Chester taps on the screen of the GPS. He studies their location and looks ahead to where they are heading. Once he does, he uses his phone watch to send a recorded message to Hazel. Thankfully she is awake and feeling well. The things you can do with healing magic.
George drives happily while Ara tried to make breakfast for Triple G, whom is sleeping extra to get back on his personalized schedule. Ultimately, she failed, but at least she did better than last time…
George hears the lack of talking. He figured that Triple G being asleep is one cause for it. "Where is Deuce? It feels rather empty in here without all of the chatter that I am used to." He says, glancing back at Ara.
Ara comes from the kitchen and says, "He is still upstairs with Heidi. He must be because I haven't seen him come down."
Chester brings out, "And we know he is not in Hazel's room. She barely lets anyone in there these days."
Ara nods at his statement. She looks to the ground and swallows hard. "I told Heidi...about Hazel yesterday."
George and Chester's eyes widened significantly. George immediately pulls over next to more wilderness. "How much did you tell her?"
Ara folded her arms and said, "All of it! I am tired of this fiasco! Someone has to do it and Hazel would rather knock herself out first. So, it had to be me."
"Blimey, she's going to be quite upset." He states with fear in his eyes. He remembers how mad she was last time. He can only imagine how mad she will be now! He takes a deep breath and exhaled.
"Yeah, but I've got to tell her…" Ara says, trailing off.
Chester asks her, "Are you sure? I mean, what she doesn't know won't hurt her, but what she does know will hurt us!" He says, his still widened in worry.
"If I don't tell her, she will find out. When She does find out, She will be twice as mad." Ara sighs. "I might as well get this over with now."
George and Chester look at each other before shrinking into their seats.
Ara looks at their demeanor. "I guess that's my que." She, then, begins to walk to Hazel's door prepared for backlash. She just didn't know how much she would get. Hazel is pretty unpredictable these days.
Ara stood in front of Hazel's door and knocked timidly. "Hey, Hazel...it's me…"
There was a shuffling sound from behind the door before it finally slid open. There, stood Hazel in her outdoor clothes. Her hair was in disarray, her eyes puffy from crying, and she looked like she barely slept again.
What Ara found especially odd, is that her eyes where two different colors. One was beige and the other was silver. Ara stared for a moment before saying, "Hey. I didn't see you out last night, or this morning."
Hazel looked at her. "For some odd reason Heidi was down here last night. As for this morning, I plainly didn't feel like coming out. I believe, that's when I actually fell asleep." Hazel looked at Ara deeper. Her face turned into one of confusion. "Are you alright?"
Ara blinked at her a couple times before saying, "Alright. I am going to shoot it to you straight." She twirled her fingers before looking back to her. "I told her the truth. ItoldHeidiyouhaveacrushonher…" Ara sputters while wincing, in a rush to get it over with.
Hazel's eyes widened and her mouth went agape. She stated for a moment trying to process what she just said.
The suspense was killing Ara. She knew that Hazel wasn't going to be happy. She had already begun to take steps back. "Maybe I could save myself like the last time. I just need to blast her with icy water now to keep her anger down."
As soon as Ara had that thought, the sound of thunder surrounded the area. The only problem was that it wasn't from the sky.
The vehicle jerked roughly to the side and Ara terribly lost her footing and fell to the ground. George and Chester where knocked out of their seats and with a yelp they were also hurled to the ground.
The the jerking increased by each second that went by, and it was escalating quickly.
Hazel, now surrounded by her magical aura replied. "You did what!?" She yells as the earth grumbled vengefully.
Ara tries to get back up, but to no avail. "I had to!" She yells over the thunder of the earth.
Hazel's eyes turn to flames and she squinted at her. Her flaming eyes turn to obsidian. "I will give you a ten second head start. I suggest you take it." She snaps at her.
"Oh, boy…" Ara thinks. She concludes that the ground is betraying her at the moment, so she hovers and blasts straight out of the door.
She flies into the sky, which is her safe zone. She sighs in relief and Hazel calls to her.
"You don't think I can get you from up there!? Ha! Funny!" Conveniently for Hazel, they are by some thick woods.
In her blazing anger she puffs fire from her mouth, lighting a nice part of the forest on fire. After that, she summons a large glass in the shape of a sense. She smirks as she gathers solar power and fires the focused light at Ara in the form of a laser.
