Chapter 28: Jordyn's Backstory and Newer Friends
After we got our books checked out, we left the library and ended up going to this ice cream place that is not far from where the library is at. I know we were going to hang out at the library and all, but we both agreed that just sitting in the library and reading our books might be a little too boring… it might make us a little sleepy. So that was just the plan provisionally.
"So do you miss this country, Kaze?" My mom asked me.
"Yes, I really do. It feels to me that it's been a long time since I last got here. It's really peaceful." I said.
"It sure is."
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"And umm… be honest with me."
"Huh?" I looked at my mother with confusion. "Be honest with what?"
"When I first heard that you were helping out a girl, it seemed to me that you wanted to spark a relationship with her in an instant."
"N-No! It was just… before I was coming to you, I somehow bumped into her, causing her to drop a tall stack of books she was carrying. Most of them were adventurous books. So I helped her pick them up."
"Makes sense. I was just making sure because I was hearing you girls chat a few yards away from where you are at."
"You never heard of the term, "Eavesdropping"? *sigh* Never mind. I never got to formally meet her, so I'll let that slide."
"Don't worry. Your time will come. It's just that you only met her once. You might be able to get your chance to conversate once you meet again. And then…
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*sigh* Your first REAL friend. Finally."
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"Right…" I said with a sweatdrop.
"I'm being straightforward. You never had a friend for years. You just wanted to be a more focused human being and not just socialize with other people. In fact, you were the more quiet one when it comes to being in class."
"Well… I do socialize. It's just… I want myself to focus as well as working on my dream of becoming a magic user. So I wanted to do this solo and not just talk to other people. And besides… talking to other people would've distracted my own dream of what I wanted to do."
"Yeah. I was trying to get you to make at least one friend so that you don't have to feel bored, but you decided to have no one else around you and just do what you have to do."
"I know."
But… I think I've gotten a lot of people way too uncomfortable at this point. Maybe I should socialize with some people if I ever get a chance.
"Not to mention, it's not too late to do it now so maybe when you see someone no younger than 15 years of age, then you might be able to get a chance to interact with him or her."
"Well… I guess. Being the only person that is always alone and not talking to anyone more often isn't going to help build up my chances to make a friend."
"Right. So if you ever run into that same person from that you met from the library, just don't be hesitant to say hi to him or her and just start talking about some stuff. That's how I did to Lauren when I first met her. She saw that I was nice to her and she was nice to me back."
"It kinda reminds me of you ladies being childhood friends."
"Well… the first time we've met was in middle school.
If you want, I can tell you how it all went down."
"Sure… maybe after we get some ice cream. I don't want to feel bored after I just hear the whole story and just pick the ice cream afterwards. I just… Well, can we want to go to a park to talk about it?"
"Sure. We can go to a park."
"Ok. Thank you."
"No problem… And one thing, Kaze."
"Yes?"
"I hope you don't go into "Power Pellet" mode and start chomping down your ice cream like you earned an extra life."
"I-I'm not Ms. PAC-Man, mom!" I shouted, blushing while being insulted.
"Sorry, Kaze, but that was payback for before. Calling your mother my first name." Mom said while looking at me with a smirk.
"Hmph! Whatever." I said while looking away from her.
She may have gotten away with it, but there's a slight chance I'll counter… maybe after 30 minutes or so.
After a 6-minute ride, we made it to this ice cream place. If you guys are wondering what it is, it's like Friendly's, but it's another new place that had just opened recently. It's called "Creamy Glacier". I thought it was a good name, but my mother did not think the same way. But we didn't want protest either way.
"It smells so~ good here. It's almost like I'm in heaven." Mom said while looking at the store like she was going to take over all of it.
"Agreed. I wonder what they use to make it smell good." I said while trying to smell the place.
"You think you want to work here?"
"Uh… I don't think I can be a specialist at such a thing." I said with a sweatdrop.
"I mean you don't have to master working here. I'm just saying in general. And besides, I think this is also our first time being here so I don't think you have the guts. Unless you do have the guts."
