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night. If things get too difficult, you can start sleeping over. We’ll figure out a way to deal with your parents if we need to. In the mean time?” He narrowed his eyes at us. “Try to stay out of trouble. Magic is not a toy. Remember it can be dangerous.”
“Dad,” Russ said lightly. “Who do you think you’re talking to, here?”
“I know exactly who I’m talking to, Russell, so I’ll say it again. You two stay out of trouble.”
The wicked grin Russ gave me when his father turned his back on us melted away the last of my worries. True, life just got a lot crazier and I still couldn’t really believe it, but at least I wasn’t in this alone.
Actually I was glad that Russ and I were still the same even if we were both freaks. At least this way we were freaks together. This wasn’t going to drive us apart like Russ had been so afraid of. If anything it was going to make us closer. It was a secret we shared, another thing we had in common that made us special to one another. Plus, Russ was right, we could have some serious fun with magic. Pools of Jell-O were just the beginning.
“I do believe my dad just gave you permission to move in with me, and then offered to cover for you with your parents,” Russ said once his father was gone.
“Don’t get your hopes up.”
Russ slipped his hand into mine and laced our fingers together. The action was so surprising that I jumped. Until this week, in all the years I’d known him, Russ had only ever acted toward me in a platonic best-friends way. Our relationship even bordered on brotherly/sisterly at times. The way he was holding my hand at the moment didn’t feel like either.
I tried to jerk away, but Russ’s grip was too tight. “It’s all right. I know you need this. I remember what it was like.”
“You went through this too?” I don’t know why that thought hadn’t occurred to me before.
“Of course. Every supernatural goes through it. Remember when I was twelve? How I got totally weird around you and then my dad took me to New Jersey for the summer? I was coming into my powers, and the cravings were too much so he took me to stay with some old friends of his until I could handle it being just me and him.”
“Clara?”
Russ nodded.
I tried not to let my jealousy show. Russ was twelve at the time, and supervised, and he seemed to hate her. But I still didn’t like the idea that he’d spent the whole summer living with some supernatural girl when he was going through these cravings. I mean they were making me crazy with desire and I don’t have the hormones of a guy.
I wanted to ask if anything ever happened between them, but at the same time I didn’t think I wanted to know Russ’s dating history. Believe it or not, that subject had never come up between us. I’d always assumed he’d dated lots of girls and had experience in the kissing department because he’s so confident and gorgeous, but I’d never actually seen him date anyone. He’s always just had me the way I’ve always only had him.
I asked a different question just to keep myself distracted. “You got your magic at twelve?”
“Unless you’re turned, like a vampire or a werewolf, it tends to manifest around puberty.” Russ laughed. “Sixteen. Always the late bloomer, Dani.”
“Shut up!” I ripped my hand from his in order to smack him. “If we have to be stuck together twenty-four seven for the next three to six months, do you think you could at least try not to be such a jerk?”
“You love it when I’m a jerk. It’s endearing.”
“It’s annoying.”
Russ grinned. “Fine. No more being a jerk. How about I show you a really cool trick instead.”
“Didn’t your dad tell us not to play with magic?”
“He told us to stay out of trouble. This one won’t cause any trouble.”
Russ dragged me over to the water’s edge and kicked off his shoes.
“That water is freezing,” I said as I watched him roll up his pants.
“I’m well aware how
“Dad,” Russ said lightly. “Who do you think you’re talking to, here?”
“I know exactly who I’m talking to, Russell, so I’ll say it again. You two stay out of trouble.”
The wicked grin Russ gave me when his father turned his back on us melted away the last of my worries. True, life just got a lot crazier and I still couldn’t really believe it, but at least I wasn’t in this alone.
Actually I was glad that Russ and I were still the same even if we were both freaks. At least this way we were freaks together. This wasn’t going to drive us apart like Russ had been so afraid of. If anything it was going to make us closer. It was a secret we shared, another thing we had in common that made us special to one another. Plus, Russ was right, we could have some serious fun with magic. Pools of Jell-O were just the beginning.
“I do believe my dad just gave you permission to move in with me, and then offered to cover for you with your parents,” Russ said once his father was gone.
“Don’t get your hopes up.”
Russ slipped his hand into mine and laced our fingers together. The action was so surprising that I jumped. Until this week, in all the years I’d known him, Russ had only ever acted toward me in a platonic best-friends way. Our relationship even bordered on brotherly/sisterly at times. The way he was holding my hand at the moment didn’t feel like either.
I tried to jerk away, but Russ’s grip was too tight. “It’s all right. I know you need this. I remember what it was like.”
“You went through this too?” I don’t know why that thought hadn’t occurred to me before.
“Of course. Every supernatural goes through it. Remember when I was twelve? How I got totally weird around you and then my dad took me to New Jersey for the summer? I was coming into my powers, and the cravings were too much so he took me to stay with some old friends of his until I could handle it being just me and him.”
“Clara?”
Russ nodded.
I tried not to let my jealousy show. Russ was twelve at the time, and supervised, and he seemed to hate her. But I still didn’t like the idea that he’d spent the whole summer living with some supernatural girl when he was going through these cravings. I mean they were making me crazy with desire and I don’t have the hormones of a guy.
I wanted to ask if anything ever happened between them, but at the same time I didn’t think I wanted to know Russ’s dating history. Believe it or not, that subject had never come up between us. I’d always assumed he’d dated lots of girls and had experience in the kissing department because he’s so confident and gorgeous, but I’d never actually seen him date anyone. He’s always just had me the way I’ve always only had him.
I asked a different question just to keep myself distracted. “You got your magic at twelve?”
“Unless you’re turned, like a vampire or a werewolf, it tends to manifest around puberty.” Russ laughed. “Sixteen. Always the late bloomer, Dani.”
“Shut up!” I ripped my hand from his in order to smack him. “If we have to be stuck together twenty-four seven for the next three to six months, do you think you could at least try not to be such a jerk?”
“You love it when I’m a jerk. It’s endearing.”
“It’s annoying.”
Russ grinned. “Fine. No more being a jerk. How about I show you a really cool trick instead.”
“Didn’t your dad tell us not to play with magic?”
“He told us to stay out of trouble. This one won’t cause any trouble.”
Russ dragged me over to the water’s edge and kicked off his shoes.
“That water is freezing,” I said as I watched him roll up his pants.
“I’m well aware how
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