My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

"You two are really going to have to show me that trick I know everyone played it off like it wasn't a big deal, but that is some superior level sh*t right there. Where did you learn to do that anyway?" She looks at both of us and I get the feeling she's listening for a lie.

"Just training." Mina shrugs. "Once we get good at shifting it's something that those of us who chose to apply ourselves get to learn." Okay not a complete lie, but not exactly how this works." "What about you?" Janice looks at me.

"What do you mean?"

"Why did you put in the extra time to learn how to shift like

seemed logical." I try to match Mina's shrug, hoping I pulled it off. 'It's also nice to not have to carry around a

or I would just walk around naked all the time.

you will end up giving more information away than

feel my irritation, but he's right, she's fishing just like we are. She's just more experienced than I am. More experience doesn't mean

has worked for me so far, I will just stick to saying as little as possible, then I don't have to remember any half-truths I might be tempted to tell Thankfully the rest of the group finally catches up and some shift and change, others shift and let it all hang out. I guess when you don't have to

bonfire and everyone settles in around it. Some sitting in small groups, others milling about socializing with different groups. Mina and I decide to sit on the far side of the bonfire facing towards all of the vehicles, coolers and the

his hands showing us he brought us drinks. At least he heard me and it isn't beer, although I've never had a