Ara, completely surprised, barely dodges the blast. Unfortunately, there were a lot more coming. Ara dashes from place to place trying to avoid the blasts of light. She even flew into the forest to avoid one only to find out that light is a laser and cuts through trees.
Hazel grins wickedly as she fires the 'light blasts'. So far, Ara is playing right into her trap. So, she goes deeper into the forest aiming and firing repeatedly.
At this point Ara has no idea if she is going or coming. There is smoke in the sky so she can't see from the sky, there is fire all over the place so she can't see down below, the ground is quaking like crazy. The fumes are making her dizzy. She could purify the air, but Hazel would have killed her by then.
One thing is sure. She cannot stay up there with all of that haze. Coughing heavily, she levitate a little above the quaking ground.
The ground had begun to crack and shift. Parts of the ground is lifting higher while other parts are sinking deeper into the party's dark abyss. Other parts are completely caving in!
"You walked into that trap easily." Hazel says proudly while walking out of the flames. Naturally, she is not affected by the shifting earth. "Now, you're in my element." She says, lighting her hands ablaze.
Ara looks around for any sign of escape and found that everything was either blocked by fire, shifting earth, or haze. Ara sighs and says, "We're not going to talk this out, are we?"
Hazel chuckles as the earth shifts more violent than before making faults in the ground. The earth thundering once again. "Nope." She says while lava erupts from the cracks and pools around them.
"Great…" Ara mumbled.
Unbeknownst to the two fighting girls, Heidi sank out of a nearby shadow and surveyed the chaos around her with an expressionless look.
She saw the lava and tilted her head, narrowing her eyes as she thought about the earthquake from earlier.
The blonde turned her gaze to the flames that were spreading across the forest and she lifted her hand. The fire seemed to fly to her like she was a giant magnet and circled around her before being absorbed by her body.
She looked to the sky in boredom as she folded her arms silently.
Hazel blinked and gazed. "Wha-? Where did my-?" That was before she closed her eyes and screamed in furry. The earth seemed to scream with her as it rumbled. "Fine! I guess I will have to use other methods!" She says while summoning her earthen magic.
Ara sighed in relief. At least she could handle this better.
That is until Hazel snapped and a sandstorm was summoned.
"Of course!" Ara says in frustration. "It can't be easy, can it? Hazel please calm down!" She calls to her through the storm that was making it challenging to see through.
Ara had to duck because of a flying bolder that she managed to spot. Now, Ara's temper flared and she said, "Enough."
She summoned her aerial magic to redirect the harsh winds elsewhere. She also managed to summon her own storm which helped cool the lava around them, making new land.
Hazel sends large vines after Ara. They quickly grab at her like octopus tentacles. Ara makes sure to avoid them using her speed and uses her electric magic to turn into pure energy. She uses the moist ground as a conductor and appears behind Hazel ready to blast her with the freezing water she has prepared.
For Hazel, she was expecting this. She hurriedly calls a bolder to her aid as if it were captured by a gravitational force. Ara was in it's path, so it knocked her into a seared tree.
Hazel smirked at the confirmed hit. "Not this time."
That's when Ara had it. "Alright, I've had it up to here!" She stomps, her storm feeding off of her anger.
"About time." Hazel readies herself while Ara seethes.
Heidi instinctively threw up a massive golden barrier around her that completely encased her. She tilted her head up as her eyes looked at them in suspicion. She was not going to be the one to get zapped, splashed, or whipped with a twister. She dealt with that enough.
Ara builds her magic inside of her and suddenly she punches the ground. A sonic boom echoes from the sound, the sound waves pushing Hazel backward. Ara, then uses her speed and speared the girl while coated with her electric aura.
Hazel crumpled to the ground after coming in contact with electricity that she wasn't prepared for. "I have to expect that next time."
Hazel rises and called her earthen magic to up her electric defenses. She crouched low to the ground. This is where her safe zone is.
She sets up for her next attack. She pulls all of the nearby rocks into her gravitational field and shot them toward Ara one by one.
Ara most definitely had a time dodging those boulders, but afterward, she summersalted and shot off an array of purple lightning bolts.
Hazel thought she might do this, so she turned herself into copper to avoid getting electrocuted. When the electricity passed, she changed back.
"Oh, really?" Ara thought. "Lets see how well you handle this!" Ara grabs as much magic as she can and summons winds that are beyond tornadic. This wind even began to uproot trees.
Fortunately for Hazel, She has the ability to summon sturdy figures such as boulders to block the gale.
"Child's play." She thinks.
Her aura glows furiously as she raised her hands to the sky and called down sulfur rocks. Then she turns in another direction and does the same. Then, fireballs rain from the sky. That resulted in the beginning of many explosions that shake the earth as bad as the earthquake.
Heidi rolled her eyes at the chaos around her. Ugh, it's like being in between one of Zeus's arguments that somehow brings all the gods into it. She thought with annoyance as she raised her hand. Should have Hestia end it before I end it. Hermes would be escorting someone then. She shook her head as she snapped her fingers.
Immediately the older goddess was next to her and safely within her barrier. "This is…" Hestia looked at the scene with widened eyes.
"Impressive? Yes. Annoying? Yes. Unneeded? Yes. Can you just do your magic trick to calm them down?" Heidi asked with a deep frown.
Hestia thought about it before nodding and looking at the blonde. "You will need to get a little closer." She said, looking at the barrier that was protecting them.
Heidi simply shrugged and began approaching the area, "I'm behind my bubble, it once withstood one of the old fart's lightning bolts." She informed her as she checked to make sure that Hestia was still within the barrier.
Hestia's eyes narrowed and held out her hand as soon as they were close enough. The goddess took a step and passed through the barrier before her body glowed.
Heidi put on a pair of sunglasses as she placed her hands on her hips, knowing what the older goddess was about to do.
Sure enough, the entire area was covered in a blinding light as a deep red aura surrounded the fiery-eyed goddess. Hestia closed her eyes as she focused her power on the two girls. After about forty seconds, the light died down and the aura disappeared.
Hestia stepped back into Heidi's barrier while the younger goddess pulled her sunglasses off. "Ah, has that always been that flashy?" She asked while rolling her eyes.
Hestia didn't answer her as she kept her gaze on the two girls.
Ara landed on the steadying ground with an expression of pure exhaustion. She shook her head as if she were in a trance. She looked around with widened eyes as the storm dissipated.
Hazel came to followed by an expression of horror. She gaped at all of the devastation in the area. Then she looked to her hands in shame before teleporting away in a bright flash of light.
Heidi clapped her hands together as the barrier dropped. "Well! As entertaining as that was, it has created a crap ton of...damage." She said to no one in particular.
The blonde stomped her foot twice and whatever ground that was out of place quickly slipped back in like pieces to a puzzle.
Hestia blinked in surprise and look at Heidi in question.
"What? I'm Goddess of the Underworld, I have some control over the ground! I'm no Poseidon but I can fix a few cracks." Heidi exclaimed, her eyes closing as she shook her head.
Hestia gave her a nod and looked at the mostly destroyed forest. "She won't be happy if she sees that."
Heidi picked up on who the goddess was referring to and rolled her eyes. "Demeter won't be happy if she sees me. Best thing to do now is to book it on outta here before she goes off on us all."
Ara finally moves. She walks back all the way to the (surprisingly) unharmed vehicle and goes inside without a word, or glance at the two goddesses. Once inside, she also ignores the cowering boys and goes to Heidi's room to help the fish. She summons her bubble wand and makes a levitating water drop to place them in. She takes them downstairs and finds another vase to place them in while she helps with the clean up.
Hestia and Heidi appeared in the younger goddesses's space and Heidi promptly flopped onto the couch. She levitated her computer onto her lap and went back to reading as if nothing had happened.
Ara calls to George and says, "George. Continue the route."
The shaking boy crawls out of his safety corner and stiffly makes it back to his driver's seat.
He pulls off and the RV drives off eventually leaving the destroyed forest behind. Unknowingly, he left something else behind.
Hazel stares after the moving vehicle with deep seated sorrow. She glances at all of the damage that she has caused. This forest was teaming with life. Now it's gone and it's all her fault.
She feels sick. She can't believe she let her anger consume her like that. Her powers. She has used them against her own sister. She could have killed Ara.
The wetness of tears made itself known went a gentle breeze whipped through the deserted land.
The forest is fixable, but how she acted was not.
"I can't do this anymore. I give up." She says to no one. "I am going to fix this mess, then I'm going back home. At least I would have partially fulfilled my promise. You win some. You lose some…" She mumbled.
She looked to the desolate forest with determination. She gathers herself and says, "I've got my work cut out for me." She glows with her aura as she begins to get to work.
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Heidi stared at the computer screen, "Y'know, I have to admit, I didn't think I'd actually throw up that barrier." She commented and looked at Hestia. "Then again I didn't think there would be that kind of battle."
