Part Three: Help
Adelle's POV
James drug me to his silver sedan. The look of worry never ceasing to leave his face, causing my stomach to churn. What was wrong with me? He fumbled with his keys until he was able to calm himself enough to push the key in the ignition. The engine started and he pulled out of the parking lot faster than I'd ever seen anybody before.
"Where are you taking me!" I demanded. He rounded the corner to his left, completely ignoring the stop sign that had been in place.
"My work. I know that pattern. My boss works with stuff like this. She's smart but her husband is a genius." He rushed his words almost as much as his driving .
"What, so you think they'll get my nightmares to go away?" I asked as he turned another corner. I grabbed onto the passenger's handle tightly, hoping he knew what he was doing with his driving and didn't get us into a crash.
"Maybe, probably just help you understand them. Don't be intimidated by how smart they are. They're nice people. Most of the time."
"Don't worry about me. I was once given the title genius. I left that behind though. I just want to be normal." He took his eyes off the road and glanced at me. His expression clearly stating 'Why would you care to be normal?'
"What's your IQ?" He questioned. Probably thinking I thought I was smarter than I actually was.
"187. Why?" He slammed on the breaks nearly stopping the car, but soon started again his high speed pursuit.
"You're seriously that smart! You're a genius! You're going to fit in with them better than I ever did!" He half yelled, making a bigger scene than I thought appropriate. I guess I was always used to having high IQ's around, except at school where everybody made fun of me.
"Well what's yours?" I wanted to take the subject off myself.
"I'm about 130. That's smarter than most but it's not like yours. That's amazing!" His driving seemed to steady as we drove down a long street that was empty except a small building at the end of the road. He pulled across the tan dirt of the desert around to the back of the house. We walked to the front. It seemed so small and unimportant to have it's own street.
He knocked on the door three times and then pressed the doorbell. Either he was very impatient or it was a special knock.
"She'll buzz me in." He looked at me confidently and as he predicted the door opened. He walked in and had me follow. The inside looked like a regular home. There was a living room to the right and a dining room to the left. There were two french doors leading to the back of the house.
"James?" I wasn't quite sure what we were doing here and there didn't seem to be anybody around. There were faint footsteps that grew louder.
"Sit down, I'll be back." James pointed to the chairs that were sitting in the living room. I sat on the one closest to the doors. James walked in, making it possible for me to still hear them.
"Hello James," It was a woman, and she seemed surprised to see him, "I didn't ask you to come in, do you have some news?" She sounded nice.
"I brought my friend, she keeps dreaming about that one pattern. Green, green, green, red. I thought maybe you'd be able to help her and maybe she could help you."
"What else has she told you about these dreams?" The woman seemed unsure.
"Nothing really. I know they cause her to be unable to sleep. Maybe you could talk to her?"
"Alright, send her in." After this was said James popped his head out the doors, waving me into the room. I stood up from my seat and looked at my watch. I started work in an hour. I entered through the doors to see an older woman. Her face was lined with wrinkles and her soft white hair was pulled into a ponytail behind her neck. She stared at me, and for a second I saw something flash over her eyes.
"I'm Adelle." I tried to relieve the moment of silence. I held out my hand, hers shaking in hesitation. She reached over and held my hand between hers.
"It's good to meet you." She mused, her voice seemed a bit shaken. It was completely different than the confident woman I had heard a mere few minutes earlier. I couldn't explain the weird behavior so I shook it off.