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Chapter Twenty One

When I was about to go back to Stark, my phone went off. I walked over to it and saw who it was from. Stevie-Rae.

Ali,

Zoey's on her way back.

"So soon?" I asked myself before sending the message back to Stevie-Rae.

Yeah.

We had a lil fight

Oh no. What could they possibly fight about? And just a week after.

What about?

I sent back to her. It only took her a few seconds to reply.

Neferet & Erik

What the hell do they have to do with this…wow, that sounds really stupid since Neferet killed Erik and everything.

What do u mean?

U had a fight about them?

Y?

I was still shocked. What could they fight about involving Neferet and Erik?

Zoey will tell u

Crap. I'll have to text Stark. Tell him I can't meet him down there.

Hey Stark, Z had a fight with Stevie-Rae.

She's on her way bak here now.

I dont think I can help look 4 Duch.

Real sorry Stark, I just have 2 wait up here for Z.

Love u, Ali

Stark took a while to respond but when he did, he seemed fine. Which means, he might be hurting inside.

Hey, its k.

Make sure Z is fine and tell her I said hi.

Love u 2 and ttyl.

Right now, it seemed like everything was wrong. I mean, Duchess is missing, Stevie-Rae and Zoey are having fights, Erik…Neferet…it's just all wrong. And I don't think there is anything I can do to make it all right again. I could help Stark find Duchess, but would find her? I could force Stevie-Rae and Z to apologize to each other but would they mean it? But there was no way of making the Erik situation right. And there was no way of dealing with Neferet right now.

It seems like the world is just crashing down into tiny pieces just waiting to be blown away. Erik had crashed. Erik had been blown away. Neferet had crashed. Neferet had been blown away. So who's next to be blown away? I mean most of us have crashed and are in the waiting zone. Does this mean that all of us will eventually give up and be blown away to some far away place? Or does this mean I'm just going insane…?

Hey Stark,

Do u think our world is falling apart in front of our eyes and there is nothing we can do about it?

I had to ask him. I wanted to know if I wasn't the only one thinking this.

Wow, I was actually going 2 ask u dat when u got bak down.

Wow, odd or what?

Great answer.

So what do you think???

I sent back. As I waited for the minute that it took him to respond, I was driving myself crazy by constantly tapping on the desk with my fingernails.

Hell yeah!

Y would I want 2 ask u if I didn't think so?

Well, I'm not crazy. At least when it comes to this I'm not crazy.

Dk…anyways, its good 2 no im not overly crazy! :D

I added the smile in because I was really smiling. Which was so weird with the whole 'our world is falling apart and there's nothing we can do about it' situation. "Ali…" Z opened the door before walking over to me with tears in her eyes. "What happened?" I asked my best friend. "We had a fight…" She needed to explain more. A lot more. "About…? I need details. If that's OK?" I asked her. "She said that Erik might…but I disagreed. Am I wrong?" She stared at me full of hurt and confusion. "Z, I have no idea what your on about…" I confessed.

"Stevie-Rae thinks that Erik might come back as some weird red vampire." She told me straight up. "And you disagree? Why?" I kept on asking questions. "Because…I don't know. I guess I just don't want to believe it." She confessed to me. "You don't want to believe that your boyfriend might not be dead?" I asked full of curiosity and confusion. "I'd love it if Erik wasn't dead…" She told me. "But…" I kept on going. "He'll be different. I'm afraid he won't be the same and he won't love me the same way he did when he was a vampire. I'm crazy right?"

"No, I think I understand. You disagree because your afraid he wont love you anymore. And that he will be too different for you to love. How close am I?" I told her exactly what I thought she was telling me. "Yeah. What if that happens? What am I going to do? To know if he is alive, or an undead-dead vampire that doesn't love me anymore. How will I live?" She was braking down and crying in front of me. Was she next to be blown away? "Well, what if he hasn't changed and still loves you like when he did before he died?" I asked her.

We were both silent for a minute or two thinking about the possibilities for her and Erik. That is if and only if he comes back as an undead-dead vampire. Her world would change. Would that stop her from being blown away? "ZO!" Heath screamed through the door. "Great." I said to myself. I looked at Zoey as she was staring at me. "What do I do?" I whispered to her. "I'll handle him." She said getting up. "Ah, Z, you look like crap. No offence or anything, but he'll die just looking at you."

"Wow, you really know what to say." She replied. "I mean that you look destroyed. Depressed. It'll kill him to see you like this. Please, let me get rid of him." I begged. "Fine. Just make it quick." She sighed wiping away her tears and smudged eye liner. I opened the door and stepped out closing the door behind me before Heath could see her. "Let me in. I need to see Zo." He demanded. "Heath, she really needs to rest. Alone." I made sure it was clear he wasn't going in. "And besides, it's almost 1am. What are you even doing up?"

I tried changing the subject from Zoey to the time but it wasn't really working out for me. "I don't care about the time. I need to see her!" He demanded again. Zoey opened the door from behind me and I instantly moved out of her way. Heath pulled her into a massive bear hug as she started crying lightly on his shoulder. AT this very moment, I only had one question floating through my head. With Erik gone does this mean Heath will replace him?

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