My laptop should be here." He gestured at the empty desk. "It was when I left." He turned to Daniel. "Okay, obviously between the fire and the crash, Mom hasn't come home. But she didn't take my laptop. She told me to pack it. I didn't."
"Why?" Sam said.
"Because my homework's on it," he said, in a tone that implied this was a stupid question. "Laptop perishes in the fire? I get a free pass on every assignment."
"Which I'm sure she knew you'd try, so she took it. I'm supposed to be the paranoid one, guys, and I--"
Corey was already gone, heading for the stairs again. He took them two at a time. Then he pitched forward, hands clutching his head as he let out something between a moan and a strangled cry.
Daniel raced upstairs to help him to his feet…and Corey promptly puked on him. "You were done with that shirt, right?" Corey mumbled as we half carried him into his room.
"Why?" Sam said.
"Because my homework's on it," he said, in a tone that implied this was a stupid question. "Laptop perishes in the fire? I get a free pass on every assignment."
"Which I'm sure she knew you'd try, so she took it. I'm supposed to be the paranoid one, guys, and I--"
Corey was already gone, heading for the stairs again. He took them two at a time. Then he pitched forward, hands clutching his head as he let out something between a moan and a strangled cry.
Daniel raced upstairs to help him to his feet…and Corey promptly puked on him. "You were done with that shirt, right?" Corey mumbled as we half carried him into his room.
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