The Host Chapter 36

Chapter 36- Believed

Weird words:
Tough nuts

I wonder if there's going to be some big smackdown between Pedobear and Ian. And also, you know how it's all like, "There's a love triangle but two bodies! IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE!" and I was like, "well, they kind of but not really did the same thing on Stargate SG-1." Now it's EXACTLY like they did it on Stargate SG-1 because there's a love quadrangle with three bodies: Melanie and Pedobear love each other, and Ian and Wanderer are going to love each other, just like Freya/Jack and Anise/Daniel.

So now they've decided the fate of Kyle, they randomly decide to go play ball and everything goes back to normal. Real life doesn't work like this. Then there's a bunch of shit no one cares about, like the whole process of making teams and having captains and shit and seriously NO ONE CARES. No WONDER Smeyer racks up such a ginormous word count! She talks about all this random stuff, like the thing with the sheets and now this. Anyway, Ian wants to sit out because Wanderer is but she forces him to go back into the game. Wanderer tries to walk away but she almost falls over and Pedobear catches her. How sweet. But again, when did he suddenly like her? I DON'T GET IT.

“I can see that.” He touched my battered face with one fingertip. “Sorry.”
“No. Anyone would do the same. I know what you must have felt.” I'm sorry I made you hurt me, baby.

“She wants to know what happened to make you… different now. Why do you believe us?” I want to know too!
He thought for a moment. “An… accumulation of things. You were so… kind to Walter. I've
never seen anyone but Doc be that compassionate. And you saved Kyle's life, where most of us
would have let him fall just to protect ourselves, intended murder aside. And then you're such an appalling liar.” He laughed once. “I kept trying to see these things as evidence of some grand plot. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and feel that way again.”
Mel and I flinched.
“But when they started attacking you today… well, I snapped. I could see in them everything
that shouldn't have been in me. I realized I already did believe, and that I was just being
obstinate. Cruel. I think I've believed since… well, a little bit since that first night when you put
yourself in front of me tosave me from Kyle.” He laughed as if he didn't think Kyle was
dangerous. “But I'm better at lying than you are. I can even lie to myself.”

His nose wrinkled. He touched my face again, softly, a caress. “You don't know how sorry I
am.” I'm so sure. This is completely OOC.

Everyone notices that Wanderer and Pedobear are talking. Jeb is smiley, Jamie is happy, Sharon and Maggie are still huge bitches, and Ian is worried. Leave Pedobear, okay? I actually like Ian, and that is saying something for a Smeyer novel.

“We're noticing what the others think of your… change of heart.” I nodded toward Melanie's
aunt and cousin. They turned their backs on me in synchronization.
“Tough nuts,” he acknowledged. Fifties time warp, ftw!

Then there's a bunch of stuff about how the different people play and their positions and WHO CARES!

Oh, for fucks' sake. Jamie, Ian, and Pedobear all bring her stuff. Twilight much? I was just wondering when Wanderer was going to turn into a Mary Sue. She may as well just call them Edward, Mike, and Eric.

Kyle ignored him. For the first time today, he looked at me, staring down at me where I sat. His irises were black with the light behind him.

According to Supernatural, my manual for everything in life, that means he's a demon. Where's Sam and Dean when you need them?

I don't like Pedobear. His bipolarness scares me. Anyway, Kyle comes over and says that he's not sorry and then Ian and Pedobear are getting all mad and Ian shoves him. However, Kyle says he owed Wanderer his life, so he won't kill her.

OH! ZOMG!! SMEYER ACTUALLY USES A SWEAR!! “You stupid jackass,” Ian said. Has she even used a swear YET? Well, apparently this is her first "adult" book, despite the fact that it is no more mature than Twilight, and now I know why it's supposed to be marketed towards adults. Apparently "jackass" is too mature for her adolescent fanbase. Wow. I'm seriously in shock right now. I might keel over and go into a catatonic state.