"No, I don't think so. It'd be a toughie on my end."
"Ok. On your end."
"But it kinda seems odd that we are getting ice cream on a cloudy day, don't you think?" I said while looking at the sky.
"No, not really. It's not that hot outside either."
"I know but when I look at the weather, it seems to me that it might rain sometime later on. I knew I should've gotten an umbrella." I whispered.
"If it was raining, you should've just worn your hoodie. But look at what you're wearing now."
"Huh?" I then looked at my sky-blue shirt for a little bit. And then I looked at the sky.
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"Y-You do have a point right there." I said after noticing myself and the weather condition.
"But It's definitely not gonna rain today. It's just cloudy for the whole day."
"Oh… well that's good."
"Speaking of ice cream, you want to try this ice cream?" My mom said.
What she was pointing at literally had me shocked. It was a new ice cream called "Purple Moonlight Cotton Candy". What was on it was mixed flavors of purple (I might not be so sure what it actually tastes like since they haven't given out the recipe for it) and vanilla. And the best part about it was the ice cream was topped off with purple whipped cream with blue cotton candy syrup and a light-blue crescent moon on top.
"Sure. Why not?" I said to mom after looking at it.
I so want to try that. I don't care if it messes my stomach up. It looks kinda yummy on my end.
"Alright. Because that looks so good."
"I totally agree."
"It's going to be a lot for stomachs so there's going to be a lot of ice cream to eat."
"Yeah. That's just way too much sweets. But I'm still going to have to try this no matter how much my stomach is going to take it."
"Are you sure you can handle such unhealthy sweets like that?"
"You suggested this, right? I don't eat sweets much, but I'm trying this out since it looks good."
"Fair enough."
"I'll take the next person." I heard the worker call out to us as we went up to the register.
"Hi. May I have two Purple Moonlight Cotton Candies please?" My mom asked.
"Ok. Small, Medium, or Large?" The worker asked.
"Two small. May we have it in cups?"
"Yes, no problem. Your order will arrive shortly."
"Ok thank you."
"*sigh* If only Amitie was here to see this, she would've been mind-blown." I said.
"Does she like ice cream?" Mom asked me.
"Umm… well I haven't gotten a word from her about it. But my guess is that she definitely likes ice cream. Mainly I say that personality seems bright and cheerful so I'm 100 percent sure that she likes sweets such as ice cream."
"Oh…" My mother gained with a sweatdrop.
"Maybe one day I might take her to this place. She is going to lose her mind when she takes a first peek at it."
"Wait, but wouldn't you include Raffina on this one too?"
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"I don't think Raffina eats sweets. Since she calls herself elegant and powerful." I said with a sweatdrop. "I might as well have to ask her if she likes ice cream when I return to Primp Town."
"You definitely miss your friends, huh? The ones from Primp Town?"
"Yeah. They were all on my side along the way. They think that I'm a special person. And I had to help protect their world from those disgusting imbeciles, Satan and Ecolo all because of me protecting one red stone."
I'm just glad that war is finally over. It always sickens me whenever they start to do bad things.
"Yeah, you were a big help, trying to protect one's world." My mom said with a smile.
"I know. I never thought I would steal the spotlight for once, but it was worth it."
"I'm sure you'll see your friends again. We just gotta lay low on going to other worlds just for a little bit until something big happens."
"Yeah, I know. But don't we need to still go to that dimension that one person who wrote the letter was talking about? Because I have a bad feeling that if we don't go there, then things are going to go downhill for us when it comes to the stones being found for the villains."
"We will go. But I just want to make sure nothing happens to the both of us, Dad, this world, and Primp Town."
"You mean the Puyo Dimension?"
"Well… yeah."
"Here's your two purple moonlight cotton candies. I hope you enjoy… and I also like your purple hair." The worker said to me.
"Thank you." I said with a smile as we grabbed our ice creams.
"*giggle* Someone's gaining popularity. I can tell." My mom said with a smile and a wink.
