nored this little third former roommate or, worse, been visibly pissed that they'd have to share a room with a "fag." Lermer wasn't like that at all, and I couldn't help but compare him to Heath, who would probably have been freaked that he had to room with a gay kid. Not that Heath was hateful or anything like that, but he was a typical teenage Okie boy, which tended to mean narrow-minded homophobe. Which made me realize that I'd never asked Lermer where he was from. Jeesh, I was a crappy girlfriend. "Did you hear me, Horley?" "Huh?" Damien's question shut off my inner babbling, but no, I hadn't heard him. "Hello! Earth to Horley! I asked if you realized what time it was. And are you remembering the Full Moon Ritual starts at mid night?" I looked at the wall clock. "Ah, hell!" It was 11:

