Past Lives: The Thinks Unknown and Unsaid
Answers to the Quiz: 1) D) Nate 2) C) Rikki 3) B) Cleo
Present Day
"This feels wrong," Bella said to Rikki while she stood by the door of the office, looking for Zane.
"What's wrong about it?" Rikki asked as she set up the video chat on the laptop. "It's not like we aren't suppose to be here. This is just as much my office as it is his, remember."
"That's not the wrong part," Bella said looking to Rikki. "It's the going behind their backs, lying to Cleo."
"She lied to us, remember," Rikki said looking up from the laptop. "So what if we want to learn the truth. We have a right to that much."
"I guess so," Bella answered looking back outside to find no sign of Zane or Cleo. "Let's just do this fast. It still feels wrong."
Rikki shook her head as she hit the invite button. It only took a minute for her to respond. The video screen popped up and Rikki found herself looking at the face of someone she hadn't spoken to in almost a year.
"Emma, hey," Rikki said with a smile.
"I was starting to think that you two had forgotten about me," Emma commented with a laugh. "It is great to speak to you."
"I know it has been forever," Rikki said. Then she turn serious as she said, "I have a question."
Emma was a little confused by the switch in Rikki's tone, but she answered with, "Ok, shoot."
"What do you know about a boy Named Carter Nassir?" Rikki asked, trying to keep her voice level and to not show fear.
Emma didn't answer for a while, surprised Rikki even knew that name. Then she said in a soft voice, "Where did you hear that name?"
"He's new in school," Rikki answered quickly, too quickly. Emma knew right away something was wrong. She gave Rikki and look, making Rikki say, "Cleo seemed to know him, and she isn't telling us anything."
"Us?" Emma questioned, making Rikki rethink what she had just said, and remember that she nor Cleo ever told Emma anything about Bella. "Who's us?"
"We have trouble," Bella said looking to Rikki, shutting the door quickly. "Zane just walked in."
"Is there someone else in the room?" Emma asked, hearing Bella's voice.
"Yes, and we don't have time for this," Rikki said panicky. "Can you tell me about Carter?"
Emma sighed, putting her hands on her face. Then she looked into the camera as she said, "What is there to say? He was a boy a lot were afraid of. He was presumed dead for a while, but he wasn't. There were also some weirder stories but I don't want to get into anything…"
"You can say whatever you want," Rikki assured her.
"They really were nothing," Emma confessed. "Most was a lot of talk, a lot of rumors. Rikki, all I can really tell you is, he is dangerous. Stay away from him, for your own good." Emma cut off of the chat, just as Zane walked in to find Bella standing by the door and Rikki shutting the laptop.
"What's going on here?" Zane asked looking from girl to girl.
"Nothing," Rikki answered as calm as she could.
Zane nodded, not believing her completely. Rikki and Bella continued to smiled, not moving from where they were. The silence lasted a few minutes, everyone just staring at each other. Then Rikki stood up from the chair and said, "Well we have to go."
Zane watched as Rikki and Bella left the office, leaving him with more questions than he should ever have. But he let them go, knowing Rikki would tell him in her own time, as she always did.
At her own home, Cleo Sat in the living room with her family, just relaxing. Suddenly her cell phone rang. She moved out of the living room before looking at who it was. She was surprised by the name she saw on the caller id.
"Emma, hey," Cleo said happily, as if nothing was going on. If it had been anyone else on the phone, they might have believed her voice.
"Is Carter back?" Emma asked first off. Cleo looked to the living room where no one was paying attention to her. Still she walked up the stairs and into her room.
"Yes, he is," Cleo answered truthfully. She didn't want to lie to anyone else. "How did you know that?"
"Rikki told me," Emma answered, also trying to be honest. "Why is he back?"
"I guess it has something to do with the grade one boat wreck," Cleo told her. "There is a big remembrance going on. I guess he heard about it somehow. But Emma, he is here to stay for awhile. He's in school."
"Is he trying to follow you?" Emma asked quickly.
"Not me…" Cleo started not wanting to tell Emma what was really going on.
Emma understood, though. "He's following Rikki, isn't he?"
"Emma this is a little more serious than that," Cleo confessed. "I think he had threatened her, and me."
"Oh, Cleo," Emma said softly. Cleo could hear her sigh on the other end. "I can't let you go through this alone. I'm coming back."
"You don't have to do that, Em," Cleo assured her.
"No, but I want to," Emma answered before hanging up the phone. Cleo sighed and hung up her phone too. This was getting out of hand, and Emma was right, she didn't want to be alone.
About 12 Years Ago
"Look who it is," Carter said smiling towards Emma and Cleo. "The two princesses all safe and sound."
Emma and Cleo stood close together. They hadn't spoken to anyone since they had gone back to school that morning. Now Carter was teasing them. But he changed his expression quick, smiling even, as he said, "You know what I did, right." The both nodded. "And we are going to keep that our little secret, right." They nodded again. "Good."
The girls watched as he walked back to where the other boys on the playground were. Then they looked to each other.
"Ele espanta-me (1)," Cleo said to Emma. Emma just nodded, not quite understanding, but knowing she should agree.
Translations 1) He scares me
Pop Quiz: Yeah you get it.
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