Hestia nodded in thought. "They certainly put some of the battles to shame. I cannot help but wonder what caused it."
Heidi shrugged, looking unconcerned at that. "Someone probably just said something and that led to an argument that led to that. That's what happens up in Olympus." She said as she began typing down some notes.
"What could have been said?" Hestia asked herself as she looked down at the floor.
Heidi shook her head. "I know I'm not getting involved in that. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of one of those until I have to meet the old fart." She deadpanned and shot Hestia an annoyed look. "I mean-that was unnecessary and I do unnecessary stuff all the time!"
"They couldn't help themselves, it would seem as though there was no other answer except fighting." Hestia stated with a frown.
Heidi rolled her eyes at what the other goddess said. "There's always another answer, fighting is just the easy one." She muttered as she went back to typing.
Hestia closed her eyes. That it is.
"I wouldn't have gone down there if someone hadn't tore open the ground to invite some lava into the party. Made me think that the ground was opening for a different reason." Heidi grumbled with a frown.
"Why did you stay? You could have let them take each other out." Hestia questioned, her eyes boring into Heidi's blue ones.
Heidi let out a sigh as she tilted her head back. "I don't know, I just thought it might be a good idea or something. Not like I wanted to play the 'dodge the random flying object' game. It was when they were getting all angry with their magic that I threw up the barrier and summoned you. Figured I should let you handle it before Hermes had to escort some ladies down under." She explained with a groan, shaking her head at her words.
Hestia nodded at that and looked at the ceiling. "It was wise of you to handle it the way you did." She said, a small smile appearing on her face. "It shows that you care, even if it is only a little."
Heidi rolled her eyes and sat up. "Yeah, don't think about it too much. I just didn't want to see them carried off to the Underworld as a result."
Hestia was still smiling as she gazed at the stubborn woman. Even with the Helm's presence growing stronger she is still trying.
"Now you're thinking about it. Why did I think you wouldn't?" Heidi said while shaking her head.
Hestia simply chuckled as the room fell into silence.
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Hermes had been watching the battle with a big ol' bucket of popcorn when he saw the person he was following.
Oh, and Hestia was there too.
He knew the battle was over as soon as those two showed up and while he was glad it was over, he was also unhappy. Mainly because that was the one form of entertainment he was getting besides watching Artemis sprint through every wooded area in sight while trying to keep up with them.
Hermes floated over the decimated forest with a look of interest. Oh...Demeter is gonna be angry when she sees this. Wasn't this one of her forests? He thought as he stopped and looked around.
Suddenly, he felt Demeter appear within the forest.
He was tempted to fly away and catch back up with the vehicle, but he kind of wanted to see what Demeter would do.
He descended to where he could see her better and his eyes widened at the anger that was pouring out of her. The plants that somehow survived the battle were all decaying left and right as soon as she passed by them. The grass was dying with each footstep and trees were beginning to break as they too decayed.
...She's pissed. Hermes thought as he quickly looked around the forest for some unfortunate individual that might get caught in her anger.
When he saw a girl walking around the forest, he whipped around and zipped to where Demeter was. Appearing in front of her, he shot her a bright smile. "Demeter! How long has it been since we've talked?" He asked jovially.
Demeter's dark brown eyes met his as she stopped walking. "Hermes." She acknowledged him before looking at the forest. "Who did this?"
Hermes blinked and looked around before looking at her. "Not a clue. It was like this when I found it." He said before tipping his golden fedora that had appeared on his head. "I can find out who did it if you want me to. I'm good at it."
She looked at him with an annoyed look before turning away. "Do it and report back to me within two days." Demeter stated before disappearing in a whirlwind of flowers and leaves.
Hermes waited for a few seconds before sighing in relief. "Phew! That could have ended poorly, I'd have to escort that girl down if she didn't leave." He said to himself as he saw the girl again.
He knew who she was, he did some detective work that involved her, and she seemed like a genuinely nice kid. Sure, she had some...destructive moments, but most of the special kids he met had problems like that.
The god turned away before zipping away to where Artemis was perched in the distance.
Artemis looked at him dismissively as she watched the girl in the forest from her position in the tree. "You let the imposter and Hestia handle it." She stated in her monotonous voice.
Hermes nodded before shrugging. "Hestia is good at what she was doing and the "imposter" was protecting her. I saw no need to step in." He said with a lopsided grin.
Artemis looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Why are you following the imposter? Zeus never told you to."
