I had been hoping Alex would come on his own—I just didn't know he'd be coming straight from school. He still had his bookbag with him.
"Won't your parents freak?" I asked him.
"Nah," he said, putting his bag by the door. "They're okay as long as I don't do anything stupid."
Elizabeth and Nathanael wanted to give us another lesson, and I wasn't too thrilled about leaving Alex again—not after five hours of pure anxiety. But they told me we'd all be in the living room for this one. No jumping practice for me—just a simple Unspeakables lesson.
Elizabeth started it out. I didn't think Nathanael was much of a teacher-type anyway.
"One thing every Unspeakable has to know is that all Unspeakables are linked," she said. "It's like… Nat, what was the word I used this morning?"
"A network," he said. "It's a network; we're all connected."
"Sounds like the World Wide Web," Alex interrupted.
"Sort of," Elizabeth said. "An Unspeakable can feel all the others in the world. The more familiar you are with one, however, the stronger the pull. Because the four of us know each other, we're more in tune with each other." She looked at me. "For instance, Lela: If the two of us were looking for my friend Christine, I'd have better luck sensing her than you would because you've never met her."
I nodded; it made plenty of sense. Alex looked like he was only catching every other word. I slipped my hand into his, jarring him from his thoughts. He looked at me and grinned, sending my stomach-butterflies into a frenzy.
Nathanael clapped once, making the two of us jump. "I hate to interrupt your little moment, but this is sort of important, if you haven't noticed."
My face went red as we apologized.
The lesson was quickly ended when Elizabeth announced she'd made cookies. Nathanael jumped up immediately. "Lesson's over. Cookie time!"
Mmmmm... cookies...
Ko~ Sorry. just sneezed all over the keyboard... (eewww...)
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(I know I said I wasn't going to post ANs, but I'm tired to the point where I'll pretty much do or laugh at anything.)
