Chapter 2
Disoriented, I walked back to where Darren was sitting, and sat down.
"Ari, what took so long? Were you taking a shit or something?" he asked.
"No! I just went to wash my hands! But if you don't mind me asking, did you see an older woman walk past here?" I questioned.
"Sorry, can't say I haven't. Why though?"
"Uh…" I asked myself 'should I tell him?' but then decided against it "nothing, it's nothing."
"You sure?" I nod at him.
"Alright then. Hey can I ask you something?" he ran his hand through his hair.
"Uh, sure?" I cocked my head to my right.
"Where did you get that bracelet from? I don't remember you wearing it when we came in"
"Oh this!" I held it up "I uh, found it in the bathroom!" 'Good save Ari' I told myself.
I handed the wood brown bracelet over to him and ate a cold fry before getting up. He followed suit and we walked out of the Wendy's restaurant. He examined the bracelet while we walked down the road towards the liquor store he works at. For the rest of the day, I helped him around the tiny store, and we discussed minor things. Soon I forgot about the woman, until it was 2:30 and it was time for me to go. I was beginning to walk out of the store when Darren called me back to the counter.
"Ari you forgot your bracelet," he place it in my hand, and with a wave of his hand, he told me good bye. I walked home from there, but it was far. Hence the reason I left at two thirty, and not three o'clock sharp as I would on a normal school day. When I got home, my dad was still at work, and my dog Ria was back in the house. She was lying on the couch, as she usually does when no one is around to scold her for doing so. Before i am able to do such a thing however, the home phone rings with its sound projecting throughout the house. It's much too annoying me to just let it go, and besides. It could possibly be the school calling about my absence in all of my class periods. I pick up the receiver and put it to my ear.
"Hello?" I ask the recipient on the other side.
"hi, is this Ari I am speaking to?"
"Nadia?" I exclaimed.
"No it's Bob the builder, who do you think this is?" she said sarcastically
"ha, very funny. Now what do you want?" I asked.
"why did you have to go to the main office today?"
"you remember Darren" I questioned.
"you mean drop out?" she retorted.
"yeah sure whatever, well he pulled me out of class and we went to get some food," I told her.
"so you guys are dating now?" she teased.
"NO!" I yelled at her.
To make a long story short, we talked for about an hour or so about trivial things such as homework that I would have to do tomorrow, Nadia and her latest boyfriend, and things that fall into those categories. After I hung up, my dad came home a few minutes later. I retreated to my room till it was time for bed. I wasn't hungry, and in the event that I got hungry in the middle of the night, I had a secret stash of food like honey and canned oranges in one of my drawers. I layed in my bed, looking up at the ceiling, once again lost in thought. The bracelet came to mind once more, so I got out of bed and retrieved it from my bag that was lying on the floor. I pulled out the necklace and held it up to the lamp on my mahogany desk. The scroll that was held in the talons of the metal owl fell to the floor. I picked it up and unraveled it.
Hello Ariane,
you are tired of your life, yes? Bored of the same routine every day? I have given you this bracelet, for a reason that I am not allowed to reveal to you until the time is right. On the other hand, you might figure it out on your own. Bottom line, the bracelet you hold in your hand is very special. In more ways than one. So much so, that I have left it in your possession for you to do what you like with it. You have a wish, correct? The owl symbolizes knowledge, and knows that you, indeed have many wishes in mind. However, only five will be granted. Remember to think long and hard about these sort of things, for it may come back to haunt you at one point or another.
Good luck,
C.H.
I looked on the back of the paper, inspecting it for anything else. the instruction still weren't that clear though, I had no idea how to make the wish come true, and besides. Things like these never come true, its like the chain mail I get in my email account from random people.
'it wouldn't hurt to try though, right?' I told myself mentally. The first thing I did was secure the bracelet to my wrist and think of a wish that wouldn't backfire like in the movies. The first thing that came to mind, for me to be transported to the Axis Powers Hetalia world. As far as I could see, all would be fine, with no result that would end gravely. With no other idea in my head of how to operate the stupid thing, I got ready for bed, forgetting to take off the bracelet, and fixed the clay Hetalia dolls I had made. They tended to fall over all the time, due to not being leveled. i set my alarm as usual and went to sleep, with Ria at the end of my bed.
