Work in Progress - Vanessa

Juniper's mom wants pizza, for breakfast, she's trying to be like the new neighbor - every time they see her she's always eating pizza, and she looks fantastic.  Mrs. Johnson believes it's some new dieting craze.  But she doesn't know how to use the Internet to research whether 'pizza' will help her lose weight or to find the pizza place where the neighbor gets her pizza.  Mrs. Johnson thinks Google is Amazon.  She asks Juniper to call.

No one answers at Absaroka pizza, even though an old phone book has an advertisement for it.  They don't show up on Google maps, but you can't tell Juniper's mom that, print means they're here.  Besides the phone rings at the Absaroka, and Juniper's mom insists it's in town.  Juniper worries no one will pick up the phone when she orders from other pizza restaurants.  This is the repeating part of the hex.  (Juniper went to a party before she quit school and said a spell, Juniper's convinced whatever she did at that party against Dillon has followed her home and has ruined her life).  Certain days like the bad party at college repeat.  And the repeating days are never good days.  They're days like when her friends come over and ask about the rumors going around, why she came home from college and hasn't gone back.  And it's like when Cliff said he wasn't coming to her birthday, and they broke up.

She chickens out and orders a carry-out pie from a block away.  The pie happens to come in a plain white box, and she writes Absaroka on it in big, black letters.  This satisfies Mom.

Juniper stares at the nothingness plane inside the bathroom and has dark thoughts.

How long do these hex things last?
When will you go away?
Will I ever be the same?

It is so loud inside Juniper's head she expects an answer, but all is quiet.