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20 Wicca.” Benny wriggled into a more comfortable position, eager to learn more. “It’s a peaceful practice and focuses on deities connected to nature.” Benny’s brow furrowed. “So if it’s so peaceful, the daggers weren’t used for anything bad, right?” Mr. Bowers nodded. “Exactly right. The daggers themselves are called athames. They’re used in rituals to represent fire. According to my pap, if an athame was used to draw blood in any situation, the person who wielded the dagger would be cursed.” Panic surged through the boy’s body. It was a struggle to keep his voice from shaking as he spoke. “Cursed? How?” “I’m not sure,” Mr. Bowers shrugged. “That’s all Pap would tell me about it.” § It wasn’t until October 30 of their senior year of high school when the edges of the friendship between Tom and Benny started to fray. Not long after his 17th birthday, Tom had been diagnosed as having some sort of mental disorder, though he refused to tell Benny what it was called. All Benny knew was that his friend often refused to take his medication and was out getting wasted and/or high almost every weekend. They were headed to an after hours trick-ortreating event for the school and Tom was sipping at a half-full flask as Benny parked the car. A Halloween event was set up every year at the school to entertain the younger kids and Benny had volunteered to help out. He didn’t know how Tom had gotten involved. “Why aren’t you drinking?” Tom asked as he got out of the car, slipping the flask into the pocket of his
21 costume. “I’m not going to drink,” Benny answered as he led the way towards the school. “I have to make sure I can get you home without you killing yourself.” Tom huffed. “Yeah, okay.” He was silent for a few moments before grinning, shifting the bag he had brought with him from one hand to the other and ruffling Benny’s hair. “Oh, so apparently Jared is going to be at this thing.” “Yeah, so?” Jared was a friend of Benny’s, but he didn’t understand Tom’s sudden excitement at the idea. “You heard he’s queer, right? We need to fix that.” “No, no, we really don’t,” Benny rolled his eyes. Tom stopped and glared. “Don’t tell me you’re batting for his team.” “No I’m not. But does it matter? I’m not going to beat someone up because of what genitals they prefer.” Benny continued walking, effectively ending the conversation. Tom jogged to catch up and followed in silence until they got inside. Students were already setting up decorations in the hallways and grouping up according to the type of outfits they had chosen. Benny caught sight of a group of hero and villain costumes and led the way over to them. Jared was among them, and laughing with his friends. “Hey, Benny,” he waved. Benny left Tom’s side to chat with him. It wasn’t long before the event was in full swing, small children eagerly traversing the halls
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81 Hush Little Baby Melissa Osburn
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