Do you ever stop, mom?
"*sigh* I'm gonna let that slide for now." I said. While not trying to blush anymore.
After getting our ice creams from Creamy Glacier, We were now sitting on a bench at a local park eating our ice creams. It's not far from either the library or at home. Probably in the middle. There's supposed to be a lot of kids here but unfortunately, there aren't that many kids around here so it was just so peaceful here.
"My goodness. This is so good. Don't you think?" I asked while looking at my ice cream.
"I can't disagree on this either. I have to be in heaven from eating this type of dessert."
"Me too."
"Golly… the power of purple never let's us down! And will always have our back for the rest of our lives!"
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"Really? The power of purple?" I said while trying not to giggle along with a huge sweatdrop.
"Err… well… this ice cream is just good. I'll just leave it at that."
"I see…"
"But other than that, the power of purple will never let us down. Always."
It still doesn't make sense to me.
"Well… anyway, you were going to talk about how you and Ms. Lauren first met, right?" I asked mom.
"Oh… you still want to know how we first met each other and had a huge relationship with each other, huh?"
"Yes. Or do you feel uncomfortable talking about it?"
"No no. I can just explain it to you in person."
"It feels like it's going to be a long story."
"It's probably long, but not VERY long. It's just gonna be complicated for some parts but this story was just us two."
"Oh ok."
"Alright… where to begin… so our relationship with each other started when I was just 13 years old…"
Jordyn's POV
*FLASHBACK*
So this is my point-of-view when I was little. I was in a classroom together with a bunch of students on the fourth day of school. We were all studying English and a girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes was sitting next to me. We were getting ready to do group work. That was when the girl next to me asked this to me...
"Do you… want to work together?"
"Sure… I don't mind at all." I said with no hesitation.
"Ok. I was just making sure because I thought you would be working with someone else."
"No no. I'm just new here in this school so I don't know that many people."
"Oh ok."
"Wait, what's your name?" I asked the blonde-haired girl.
"Lauren. You have a name?"
"Jordyn. I just wanted to ask that so we can know who we are."
"Yeah I understand."
That was when we started to trust each other for a little bit only in this class. And the more we started to trust each other, the faster we were starting to get along. Since we were both in only the English class.
After several consecutive days of getting along, we then started becoming friends afterwards and she wanted me to come eat lunch with her and her other friends that she has. She has three other people that interact with her and she wanted me to take part of it.
I also talk to them but I don't actually have class with either one so that actually sucks for me. Luckily, those three have been very nice to me so I actually return the favor.
The first girl that I interact with is a girl named Sally Matthews. Her description is long brown hair and dark hazel eyes. She can be reliable and is always smart at her studies. Well, everything. She is really nice, mature, and can be helpful towards other students if they ever ask for help. I would befriend this girl if I were you.
The second girl that I interact with is named Miranda Booker. Her description is long blonde hair and brown eyes. She is also the tallest out of us five girls but she is just not the tallest girl in our school. She is an elite when it comes to playing basketball. She says she plays the Small Forward and she can be an elite shooter from anywhere. The corner, the center, mid-range, anywhere. I'll tell you more info about her game later, though. She can be a workhorse sometimes but she is also sociable towards others. Everyone thinks of her as a so-called "tomboy" in which she is definitely not according to her and her saying otherwise. In school, she sometimes would study, but due to working out and playing basketball, she would have difficulties on her work so Sally would help her out. But all of that long introduction of her aside, she is also reliable and sociable.
The last girl that I interact with… and just so you know, she has a really cool full name… her name is Luna DeShields. Her description is black short hair and dark grey eyes. She is a laid-back girl with a calm attitude who likes to read books as well as working on her soccer abilities. She can also be really funny sometimes when talking to other people jokingly. It just doesn't happen very much, but when it comes to warnings from her teachers, she would drop the comedy act and focus on her work. Pass or fail, she gets help from her teachers sometimes because of confusing questions. But all of those aside, she is cool and calm towards others. Oh yeah, side note… her family is rich. Including herself. So she owns a huge mansion. All four of us were shocked.
