Intrigue-chapter 3
A/N OMG! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry..First off, at the last posted chapter, I had only READ the first book. Sumer was dead. Julian wasn't. I knew that would be reversed but I didn't know when and how. So, cos England (other than London) seems to have, like, absolutely NO L.J Smith books on sale (Other than 3 Nightworld books in my nearest WHSmith) I went and ordered them from amazon.co.uk, but they ran out of stock so it took 3 weeks for the book (Yes, singular, I got the collector's addition) to get here. I read it last night (I cried, literally, am I sad or what??) and then suddenly thought HOLY SH*T! I put Intrigue on hold or 3 WEEKS!! So, here I am and here it is. Enjoy.
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They sat down. Freya, Dwain, and Julian. When Summer didn't join them, Julian looked up. Of all of the 7 friends who had played his games, Summer was the least trusting of Julian. While Jenny, Tom, Michael, Zach, Audrey and Dee had watched the slow transition from Evil Julian to Nice Julian, Summer had just woken up and, boom, the evil shadow creature who had killed her was being nice. When he'd died...everyone was upset because he'd done a brave and daring thing, Jenny more than others, Summer much less. Sure a small part of her wanted to sit down, to find out why Julian was even alive, but more of her wanted to run and hide under her blankets, shaking in terror. Somewhere through her mental conflict she could hear Julian's calm, soothing voice, coaxing her to sit down. A thought struck clear through her hazy mind. She licked her lips, drew in a deep breath, and opened her mouth
"I think we should call the others, get them to come round, or do you feel like explaining your sudden existance another 6 times, not including the explanation you owe me?" Julian displayed his favourite, trademark smirk
"Good idea, but if 3 boys are coming..." he gestured to her 'clothes'
"Point taken- but you know what Julian? For a shadow demon, you sure are a conventionalist," Julian raised one eyebrow, then the other, before bringing them both back down in thought, apparently trying to figure out what she was on about. Summer saved him the bother
"You expect the ordinary without even considering the other possibilities-for example I bet you think I'm right handed, it doesn't register to you that I could be left handed, hell, for all you know, I could be a lesbian" Julians pale face turned...less pale for an instant and then calmed. As Summer walked out of the room, she heard him cough "Zach" She rolled her eyes and walked up the stairs to her bedroom.
When she had gone, Dwain opened his mouth
"She's not, you know" Julian just looked at him for a few seconds
"Dwain I do NOT need your freaky-deaky little mind powers to tell me whether somebody prefers one sex or another. Though it IS completely beyond me where that little tirade came from" The two boys looked over at Freya. She was Summer's friend and was likely to know more than even Dwain what was going on in her head. Deep in thought, Freya mumbled "Probably wanted to defy you or make you look stupid in some way" Julian and Dwain nodded, leaving the girl with her thoughts.
Freya was more remembering than thinking. She remembered Summers disappearence, how miserable it had made her, it had affected the entire student body. The main group of friends Summer hung out with had said she was dead. Most of the school said they killed her. Freya wasn't in their group then and from the stories they had told about what had happened to them she was glad of it. Of course she hadn't believed a word they'd said, but monsters, nightmares, supernatural things, things that go bump in the night, ~forbidden things~ had always intrigued and fascinated her. she really ~wanted~ to believe, so somewhere in the back of her mind, she did. When the entourage had gone away-disappeared for a time, ~then~ she started to believe-really believe in what they'd said. who would want to escape anywhere so bad? Obviously everybody back at school had said that they were fleeing the crime scene, running from the cops as it were. And then when they'd returned waith Summer and Summer told them all the same story the entourage had about her disappearence, the students came to the conclusion that it was all a prank. An overly elaborate lpublicity stunt of sorts. Somewhere in the back of her brain, Freya had filed it as unsolved. Until earlier, when that freaky limo driver had shown up.
~FREAKY!~ Something that Julian had said rammed it's way into her head, refusing to go away. Freya remembered every minute detail of the conversation that had passed her by a minute ago, and she could distinctly remember Julian referring to Dwain's "freaky-deaky mind powers". Freya made a concious effort to look across the table at the two boys opposite her, currently talking animatedly. She began to realise that they both had an "aura" a srt of glow of unearthly beauty. She had expected it in Julian, who was nothing less than aethreal, but she also saw it in Dwain. Freya had always thought Dwain to be absolutely gorgeous, but she expected that any normal guy would look like something that had just crawled out of the sewers in Julian's prescence, but he still looked wonderful. Almost unnaturally so, certainly enough to arouse suspicion in Freya's mind. She formulated her suspicions into a question which she was about to ask before there was a knock at the door and 6 people came tmbling in. Summer offered them tea, coke, and a bottle of water for Dee and when they were finally all sat around the table, Julian began.
