Oh, wow. I went and wrote seven whole chapters the other day. I don't know if I wanna spoil you all with SEVEN chapters in one day...
My parents began to worry for me when I kept "disappearing" almost daily. I told them where I was going, but my dad never believed me, and my mom tried to.
I'm not sure how long it was after I'd met the Whitmores that Lela managed her first long-distance jump. I didn't like it much for two reasons: one, she popped in in the middle of our lesson and scared the pants off me, and two, I knew she'd done it by herself because Nathanael wasn't with her. And that meant she'd be going home sooner than I'd hoped.
After a stressed-looking Nathanael made it back, Lela went upstairs. That was when Nat started throwing my misfortune in my face.
"You're in danger every day!" I knew that much. "The girl you like is leaving soon! Haha!" The jerk. And then he went too far. "The girl you like is being followed by sick-minded creeps every time she goes out!"
I seriously felt like making the guy cry, though after a hundred years, I'd expect his tear-ducts to be bone-dry. He got lucky, though. His wife made him apologize for letting darkness into the house, and I realized that part of it was my fault for being susceptible.
Then I noticed Elizabeth's gaze had drifted past us to the base of the stairs. I looked over and saw Lela standing there, a frightened look on her face.
Honestly, my first thought was, Crap! Does she know?
The thought, Did we scare her? followed.
After a short conversation with Liz, Lela looked right at me, and I had to know.
"How much did you hear?" I asked.
"Enough." She took that moment to glare at Nathanael, who disappeared.
Relief washed over me; she hadn't noticed.
Lela looked at me for a minute, looked at Elizabeth… her gaze drifted around the room before her eyes settled back on Elizabeth.
"Well, it looks like Nathanael's not getting back anytime soon. Are you guys done with your lesson?"
Elizabeth looked at me, pressed her lips together, then said, "I guess. We can continue tomorrow."
"Okay. Alex," she turned her blue eyes on me. "I can walk with you back to your apartment building if you want." Her face went pink. "Since Nathanael is supposed to be watching us anyway, and he's not about to show his face anytime soon, we should be pretty safe."
I shrugged indifferently, trying not to let my excitement show.
Most of our walk was pretty quiet. The sun hadn't set yet, and there were several pedestrians apart from us.
"So…" I said about five minutes into the walk. "Are you excited to be going home?"
She shrugged. "There are pros and cons. I mean… I'll probably end up grounded for the rest of my life, but at least I'll be home, you know?"
I saw her glance up at me, then look back at the ground in front of her.
Neither of us really said anything else until we got to my building.
Haha I think this is one of those stories I actually like writing more than my book! I'll be sorry when it ends. :(
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