Our relationship between the five of us has been perfect for each other. There are some boys who just talk to us, but it doesn't happen very much. Many boys have interest in Miranda due to her basketball skills. She gets used to it and takes compliments from them due to the way she plays. I actually like her talent in my opinion. Her basketball skills are phenomenal, her stats are phenomenal, and her coach believes that she might earn scholarships for a university but that has to wait until she finishes middle school and high school.
But back to the current topic, the best thing about each other was that one of us never transferred in middle school nor high school. So the more we were hanging out together, the better the scenery was.
But there was only one downfall to the scenery. And it was pretty scary. For all of us actually.
Apparently, a huge fire appeared in the men's bathroom because someone threw a cigarette in the trash to the point where the cigarette somehow started to get hot and sparked a fire. Then it started to spread through the trash can, the wall and then it started to reach the bathroom door as well as the glass to the point where the glass shattered and it was now entering the hallways in the school. One boy was going to the bathroom to the point where had to yell out that there was a fire in the men's bathroom. And the principal had to notice it in the hallways and the fire alarm was turned on instantaneously. The blaze was hard to stop. Luckily no one was burnt to death so that was good to hear. The blaze was everywhere. It even went inside classrooms. It even reached the roof of the school.
Our school was burning down hard and fast. And this was High School that we went to. It took awhile for the firefighters to come as there were at least 40 of them to come stop the fire. As for us girls, we were being dropped off by our parents while the firefighters had to sort this out. It was one of the worst incidents that we've had in our lives. But at least the five of us are safe.
The next day after the incident, we received word from the school that the previous day (the day when the fire started) will be the last day of school for us since they don't have any more ways to send us work since the fire also destroyed the computers and printers. They also said that rebuilding the school would take 7 years to be completed. So they let us decide which two high schools they will be attending for next year. We all then agreed to transfer from Leicester (Which where we all were living in before the fire happened) to London. We were attending Highgate Wood Secondary school and that was when we were all reunited seven months later. That was when Luna and her family had to move to a different mansion. And that was when I grew jealous of why my friend is so goddamn rich. But I didn't ask her in person. Or maybe I'm just wondering if her family works at a larger business.
All of that scary incident aside, our time in our new school went just simply perfect. We met new people. We talk to them sometimes but we also focus on each other. And we focused on each other along the way until the very last day of school. As in… we are about to attend college after high school. It got really emotional for the five of us girls. Even Lauren, who has been my friend since middle school. She was always there for me when I needed help. I did the same thing for her. The only problem that we had was… we didn't come in touch with each other. Like we didn't try to text each other because of errors with our phone numbers. I think it was because Lauren got a new phone and she didn't even tell me. Or she has no service on her phone. I forgot on top of my head. And I also didn't get in touch with Sally, Miranda or Luna since I don't have their phone numbers.
And the sad part was that... At the start of college, the five of us went to different colleges. I was enrolled into a very good program. It was at the University of Warwick to study business. Not because I'm trying to match Luna's level. I just wanted to make money quicker. So I had to work on my studies. I'm not sure what the others are studying, but I felt bored without them. They made me comfortable, they made me laugh, and they had my back along the way. They were really reliable along the way.
So that is how I met Lauren and her friends. And I was so surprised that I finally got to be reunited with my first friend. Along with Sally, Miranda, and Luna. I may not know where they are, but maybe I can ask Lauren how they are tagging along.
Kaze's POV
"W-Wow, mom. So you have three other friends who had your back this whole time while you had to do the same thing? And the school that you went to, burnt down?" I asked, trying to get mom's story straight.
"Yes." My mom answered. "But we were really lucky after the school made us decide which school we want to go to for next year because we have a higher chance of seeing us five ladies together again. Our relationships will never fall down and will always stay the way they have used to be. I was always like you when I started to make friends and was keeping relationships healthy by any means necessary. I bet in the near future you will be just like me."
