Chapter Eight:
Nova froze in her footsteps and felt her heart sink.
Trying to regain composure, Nova spoke lowly, "What the hell do we
have to talk about?" Tears were now flowing from her eyes. He
pulled the journal from inside his jacket and held it out. "I found
this," he said, "I think it belong to you. She turned around and
saw her skull-covered notebook in his hands. Quickly, she snatched it
from him and opened it. "How did you get this," she asked lost,
"Have you been through my things?" He shook his head.
"You
dropped it this morning in the hallway," he replied.
"You read
it, didn't you?"
"No," he lied.
"Yes you did," she
argued, "I can see your handprints all over it. How dare you read
something that's not your---"
Reid stopped her midsentence by
kissing her. She fell silent and kissed him back. After a few minutes
he pulled away. "Fine, I did read it," he answered, "but I had
reason to."
"Why?" she asked slightly dazed.
"To know
if you felt the same way about me, that I feel about you." Nova
felt her heart fluttering. Her arms wrapped around his neck and
pulled him into a hug as his encircled around her waist. Tears flowed
freely from her eyes. "I love you," she whispered.
"I love
you too," he replied hushed.
As Nova was about to enter
her dorm room, she heard faint whispers coming from the end of the
hall. Quietly, she made her way towards the corner of the wall and
peeked from behind it, seeing three figures.
"You must let them
think your on their side."
"But Chase--"
"Don't call
me that, someone could be listening in and we need no disruption to
the plan."
"But what if they catch on? I mean, the eldest
claimed she saw me earlier with Hilda's glass. They could now be on
full alert."
"Yes Evan, Wilhelma could be right. Maybe we
need to change the phases. Like you said, 'you want no disruption
to the plan'."
"That is true, but if we fail, then I will
reconsider a new plan, Greta."
Just then a pair of footsteps was heard shuffling down the hall and the voices stopped. Nova looked around before quickly and quietly running to her room, locking the door behind her.