Posting the last three chapters I wrote. Been stuck for days, and tired as crap. =.= I hate when I do this to myself. I need to catch up on some sleep before I can write anymore for any of my stories. I'll get back to you guys as soon as possible.
I wasn't sure of everything that had transpired Monday night. I think I dozed off halfway through Alex and Elizabeth's mark hunt. The next morning, it seemed impossible for me to remember what my dreams were about, but I was so glad that I'd been able to sleep through the night, I really didn't care.
When I was eating breakfast, I realized it was the first of March. Wow, I thought. More than two and a half months away from home, and exactly two months since I met Alex. I couldn't imagine being back at home. I had no clue what was going on with Mom, or at school, or anything at all. I really didn't care much, either. Not since my mom had falsely accused me of using my—I shuddered before even finishing the thought.
I got up and rinsed my nearly empty cereal bowl before moving to the living room and sitting on the couch. I'd run out of books I was interested in reading, and my laptop couldn't pick up enough of the Wi-Fi signals from the building across the street for me to do anything useful. I sat on the couch, watching the clock on the wall tick-tock into oblivion. I willed it to go faster, but, as clocks are wont to do, it seemed to go slower the longer I stared at it.
I managed to tear my eyes from the clock when I heard Elizabeth come down the stairs.
"Oh, you're awake!" she said when she saw me.
"Yeah. I managed to stay asleep all night, if you can believe it."
"That's good. Are you alright? You look a little… distant."
"I'm fine." I shrugged. "Well, as fine as a bored person can be."
She smiled. "Oh, is that all? Well, if you want, we could go do something fun while you wait for Alex to get out of school."
I blushed, embarrassed that she could see through me so easily.
Elizabeth laughed. "Lela, you don't have to look so embarrassed! It's like that for all partnerships. I'm willing to bet Alex is as anxious as you right this second."
I bit my lip and pulled my legs up onto the couch. "You think so?"
"There's no doubt."
Nathanael came down the stairs at that point. "You left me all alone for a whole three minutes!" he whined, wrapping his arms around his wife.
Elizabeth threw me a look that said This is what I'm talking about before answering him. "Sorry, sweetheart, you looked so peaceful, I didn't want to wake you up."
He made a face. "I was pretending so you'd stay longer. You should know that by now—we've been together for almost a hundred years!"
"Eighty-three, you dork!" she said, twisting in his arms.
"Long enough," he grumbled as she kissed him on the cheek.
"Never," she replied.
I got up, red-faced, and went upstairs before things went any further.
Don't you just love those guys?
-^o^- Well, I've got to get to bed soon, so I'm going to post my next two chapters sans Author's Notes. ("sans" means "without" for those of you who don't know.)
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