FOR TERRA, HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, YOU ROCK!
"Listen, E, I'm really sorry about school. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. It was way over the line. I shouldn't have assumed stuff about you. And, umm... in the car, too." Ryan was apologizing to me. It felt weird. I had always called Ryan my cousin. But, he really wasn't. But it was still weird to think about the car.
My dad was adopted when he was 10. Aunt Izzy and Uncle Alec were just always family. Everyone knew that me and my 'cousins' could have a relationship if we wanted. Sure, my parents would freak out and make me sleep locked in my room, but we still could.
"Sure, Ry. Its cool. I over reacted. But, I think you need to know something." I said. "What?" He asked. "That kid, you know, the one who hit on me. That is the new shadow hunter. I felt more nephilim than usual. And Ray helped me scope out the nephilim." I heard Ryan grumble. "I'm putting a lock on your bedroom door." He said.
I rolled my eyes. "Sure, whatever you say, Ry." I laughed. "Bye, baby. I gotta go. Coach is on me about being on the phone. Again!" He sighed. I heard the phone click. I stood there, in the middle or central park, a stupid expression on my face. "Baby," I slowly repeated. My insides were jumping with joy.
"Ah, I prefer Terra." A girl said, suddenly beside me. "What the heck!" I jumped back. I tripped on the hem of my jeans. I fell on my butt and scrambled to get up. "Woah!" I said and held up my hands. She laughed and pointed to her right hand. A swirling sight rune, just like the one on my left hand, covered it.
I watched as the girls shivered in her hoodie. "I was hoping you could take me to the New York Institute." She told me. I looked at her up and down. She had a green hoodie on, with big black sunglasses the covered her eyes. "Um, OK." I said cautiously. I know demons can hide, like eidolon. She laughed. "Um, what's funny?" I asked. She pulled me into a hug. "Oh, joy! I finally get a shadow hunter my age, other than my brother." I stiffened.
"Terra." I held up a hand. "What?" She asked. "I can't take you to the institute. It has to be one of your parents." She looked at me like I was crazy. "Rules are rules." I held up my hands. "No hard feelings though?" I asked. I was actually looking forward to having Terra as a friend. Maybe she would be one of those kids who didn't pressure people into stuff. Ray was one of those kids. Not saying I didn't love that girl to death, but sometimes I wondered whether or not we really were all that great of friends.
But Terra seemed like an honest and kind person. And she hated her brother, so I wouldn't be expecting any conversation ending in her telling me to go out with her brother. But... man. Her brother caught my eye. His golden hair framed his tanned skin perfectly. His sister had a matching tan too. Although her hair was a paler, bleached blonde color. Even though I wasn't a big fan of bleach blondes, it fit Terra.
"No prob," Terra coolly said. I watched as she walked off towards the west. I was headed East. "Well," I told myself. Yup. I definitely liked Terra. I looked down at my naturally pale arm. It was still marked by the black ink that plastered Terra's brother's phone number on my forearm.
"I guess now is as good a time as any." I told myself. I picked up my IPhone and dialed the number on my arm. I held my breath as I heard someone finally answer the phone. "Hello?" I asked. "Um... Hi? Who is this?" Asked a girls voice. It was a little girl, really little from the squeaky voice. "I'm the girl in the hallway." I told the little girl. "OK," she told me, "I'll give my daddy the phone." I heard her scream, "DADDY! SOMEBODY CALLED YOU!"
I laughed a little. I didn't think I had actually gotten the guys number. But it sure as heck gonna' be funny to explain to whoever's phone number this ends up being. "Hello?" A rumbling voice asked. "Um, hi. I think I may have gotten the wrong number." I told my phone. "OK. Well, who is this. I'll be able to tell you whether or not this is the right number." "OK, I am the girl you put your arm around in the hall. And then my friend told you not to talk to me, because I wouldn't sleep with you." "Oh. Wow. Yeah, you definitely got the wrong number. But I think you should know, whoever gave you this number sounds like somebody you don't really want to talk to." The guy said.
"OK, bye." I told him. "WAIT!" I heard the little girl screech. "What?" The guy asked her in a hushed tone. He probably didn't want me to hear him, but I did. "You should ask her out, daddy." The little girl said. "What?" The guy asked. "Ask her out." The little girl sassed him. "Sweetie, you can't just ask people random things without them knowing." The guy tried to explain to his daughter. "Well," she huffed. "Get to know her then." "Fine. But no promises." The dad agreed.
"Hey, you still there?" The guy asked. "Yeah, and by the way, I just heard you're whole conversation with your daughter." He laughed. "Yeah. So... how old did you say you were again?" He asked. "14." I told him. "Ahh, only two years apart." He told me. "I thought you had a kid." I told him. "Actually, she's my niece. But my sister died." He explained. "Oh." I told him. "So. What's your name?" "Elle, but call me E." I told him.
"Wait." He said. "Are you Ryan Lewis' girl?" "Um. Actually, no. We aren't dating. He just thinks we are." I told him. I was curios. Who was this guy. "Yeah, I know. He won't shut-up about how hot you are." The guy laughed. "Asher. Asher Ashford." He told me. "Call me back tomorrow or something. Daniella is getting a little impatient." "OK." I told him.
My phone clicked to say, get off of me now you're call is over.
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