Chapter 6: Of Elevators and beautiful girls

So Jen had gone off with some guy. One she seemed awfully familiar with so when she had come to get me, I'd told her to go on without me. Maybe she wanted to be alone with him. Then after she left I went out and down into the lobby.

Going back to the magical box I pushed the button with the arrow pointing down and when the box arrived I stepped inside and pushed the button with the L on it. As I stood there wondering what would happen I thought about Jen. She was feisty and seemed to be more people orientated than she appeared to be. People seemed to be drawn to her and she didn't notice it. Then the box dinged at the bottom of the house and I stepped of shaking out my thoughts and looking around.

"Umm... I don't mean to disturb you but do you know some one named Jen Johnson?" A pretty blond said to me.

Looking at her I say that she was a looker, a real classic beauty like Daine, the Wildmage back home or Lady Arabella of Glenmount. "Yes, I do. Why are you looking for her?"

"I'm Nicole Diamond, I live at the farm. Well the only decent Renaissance place around. We breed the type of horse in the Renaissance and hold fairs there. We actually live on the main land but I heard Jen was here and came to see her. And since your wearing a shirt from her school, I mean..." the beautiful girl said.

I looked at her and then spoke, "Yes actually I'm here with her. We brought her sister down to get a pony." Brushing my hand nervously down my shirt I smiled.

"Is she in the building I haven't seen her in forever and am dying to speak to her? I mean I also need her to come over and look at the new stallion we bought to breed jousting horses from. Jen knows her horses, especially her show horses."

"I'm Dom and actually I think she went out with some guy. He's blond like you. He seemed very happy to see her," I spoke.

"Oh, that would be my brother Evan. Then she probably is at the fair ground wonder if she'll like her surprise. Those two have some of the best eventing bloodlines in the country. Evan and she always got along until it happened. I saw it coming and a lot of others did. Never leap in heart first I told her but no she did exactly what I warned her not to."

Looking at her I asked, "What happened? This thing that she brought upon herself, so you say?

"I should let her tell you it's not my place to say." Nicole told me.

At that moment the car she was driving pulled up and Jen stepped out. Upon seeing Nicole she screamed and leaped at her hugging her strongly. "You guys gave me a horse, actually two horses. You are the best."

Nicole grinned and then picked up the necklace the hooded figure had given Jen and eyed it. "Jen, the tear seems to actually be real the way it ripples and moves."

Jen covered up the necklace and whispered to Nicole. Who only smiled and nodded back. "Dom, would you mind going to club." Jen smiled at me almost pleadingly.

"No, but I don't exactly know what that is." Then I noticed her little sister and added, "Is Grace going?"

"Heavens, no she'll stay in the room and watch T.V. Now Nicole and I can go get changed. You can talk to Evan," she said nodding to the tall blond boy and then she and Nicole darted off.

Looking at him I noticed that his eyes followed Jen longing burning with an unspoken passion. His eyes seemed to follow her every move from her trip to her playful tripping of Nicole.

"Have you known Jen long?" Evan asked me.

"No, I'm staying at her barn and she brought me with her." I replied then added, "Have you known Jen long?"

"I met her last summer when she came down and I fell in love with her and then the accident happened and she's never really been the same around me again. Actually the whole series of incidents, they all started when I crashed her dad's BMW almost killing her and Rae and then it just got worst. But she always forgave me and we were in love or so I thought ..." His sadness echoed in his voice as he spoke those words.

But before I could ask anymore questions Nicole and Jen burst out and grabbed our arms and dragged us of to the car. Nicole climbed in the front and Jen into the driver's seat while I sat with Evan in the back.

"So Jen about you and Evan. What happened between the two of you?" I asked as we pulled out on the road.

A curtain of silence hung in the air as she turned into the parking lot of a small building. "I don't want to talk about it Dom," she said as she stepped out of the car. Her short black dress showed a lot more leg than anyone I knew showed well except for my lovers. Nicole's skirt was short and light pink and matched her black top with straps tinier than a string. The shoes they wore added four inches to their heights as they strode towards the building. Their black leather bags swinging, their arms locked.

"Evan, why won't she tell me about you guys?" I asked the guy whom I was becoming quick friends with.

"Ah, she doesn't talk about it to anyone though I'll tell you when you guys come out to our farm and maybe we'll talk at the auction tomorrow."