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Stevie Rae
Stevie Rae was at the east wall again. She didn't mean to come here, but whilst her mind wandered her feet seemed to bring her here themselves. It wasn't like she had good memories there. Sure, it was where they cast their first circle and all, but plently of bad things happened there, like Professor Nolan's body being left there and Kalona rising. Evil things happened there, and Stevie Rae couldn't help but wonder if she kept ending up there because she was evil, too.
Nala was with her again. She was annoyed about Zoey leaving her, or so Stevie Rae assumed. But it was comforting to stroke her all the same. "Zoey said that she's talkin' to the Council about Kalona again today," she told Nala who sneezed in response. "I hope she wins. It's gonna be pretty awful around here if she doesn't."
"Stevie Rae?" Startled, Stevie Rae looked around and saw Drew standing at the end of the wall.
"Oh, hi, Drew," she said, stroking Nala who hadn't appreciated Stevie Rae moving so suddenly.
"Stevie Rae . . . You are okay, aren't you?"
"What do you mean? Of course I'm okay. I heal pretty quick."
"I'm not talking about that - though I'm glad you do. I mean . . . since you died. You're not the same person anymore, are you?"
She sighed. "No, Drew, I'm not. The Stevie Rae you knew is gone. Dead. So you don't have to keep talkin' to me."
"What? But I want to talk to you."
Now that surprised Stevie Rae. She knew he had liked her before she died. But now she was different. She didn't think that Drew was attracted to her anymore.
"You do? But . . . why?"
Drew climbed up the tree and sat beside her. "I like you, Stevie Rae." He slowly reached for her hand that wasn't stroking Nala.
"I like you, too, Drew." Stevie Rae said, letting him take her hand. "But after what happened, I thought - "
"We all think things," Drew said before kissing her.
Stevie Rae was surprised, but responded instantly, instinctively. Drew's kiss was really sweet, like he was unsure yet confident at the same time. And Stevie Rae ruefully admitted to herself that she loved it.
Stevie Rae giggled to herself like a looney. Drew had walked her back to the dorm, then kissed her again before leaving and promising to see her the next day. It was just like it had been between the two of them before she died. Except that she was sort of a zombie, all the other girls were pods and the world was only so far from being in utter chaos.
But, other than that, it was like old times. Guiltily, Stevie Rae thought of Dallas, her sort of boyfriend. Sigh. She knew how Z felt now! She would have to call her soon to talk about it. And to find out how her appeal had gone. Stevie Rae felt guitly again. She had been so intoxicated by Drew's presence that she had forgotten all about it.