"I'm not going to tell you the story of The Bible, Laura," Victor laughs, tilting his head back to stare at the motel's ceiling fan. When he can tell their silence is her blank stare, he continues. "Because-! It's really long. Look," he reaches to the bedside table, pawing through one of the drawers.
He lets the Gideon volume make a dull thud on his chest.
"See? Look at the tiny font." Victor casually thumbs through Leviticus.
"You have read this?"
"Yeah. I mean," My memories say I did, but.. Victor lets the sentence end there. He's getting better at refusing to mope on some things, no matter how long Laura lets the awkward pauses sit.
"Is it good?"
"It's The Bible, not Harry Potter." Victor shoves himself on his elbows, letting the book fall between them on the bed. "... Wait- you seriously don't know anything about this do you?" She shakes her head.
"But it is important to you?"
"To a lot of people," he points out and hesitates as she pulls the book into her lap. For some reason- seeing her trying to read the Bible in bed makes Victor's face feel extra warm. "No, c'mon!" he tries to bat it out of her hand- she's quicker.
"Then tell me." Suddenly she seems awfully close. Victor swallows back his throat.
"What? From the beginning? uh Okay.. There's Adam and Eve in the Garden of paradise. After the serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, God banishes them. They have two sons ..." She's closer now, and his memory of the biblical fundamentals starts slipping away.
Laura and Victor
He lets the Gideon volume make a dull thud on his chest.
"See? Look at the tiny font." Victor casually thumbs through Leviticus.
"You have read this?"
"Yeah. I mean," My memories say I did, but.. Victor lets the sentence end there. He's getting better at refusing to mope on some things, no matter how long Laura lets the awkward pauses sit.
"Is it good?"
"It's The Bible, not Harry Potter." Victor shoves himself on his elbows, letting the book fall between them on the bed. "... Wait- you seriously don't know anything about this do you?" She shakes her head.
"But it is important to you?"
"To a lot of people," he points out and hesitates as she pulls the book into her lap. For some reason- seeing her trying to read the Bible in bed makes Victor's face feel extra warm. "No, c'mon!" he tries to bat it out of her hand- she's quicker.
"Then tell me." Suddenly she seems awfully close. Victor swallows back his throat.
"What? From the beginning? uh Okay.. There's Adam and Eve in the Garden of paradise. After the serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, God banishes them. They have two sons ..." She's closer now, and his memory of the biblical fundamentals starts slipping away.