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Authors: Devyn Dawson
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sleep.” Don’t go near the fridge. Don’t..please .
“I have to go in to chart tomorrow, I can drop you off on the way,” mom offers.
“I think I’ll ask Caleb to take me, if you don’t mind. You can’t be super-mom if you’re tired. I’m headed back to bed,” I say, putting my hands on her shoulders and lead her away from the kitchen. At least now he knows that I will be there, now I get to be the grown-up and get my mom back to bed.
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Caleb had no problem picking me up to go to the library. His hair still wet from showering at the gym. He and his dad started working out together when his mom died, and it obviously was paying off.
“You look really cute today, not that you don’t every day,” Caleb said. “I like it when you wear your hair down, it makes your eyes stand out. I have a soft spot for your eyes.”
I wonder if he’s said that to anyone else . “Thank you. How was the gym?” I ask, hoping he didn’t hear me thinking.
“I haven’t Jessie. I’ve never told anyone anything about their eyes, and the gym was okay. You should come with me; I can teach you how to fight. I bet Amber would dig it too.”
I shrug, trying to be nonchalant. Of course I’d go to the gym with him, to watch. Nothing like a girls self esteem being shot down as she sees all the hard bodies of the other girls.
“Jessie, stop. If you honestly think that everyone at the gym is in shape, you’ve obviously not been to the gym lately. Most of the people are overweight and working on getting in shape. You aren’t one of those people. Tomorrow morning, I’ll show you. Deal?”
I close my eyes and shake my head yes. “We better go eat pancakes when we’re done,” I tease.
“Covered in mounds and mounds of whipped cream and syrup, oh yeah, delicious. I accept your challenge and raise you two strips of bacon.” Caleb weaves over to miss a squirrel that was feeling suicidal.
“Bacon is for wimps, sausage is for men,” I counter. It’s the first time in over a week that I’ve thought of something other than being a Light Tamer . “Ah, I think that squirrel is depressed, he just ran out in front of the car behind us, they missed him too.”
We drove in silence the rest of the way to the library. Caleb reaches over and takes my hand into his. The waves of warmth send me on a silent journey of happiness throughout my body.
“What if he’s not here? What if it was all a dream and I was sleep walking?” Panic starts to fill me with uncertainty.
“Jessie, it was real. Take a few deep breaths; I won’t let anything happen to you. I know it’s your dad and all, but if he is a Dark One, we have to be careful around him.”
He’s right, I have to be careful. I can’t let my dad show up out of the blue with tales of royalty and accept it as fact. Can I? No, I’m going in there and listening to him, and decipher it all in my head. Interesting that some guy I barely know bops into my life, and I accept his paranormal tale, yet question my own father’s credibility.
Caleb got out of the car and came over and opened my door for me. I’d seen old movies where guys would hold doors open, but you don’t see it much in high school, that’s for sure.
New Bern library is set smack dab in the middle of the historic area of New Bern. The one story brick building, with its white trim, and pillars by the entrance, look like a story book all on its own. Grandma and I spent many Saturdays meeting up with her friends and having story time here. Gayle loves to read to children, she inflects her voice to match each character in a book. Kids would all gather around us as she painted the story with words. I’d smile with pride that she was my grandma, even if I wasn’t allowed to call her that.
Caleb takes my hand and pulls me in for a hug. My knees sure are wobbly these days. “Jess?” He whispers to the top of my
“I have to go in to chart tomorrow, I can drop you off on the way,” mom offers.
“I think I’ll ask Caleb to take me, if you don’t mind. You can’t be super-mom if you’re tired. I’m headed back to bed,” I say, putting my hands on her shoulders and lead her away from the kitchen. At least now he knows that I will be there, now I get to be the grown-up and get my mom back to bed.
________
Caleb had no problem picking me up to go to the library. His hair still wet from showering at the gym. He and his dad started working out together when his mom died, and it obviously was paying off.
“You look really cute today, not that you don’t every day,” Caleb said. “I like it when you wear your hair down, it makes your eyes stand out. I have a soft spot for your eyes.”
I wonder if he’s said that to anyone else . “Thank you. How was the gym?” I ask, hoping he didn’t hear me thinking.
“I haven’t Jessie. I’ve never told anyone anything about their eyes, and the gym was okay. You should come with me; I can teach you how to fight. I bet Amber would dig it too.”
I shrug, trying to be nonchalant. Of course I’d go to the gym with him, to watch. Nothing like a girls self esteem being shot down as she sees all the hard bodies of the other girls.
“Jessie, stop. If you honestly think that everyone at the gym is in shape, you’ve obviously not been to the gym lately. Most of the people are overweight and working on getting in shape. You aren’t one of those people. Tomorrow morning, I’ll show you. Deal?”
I close my eyes and shake my head yes. “We better go eat pancakes when we’re done,” I tease.
“Covered in mounds and mounds of whipped cream and syrup, oh yeah, delicious. I accept your challenge and raise you two strips of bacon.” Caleb weaves over to miss a squirrel that was feeling suicidal.
“Bacon is for wimps, sausage is for men,” I counter. It’s the first time in over a week that I’ve thought of something other than being a Light Tamer . “Ah, I think that squirrel is depressed, he just ran out in front of the car behind us, they missed him too.”
We drove in silence the rest of the way to the library. Caleb reaches over and takes my hand into his. The waves of warmth send me on a silent journey of happiness throughout my body.
“What if he’s not here? What if it was all a dream and I was sleep walking?” Panic starts to fill me with uncertainty.
“Jessie, it was real. Take a few deep breaths; I won’t let anything happen to you. I know it’s your dad and all, but if he is a Dark One, we have to be careful around him.”
He’s right, I have to be careful. I can’t let my dad show up out of the blue with tales of royalty and accept it as fact. Can I? No, I’m going in there and listening to him, and decipher it all in my head. Interesting that some guy I barely know bops into my life, and I accept his paranormal tale, yet question my own father’s credibility.
Caleb got out of the car and came over and opened my door for me. I’d seen old movies where guys would hold doors open, but you don’t see it much in high school, that’s for sure.
New Bern library is set smack dab in the middle of the historic area of New Bern. The one story brick building, with its white trim, and pillars by the entrance, look like a story book all on its own. Grandma and I spent many Saturdays meeting up with her friends and having story time here. Gayle loves to read to children, she inflects her voice to match each character in a book. Kids would all gather around us as she painted the story with words. I’d smile with pride that she was my grandma, even if I wasn’t allowed to call her that.
Caleb takes my hand and pulls me in for a hug. My knees sure are wobbly these days. “Jess?” He whispers to the top of my
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