Among the Living (Tyler G Book 1) Read Online Free Page B

paper bowl thing, along with the fork he'd been using, and tossed
them both. Then she wiped down the table quickly as he stood, and was at the
door when he got there. Ahead of him, even though that really shouldn't have
been physically possible.
    Not for a Human.
    "This way!" The girl
walked quickly, but didn't vanish, which meant something. That she didn't want
him to have time to think, but also wasn't trying to show off really, he guessed.
It was his first time there, at Westfield. His mom had never really had the
kind of money that going to a mall location for anything implied. She worked as
a waitress, and had his entire life, as far as he knew. It was kind of
miserable for her, but she never complained about it. She just worked,
six days a week. Long hours too, since rent wasn't cheap.
    There were some strange places
there. A knife and sword shop, which he could kind of see being there, since
people liked shiny things. Also an herb shop. It was Washington State,
but that didn't mean they were allowed to sell weed openly. It was probably
simple remedies and that kind of thing then, since there were no grow lights
being displayed in the window.
    They had a place called Brand
Village, which they stopped at, as they passed.
    It didn't seem to be the
destination though, just because a rather dorky looking redheaded girl with
thick glasses came out. She was dressed too nicely to work at a place like
that, with a professional looking skirt on, as well as a jacket over a bright
white shirt. The thing was, she also looked adorable. It was enough that he
blushed a bit when Eve put her hand out to stop him from walking.
    "Calley! This is Tyler. You
heard about the thing earlier?"
    How that could have happened, he
didn't understand, but the friendly seeming woman, who looked to be about
twenty-something, in the small numbers, nodded violently.
    "I sure did. Great story. We should all get together later. You eat food, right? You had that
fruit salad." This was addressed to him, and since she was cute, but not
going to be a model in the next few days, Ty was able to actually not feel too
bad, chatting with her.
    "Mainly fruits and veggies.
I know it's a weird diet, but-" He was about to go into the health benefits,
and how he did eat eggs too, but the woman just reached out and took his
right arm, and held it, at the elbow.
    Her hand was very warm.
    "Great. So, let's do that?
We can meet for lunch, if you aren't busy?"
    Eve waved at his other arm,
"healing then, I bet. Dinner? I won't be there, but you two should hook
up. It never hurts to have friends. Right now I'm trying to get him on over at
the bookstore. There are things, and reasons. Don't mention anything. Spread
the word?"
    As if that was just the normal thing
to do with slightly sweaty people in running gear, she moved him along with a
hand on his back, leaving the adorable woman behind. He actually looked back,
and blushed when he noticed Calley was still there, watching them.
    He whispered to Eve, forgetting
to feel awkward about it.
    "Is she single?" It
was, he realized, the second time he'd ever asked that about anyone in his
life. The other time the girl had turned out to be the girlfriend of the guy he
was talking to, so that hadn't gone over too well at all.
    He winced, doing it so clearly
that Eve got it. She glanced back and then looked at him as they kept moving.
    "Seems so, since she's
nodding about it. You should totally get with her then. I mean, you're both incredible people, so it makes sense. Before you ask, no, she isn't my
girlfriend. My girlfriend works at the place I'm taking you. My
boyfriend too... But you know, if you can get them into bed, fair game.
Actually, if you can get Ben to go for it, I'll record the whole thing. That
sounds kind of hot."
    He nodded, but couldn't make
himself speak. He wasn't exactly a homosexual or anything. He didn't
think so. If that was the case he wouldn't have that much trouble talking to
women in particular. Then, it