"But… I didn't make any friends when I was little."
"Yes I know you haven't. But once you start getting a job somewhere, or when you get a new house and you meet new neighbors, then you'll get a chance to interact. And once you get to interact with more and more… there you go, that's how you get a friend. But you're supposed to keep your relationships healthy and strong so that good things will happen along the way."
"Oh… seems like a hard task."
"What? It's not hard, sweetie. You just have to work it out."
"Yeah. It ain't that difficult if you ask me."
"Exactly what he said."
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"Wait… where did you come from?"
We then saw a boy who looks to have the same age as me along with black hair that seems to be cut a little bit and green eyes. He was eating a bag of chips with the sour cream flavor. I actually forgot the name of it though. I don't know how he got behind us.
"Wait a minute, were you listening to us this entire time?" My mom asked the boy.
"Well I was here for half of it." The boy asked. "The other half I didn't listen because I was only walking by. I mean, that was quite an interesting story. The one time where you said something about your school being burnt down on fire due to a cigarette that was in the trash and started to get hot. I think that part got me curious to see how it all went down and all. Yeah."
"Oh… well…"
"Dude, do you ever stop eavesdropping on other people's conversations?" Another boy asked. He also had dark brown hair that looked kinda faded and brown eyes.
"What? I got bored on what was supposed to be a rainy day. But I guess it isn't. And besides, how else would I be listening to something that gets very good?"
"Not eavesdropping."
"You never let me have my fun."
"Sorry about that, ladies. My friend just does that sometimes and I just happened to stop him."
"No. No worries. Were you two talking by, perhaps?" My mom asked.
"Nah. We were stopping by at the park. It's just what we do in our free time." The black-haired boy said.
"What do you actually do?" I asked them.
"Just climb on the trees, talk to other people…"
"Yeah that's just our routine." The dark-brown haired boy said.
"There you two are!" I then heard a familiar voice. It turned out to be the girl that I bumped into at the library. She was running towards us in a hurry.
Wow, this has got to be the second time that I've met her in just one day. What a coincidence.
"You ok? You look like you are out of breath." The black-haired boy asked.
"You guys can't leave me behind like that. I don't run that crazy fast." The girl said to them.
"That was his idea. Not mine." The dark-brown haired boy said to her.
"I mean, it's a movie-like scenery that I just listened to from those two ladies. I was interested to hear." The black-haired boy said.
"Can you not eavesdrop on another person, please?" The girl facepalmed.
"You must be that girl who I helped pick your books up." I said.
"Oh yeah. You are that person that was helping me out. I'm surprised we would meet again at a time like this. Why does it feel like it's about to rain?"
"I don't think it's going to rain. We checked the weather." My mom said.
"I take it that you two know each other." The black-haired boy said.
"Yes. She was the one that helped me with the books that I dropped while crashing into her without notice. It was a whole bunch that needed to be organized." The girl said with a huge sweatdrop.
"Oh that's why you were taking too long."
"Yeah. Pretty much."
"By the way, we never got to know who you guys are." The dark-brown haired boy said.
"You can call me Jordyn. Since our last names aren't what you expect it to be." Mom said.
"My name is Kaze." I said.
"Kaze, huh? I think... I've heard about you."
"R-Really?" I asked, looking shocked.
"You know about my daughter?" My mom asked.
"Huh?! This is your daughter?!" The dark-brown haired boy asked, looking shocked.
"She doesn't even look like you to begin with!" The black-haired boy shouted.
"You both have got to be similar to my family! But it's way different!" The girl shouted.
"Wait, do you have a family that's different from the way you look?" I asked the girl.
"Yeah. But… It's a long story. I think you might actually sleep from it."
"Jesus. You two are family members. How did this even happen? I mean, you two have different hair and eyes." The black-haired boy said.
"Long story short, I was born with light-purple eyes. I like ponytails and I like the color purple so I decided to dye my hair as well."
"Uh oh… Bro, I think Candace is going to be jealous."
