fumigation what that mean, the primitive part of em asked.
IT MEANS THEY'LL FUME THE BUILDINGS, TO GET RID OF PESTS, the civilized part answered.
pest?
YES. PEST.
The primitive side pondered for a bit. we pest?
The civil half seemed pensive. YES.
we pest
YES. I JUST SAID. WE ARE THE PESTS.
There was a moment of silence.
they banish us?
More silence.
i want go, the primitive part said. go way. home.
I DO, TOO, said the civilized part.
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Bree waited outside the school with other students. The school after the announcement was a dreadful blur of activity and sensations, panicky students crying and calling their parents to please pick them up.
MH Secret Santa: Winter Wonderland by beepboop138, literature
Literature
MH Secret Santa: Winter Wonderland
Ashlynn stared at her cell phone for what seemed forever until she finally picked it up and called her friend.
“Hi Damian, this is Ash.”
“Oh hey Ashlynn, what’s up?”
Ashlynn took a deep breath before asking, “Do you want to hang out today?”
“Sure! Just tell me when and where.”
She paused for a second to think before responding, “Um the park in an half hour?”
“Sounds good! See you then, Ash!”
She smiled a bit and then grabbed her coat and put on her snow boots and walked out the door.
The wait at the park seemed to take forever and when Damian finally showed