Chapter 2
Dess
10:45
Dess slowly raised her head and slapped her alarm clock. She now had to set it in order to get up in time for midnight, for some reason she had been dozing off more and more these days. she thought that the noon blue might have something to do with it. Maybe it was the exercise of her polymath brain trying to figure out why the noon blue was even coming. Tonight she hoped for answers but right now she had to meet Rex in the park and she was already 3 minutes late.
Dess slowly and quietly slipped out of her old fashioned window and let of in a sprint towards the park. She had heard that Mellissa was letting Rex borrow her truck but that was a rumor the she needed to get there soon. The park was about a 10 minute walk away from her house and at her sprint with her calculations it should take about 3.45 minutes to get there but that was it she sustained the same speed the entire time witch would be hard since she was already so tired but enough calculations she thought she needed brain power to use at Madelines house, and anyway she was basically already there. She squinted and could make out a faint outline of a person, It was Rex! "Hey!" she shouted "Hi come on were late!" he replied. Then they piled into the old ford and Dess started it up. She didn't trust Rex ever since he had started his meds. " wait don't drive I think that Jonathan and Jessica are meeting us here so wait." "fine" Dess replies.
"where the hell are they?'' Dess asked Rex in an irritated voice. "I don't know I told them 10:45" replied Rex, "well then those two lovebirds look like there going to miss the meeting" . "well lets not be late to theres some important stuff we need to discuss with Madeline."
With that Dess stepped on the gas of Mellissas old ford. They had borrowed the ford expecting to carry four people but Jonathan and Jessica weren't showing up. They had to start the meeting without her. Once they reached Madelines house they went straight upstairs to find Mellissa and her grandmother looking out the window and sipping there bitter ginger tea. There were three more mugs sipping on a bountiful metallic platter. Both Mellissa and Madeline turned with surfaces and beckoned them to sit down. " ok lets get down to business." says Madeline. They all nod and take a seat on small pillows on the floor. "where are the other two?" asked Madeline "late" replied Rex and Dess in harmony. "Well then they will just have to miss the first part." says Madeline smirking.
Dess slowly picked up her mug of ginger tea and sniffed it unappetizingly, she put it down quickly and looked at Madeline she was giving her a weird look. "Dess I can sense your nervous, what about?" says Madeline cautiously, " I'm worried about Jonathan." the room went silent. " Jonathan?" asked Rex and for some reason Dess could sense a bit of jealousy apparently so could Mellissa because she quickly gave him a sharp glance and snatched his hand probably to give him a "in head" scolding. "I mean, why?' Rex quickly corrected. Well… its about that new kid…Derek…he's one of us.