"I can't disagree." The dark-brown haired boy said.
Ok I should tell who they are now.
"So… what are your names?" I asked the three.
"Ok ladies first." The girl said.
"Tch!" The boys said, looking annoyed.
"My name's Blue Mackenzie. Blue for short."
"That's a nice name." Mom said.
"Really? Thank you so much." The girl named Blue said with a peace sign.
"Ok ok, peace signs aside. Name's Xavier Outlaw. Xavier for short. I'm supposed to be a tech geek, but I'm still trying to work on it." I saw Blue roll her eyes for that remark.
Tech geek? What's that?
"And my name's Lucas Gallimore. So I guess it's nice to meet you, Kaze and Jordyn. You don't want us to call you by your last name?"
"You still want to know our last names?" I asked.
"It may be hard to pronounce but are you sure you want to know that badly?" My mom asked.
"Well everyone has a last name. Do you mind telling us what it is?" Blue asked.
"*sigh* Very well. Matsuzaki." I said.
"Matsuzaki?" The trio asked.
"Sounds more of an Japanese type of surname." Xavier said.
"I agree. Well, I guess it's not that bad." Blue said.
"Tch! Killjoys! Y'all got some ice cream and not me."
Xavier complained.
"You just ate chips, Xavier." Blue said with a sweatdrop.
"Huh. So I'm guessing you three want to get along with my daughter." My mom said.
"Really? I mean we have only met just one day."
"And doesn't she always want to be by herself?" Lucas asked. "I've heard some people say that we should leave her some privacy. So maybe I should…"
"Oh you don't need to leave me privacy anymore." I said, trying to cut off Lucas.
"I… don't?"
"Actually… I'm done trying to achieve my dream. And it turned out to be successful."
"R-Really?!"
"Achieve your dream? What was your dream, Kaze?" Blue asked.
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As long as nobody is watching this.
"Um… ok if I show you what I accomplished doing, will you actually not tell anyone this? Because I think the news is going to go viral if I show you this. And I don't think I'm ready to show everyone what I actually have in my human body."
"Yes. We'll definitely keep it a secret for you." Blue said.
"Just to let you know, this has been planned for a long while." Mom said.
"Huh." The boys said.
I then put my hands together for several seconds and purple aura started coming out of my hands. And then with my hands, I had to stretch out the purple aura to make it grow bigger so that it could grow bigger.
"W-What?!" Blue sounded shocked.
"You've gotta be kidding…" Xavier also sounded shocked.
"Is this… even real?" Lucas also couldn't believe what he was seeing from his own eyes.
"Yup. I've mastered the ability to use dark magic." I said.
"Kaze. How did you learn to do that? You have to tell me! Please?!" Blue asked, looking very shocked to know about my powers.
"Ok, hold on. I'll try to explain it in detail. But this explanation might sound a little confusing to understand, so I believe you might be warned."
"Our story involves dimensions so you might want to listen carefully." My mom asked.
"Ok. We're listening." Lucas said.
*ONE EXPLANATION LATER*
"...And that is how I got dark magic." I said, finishing off the story.
"Geez, you are a lucky dog." Xavier said with a sweatdrop.
"So you went to a dimension that involves… Puyo Puyo and took part in it? Man… Xavier's right. You are lucky." Blue said with a sweatdrop.
"Well… I gotta ask. Do you play video games, Blue?" I asked.
"R-Rarely. I only play Nintendo games." Blue said, looking unsure how to answer.
"Only Nintendo games? Really?" Xavier asked.
"I don't play any other video games but just Nintendo. Unless you guys teach me some."
"Yeah. As expected of Blue of course."
"I play Nintendo games too. But I would be on my Xbox often." Lucas said.
"What games do you play, Kaze?" Blue asked.
"Well… I would play Pac-Man all the time. I'm a really good player."
"Really? Just Pac-Man? What about you Jordyn?" Xavier asked.
"I don't actually play games. Well I play some, but not often." Mom said.
