Burdens - Chapter 62: Unclean
Chapter 62: Unclean Roger laid himself back upon his bed. He did not have any plans for the day, aside from helping the wolf study. Part of him did not want to get out of bed, however. He wondered where the wolf had been before he had waken. He...
Burdens - Chapter 61: Far
Chapter 61: Far Roger awoke with the coming of the light. It streamed through the window in his room. He opened his eyes groggily, grumbling to himself about needing to shut the blinds. The blanket was wrapped around him and he was still lying on his...
Burdens - Chapter 60: Evasion
Chapter 60: Evasion Roger froze. The situation was dangerous and he knew it. If he kept still, he figured, perhaps the wolf would just assume he was asleep, and then head back, himself. However, what if his arm traveled back down? He concluded that...
Burdens - Chapter 59: Toss and Turn
Chapter 59: Toss and Turn The first thing that Roger noticed was that his eyes stung and pained him. The second thing he noticed was that when he did open them, it was still dark. He checked his watch. He could not remember much of why he was asleep....
Burdens - Chapter 58: Free Flow
Chapter 58: Free Flow It felt to Roger that fate was conspiring against him. Everything that lead up to this point seemed to be for naught; that it created a situation that merely taunted him with his desires dangled in front of him. It was...
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 54: Escape
Chapter 54: Escape Roger quickly pulled the wolf away, toward the top portion of the bed. He attempted to kick away his sullied article of clothing, got it caught on his paw for a moment, but managed to brush it off to the side. His breathing was...
Burdens - Chapter 53: Morning Dew
Chapter 53: Morning Dew When Roger woke up, he found that the wolf was already awake. He had his arms wrapped around the fox, having apparently changed positions during the night, he said, "Finally up?" The fox nodded in response. He checked his...
Burdens - Chapter 52: Midnight
Chapter 52: Midnight It was too warm in the bed for the two. It was the wolf who woke first, but the fox followed suit after a little bit of movement was felt. The wolf had nudged Roger in the side, shaking him softly to wake him, but not...
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...