Fenoglio lifted his head up to look at us.

"Oh? Have I met him or her?"

"I don't think so since I did say 'I want you to meet'. . . Stop hiding behind me and Farid and say hi." Dustfinger scolded me. I came out from behind Dustfinger, but went behind Farid, instead.

"Oh! It's a girl like Meggie!" Fenoglio said proudly. "Did I make her without knowing it?"
"No. . . She read herself here from another world. Her name is Lexi." The man that made the INKHEART book from the book, was walking towards us. He stopped right in front of me and Farid. While he tried to get a good look at me, I kept getting closer and closer to Farid. I was feeling really shy, but I don't know why. He wouldn't stop getting closer, so I looked for Dustfinger, who I couldn't find at first. He was sitting in the window seat, just watching us.

When I found him, I ran over to him to hide from Fenoglio.

"Wow, this has to be a first. . . She might also stop running if you would stop trying to look at her like she's some kind of new insect." Dustfinger told him. I climbed over him to get closer to the window and farther away from who Dustfinger calls 'Old man'.

"Okay. . . But how could she like you, a big coward, more then me?"

"Maybe it's because she's known me longer and she just met you."

I gripped Dustfinger's sleeve and glared at Fenoglio.

"Your not a coward. . . And if you were, he made it sound bad while I think it would be cute. . ." I whispered. Dustfinger looked down at me. He patted me on the head.

"Thank you for standing up for me, Lexi. But I'm fine." My head popped up to look at Farid. I reached out towards him.

"Farid! Come!" I yelled at him. He came running over to me and Dustfinger. Farid climbed over Dustfinger's legs like I did to get to me.

Fenoglio sighed.

"Well, this isn't fair. . . I just want to ask you something's."

"Your 'Something's' would be going on for hours and I don't want to go through all that." I told him. "Yeah, I know you that well."

"Dustfinger, what all have you told her about me?" Dustfinger just shook his head.

"He didn't. I know about you because of what I've read about you."

"Really? Where are you from?"

"How do I say this. . . Well, you know how Dustfinger and Farid came out of they're books? Well, you, Mo, Meggie and Resa are also from a book. More like books. INKHEART, INKSPELL and INKDEATH." I told him. Fenoglio looked like he didn't know what to say.

"Now you know how I felt, old man." Dustfinger told him. I just leaned my head on Farid and looked around.

There was a lot of books, but I have always wanted to read the one with stories of The Blue Jay. Dustfinger was busy speaking to the Inkweaver, so I took Farid's hand and ran over to Balbulus. I stopped in front of his desk and smiled sweetly at him.

"Hello!" I said, happily. He just glanced up at me, then Farid and then back down at his work.

"What do you want? Shouldn't you be with the fire dancer and Inkweaver?"

"I don't have to. I can come over here if I please. . . By the way, which book has the stories of The Blue Jay?" I ask him while looking around. He dropped his pen and looked at me.

"And why do you want them?"

"Because I want to read them."

He chuckled.

"You? One of the Motley folk really want to read? Well, too bad. I don't feel like reading it to you."

I pouted.

"I can read, you know!"

"Then, prove it. . . Read this to me." He pushed the book he was working on to me and nodded. I grabbed it and grinned.

"It says 'The Prince slashed through the dragons throat, but it did no good. The dragons skin was too think for the blade to cut through. Time was running out, he had to save the Princess. But, instead of just running up the tower, he had to slay the dragon.' So, did I get that right?" I smirked.

Balbulus just stared. After a few seconds, he caught himself and looked down at his work.

"So, where are they at?"

"One moment. . . Alright. . . Follow me." I smiled at Farid, who smiled back at me. We followed him to a huge bookshelf. He climbed a ladder, grabbed a book and climbed back down to hand me the book. "Here. When your done with it, it goes right back up there and there's other, too."

"Okay! Thank you very much!" I said. He nodded and went back to work.

I ran over to a window, sat down and started reading. Farid even sat by me and looked at it.

I loved it. I read about four or five of those books before I fell asleep. The book was closed with one of my hands inside to keep my place and my head was leaning on Farid's shoulder. After Farid realized I was asleep, he laid his head on mine and went to sleep.

Dustfinger finally woke me up when it was time to go to bed.

"Okay. . ." I yawned. I was a slow walker and Dustfinger didn't feel like waiting for me, so he grabbed me and put me on his back, which was nice and warm.

The sun was too bright. I always hated it when it shined right in my eyes when I'm trying to sleep. I turned on my other side so my back was facing the sun. When I was almost back to sleep, I felt something move under the blankets in front of me and behind me.

My eyes flew open. The one I was cuddling with, the one in front of me, was Farid. I looked behind me to see Dustfinger. I smiled. It was nice to have a dude with body heat on either side of you when you have no body heat, whatsoever.

But, it got boring real fast with just me being awake.

I got up off the bed as carefully as I could without waking either of them up. When I was off the bed and they were still asleep, I made a run for it. When I was out in the hall, I didn't know what to do. I ended up trying to find the Library.

I was in luck because I found it. When I went in, no one was in there.

"It must be too early for anyone to be in here. " I grabbed a book, sat in Fenoglio's chair by his desk and started to read. At least an hour pasted by before I finally heard someone coming.

I looked at the door, dropped the book on the desk and hid under the desk. The door opened and I saw two pairs of feet. I also heard two voices speaking to each other, one male and the other female.

"So, what shall I do this morning, Old Master?" The female ask.

"Hey! How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?!" I tried not to laugh. "If you call me that again, I will stop showing you how to do stuff."

She didn't say anything after that, but I did jump a mile when someone yanked the chair away from the desk to look at me.

"What are you doing in here? No one is allowed in here before Balbulus or Old Master." The girl said. She looked to be my age if not a year older. Her skin was olive colored while her eyes and hair were both brown. Her hair almost black.

"Liadan! Leave her alone. That's Lexi, the one I've told you about." She looked at Fenoglio, then back at me. She cocked her head to the side to look at me.

"She is. . . Well, nice to meet you."