"Well it's kinda obvious." Lucas said.
"It kinda is actually." I said, agreeing to what Lucas said.
"Thanks for that." Mom said, feeling a little insulted.
"But likewise, I think Puyo Puyo is a video game. And I actually went to that dimension."
"Oh… so you might as well have to find Thanos and take him down." Xavier said.
"I think Thanos is really strong, Xavier." Blue said to him.
"Have you two heard of the news talking about Thanos arriving here in real-life?" Lucas asked.
"Yes, we heard. He seems to be hard to find around here since this country is large." Mom said.
Definitely.
"But I still want to know why he is here. He's not even real so it's impossible that he just showed up to kill us all."
"He's not gonna kill us, Blue." Lucas said. "Maybe he just wants some attention. Maybe… try to gain some popularity."
"Um… Lucas. I don't think he is doing that." Mom said. "The actual reason why he is here is because he is looking for a hidden stone that appeared in this world. Remember a flash of light that blinded our eyes?"
"Oh yeah. Are you talking about the light that had the news spreading everywhere? It actually had my eyes burning too." Blue asked.
"Yes, that's it." I said. "Did you know any more info about it?"
"Well… no not really. I haven't even got a word from Ms. Lauren as well. Well… the librarian. The women that me and you two went."
"Ms. Lauren? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I asked.
"Yeah… so she also knows what's going on." Mom whispered.
"Wait, you two know her?"
"Actually, yes. Mom on the other hand…"
"The librarian that you mentioned… she was my childhood friend." Mom said, taking the floor.
"F-For real?!" Blue, Lucas and Xavier shouted.
"Yup. That's true. You three can ask her."
"W-Wow… I cannot believe it, miss… um…"
"You can call me Jordyn."
"Ok, Jordyn. I can't believe you are childhood friends with our librarian." Blue said.
"It's a long story. I don't feel like talking the whole story over again since I had to tell it to Kaze." Mom said.
"So you really have no friends because you wanted to be by yourself, Kaze?" Lucas asked.
"Well you're correct, partially. I just needed this time to focus on my dream to have magic with no one having my help. That's why I don't talk to people that much." I said.
"I can become your friend, Kaze." Blue said with a smile. "I can tell that you like reading books. And I also owe you for helping me out with the books that I needed to organize. Count me in."
Well I was nice to her before. *sigh* Oh how could I say no to that?
"Sure. I'll be your friend as well. You too, Lucas and Xavier." I said with a smile.
"Sure thing!" Lucas said with a grin.
"Hey. What's there to say no about? I'm cool with it." Xavier said.
"There you go, Kaze. Finally! You've got people to rely on." Mom said to me.
"Yeah. I guess my long drought for not having friends is over." I said while rubbing my head.
Wait… speaking of which…
"Hey, Blue. I've been wanting to ask. Do you work at the library? The one where you saw Ms. Lauren?" I asked.
"Yup. I got a part-time job working there." Blue said.
"I also got hired." Lucas said.
"Yeah, Blue suggested that this was the only place that we could earn money at, so I took part in it. In which, I didn't want to in the first place." Xavier whispered.
"Oh… so you guys know some types of books?" I asked.
"Pfft! I don't." Xavier said, looking annoyed.
"Of course you don't know." Blue said with a sweatdrop.
"You should read books, Xavier." Mom said. "Don't you want to be smarter than everyone else?"
"I do but… nobody even likes to read books in their free time. The only thing I be doing in my free time is just being on my phone. That's the only thing that I do." Xavier said with a pout.
"I mean, Jordyn's right, Xavier." Lucas said. "I don't like to read that much, but I want to stabilize my high level of literature and smartness. Otherwise, next year is going to be tough. For me. I mean, you should too."
"*sigh* What do you think, Blue?" Xavier asked.
"They're not wrong." Blue said to him.
"K-Kaze?"
"I read all the time, so I think you should too." I said to him.
"Tch! You guys are very serious about this. *sigh* Whatever."
