Free Taurus: Book 3 in a Young Adult Paranormal Romance Series (The Zodiac Twin Flame Series) by Rachel Medhurst Page B

used to be a fitness buff…but you dropped out…’
    When her sentence trailed off, a red glow crept up her neck and over her cheeks.
    ‘You sound like Aries,’ I muttered, lifting my legs and gesturing for her to put hers flat.
    Smiling at me, she glanced away when I raised my eyebrows.
    ‘Sorry, I just heard how that sounded.’
    She was wrong.
    ‘Don’t apologise, if that’s how you see me, it’s fine. I’ve always believed that we should be free to be who we want. The system we live in, doesn’t allow that. I refuse to play the game and others don’t like it.’
    She bit her lip and watched me from lowered eyelids. ‘So what do you believe the system should be like?’
    ‘Free. We should be able to be who we are. If I want to smoke, so be it. It’s my body, it’s my life.’
    She absently scratched her leg through her jeans. ‘But what about crime?’
    Now we were getting onto a subject I knew something about. ‘There wouldn’t be anywhere near as much crime. Crime is invented by the government to show us that they’re in control.’
    It had been a long time since someone questioned the way I looked at things. People were not interested in how life really was. They wanted to live in their ignorant world, with the rich people ruling and the poor people suffering.
    ‘So, you don’t think we should just get on with working our guts out for other people?’
    The grin that came to my lips matched her own. Was she in the same boat as me?
    ‘I think we should have the choice to do what we want without others telling us we can’t.’
    She looked away from me. Her shoulders tensed. Was I making her feel uncomfortable?
    ‘I once believed that there could be a better world, but I don’t think I do anymore.’
    Her sigh made my leg jump even more. It was better that she realised the world wasn’t a perfect place sooner, rather than later.
    ‘The big bang happened,’ I said. ‘We evolved from apes. We’ll evolve again. It’s just how it is.’
    She shook her head against the wall. ‘Don’t you think there might be something more?’
    The chuckle that left my lips made her roll her eyes. She was never going to win.
    ‘No way. Science has proven that the world was created with the big bang. Humans would live much happier lives if they just accepted that everything is their fault. They believe in an outer god, or being, so they don’t have to take responsibility for what they do. They can plead ignorance and ask for forgiveness.’ I tutted as I shook my head.
    Sitting on her knees, Kerry planted her hands on the bed. ‘What about aliens?’
    ‘Don’t you think they would’ve conquered us by now?’
    She pushed against the bed, making it bounce. ‘No, they’re probably too intelligent to bother with us.’
    ‘Yeah, alright, if you say so. If they were there, they would’ve taken over by now. You know I’m right.’
    I chewed on the edge of my fingernail. Her eyes sparked when they looked at me. She wouldn’t admit defeat yet, but it wouldn’t take too long.
    ‘What about miracles?’
    ‘No such thing. Everything is luck.’
    She snorted as she ran her fingers through her hair. My gaze followed the movement.
    ‘I don’t believe that. Why do positive people tend to have better lives?’
    ‘Who says they do?’ I replied.
    The bouncing of the bed intensified when my leg went into overdrive.
    Kerry leant forward and put her hand on my thigh. I smiled when she couldn’t force it to stop.
    ‘Why did you get into fitness?’
    I shook my head quickly. The change in topic threw me off guard.
    ‘It was the only thing I was good at. Don’t change the subject, you need to admit I’m right.’
    She let go of me when I stilled my leg. I waited as she looked into my eyes. My usually fuzzy brain was clear for a change.
    ‘Right about what, exactly?’ Her sing song voice made me grit my teeth.
    ‘Everything…’
    ‘You seem like an intelligent person—’
    ‘I am.’
    Her growl of frustration