Chapter nine

Charlie continued to circle the room as Erin sat in the middle on a chair watching him.

"You know I could spend hours in here..." he told her.

Erin grinned,

"Well you have hours, take your time."

"But, won't you get bored?"

Erin shook her head,

"I can spend hours in this room, it's atmosphere is amazing, plus the companies nice."

Charlie pulled his eyes away from the wall and looked at Erin, who was blushing and looking at the floor,

"What?"

"Nothing..." Erin continued to blush, "I-" She stopped as she pointed to a leaf that caught her eye, "Charlie look!"

Charlie looked and stared,

Leah Bloor

b.1991

Taken

Adolescent

Invisibility

Location: Deserted Public Park Making out With Boyfriend

There was silence until Erin began to laugh,

"Well their moving quickly..."

A knot formed in Charlie's stomach,

"But Erin, if their in a public park then imagine who could see them!"

"Don't worry Charlie! It says it's deserted!"

"But-"

"No buts."

"What if-"

"Charlie c'mon, relax it'll be fine! She has do something normal teenagers do."

"But we're not normal are we? We've all got endowments that hold us back! And she's got her crazy family trying to kill her..."

"That doesn't stop her from wanting to do what normal teenagers do."

"Which would what? How are supposed to know these days..."

"Charlie..." Erin said, "Why is it such a big deal?"

Charlie threw his hands up in the air,

"I don't know...It's just so frustrating! I hate the Bloors and I hate what their doing to Leah's life. I mean like you said she only wants to do what normal teenagers do, but she can't do that. She is so vunlerble out there!"

Erin walked over to him and hugged him.

"What are you doing?"

"Hugging you."

"Why?"

"You need a hug. It might calm you down."

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Amber dried her hair as Tancred's mother fussed over her,

"I'm so sorry Amber, he has a little trouble controlling his emotions..."

Amber continued to rub vigarously at her short purple streaked hair with a towel,

"It's fine!"

Mrs. Torsson frowned,

"And to think you already trying to get over the cold he gave you..."

"Seriously Mrs. Torsson it's fine."

Mrs. Torsson shook her head, smiling and sat down on the bath,

"You two are so cute together."

Amber froze,

"What?"

Mrs. Torsson didn't seem to notice Amber's surprise,

"You know, I never thought it would be easy for Tancred to date with his endowment. I felt really sorry for him. I know his father had serious trouble, it's so nice your accepting all this so quickly. It took me years..."

"Mrs. Torsson, me and Tancred are just friends..."

Mrs. Torsson had a knowning twinkle in her eye,

"I know," Mrs. Torsson stood up, "Well I leave you to get changed." She left the room, leaving Amber confused and wet.

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Charlie stepped into his house, scared Grandma Bone was going to jump onto him the moment he stepped in, but he soon discovered Grandma Bone wasn't home.

"She gone plotting..." Maisie informed him, "Mashed or boiled potatoe, Charlie?"

Charlie let out a sigh of relief,

"Uhh...Mashed?"

Maisie set about mashing the potatoes,

"So what were you leaving the house at six for? Avoiding her?"

Charlie grinned sheepishly,

"Yea..."

"Oh and I suspected maybe visiting a secret girlfriend," Maisie winked. Charlie went red and looked away. Maisie smiled herself and pretended not to notice.