Chapter eight
Charlie patted Erin on the shoulder,
"It doesn't matter! It probably just confused..."
Erin turned around, still blushing,
"Uh...Yea..."
Charlie gasped,
"Look!" He pointed to Amber's leaf next to Erin's,
Amber Kuragina
b.1991
Undecided
Adolescent
Metamorphagus
Location: Tancred Torssons' Bedroom
Erin gasped,
"What's she doing there!"
Charlie grinned,
"Tancred better not be worsening Amber's cold, since he was the cause for it..." (A/N Worsening is a word!)
Erin cocked her head,
"What?"
Charlie looked at her,
"You don't know?" Erin shook her head. Charlie smiled, "Well lets take a look at Tancred's leaf, shall we?"
Eventually they found Tancred's leaf it, read;
Tancred Torsson
b.1991
Mustering Confidence
Adolescent
Storm Bringer
Location: Tancred Torsson's Bedroom
Erin raised an eyebrow,
"'Mustering Confidence?' What's he mustering confidence around my sister for!" Charlie stared at her until it hit Erin. "Oh my god! Your kidding me! Tancred Torsson likes my sister! She never told me..." she added moodily.
Charlie sighed,
"I don't think she knows. Completely oblivious according to 'Sander."
Erin giggled,
"Yea,
she's like that."
Charlie looked around the room again, he
couldn't believe how detailed its branches and trees were,
"You said this house has been passed through your family for generations, so why has it taken so long for you two to attend Bloors?"
Erin wrinkled her nose,
"Mum and Dad aren't big fans of private schools...They only sent us this year because Bloors wouldn't stop sending us enrollment letters, it's not funny when you receive three hundred letters each morning..."
Charlie's eyes grew round,
"How long did they do that for!"
Erin shrugged,
"Years, ever since our Dad accidently set fire to our shed."
"So, your Dad is a Flame Thrower too?"
Erin nodded,
"Mum's a hypnotist," She giggled, "You should see them argue..."
Charlie walked back over to the part of the wall where it displayed Erins name, he traced his finger along the tree,
"You descended from Vera Kuragina?"
"Well that's what it says..."
"Isn't it weird...We're all distinctly related."
Erin looked disgusted,
"Ew! Asa and Leah are going out!"
"No, no, we're all so far distinctly related, it probably is barely worth counting. I'm just saying how weird it is."
Erin smiled,
"I guess that's fortunate."
XXXX
Leah swung on the swing as Asa pushed her in a deserted public park,
"I can't believe no one goes here! The park is perfectly adequate for hanging out," She turned to face Asa who looked confused, "Sufficent," she explained. Asa still looked confused. "Good enough."
Understanding crossed his face and he resumed pushing her on the swing,
"I see your still using big words." he commented.
"Big words you don't understand."
"Ah touché!"
Leah took a flying leap of the swing,
"Learning French? Shouldn't you understand English first?"
Asa ran around the swing and tackled her. After wrestling for several moments, Asa had pinned Leah to the ground. Leah pouted,
"You know, I don't think your supposed to tackle someone on your first date."
Asa looked down at her,
"Who said?"
Leah was temporarily stumped,
"No one. But I'm sure it's a rule."
"Rules? Since when has Leah Bloor cared about rules?"
"Oh I care about them," She threw herself forward successfully knocking Asa off guard, "I just don't go out of my way to follow them." She rose to her feet, "And I don't see why you should."
"Who said I did?"
"You follow Manfred around like he has you on a leash," Leah accused.
Asa looked shocked,
"Leah, he's been my friend forever. If it hadn't been for him, I would've never had met you."
"Yea, but people change don't they? Manfred doesn't treat you like a friend anymore, your more like a servant."
"He does not!" Asa now looked angry, "You have no idea what your talking about!"
Leah shot him a glare,
"I don't?"
Asa threw his hand up in the air in frustration,
"How did we get into this!" He took a step towards Leah who stepped back, he looked hurt, "Leah...?"
Leah looked away,
"Why do you follow him around? Why can't you see it? He gives you no respect and just assumes that you will obey his every command!"
"That's not true! Look! Look at me now! What am I doing! I'm on a date with his little sister, who (by the way) he is hunting down. What do you want from me Leah? Me to announce it to the world? Fine. I will."
Leah now looked confused,
"Asa...Announce what?"
Already Asa had strolled determindly over to the rusty slide and stomped up it. Once at the top he opened his arms out and screamed at the top of his lungs,
"I'M ON MY FIRST DATE WITH THE GIRL I LIKED IN FIFTH YEAR! WHO HAPPENS TO BE MY BEST FRIENDS SISTER. OH AND BY THE WAY, MY OLD BEST FRIEND TREATS ME LIKE A SERVANT AND WANTS SAID SISTER DEAD!"
For a moment Leah just stood still, she then began to roll around on the floor laughing. By the time Asa had jumped down from the slide and came over to her, her laughter had become uncontrollable.
"What's so funny?"
Leah sat up, tears streaming down her cheeks,
"If I don't laugh, I'll cry."
Asa popped himself down onto the ground beside her, wiped away her tears and took her into his arms,
"How about I quit working for Manfred? I'll come work for the 'light side'."
Leah let out a genuine laugh,
"We have t-shirts you know..."
XXXX
Tancred led Amber into his room for lack of anything better to do. Amber looked around,
"So what did you want to show me?"
Tancred rubbed his hands together, his previous plan to impress Amber may not have worked, but this one would. He just knew it.
"Watch this!" He said, he patted his bed indicating for Amber to sit so she could look at the window. Amber sat down and looked out the window waiting as Tancred ran out of the room, calling "Make sure to look out the window!"
Amber sat and waited, suddenly rain sprinkled down, although the sun was still shining. Amber watched grinning, she wasn't sure what was so fascinating about watching rain fall but it seemed more interesting when Tancred had caused it. Tancred burst into the room,
"It should show up any moment!"
Before Amber could ask what he was meaning, she let out a gasp as the most brightest rainbow appeared. "Tancred! Did you make that!"
Tancred grinned proudly,
"My first perfect one, thought you might want to see it..."
Amber jumped up and hugged him,
"Congratulations!"
Tancred's smile broadened,
"Thanks."
Amber hugged him again,
"No, thank-you, that is so pretty!"
Rain began to pour once more. Only this time inside. Tancred was about to panic, until Amber squealed and began to sing 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?'. He let out a sigh of relief as Amber grabbed his hands and made him dance and sing along with her.
