"She's dancing alone, I'm ready to go, but she's so (lost in stereo, lost in stereo) She's out of control, so beautiful (lost in stereo, lost in stereo) And I've been waiting so long but she'll never know, I'm losing hope 'cause she's so (lost in stereo, lost in stereo)..."
~Lost In Stereo by All Time Low
Juliet POV:
"What time is it?" Jax asked.
"Oh, um, 6:20!" I replied, my eyes widening.
"Well in that case we should probably eat something," Jax said, gesturing to the picnic.
I nodded. "Just let me call my aunt to tell her I won't be home for dinner. Or maybe I could just text Daniel."
"You know he's going to blow a fuse if you tell him," Jax pointed out.
"Oh I know," I said. "And I'm going to get Mel to film it for me."
"Nice," he said, laughing. I smiled.
To: Melanie
Hey Mel, get a camera ready... You're going to want to film Daniel
From: Melanie
Um, okay?
To: Melanie
Just trust me
I stopped texting Mel and sent Daniel a message.
To: Daniel
Hey Danny... I'm not going to be home for dinner... I'm at Jax's house :)
I quickly turned my phone off before Daniel could text me back. "There," I said.
"What did he say?" Jax asked.
"I don't know. I turned my phone off before he could text back," I shrugged.
"Smart," he said.
"Yeah. I just hope Mel actually filmed it," I told him.
"If she did, you're going to have to send me a copy of that video." Jax laughed.
"Of course. Right after I send Gigi a copy," I said.
The rest of the evening went pretty quickly and by the time Jax dropped me off at home it was 8:30. As soon as I walked through the door, the T3 immediately ran up to me.
"You were so right," Mel said. "I'm definitely glad I filmed his reaction."
"How mad was he?" I laughed.
"Mad enough to get grounded," Robbie said.
"Did you get that on film, too?" I said, unsuccessfully trying to cover up my laughter.
The T3 nodded enthusiastically. "Oh my gosh! That's great. I'll have to watch it later." I told them, walking towards my room.
I layed on my bed reading Divergent for about 30 minutes before someone knocked on my door.
"Come in," I called, sitting up and closing my book. Aunt Christine poked her head through the door.
"Just wanted to tell you that I mailed your letter," she said.
"Oh. Thank you so much!" I said.
"You're welcome," she told me, closing the door.
I was about to started reading again when my phone beeped.
From: Emma
Hey... What's up
To: Emma
Not much, just reading.
From: Emma
What are you reading?
To: Emma
Divergent
From: Emma
Never read it... Is it good?
To: Emma
Yeah, it's really good. You can borrow it when I'm done reading it.
From: Emma
Cool. Thanks
To: Emma
What are you doing?
From: Emma
Scrapbooking
To: Emma
You scrapbook?
From: Emma
Yeah... Do you?
To: Emma
Yep... My friend Maria and I used to scrapbook all the time.
From: Emma
Cool, but I've got to go... My dad's calling me
To: Emma
K... See you tomorrow...
I put my phone on my dresser and went to go brush my teeth. I layed back down after I brushed my teeth and changed into pajamas and kept reading. Finally, at about 10:30, I remembered I had school and went to sleep.
~Next day at school~
"Hey Em," I said, stopping at her locker after I got my books.
"Hey," she smiled, closing the locker door.
"Emma," a woman ran up to us.
"Lily," Emma said, happily.
"Who's this?" She asked, talking about me.
"I'm Juliet. Daniel's cousin," I explained.
"Daniel's cousin," Lily said, looking at Emma somewhat nervously.
"She's a witch, too," Emma whispered.
When Emma said that, Lily looked slightly less panicked. "We have a problem." She said.
"What?" Emma asked, sounding slightly scared.
"I'm not exactly sure, but it has to do with the old principal," Lily explained.
"Wait. The principal that tried to steal Emma's powers?" I asked in a whisper.
Lily looked at me. "It's worse than that. She has someone else helping her."
A few minutes later Emma and I were standing with Andi in Nurse Lily's office while she tried to explain it to us.
"How do you know she's back?" Andi asked.
"The council," Lily said. "I can't say too much but you all need to be careful. Especially you two," she added, looking at Emma and I. "The principal had her powers taken away so if she's going after anyone it will be either you two or Maddie."
"So we have to warn Maddie too?" I asked. Andi groaned.
Lily admonished her with a glare. "Yes. Don't expose too much, but you need to at least warn Maddie."
"Are you sure we have to warn Maddie," Andi protested.
"Andi. This is serious. You're all in real danger here. There's no limit to how many powers she can steal. If she gets Maddie's, Juliet's, and Emma's, there's no telling what she'll do. I need you to watch out for them. All of them," Lily said.
"Well I'm not thrilled about Maddie, but it's my first guardian job so, fine," Andi consented.
"Good now get to class and act normal," Lily told us, shooing us out the door.
