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"Did we pack enough?" Sophie fidgeted with the straps of her purple backpack. It had been with her on many journeys, she couldn't help but wonder what would happen this time, or journey, and when, no if she would have to take the purple backpack out again, what would be the cause?
"I'm sure we did." Dex nodded and gave half a smile to Sophie. She smiled back and shrugged.
"Something feels off." Sophie tapped her foot impatiently, Keefe and Biana were taking a while and she was anxious to find out what the councillors had in store for them in New Jersey.
"I'm sure it's the fact that Keefe is taking longer than Biana!" Dex motioned to the top of the staircase. Biana put a pink backpack that was quite big, yet it didn't seem big enough for Biana. Biana glared at Dex and picked up the backpack from atop the staircase.
Biana swung her arms back and forth, she let go of the backpack so it could tumble down the stairs. Now that she didn't have to carry it. Smart.
Biana walked down the stairs with a proud smile pressed against her lips.
When she reached the bottom, Fitz picked up Biana's backpack that laid at his feet and tossed it to her. She swung it over her shoulder and walked towards them.
"Be more careful where your throw your junk next time." Dex murmured.
"Excuse me?" Biana turned on heels.
"Nothing." Dex grumbled.
"Maybe." Sophie said with a laugh. "Or maybe not." Her smile faded and she began to tap her foot again. Sophie pulled on a loose eyelash
"Hey, it's okay." Fitz turned to face Sophie, he put his hand on her shoulder.
He took his hand off her shoulder and ran his hand through his hair, just like he usually did when he was nervous. Sophie smiled in spite of herself; he was almost exactly like his father telling her that there is "No reason to worry." Sophie did doubt that there was "No reason to worry" this time. After all, her friends and her were searching for three people in a myth. A myth is something passed down from a family to family, generation to generation. So it must've changed along the way to their ears?
Keefe trudged down Everglen's stairs with a ginormous duffel bag slung over his shoulder. There was one line across his forehead, a drip of sweat dribbled down from it. Biana smiled; he hadn't thought of the "chuck your bag down the stairs" method unlike Biana.
"What did you put in that thing?" Fitz asked, shaking his head.
"Hey! The...hair..doesn't...loo..k..like..this…" Keefe grunted and put down his bag after walking halfway down the stairs. He motioned sharply to his head, or as he was referring to it; "The Hair." "-On its own!" He finished. He went back to trudging down the stairs.
"And I thought elves were supposed to be strong." Sophie whispered to Dex. He nodded.
"And maybe, naturally have-" He rolled his head and swung it towards the sky. He ran his hand through it in a dramatic attempt of an imitation of Keefe. "-The Hair." Sophie laughed. She turned around to find Fitz throwing hair products out of Keefe's bag.
"How do you fit all of this stuff in here?" Fitz huffed. He threw a clear tube of gel out of the ag.
"It's endless. Literally. " Keefe snatched a product from Fitz's hands and cradled it."And hey! I need that!" Keefe yelped.
"It's endless?" Sophie tilted her head to the side. How was that possible.
"Yep. It's Barnebop skin." Keefe answered.
While everyone ran to touch the bag and Keefe gathered his hair products, Sophie rolled her eyes.
"I'm not going to even ask."
Biana looked back at her. "It's a special kind of skin. " Biana went on explaining how "amazing Barnebop skin was."
"How can you find anything in their?"
"It's not exactly "Endless" it just expands when you need it too and deflates a reasonable amount depending on the space needed." Biana explained.
"We have to go guys." Fitz said. He threw Keefe's hair products in a corner to his friend's dismay.
"C'mon! I need those!" Keefe's bag now looked deflated instead of stuffed to the brim. He pouted and stuck out his bottom lip, Biana held onto him so he wouldn't get the products back.
"Yes, you must be going," Alden walked out from a hidden door in the corner.
"Bye, Alden." Sophie and Dex said.
"Bye, Dad." The Vackers said. "See you soon." Little did they know, they would not be seeing him very soon.