Chapter seven
Charlie crept down the hall, dressed, ready to leave. It was only six in the morning but Charlie didn't really want to speak to Grandma Bone, she had poked and prodded him the previous night, she was sure that he knew where the Bloor girl was. He did, but he wasn't going to tell her that...So to avoid another session he decided he was going to get up, have breakfast and leave early in the morning, (he had seen Grandma Bone set her alarm clock for the next morning; determined to pounce on him before he could leave for the Pets Cafe.) So here he was, now tip toeing out the door,
"I knew you'd get up early."
Charlie jumped as he came face to face with Leah. Again.
"What are you doing here!" He asked urgently, "Are you insane! My grandmother is hunting you down as well you know!"
Leah shook her head,
"I know, I was there last night, that's why I'm fairly confident that I can wait outside your front door without anyone noticing I'm here."
"What do you mean? You were listening in?"
"Well I wouldn't say - " Leah stopped herself, "Yea, I was listening in."
Charlie sighed,
"So I guess you now know why we have to be careful about what we say in my house..."
Leah nodded.
"So why are you here anyway?"
"Well...Freddy
and Dr. Bloor, are more likely to search more on weekends because
there's students. So I thought it was a little dangerous staying
there. So I slept here."
"Here? On my doorstep?"
"Hey, it was nearby and kinda warm. Oh and your uncle left the house at twelve thirty and came home at three in the morning."
Charlie
knew where he had gone...
"Oh, well I better leave before my
Grandmother wakes up. So see you later...Have fun with Asa."
"Oh I will."
Charlie gave her a disturbed back glance. She only laughed at his expression before vanishing.
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"Hey Erin, you're early," Charlie commented as he plopped himself down next to her rather energetic kitten.
Erin looked up from her tinfoil covered book,
"Oh hey! It's lucky I'm early, otherwise you'd be awfully bored..."
Charlie grinned,
"So why are you here so early?"
Erin closed her book and shrugged,
"I'm an early person. So what's your excuse?"
"My grandma..."
"The nasty one?"
Charlie nodded,
"That's her."
Erin looked sympathetically,
"So have you got anymore news about Leah?"
"She's on a date with Asa."
Erin choked on her cookie,
"Huh? Asa at our school?"
Charlie nodded,
"Yup."
"Were-beast Asa!"
"Yup."
Erin let out a low whistle,
"Wow, I would've never had guessed."
"Neither would I...But that aside, what would you like to do today?"
Erin smiled,
"I want to show you something."
XXXX
Asa waited outside the cathedral cursing himself, he shouldn't be doing this. He was clean shaven, smelt of aftershave, his hair washed, wearing tidy clothes and holding a bouquet of white roses. White roses had been her favourite type of flower when they were young, he hoped that hadn't changed. He fixed his hair, using a puddle as a mirror. He really shouldn't be doing this...
"Oh please don't tell me you've become self centred..."
Asa jumped and his hand snapped to his side,
"As if..." He quickly fixed a stray hair.
Leah raised an eyebrow,
"You sure?"
Asa smiled what he hoped was a confident smile,
"Positive, I got these for you..." He pushed the flowers into her arms.
Leah grinned,
"I can't believe you remembered!"
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Erin opened the door to the room she shared with Amber,
"This is my room. Well half of it is..."
Charlie stood stunned, there was such a contrast. The whole house was a cream color and then bam. He found himself in a room, half of it was a violent red and the other side was a wishy-washy color, as if didn't seem to know what color it was. Erin led Charlie over to the red side and opened the closet door. Only to find it wasn't a closet, but a pitch black room. Charlie was about to ask, what they were doing here when the room burst into flames, candles were lit and an amazing room was aluminated. An unbelievable family tree mapped the walls, writing constantly flickered and blinked. Charlie stood in stunned silence.
"This house has been passed through my family. I have no idea how it knows...But it does."
Charlie looked at her,
"How what works?"
"Look closer..." Erin nudged him forward. That's when Charlie noticed at the beginning of the twisting and twinging tree was the Red King. From there it spiralled out showing every descendant of the King. And on a closer inspection it showed their date of birth, date of death, maritial status, life status, endowment or occupation and location. Charlie just stood wide eyed, gently Erin pushed him forward,
"Have an even closer look. Look for yourself..."
Charlie hunted around and finally spotted himself,
Charlie Bone
b.1992
Adolescent
Picture Traveller
Location: The Room of The Endowed
Charlie gasped and looked eagerly above his own name to see his father,
Lyell Bone
b.1962
Married
Adult
Pianist
Location: Unknown since 1994
Charlie's heart sank, Erin came up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder,
"I'm sorry Charlie..."
"It's okay," Charlie said trying to hide his disappointment, "This is a pretty cool room. How does it know where we all are?"
Erin shrugged,
"Dunno, but look, there's me..." Linked to Amber Kuragina, Erin's read:
Erin Kuragina
b.1992
Crushing
Adolescent
Flame Thrower
Location: The Room of The Endowed
Erin blushed as Charlie pointed out her maritial status,
"Ignore that...It doesn't know what it's about..."
The status changed to: Crushing/In Denial. Erin smacked her hand over the wall, only for it to glow through her hand. Charlie laughed as Erin gave up and looked the other way.