Chapter 6.
Plopping herself down at her brown leather chair, Cerys dusted off her black trousers. "Nia, get the book, I can't be bothered with going all the way up to come all the way down again." Nia clicked her little fingers and the book materialised in front of Cerys.
"Ok, so when do you think my first encounter with Jesta will be? I mean, is he going to pop up from behind the couch during scary films?" Cerys laughed at her own joke, Nia didn't. "Jesta isn't a joke, Cerys. He is seriously evil. He is the one being that we fear. There is no stopping him! Well, now we have the Emerald Amulet you can defeat him." Nia bit her bottom lip, as she always did when she was worried. "Hang on, didn't Sam have the Amulet before I did?" "Yeah, why?" Cerys was confused. "Then why couldn't he fight Jesta, why wait all these years until my 16th birthday to tell me I have to do it?" Nia bowed her head. "That is not for me to explain. I just guide the women in your family. You are going to have to ask your mother that question for I cannot give you the answer." she said this so quietly that Cerys had to lean in to listen. Cerys was taken aback at this. Just as she was about to reply, the doorbell rang. Nia looked scared for a moment. "I am going to become invisible, you can see me when the person leaves, but I will be here the whole time." Nia disappeared. Cerys nodded and got up to answer the door. She opened it to find her best friend, Adele Peters, standing there. Before Cerys had a chance to say hello, Adele had burst through the door, nearly knocking Cerys over. Cerys shook her head and closed the door behind her. She dawdled her way into the front room and saw Adele sitting with her legs crossed on the sofa. "Hi Adele. What's up?" Cerys said this with a bored tone. Fortunately, Adele didn't even notice it. "Cerys it's terrible, it really is! Nicholas called me this morning and he finished with me! After 2 years of togetherness, he's done with me. I couldn't believe it. What should I do Cerys? Shall I try getting him back? Shall I mourn and weep for him? Or should I just leave it and get over myself? You have to help me, I'm in a big mess!" Adele finished this small proclamation with a loud heaving sigh, looking at Cerys desperately, as if the answers to life's hardest questions were scrawled across her face. Cerys fought the urge to burst out laughing. They had both been there before. Nearly every week Adele had someone to finish with her. She still didn't seem to realise that the boys at their school had only one thing on their minds, and that they didn't want to commit. So Adele spent most of her weekends worrying about who the next boy will be and if they can commit like she can and blah blah blah. It wasn't like they had been together for two solid years either. They were constantly on again, off again and Nicholas hadn't been entirely faithful throughout their mixed up boy-girl thing. Not that Adele knew that, of course. So here they were again, Adele in two minds about everything and Cerys bored out of her mind. Cerys sighed "Adele, we have been here countless times. You know that Nicholas wont finish with you forever and you know that he misses you already. So what I advise you to do is to go home and wait by the phone. He could be calling you already." Cerys knew herself that this was a desperate attempt to get her home because she wanted to continue working out how to save the world! Adele thought about this for a moment, twisting a long strand of ash blonde hair around her fingers. Then she stood up and looked down at her clothes. "Is it how I look? Is my hair wrong? Is what I am wearing all weird?" Cerys ran her eyes up and down her petite figure. All she could see were a 28" waist, slim hips and long legs. Covered of course in the latest fuzzy blue cashmere sweater, dark blue boot-cut jeans and the newest white trainers. All this accompanied by a long leather black jacket. Her face, porcelain looking and beautiful in a china doll kind of way, was shadowed by her shoulder length blond hair. She was positively stunning and nothing could change that. Not even Cerys, who always considered herself second- class against Adele. "No, Adele, it isn't how you look. The guys at school would do anything to go out with you. Look, go home and sort yourself out, come round on Saturday and we'll have a girls night in or something, ok?" Cerys nodded encouragingly. Adele nodded back and Cerys got up to walk her to the door. Adele allowed herself to be led to the door, but turned round and started gibbering her thanks. Cerys just smiled and pushed her out the door. Dusting off her hands, she made to walk back into the study, but the telephone rang. Groaning, she twisted herself around to go to the kitchen. "Hello?" "Hey Cerys its me." Cerys smiled, she knew full well that 'me' meant Alex, her sometimes- boyfriend. "Hey. How are you?" "Not to good actually, I called to ask you something.where were you today?" "I, er, was at home all day. I was cleaning out the attic." Cerys knew this wasn't entirely true, yes, she had been clearing the attic and no she hadn't been home all day. "Cez, I know when you are lying to me. Please don't. Where were you when I called at your house at round 3?" "I was in the attic. Seriously Alex, I was upstairs. Remember, my house is 4 floors plus attic, so it would have been pretty hard to hear you. Why did you want me?" Alex sighed and Cerys knew this was his routine sulky sigh. "I'm sorry for wanting to spend a little time with my girlfriend on her 16th birthday. Boy, what an idiot am I." "Don't get all upset on me Alex, sorry I didn't hear you, but that's not my fault. Thanks for the gesture, but I'm a little busy right now, so if you don't mind?" "No I don't mind. I'll call round on Sunday or something. If whatever you're doing is more important than me, then its fine." She hated it when he did this, but she had no patience for him today. "Ok, see you Sunday." Cerys hung up the phone before he could say goodbye
Plopping herself down at her brown leather chair, Cerys dusted off her black trousers. "Nia, get the book, I can't be bothered with going all the way up to come all the way down again." Nia clicked her little fingers and the book materialised in front of Cerys.
