Burdens - Chapter 57: Catalyst
Chapter 57: Catalyst The movies were over. The two groups met each other in front of the theater. Roger was first to spot them, since he had been looking that way, and since it seemed the other two were preoccupied. Anything to distract himself, he...
Burdens - Chapter 56: Predict
Chapter 56: Predict Mary was the first to initiate conversation. She greeted them, introduced her friends, as well as herself formally. She informed them of the movie they were to watch, which confirmed Roger's prediction. It gave him the chance to...
Burdens - Chapter 55: Distractions
Chapter 55: Distractions Their time in the park was limited, despite their desire to stay. Roger felt it would be rude to not show up for the movie when they had made the plans. He was only half looking forward to it, the other half of him wanted to...
Burdens - Chapter 51: Bed
Chapter 51: Bed It had gotten late. The sun had disappeared from the sky and all that was left were the stars. A moonless night. It seemed as if their contact had lasted but only a second and the fox felt that it was hardly enough. Any moment where...
Burdens - Chapter 50: Close
Chapter 50: Close The passing of the days had been relatively uneventful. Roger had not seen much of Mary and the skunk had not requested anymore meetings. The change of location for their study session was nice, he thought, but after reviewing the...
Burdens - Chapter 49: Positive
Chapter 49: Positive Hunter was still not present, so Roger figured that he was still at practice. In reality, his meeting with the teacher did not actually take very long, so it made sense to him. He wandered off toward the small stadium that they...
Burdens - Chapter 48: Warnings
Chapter 48: Warnings "What developments?" Roger asked. He had been called into his teacher's office to retrieve a study guide, but now he was forced into a dialogue of which he knew not the purpose. "Ah, well, some such developments, not so much in,...
Burdens - Chapter 47: Wasted Time
Chapter 47: Wasted Time It was another day. It felt that way, time and time again, it would just pass along, and it seemed like there was no halt to the ever accelerating cycle. There it was, the light that shone through and brightened his room. He...
Burdens - Chapter 46: The Future
Chapter 46: The Future Another day had come and gone. Night had fallen on the two. Was the silence a wasted day, or was it wasted when the day was busy? Roger could not decide. He had become comfortable. He thought, maybe comfortable was not correct....
Burdens - Chapter 45: Clear
Chapter 45: Clear It was the end of the school day. The only respite in the chaotic day was the time Roger spent with Hunter. There was clarity in their interaction. It was as if the fog was blown away when he was near the wolf now. Prior instances...
Burdens - Chapter 44: Muffled
Chapter 44: Muffled The morning came. Roger woke, but he had to exert an effort to get himself out of bed. Something did not feel right to him as far as his body was concerned, as if the onset of an illness, though he lacked any other symptoms aside...
Burdens - Chapter 41: The Haze
Chapter 41: The Haze There sat Roger, in his room. Were he asked to describe the journey back from school, he would not have been capable. He could hardly remember much of it, if any of it ever did allow itself the chance to collect. He was beside...