Hermes chuckled at that and floated a little higher. "It's a personal thing. A solo job, if you wish to call it. What Zeus doesn't know won't hurt him." He said with little to no concern.
Artemis stared at him for a few more seconds before transforming into a hawk and flying away.
Hermes watched her before looking back at the forest and smiling widely. "And that's how you save a human who destroyed a forest." He said to himself with a laugh before zipping away after Artemis.
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Ara knocks on the door that she has become very familiar with. Even though Heidi is pretty...crisp, she really needs someone to talk to. Especially after her recent discovery she made downstairs. She is just very desperate for someone's company that will at least try to listen.
Someone who is not one of those traumatised boys hiding away the corners.
"Heidi?" She calls softly, hoping to hear an answer.
Heidi didn't respond in words, but the door opened and the blonde gestured for her to enter as she examined the countless notes that lie in her lap.
Ara perked up when the door opened and offered a small smile before sitting in the barrel chair she favors. She curled up and looks to the ground. "Hi. I needed to be in different company." She tells the goddess.
Heidi gave her as small nod as she caused a piece of paper to float up into the air. "Ah. You just missed Hestia, she had to go back to keep things calm up in Olympus." She told her while reading more notes.
Ara shook her head and said, "I don't want to see Hestia. Not after what I did."
Heidi raised an eyebrow. "Well, I mean-it's not like you two frightened her off. She's handled worse, I think you just surprised her. Besides, I was there as well and here you are." She explained before floating another piece of paper up.
Ara shook her head once again. "It's not about what I did. Well, it is what I did, but it's also why I did it. I feel so ashamed…" She sadly mumbled.
Heidi paused in her actions as her eyes narrowed. "Even if we do things for horrible reasons, we may always be forgiven. That's what my Hestia told me after I did something for a...bad, reason. I won't say that it was worse, but if I could be forgiven for my heinous act, you will too. It just takes some time and you'll feel like a piece of crap for a while, but you'll feel better." She said in a soft tone as she looked at the girl. "I don't know if that helped, I'm not good at this stuff, but I hope it did something."
Ara offered her a sad smile. "Thank you."
Heidi flashed her a smile. "You're welcome." She then returned to her stack of papers with a neutral expression.
Ara's saddened gaze returned to the floor. "Hazel's gone. I have no idea where she is."
Heidi blinked and made the papers go higher so she could look at her. "What?" She asked in confusion while her eyebrows flew up.
Ara didn't meet her eyes as she replied, "She's not here. She's not in her room, she's not in the living room, she's not in your room. She is gone." She said. She fought her lungs to keep her breathing steady. She didn't want to cause more chaos by crying.
Heidi looked towards the ceiling before closing her eyes. If she's still at the forest she's good as dead. I swear that looked like one of her forests. She thought, thinking of the one goddess who would practically wipe out any living thing for hurting her plants. "That is...This is not good." Heidi mumbled as she leaned her head on the couch cushion.
"This is my fault. I should've prepared earlier for that backlash that I knew I was going to get. I should've prepared as soon as I told her!" She said practically beating her head against the arm of the chair.
Heidi took a deep breath before sitting up and pinching the bridge of her nose. She had no idea what to tell her. Since she was being hunted by a goddess and being stalked by Hermes, she had no way of getting back to the forest without being nabbed by one of the two. She couldn't do anything at the moment...and she didn't want to say anything so she stayed silent.
Ara leaned on the side of her body that was less injured before asking, "Do you know what we were fighting about?"
"I had a couple of theories, but I don't exactly know." Heidi said while shaking her head.
Ara closed her eyes to rest them for a few seconds. "I told her that I had told you about the... incident. As expected, she was beyond furious. I didn't expect all of that, though. Now I think a couple of my ribs are broken. Wouldn't be surprising considering that I had been wacked by a boulder."
Heidi winced at what she heard. "Yeah...That would explain a few things." She paused to reach into her bag before she pulled out a vial of golden liquid. "I can help with the injuries if you wish." She offered as she stared at the glowing color.
Ara stared at the vial with worry evident in her eyes. She hesitated, "Uh, is that safe to drink?"
Heidi snapped out her stare and nodded. "It was made for me when I was training with the gods. Apollo made it after I wound up with most of my bones broken after I was, basically, destroyed by Ares. It's been tested on that loser Herc from what I heard, so I doubt it's deadly if he's still alive. Besides-" She smirked and rubbed her chin. "-Apollo is the god of medicine. His title speaks for him."
