Disclaimer...Characters you know belong to Tamora Pierce. Characters you don't belong to me. Ditto on the plot.
Sorry I didn't update sooner. Had graduation parties to go to and so on and so forth and work. It's a rainy day so I thought I'd get this typed.
Thanks to all reviewers! Especially for only my 5 lines! Thanks!
(Emily--- if this is a little different then the one you read at school, it's because it is! Later!)
Oh yeah I almost for got! There is some bad language and reference to alcohol. Hope you none of you get offended
Chapter 9 ------ Explanations and Arrivals
Loren led Alex to the garage and motioned for him to get in the passenger side of her mom's car.
"Do your parents know your taking the car?"
"Does it look like I care?" Alex shrugged and got in the car. He wondered what was going through Loren's mind.
"Loren where are we going?"
"No where special." They both sat in silence the rest of the way. Alex every once in a while glanced at Loren. Her mouth was tight and her knuckles were turning white from her tight grip on the wheel. Loren drove down a side rode in to what seemed to be a forest to Alex. It was thick with large trees and over grown bushes. Loren reached down and turned the lights off on the car.
"Um Loren? I'm no expert on these things, but don't you need the lights to see where you're going?" Alex asked uneasily. He could just make out the smirk on Loren's face.
"Trust me, I've driven this road so many times I could navigate it blind. Besides look on the sides of the road, there are small pieces of glow in the dark glue on plants..." Alex looked on both sides and sure enough there were glowing plants.
"Why is that there?"
"In this modern age world, we teens like to have some fun that isn't exactly legal."
"And what would that be?" Once again all Alex got was a smirk. After another 5 minutes she stopped the car and got out. He noticed that they parked close to a clearing. Alex followed her through the clearing. He stopped in the middle. There was a table there made out of rocks, a fire pit, and regular chairs that he had seen in Loren's home. They called them Lazy boys. Loren went and sat on the hammock to the right of the clearing and to the left of the clearing there was a path that led into the wooded area. Noises could be heard coming from a neighboring dock.
"What is going on over there?" Loren looked up at Alex, who had moved to stand in front of her.
"Party." She said softly.
"What goes on at these so called parties?" Loren smiled.
"Oh, drinking, dancing, talking, having fun. That sort of thing."
"Did you ever go to those?"
"Yeah, that's how Conner and I broke up the first time. He was drunk, started making out with a girl. I was sober and mad. So I punched him and gave him a black eye. Couple days later he was begging for me to go back out with him, so did." Loren sighed. "Then mom got mad at me for who knows what and sent me back to Tortall to start Shang training again. She said I had a long enough brake. I never got the chance to say bye to Conner, my friends, or even brake up with Conner." Alex sat down by her.
"Then you met me. Why didn't you tell me all of this before..."
"Would you have still liked me and stayed interested in me?"
"I don't know."
"That's the reason I didn't tell you." Alex smiled and brushed the hair out of her eyes.
"I'm mad that you didn't, but it's over now so I guess it's all right." Loren smiled
"Good, I couldn't stand it if you were mad at me." Loren leaned forward and gave Alex a kiss.
"Man did I miss those." Whispered Alex.
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" Startled Alex and Loren turned to face the new arrival.
"Shit!" Whispered Loren.
Dun, Dun, Duuuuuun...CLIFFIE...HEHE...wow do I love Cliffies!
Hey you'll be proud of me I figured out how to get Loren and them to travel between worlds! Ain't it great? I'd like to thank Emily my good pal for helping me on that, though she probably doesn't realize she did. Hey we're almost half way through the story...Okay not really, but I hope you enjoyed! Now press that little button down there and submit a review. Thanks A billion.
