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chocolate yogurt. With the worm it's just like being there.
I'm there but they can't see me. Tele is on in the background.
There's nothing on the news, just a political scandal. One of the
MPs is dodging tax on her house rentals. No news is great news,
everything is good on Earth; I've got nothing to worry
about.
I sit on the stool and watch.
Dad keeps looking over, like he knows that I'm there. Good.
     
Annie is okay but only just.
Her dad has been beating her up again and abusing her. Her mum
tried to help but got beat up and has a black eye and bruises on
her face. I wish she would call the police or the social services.
She's too scared. Maybe I should. No, God said not to intervene so
I won't, not for the moment. I'll keep an eye on them.
It makes me sad seeing Annie, I
could just click my fingers and have her up here but I know I
shouldn't, not too often. It might upset the delicate balance of
things.
     
It makes me sad to see Annie
but seeing Zula makes me sadder. Actually to be truthful, jealous
is the word. I kick Negrita and don't see her a few days. She made
the mistake of being too close at the wrong moment!
Zula is married and Ijju is
pregnant. I love Ijju but that doesn't stop me being jealous. She's
too beautiful and too nice and she's the one lying in Zula's arms.
Cow!
     
I keep the worm at my place; no
one else seems to want to use it.
    Later that week
a scaffold pole falls off a building and lands on Annie's dad,
killing him dead. It's very
messy. I expect Annie to be delighted to be free of the nasty
tyrant but surprisingly she's sad that her dad is dead. Her and her
mum go into mourning. I guess Zeus was right about not getting
involved. I feel better though. Don't mess with my friend,
buster!
     
    It's lonely up
here; my life feels a little empty like there’s something
missing. I do have company;
there's the slugs, Castor and Pollux; there's Azziz and Jesus, who
are just wonderful; there's Zeus, when he's not drunk or high on
ozone; there's Negrita and Trigger and I always have Enzo in my
pocket. I could always visit Juno or Zwingly and have some human
company but wonderful as they are, I do find the superstars of the
human world slightly hard work. They are all so self-assured, so
perfect, so on top of things. I want some normal company, some more
people on Camillo. I could bring some dead people up from Earth but
I don't want to. I want to do what Ijju's doing and start a family
with Zula!
     
Isn't fourteen a bit young?
Many people these days wait until they are positively geriatric to
have babies. Is that better? My body feels like it's ready. I want
babies.
I pay a visit Castor.
    'Castor,' I say
sheepishly, 'can I have a private look on the
Internet?'
'Private, no trouble. Of course
I'll see, but as you know, your secrets are safe with me.' He gives
me a wink then closes both eyes tight making his face crumple
up.
I laugh and give him a kiss on
the cheek.
    I make some
Internet searches: Is my body
ready to have children at 14? Are teenagers ready to have
children? Teenage
mums .
I read all that the Internet
has to say.
The first page I open
says, 'Teenage girls are not physically or physiologically mature
enough,' but when I read all the posts by teenage mums, it seems
that most of them very quickly do become mature enough as soon as
they've had the baby. There's a lot of waffle from the Christians
and the politicians, but they do make some valid points. It costs a
lot of money of raise a baby in the modern world, money that young
people don’t have. I don't think that's really a problem for me.
Then there's education, but why not just get educated later when
you know better what you want, like kids first when your bodies
ready for it and education later when you've grown up and know what
you want to do. Having babies late does slow down the population
time bomb, but that's not something normal people think of when
they are wrestling with a sexy partner, and definitely not a worry
on Camillo.