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CH. 9
To try to keep herself busy, Kitty had called Mr. Button, asking if he needed help with anything. He had told her she could come help organize his books.
As she did, Mr. Button spoke, "You're unusually quiet. Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing."
"Where's - what was his name? -Bartimaeus?"
"I dismissed him."
" . . . Why?"
Kitty sighed, focusing on the books. "Because I was wrong, spirits and humans can't have relationships."
Mr. Button studied her for awhile. "Did he do something bad?"
"No . . ." she looked down, "I hurt him."
"So, he trusted you and you betrayed that trust?"
She turned to him. "I get it, okay? I hate what I did. But it was best that I dismissed him."
"If it was the best thing to do," Mr. Button said calmly, "then why do you look like you're half-dead?"
Kitty looked down silently, her eyes watery.
"You loved him, didn't you?"
She looked up. "I did, and he loved me."
Mr. Button laughed. "That's extremely uncouth, but doesn't matter."
"Y-you . . .you don't think it's bad?"
"Love is something beautiful, and you should never be condemned for loving someone." He eyed her. "And neither should you allow anything to stop you from loving."
"But . . .you said that-"
He sighed. "I know what I said, I was wrong. You were right. People need to take chances if we're ever going to move ahead. And if he truly loves you, then you can trust him."
She sat down on a chair. "I'm the one that isn't trustworthy. I ordered him to do something, just like all those other magicians!"
Mr. Button smiled. "Love always forgives."
"But how can I face him?!"
He kneeled in front of her and took her hand. "You should at least talk to him. I have a feeling he wants to do the same."
Kitty smiled, eyes shining.
Mr. Button pulled her up. "Go. Summon him."
Kitty hugged him. "Thank you!" Then she ran for her apartment.
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Kitty quickly racked everything she'd need from her drawer, and set about drawing the pentacles. Then she stopped, frowning. She ran over to the mirror to take a look at herself. She looked terrible. Sighing, she ran her fingers through her hair and tried to smooth out her clothes. She then ran back to the pentacle.
She made an obvious gap in Bartimaeus', so he wouldn't be trapped. Then she stood in place and took a deep breath, trying to calm her pounding heart. At length, she summoned him.
He appeared in the pentacle, as Ptolemy, and crossed his arms when he saw her.
"What do you want?" he growled, glancing down at the gap in the pentacle.
"Bartimaeus, I'm so sorry."
He glared at her, but was listening.
She continued, "You trusted me and I broke that trust. There's no excuse for what I did, it was wrong. If you want me to, I'll dismiss you now and never summon you again." She paused, but he said nothing. Taking a nervous breath, she said, "Relationships are never easy, and ours especially isn't. But I know that we can overcome any obstacle together. I confess that I'm completely in love with you, and if you give me another chance, it would make me the happiest girl in the world."
The anger faded from his eyes, and a wide smile broke across his face. He ran over to her.
They hugged and laughed, and Kitty let herself cry. He picked her up and spun her around.
Setting her down, her said, "I love you, Kitty."
She smiled. "I love you, Bartimaeus." And then they kissed.
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I waited patiently outside Kitty's apartment for her to come out. She had another one of those last-minute things. Girls.
A few weeks ago she dismissed me for three days so I could recover, even though I told her I survived two years here so I could do anything. Those were really hard three days.
At last she came running out with a backpack full of stuff.
"Ready?" I asked.
"Yes," she smiled. "And I think this time I'll enjoy Egypt a lot more."
I shrugged. "It'll always be the best, be we don't have to stop there. We could go to Italy, Japan, America, but not France. Ew."
She laughed. "I don't care where we go."
"Okay." We kissed and then I took her in my arms, changing into a dragon, just so we'd scare people as we flew over London.
The End
Well, that's that. Hmm, I gonna miss working on this story. So, thank you to all my reviewers for your support, this wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you guys. And thanks to all those who will discover this story a year from now and still care enough to review. ;)
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