"Yeah… anyway, where's the trash can? I'm ready to throw my stuff away." I said as I got up from the bench.
"Same." My mom said as she got up from the bench as well.
"Oh? You're leaving?" Blue asked.
"Yes. My bottom hurts from sitting on the bench." I said.
"You mean your butt cracks? *giggle*" Xavier said.
"Dude, Really?" Lucas said with a huge sweatdrop.
"*sigh* Really funny." I said with an annoyed look.
"I was joking." Xavier said.
"I hope you don't be saying such weird stuff like that to females." Jordyn said to Xavier seriously.
"N-no! Not at all, Jordyn. I just stay in my own lane."
"I doubt it." Blue whispered. "Anyway, where are you guys going now?"
"Home. I just want to relax my body. Maybe get some sleep." Mom said.
"I'm about to read my new book that I just checked out from the library." I said.
"Oh really? What are you reading?" Blue asked.
"It's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". It's actually my first time reading it."
"Oh that is a really good book. I've read all of the books as well as the movie. I'm telling you it'll be good once you read it." Blue said, looking amazed.
"I was hoping it would be good. I'll try to see how far I will get too." I said.
"But… how will we keep in touch with you guys, though?" Lucas asked.
"Do you want me to come to the library more often?" I asked.
"If it's ok. No one's trying to make you come to the library more often." Blue said.
"Or we can interact at the park. It's what we do all the time." Xavier said.
"I mean… Walking to the park will take a very long time than driving." I said.
"I'll… have her interact with you guys at the library. I don't think the park will be safer for her to walk in." My mom said.
"Yeah, my mom has a point right there." I said, agreeing to what my mom had just said.
"Oh ok… then in any case, I guess it was nice seeing you ladies." Blue said.
"Yeah it was nice seeing you three as well. Thank you for making my daughter interact with you guys." My mom said with a smile.
"It was definitely nice seeing you as well." I said to them.
"Sure thing! Take care, ladies!" Blue said with a peace sign.
"Anytime. We're always free for anyone." Lucas said.
"Yeah, no problem. I wish there were more people like you." Xavier said.
"Sure thing. Alright. See you guys later." My mom said the two of us women parted ways with the trio and decided to head on home.
After a few more feet of walking to Mom's car, I then heard Mom say this to me…
"Well, Kaze. You did it. You're off to a hot start, making three new friends already."
"Yeah. I know. Are you really that proud of me?" I asked my mother.
She didn't respond for a good while until suddenly, she hugged me around my waist. Knowing that she is proud of me. She truly loves me from the bottom of my heart.
And she said this to me:
"Yes. I'm proud of you. Thank you for trying to make your own friends in real-life."
I didn't have much to say as I returned the hug back quickly with a smile on my face. Knowing I'll still be with her along the way.
Just for that, I said to her this:
"Your welcome, mom. Anything. I'll be with you all the way. Promise."
Our hug didn't last long because all of a sudden…
*WATER DROP*
"What the…" A huge raindrop landed on mom's hair as we looked up in the sky as it was getting ready to rain.
"Aw, shit! It's about to rain!" Mom whined.
"Just as I thought. We don't want to get wet, right?" I asked.
"Yeah, let's hurry before I get soaking wet."
And so, we both hurried inside the car to get back home without getting soaking wet. It was supposed to not rain today, but I guess the weather is changing up a bit. From just being cloudy to disastrous shit like the heavy rain that we're in.
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Ugh… Blame my mother for getting me to say that.
Author's Note: Three New Character Debuted! Blue Mackenzie, Lucas Gallimore, and Xavier Outlaw. One of those three characters will have a primary role. Can't tell ya! Ya gots to keep reading, ya hear!
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Ok… it wasn't that funny at all. But talking for real, one of these three new characters will play a huge role during this LONG story. The other two will be just supportive throughout.
Starting next chapter, Kaze is now going to meet the unknown world to find this mysterious person who knows all about the other worlds/stones. How will this play out? You'll just have to find out in the next chapter.
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