, maybe the whole place is breathing like an enchanted castle.
Clip clop,
Clip clop,
It’s all fading, isn’t it? Tick tock Little Star, no one wonders who you are. Survive. That’s my job. Footsteps are behind me. Closer, trying to be stealthy. I whirl around and–
“Rosy?”

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(11:35,
11:36 pm)

Actually, it’s ticking to midnight and the webs are winding closer.
Actually, can you tell me whether people are real if they lose what defines them?
And what–pray tell–defines humanity?

Hesitantly, he says it. Like he’s not sure it’s my name, or that he can call me that…
What has happened, what am I…? And here he is. Staring at me, wide blue eyes so wide they…almost make you want to laugh. Alone with him something breaks inside me.
“I told you to stay there..” I say low, but my eyes are fixed on him. Quietly. It feels like years since we had time together and suddenly everything in me wants to crack. I was so scared, I almost could’ve told him, so scared I would lose you, idiota.
“Can I just…tag along?” He shrugs a little, oddly shy, his hands are fidgeting in his pockets like a lost puppy. “I swear I won’t get in the way…”
“No. Go back where I told you to.” I want to go crazy like we won’t see tomorrow.
How can he do this to me how does he look so precious so perfect? I hate that..breaking my walls without even trying. All I want is to touch him to know he’s real, something I can reach. What is wrong with me? Shut up and get the job done! This isn’t practical you know he’s not for you.
“I’m sorry…” He says in a shaky little voice. “I’m sorry you keep having to save me I’m sorry I can’t…remember everything I don’t know you enough and I’m sorry I…”
No. No…don’t be. Por el contrario est–…
Te necesito en mi vida. His eyes almost glow they’re so wide and shiny I got to stop looking what’s going on with me? Quiero andar contigo.
“Of nothi–it’s nothing, carino.” Me fascinas–everything…you do is, I’m fascinated by you–eres my vida. I touch his cheek I solo–I only want to feel the warmth, he felt so cold and dead on that bed no es justo no.
There’s a creak from some corner no se lo I don’t want to hear anything but his voice. Click in out.
“Rosy…?” He says uncertainly, he looks so…so…
Before I knew that I was I ran my thumb beside his lower lip. I want him so much. And he stares up at me, so innocent so pure.
“I missed…” I don’t want to say it I want to close my eyes and touch his lips to mine. And I could do it…?
“Ros–?” I kiss him, slowly, deeply. I don’t care I just want him…For just five seconds I won’t care. I love him and I can’t..
Click!
And when I open my eyes I’m not kissing Ehud because Ehud is staring at the doorway with his jaw dropped and my knight in shining armor. Has kaleidoscope eyes and a trained gun directed at my side.

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