Chapter 14

"So Jake feeling any better today?" asked Eleanor.

"Yes I do except for my head." said Jake rubbing his forehead." I woke up to find you gone, I thought you ran away."

"Oh no." laughed Eleanor. "I can't run away remember. You signed the contract."

This fact hit Jake like bad news. Had Eleanor just been staying with him cause she had to? Was she being held like a slave?

"No that can't be it." Thought Jake. "She would have told me to set her free. Or maybe she was too kind to ask."

He stopped walking and Eleanor stopped too.

"What's wrong Jake?" asked Eleanor. "Are you feeling o.k.?"

"Um… yeah …fine. Eleanor? I did not realize that not destroying the contract has made you sort of my slave. I mean you're not free. So I will go right now to destroy it and you can do what ever you want after that." Jake finished his sentence and saw Eleanor's eyes light up.

"You would do that for me Jake! Wow, no contract I will be free to go where ever I want. Thank you." she then gave Jake a huge hug.

Jake would have enjoyed the hug if it were not for the fact that he knew Eleanor would be leaving him. He pulled himself away from her and said "I Will go destroy it now just wait here. Ill be back." He walked back inside the house and into his room to find his book. He had placed the contract in there next to the sketches of Eleanor.

"I knew it was to good to be true." He whispered. "Bad luck just seems to follow me everywhere." He pulled out the contact and stared at it for a few moments. He looked at his signature at the bottom and the spell saying Eleanor was now his. "Not anymore." He said and he threw the contact into the fire. The contract lit up and the flames turned blue. In an instant, the contact had burned up leaving behind blue smoke and blue ashes.

Jake walked slowly back out to Eleanor.

"Its done." He said "Your free, be happy." He could not look at Eleanor so he looked at his feet and made circles in the dirt.

"I'm free! Really? I can't believe it!" yelled Eleanor with a smile on her face.

"Yep." Answered Jake still not able to look up, but just then something unexpected happened. Jake felt arms around his head and lips against his. Eleanor was kissing him and all he could so was stand there in amazement.

She soon let go and was staring up into Jakes eyes. Jake was still shocked and couldn't figure out what was happening.

"What …. Was that for?" he asked.

"I knew you would be the one to free me Jake, the moment you told me you signed the contract. I already liked you then, and I said to myself the moment he sets you free give him this present. Now I kissed you from a friend to a friend not a slave to her master."

"That makes sense I guess." Stammered Jake ", but now you can do whatever you want and go where ever you want."

"Well if you don't mind Jake." Said Eleanor "I would like to go wherever with you."

"What, really?" Shouted Jake. "You want to be with me?"

"Yes." Said Eleanor smiling.

"Wow my luck is turning around! I can't believe it!" with that he grabbed Eleanor, and he lifted her up in the air. "We have to tell everyone!" shouted Jake. "Come on."

"No Jake don't wake them they probably have terrible headaches too."

"Yes I guess your right, but I'm so happy."

"I am too." Said Eleanor, smiling. "I know while we are waiting lets have breakfast. Some of these apples the nice lady brought us."

Eleanor grabbed the red one for her and a yellow one for Jake.

Eleanor took a bite and smiled up at Jake.

"You sure you want to be with me?" he asked one more time.

"Positive." Said Eleanor.