Ara leaned up a bit before replying. "I don't know… it sounds like 'God Stuff'." She says before curling up.
"It is and it isn't. This stuff isn't available to Auradon, it would be hella abused, but most of the medicine you find was created by either Apollo or one of his many kids." Heidi explained as she looked up in thought. "So, if you trust something from the store, you can also trust this. I wouldn't have offered it if I had zero confidence in Apollo's abilities."
Ara, still contemplating, tried to adjust her body once more. Before she got comfortable, something made a snapping sound causing Ara to grimace. "Pass it over." She says while reaching for the vial.
Heidi floated it over to her hand before folding her arms and relaxing into the sofa. "Drink it all. It tastes like your favorite food, personal touch by Apollo himself." She said absentmindedly while closing her eyes.
Ara caught the vial, and downed it without another thought. She smacked her mouth in satisfaction as she began to immediately feel healthier. "Hm, caramel apples."
"Fun, right? It always tastes like chocolate dipped strawberries to me." Heidi said with a chuckle.
Ara stretched, enjoying the ability to move around like she wanted. "I feel much better too. Thanks. That's one less problem."
"Not a problem." Heidi raised her finger and levitated the empty vial back into her bag.
Ara leaned back in her chair in thought. "I think I might go back after her, but I might be the last person she wants to see right now. I know she would shoo me away." Ara says referring to Hazel.
"Yeah...that would be the outcome most likely. At least it wouldn't be me. She'd be more unhappy to see this face over yours after that whole thing." Heidi said in a quiet tone as she laid down.
Ara sighed. "That's one of the reasons I don't think she's coming back anytime soon." Ara sinks into her chair.
Makes sense. She shouldn't have stayed behind, though, not at the forest. Her eyes closed at the thought of Demeter finding out who did it. These two would be cursed before they could explain themselves.
"I can't help but worry about her. Especially after something like that. She wasn't doing well with the small things in here, how is she coping out there?" Ara thought aloud. "I don't think she went back home. If she did, I would be getting phone calls asking about the rest of us."
Heidi nodded at her words and tapped her arm as she continued to think.
"I wonder if Hazel still has her phone on her? Maybe she has a signal? If I call her she might just hang up." Ara says with halved eyes.
"No harm in trying. If she picks up it at least means she's not in the middle of nowhere." Heidi said while shrugging and shaking her head.
"I guess I could try…" Ara says pulling out her phone and pulling up Hazel's contact. Unfortunately, it rings a couple of times before the call is dropped and she is asked to leave a voicemail. "Great...the call was dropped."
Heidi looked sour at that before her eyes narrowed. That's not good.
Ara threw her head back and focused on her breathing for a minute. "Okay, wherever she is, the signal is not great. On the bright side, her phone rang so it still has some battery life."
"That's always a good thing." Heidi said while rubbing her chin.
Ara looked to her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Heidi blinked before shrugging. "Just a bunch of...God Stuff, as you put it."
Ara smiled at that before returning to her thoughts. "Okay." She sighs. "I guess we will have to continue this journey with one less member. Thankfully, we are almost there."
Heidi nodded and looked away. "It won't take long after the wall. I can assure you that."
"Without Hazel I am not even sure if we will know where the wall is…" She thinks. "Yeah...I will see what I can do."
"If you need me to, I can check how far we are if you don't know. I'll just zip there and back while counting the miles." Heidi said while rubbing the back of her head.
Ara rubs her arm and says, "As long as the GPS is in place and the boys stick to the schedule, we should be fine." Ara shrugs and says, "You should chill out, I guess. On the bright side, no more fights between you guys."
Heidi looked at the floor. "I guess I could do that." She raised her hand and snapped her fingers. "The door isn't locked anymore." She told the girl while rubbing her paint covered arm.
Ara inhaled and exhaled. "You are welcome downstairs also." She wiped imaginary dirt off of her shirt.
"I'll keep that in mind for later." Heidi replied.
Ara offered her a smile smile. "Well, I have to go. I will see what I could do for dinner since…" She stood up and walked to the door. "I will see about that."
"Alright. I'll be down...eventually." Heidi said, looking away at the end as she scratched her head.
Ara nodded and silently went downstairs to see what she could come up with.
That was day three and don't worry. Explenations about that "paint" will be explained in the next chapter. Chill out and hang on for the ride.
SuperNova out⭐