Chapter 47 We Believe What We Want To Believe (2/2)

”I am his girlfriend on the surface. At the same time, he is banging at least 3 other girls in this room right now, possibly including the gym coach. So... I'm not going to be the one to step forward.” She responded quietly.

Laz felt like maybe Tommy was the type to have rules about these kinds of things. After all, most girls were banging him for money or drugs, so he probably wouldn't want to know they were close to him while he was unconscious. And considering how wasted he liked to get, he probably set these rules up prior to this. It just so turned out that this was a similar situation.

By the same thought, he probably figured Alex wouldn't think about doing that kind of thing and Jesse didn't need the money. Not that he would have had his wallet on him during gym class, but Jesse would probably grab it for him before he left so that he could give it to him later.

Even when it's a group of assholes, you would rather trust each other than someone you pay for things.

As the ambulance pulled up and the EMTs got off with the stretcher, the female coach walked over to talk to them while the male coach pulled everyone into a big group since class was almost over.

”Now listen up. Today is a perfect example of why you shouldn't do drugs, especially at your ages. Since your growing and have chemical imbalances taking place, drugs will only serve to agitate things more. It may seem like fun, but as you can see from today, the price you pay isn't worth it.” The male coach lectured for a bit, although his words mostly fell on deaf ears.

At this age, kids were bullet proof and even seeing something like this, they wouldn't change their habits unless something happened to them. The amazing part was that their wasn't anyone who doubted the coaches explanation about drugs being involved. In fact, that was what everyone had already guessed.

Kennedy leaned over and whispered into Laz's ear, ”What the hell does he mean drugs? Can drugs make you go all beast mode and throw a man twice your size before spouting some blood tears and attacking someone else?”

”I don't know... maybe bath salts? I heard about this guy who tried to eat another guy while tripping on bath salts.” Laz speculated after thinking for a moment.

”OK, obviously cannibalism is a bit different then Hulking out without the green makeover. But the part I don't understand is that shit like this has been all over the news so why is no one putting one plus one together to get two?” Kennedy asked again, ever so quietly.

Although this wasn't Laz's intention, he kind of enjoyed feeling Kennedy's hot breath in his ear. In truth, the reason he didn't want to talk mentally anymore was that it was giving him a pretty bad headache. He figured Kennedy didn't have one since she never mentioned it. He was also pondering over this problem while watching Tommy to see if he could figure anything out before they took him away.

Unfortunately, it would seem like whatever happened to him had erupted and then disappeared just as quickly. He didn't know if they would find anything in his system, but he didn't feel like drugs was the answer.

He spent another moment thinking about what Kennedy said.

Of course the news had been running a few stories of some weird cases of people changing. At the moment, he didn't remember if he had told Kennedy about Joey and didn't know if Tony did either. But obviously she had figured out that they weren't special from watching the news and knowing that others were going through the same thing.

Since she had only come into contact with Laz, she didn't know if there were others either. Apparently she didn't know about Malene. If she had compared the vibe she got from Laz to the one she would get from Malene, she would know that what she felt from Tommy was something completely different. Stopping his brain from going into over drive, he finally looked over at Kennedy with a completely straight face and said,

”We believe what we want to believe. That has always been a part of human nature. That is why people found it hard to believe the earth was round and why Galileo was accused of being a heretic for stating that the earth was not the center of the universe. Even if the news shows these stories every once in a while, people won't believe it till they see it for themselves in a way that makes it undeniable true. In this case, drugs is far more believable than a person transforming into a monster, especially because he still looked entirely human.”

”What do you think it was then?” Kennedy asked with a bit of fear in her voice. She was only close to him cause he was convenient to use. She didn't want to lose the business, but she wasn't about to hang out with a psychopath.

”I don't know,” Laz responded while looking a bit grave.

”Then should I be worried?” Kennedy questioned while looking into Laz's eyes. Even if the mood was tense at the moment, she couldn't help but be memorized by those dark blue windows of a person's soul.

Thinking back to the feeling of pure hatred and blood lust that ran through his mind when Tommy had ”transformed,” Laz couldn't help but answer honestly.

”Yes, you should be very worried. We both should.”