Chapter 4
Realazations
Clarissa said it is okay for me to go to the movies with Josh this weekend, and she even asked me if we were 'going out'. I told her yes and that I dont think it will go anywhere at all. Clarissa want's to dress me up again, but I refused. I couldn't stand it when people made me look different. The last time we were there I had to ask Josh to come with me to a girly store just so I could get a hair tie and comb to put my hair up. So I am hoping nothing like that will happen this time.
Just as I was tieing my hair up for Josh and my first official date the telephone rang. "Ellie", Clarissa yelled up the stair's, "it's for you, I think it's Katie but I cant tell." "Hello", I said into the phone. "Ellie, it's me, Katie." "Oh, hi Katie, how are you?" I asked. "I'm fine but I'm not so sure about James." "What do you mean you dont know about James? Do you mean he's hurt in the Hospital?" I asked her starting to worrie. "No," she said, " he got a note at your house back in the states saying to tell you that if you go to meet the queen that he or someone in your family will be severly hurt." After I hung up with Katie, I finished getting ready for my date with Joshua, all the while wondering about what Katie told me about the threat James got.
For a while I thought that everybody was playing a prank on me, but that was until I got a strange call that said if I talk to the Queen that James or my family will be severly hurt, but if I just but out they will be fine. I decided that I will not think about it for a while, or until Josh got here to go out. I didnt think about it for a while but I figured that if I can talk to Josh about the call then I can think about the call. I just finished getting dressed and combed my hair out and tied it up. Just as I had pulled my boots on I got another call, but this time it was from Katie. Again. "Hey," she said, "sorry if I scared you earlyer but I was really worried and thought I should tell you." "It's okay," I said, "when Josh get's here I will talk to him about it. I think he should know about the threats because James is his best friend, and he was the one who suggested me talking to the queen." Katie and I talked a little more and then when Clarissa called me downstairs saying Josh was here so I hung up the phone.
I went downstairs to see Josh, but when I got there I noticed that he had a look on his face that I didnt like. It seemed like he was crying before he came over to the house. "Josh whats the matter?" I asked simpathetically. "I got a letter from my grandfather saying that my grandmother had died in her sleep last night. I was really close with her." "Oh my god that is so sad. I'm sorry. Why dont we just stay here today and not go out. You obviously need to stay home to grieve," I said softly leading him to the sofa to sit down.
"No," Josh said, "I promised you we would go out somewhere to just talk and not worry about the meeting with the queen. I'm okay; just a little shook up." Josh sounded like he was going to cry, but tried to hide it back.
"I know you want to keep from crying, but I know for a fact that crying will make you feel better,'' Clarissa said, '' now if you two dont mind, I'm going to go into the city." We both just nodded, I just sat there with my arm around Josh for a while trying to console him as he cried silently. "It's okay," I said quietlly, "it was bound to happen eventually. You said so yourself. It just happened a bit earlier than you all would have liked." I gave Josh a small kiss on the cheek, and got up. "Where are you going?" he asked softly. "I'm going to get us some drinks and something to eat. Since we aren't going to go out, we could at least hang around the house."
Realazations
Clarissa said it is okay for me to go to the movies with Josh this weekend, and she even asked me if we were 'going out'. I told her yes and that I dont think it will go anywhere at all. Clarissa want's to dress me up again, but I refused. I couldn't stand it when people made me look different. The last time we were there I had to ask Josh to come with me to a girly store just so I could get a hair tie and comb to put my hair up. So I am hoping nothing like that will happen this time.
Just as I was tieing my hair up for Josh and my first official date the telephone rang. "Ellie", Clarissa yelled up the stair's, "it's for you, I think it's Katie but I cant tell." "Hello", I said into the phone. "Ellie, it's me, Katie." "Oh, hi Katie, how are you?" I asked. "I'm fine but I'm not so sure about James." "What do you mean you dont know about James? Do you mean he's hurt in the Hospital?" I asked her starting to worrie. "No," she said, " he got a note at your house back in the states saying to tell you that if you go to meet the queen that he or someone in your family will be severly hurt." After I hung up with Katie, I finished getting ready for my date with Joshua, all the while wondering about what Katie told me about the threat James got.
For a while I thought that everybody was playing a prank on me, but that was until I got a strange call that said if I talk to the Queen that James or my family will be severly hurt, but if I just but out they will be fine. I decided that I will not think about it for a while, or until Josh got here to go out. I didnt think about it for a while but I figured that if I can talk to Josh about the call then I can think about the call. I just finished getting dressed and combed my hair out and tied it up. Just as I had pulled my boots on I got another call, but this time it was from Katie. Again. "Hey," she said, "sorry if I scared you earlyer but I was really worried and thought I should tell you." "It's okay," I said, "when Josh get's here I will talk to him about it. I think he should know about the threats because James is his best friend, and he was the one who suggested me talking to the queen." Katie and I talked a little more and then when Clarissa called me downstairs saying Josh was here so I hung up the phone.
I went downstairs to see Josh, but when I got there I noticed that he had a look on his face that I didnt like. It seemed like he was crying before he came over to the house. "Josh whats the matter?" I asked simpathetically. "I got a letter from my grandfather saying that my grandmother had died in her sleep last night. I was really close with her." "Oh my god that is so sad. I'm sorry. Why dont we just stay here today and not go out. You obviously need to stay home to grieve," I said softly leading him to the sofa to sit down.
"No," Josh said, "I promised you we would go out somewhere to just talk and not worry about the meeting with the queen. I'm okay; just a little shook up." Josh sounded like he was going to cry, but tried to hide it back.
"I know you want to keep from crying, but I know for a fact that crying will make you feel better,'' Clarissa said, '' now if you two dont mind, I'm going to go into the city." We both just nodded, I just sat there with my arm around Josh for a while trying to console him as he cried silently. "It's okay," I said quietlly, "it was bound to happen eventually. You said so yourself. It just happened a bit earlier than you all would have liked." I gave Josh a small kiss on the cheek, and got up. "Where are you going?" he asked softly. "I'm going to get us some drinks and something to eat. Since we aren't going to go out, we could at least hang around the house."