"Ok, so when do you think my first encounter with Jesta will be? I mean, is he going to pop up from behind the couch during scary films?" Cerys laughed at her own joke, Nia didn't. "Jesta isn't a joke, Cerys. He is seriously evil. He is the one being that we fear. There is no stopping him! Well, now we have the Emerald Amulet you can defeat him." Nia bit her bottom lip, as she always did when she was worried. "Hang on, didn't Sam have the Amulet before I did?" "Yeah, why?" Cerys was confused. "Then why couldn't he fight Jesta, why wait all these years until my 16th birthday to tell me I have to do it?" Nia bowed her head. "That is not for me to explain. I just guide the women in your family. You are going to have to ask your mother that question for I cannot give you the answer." she said this so quietly that Cerys had to lean in to listen. Cerys was taken aback at this. Just as she was about to reply, the doorbell rang. Nia looked scared for a moment. "I am going to become invisible, you can see me when the person leaves, but I will be here the whole time." Nia disappeared. Cerys nodded and got up to answer the door. She opened it to find her best friend, Adele Peters, standing there. Before Cerys had a chance to say hello, Adele had burst through the door, nearly knocking Cerys over. Cerys shook her head and closed the door behind her. She dawdled her way into the front room and saw Adele sitting with her legs crossed on the sofa. "Hi Adele. What's up?" Cerys said this with a bored tone. Fortunately, Adele didn't even notice it. "Cerys it's terrible, it really is! Nicholas called me this morning and he finished with me! After 2 years of togetherness, he's done with me. I couldn't believe it. What should I do Cerys? Shall I try getting him back? Shall I mourn and weep for him? Or should I just leave it and get over myself? You have to help me, I'm in a big mess!" Adele finished this small proclamation with a loud heaving sigh, looking at Cerys desperately, as if the answers to life's hardest questions were scrawled across her face. Cerys fought the urge to burst out laughing. They had both been there before. Nearly every week Adele had someone to finish with her. She still didn't seem to realise that the boys at their school had only one thing on their minds, and that they didn't want to commit. So Adele spent most of her weekends worrying about who the next boy will be and if they can commit like she can and blah blah blah. It wasn't like they had been together for two solid years either. They were constantly on again, off again and Nicholas hadn't been entirely faithful throughout their mixed up boy-girl thing. Not that Adele knew that, of course. So here they were again, Adele in two minds about everything and Cerys bored out of her mind. Cerys sighed "Adele, we have been here countless times. You know that Nicholas wont finish with you forever and you know that he misses you already. So what I advise you to do is to go home and wait by the phone. He could be calling you already." Cerys knew herself that this was a desperate attempt to get her home because she wanted to continue working out how to save the world! Adele thought about this for a moment, twisting a long strand of ash blonde hair around her fingers. Then she stood up and looked down at her clothes. "Is it how I look? Is my hair wrong? Is what I am wearing all weird?" Cerys ran her eyes up and down her petite figure. All she could see were a 28" waist, slim hips and long legs. Covered of course in the latest fuzzy blue cashmere sweater, dark blue boot-cut jeans and the newest white trainers. All this accompanied by a long leather black jacket. Her face, porcelain looking and beautiful in a china doll kind of way, was shadowed by her shoulder length blond hair. She was positively stunning and nothing could change that. Not even Cerys, who always considered herself second- class against Adele. "No, Adele, it isn't how you look. The guys at school would do anything to go out with you. Look, go home and sort yourself out, come round on Saturday and we'll have a girls night in or something, ok?" Cerys nodded encouragingly. Adele nodded back and Cerys got up to walk her to the door. Adele allowed herself to be led to the door, but turned round and started gibbering her thanks. Cerys just smiled and pushed her out the door. Dusting off her hands, she made to walk back into the study, but the telephone rang. Groaning, she twisted herself around to go to the kitchen. "Hello?" "Hey Cerys its me." Cerys smiled, she knew full well that 'me' meant Alex, her sometimes- boyfriend. "Hey. How are you?" "Not to good actually, I called to ask you something.where were you today?" "I, er, was at home all day. I was cleaning out the attic." Cerys knew this wasn't entirely true, yes, she had been clearing the attic and no she hadn't been home all day. "Cez, I know when you are lying to me. Please don't. Where were you when I called at your house at round 3?" "I was in the attic. Seriously Alex, I was upstairs. Remember, my house is 4 floors plus attic, so it would have been pretty hard to hear you. Why did you want me?" Alex sighed and Cerys knew this was his routine sulky sigh. "I'm sorry for wanting to spend a little time with my girlfriend on her 16th birthday. Boy, what an idiot am I." "Don't get all upset on me Alex, sorry I didn't hear you, but that's not my fault. Thanks for the gesture, but I'm a little busy right now, so if you don't mind?" "No I don't mind. I'll call round on Sunday or something. If whatever you're doing is more important than me, then its fine." She hated it when he did this, but she had no patience for him today. "Ok, see you Sunday." Cerys hung up the phone before he could say goodbye