Fly or Fall Roadtrip

by Tabby Kattene

What happens to Roxy, Lysis, Safeyah, Avalon, and the others when they aren't finding new fairies? They bond. They talk. They text. They mainly, actually, sit in a car, driving to the next place they sense a fairy. Here's the behind the scenes clips not shown in the original Fly or Fall!

2. Somebody That I Used To Know

Somebody That I Used To Know
Between The Mechanics Of Cheer and Thrown To The Wolves

"Kaylee," Avalon said, "you are awesome."

Kaylee smiled her perfect white cheerleader smile. "Aww, thanks, Av. You aren't too bad yourself."

I sighed. Ever since Avalon, my best friend since we met three months ago, had found Kaylee, our relationship had changed. Before, the two of us were the new Earth fairies. I mean, sure, we had met others, but the basic formula was to find them, save them, help them get on with their lives. However, Kaylee was different. We had picked her up- rather, Avalon had. Kaylee had similar powers to my best friend, and similar tastes in music. They both spoke English natively.

I looked out the window of Old Denim. We were heading to Chicago, but we had quite a ways to go. Quite a ways for Kaylee and Avalon to bond.

For Kaylee to take my best friend from me.

Not that I thought she was doing it on purpose. And I certainly did not dislike her for it. I wasn't so much jealous as sad. Until I became a fairy, I wouldn't have had any chance at befriending Avalon. Magic gave us something in common. I worried that now, with another girl on our journey, Avalon would forget about our friendship.

"What's wrong, Safeyah?"

I looked back into the car. Kaylee... who had taken my front seat position next to Avalon... looked concerned. I put on a brave face. "Nothing," I said.

She frowned. "Well, okay. But if you want to talk about anything..."

I will do it in Greek or Arabic, so you don't understand how this hurts. "Okay," I said.

I took my cell phone from my pocket and started a game of Uno as Kaylee and Avalon continued their conversation.