THoZ - 3

Just to get her to relax again, and laugh, that carefree way she'd been before they ended up outside, walking back from the dimly lit bar with smoke in the air and lights that danced above drunken men and women, conversing in tongues and with tongues, swapping secrets directly into one another's mouths.

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The House of Zodiac

"S-s-sorry," Leo said.

Virgo broke down crying.

Taurus looked deeply uncomfortable.

"S-sorry," Leo said again. Less of a st-stutter, but still there.

"You killed her! You're why she's dead!" Virgo screamed. Then she ran.

Taurus watched her go, then looked over to Leo. "I hope that's just an emotional accusation," he said. "Because if it's not…"

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AugoWrimo 2011: The House of Zodiac

The girl was short, and dressed like a doll, in a mini sundress that was far too blue, like one of those powder blue dressed one might see in a magazine. Something that should not have been possible. And it was, anyway.

She was smiling and laughing and running around the merry go round, all alone. But she spoke to the open air anyway, as though there were other children there with her. And when she stood on the bench she spoke down as though there were an invisible woman sitting there – a mother of some sort.

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