"Don't worry" Dwain whispered into Freyas ear, "You'll find the answer to your question if you listen"
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OKAY!! If ya hate it-tell me so, if ya luv it-make me glow n_n
A/N OMG! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry..First off, at the last posted chapter, I had only READ the first book. Sumer was dead. Julian wasn't. I knew that would be reversed but I didn't know when and how. So, cos England (other than London) seems to have, like, absolutely NO L.J Smith books on sale (Other than 3 Nightworld books in my nearest WHSmith) I went and ordered them from amazon.co.uk, but they ran out of stock so it took 3 weeks for the book (Yes, singular, I got the collector's addition) to get here. I read it last night (I cried, literally, am I sad or what??) and then suddenly thought HOLY SH*T! I put Intrigue on hold or 3 WEEKS!! So, here I am and here it is. Enjoy.
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They sat down. Freya, Dwain, and Julian. When Summer didn't join them, Julian looked up. Of all of the 7 friends who had played his games, Summer was the least trusting of Julian. While Jenny, Tom, Michael, Zach, Audrey and Dee had watched the slow transition from Evil Julian to Nice Julian, Summer had just woken up and, boom, the evil shadow creature who had killed her was being nice. When he'd died...everyone was upset because he'd done a brave and daring thing, Jenny more than others, Summer much less. Sure a small part of her wanted to sit down, to find out why Julian was even alive, but more of her wanted to run and hide under her blankets, shaking in terror. Somewhere through her mental conflict she could hear Julian's calm, soothing voice, coaxing her to sit down. A thought struck clear through her hazy mind. She licked her lips, drew in a deep breath, and opened her mouth
"I think we should call the others, get them to come round, or do you feel like explaining your sudden existance another 6 times, not including the explanation you owe me?" Julian displayed his favourite, trademark smirk
"Good idea, but if 3 boys are coming..." he gestured to her 'clothes'
"Point taken- but you know what Julian? For a shadow demon, you sure are a conventionalist," Julian raised one eyebrow, then the other, before bringing them both back down in thought, apparently trying to figure out what she was on about. Summer saved him the bother
"You expect the ordinary without even considering the other possibilities-for example I bet you think I'm right handed, it doesn't register to you that I could be left handed, hell, for all you know, I could be a lesbian" Julians pale face turned...less pale for an instant and then calmed. As Summer walked out of the room, she heard him cough "Zach" She rolled her eyes and walked up the stairs to her bedroom.
When she had gone, Dwain opened his mouth
"She's not, you know" Julian just looked at him for a few seconds
"Dwain I do NOT need your freaky-deaky little mind powers to tell me whether somebody prefers one sex or another. Though it IS completely beyond me where that little tirade came from" The two boys looked over at Freya. She was Summer's friend and was likely to know more than even Dwain what was going on in her head. Deep in thought, Freya mumbled "Probably wanted to defy you or make you look stupid in some way" Julian and Dwain nodded, leaving the girl with her thoughts.
Freya was more remembering than thinking. She remembered Summers disappearence, how miserable it had made her, it had affected the entire student body. The main group of friends Summer hung out with had said she was dead. Most of the school said they killed her. Freya wasn't in their group then and from the stories they had told about what had happened to them she was glad of it. Of course she hadn't believed a word they'd said, but monsters, nightmares, supernatural things, things that go bump in the night, ~forbidden things~ had always intrigued and fascinated her. she really ~wanted~ to believe, so somewhere in the back of her mind, she did. When the entourage had gone away-disappeared for a time, ~then~ she started to believe-really believe in what they'd said. who would want to escape anywhere so bad? Obviously everybody back at school had said that they were fleeing the crime scene, running from the cops as it were. And then when they'd returned waith Summer and Summer told them all the same story the entourage had about her disappearence, the students came to the conclusion that it was all a prank. An overly elaborate lpublicity stunt of sorts. Somewhere in the back of her brain, Freya had filed it as unsolved. Until earlier, when that freaky limo driver had shown up.
~FREAKY!~ Something that Julian had said rammed it's way into her head, refusing to go away. Freya remembered every minute detail of the conversation that had passed her by a minute ago, and she could distinctly remember Julian referring to Dwain's "freaky-deaky mind powers". Freya made a concious effort to look across the table at the two boys opposite her, currently talking animatedly. She began to realise that they both had an "aura" a srt of glow of unearthly beauty. She had expected it in Julian, who was nothing less than aethreal, but she also saw it in Dwain. Freya had always thought Dwain to be absolutely gorgeous, but she expected that any normal guy would look like something that had just crawled out of the sewers in Julian's prescence, but he still looked wonderful. Almost unnaturally so, certainly enough to arouse suspicion in Freya's mind. She formulated her suspicions into a question which she was about to ask before there was a knock at the door and 6 people came tmbling in. Summer offered them tea, coke, and a bottle of water for Dee and when they were finally all sat around the table, Julian began.
"Don't worry" Dwain whispered into Freyas ear, "You'll find the answer to your question if you listen"
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OKAY!! If ya hate it-tell me so, if ya luv it-make me glow n_n