"Could somebody please tell me, where the elephant went who sat on my head?" Sara moaned and stumbled towards the bathroom. "I could use some ivory..."
"Don't worry," I called. "Jeremy's coming over. "He said that he would bring some medicine."
"Please tell me you mean like the stuff Allanna gave Corum..." Kelly came up to me wrapped in her blankets. "Soon?"
I was fully dressed and feeling fine. I could wait a few more minutes before telling them, Jeremy had already been here.
"I don't know, he said he might sleep in a little..."
"You're lying," Sara came out of the bathroom. "It's all in the eyes. You're lying. Now be a nice girlie and go get it."
"I don't know..."
"See, ha you do have it. She didn't even know!" Sarah had emerged out of her coma like state.
"What's the matter, you never get drunk easily."
"I had a 'spiced cider'. Apparently the 'spice' is everything in the bar." She took one step forward and fell down in a heap of blankets. "Tell Numair, I can't come today."
I knew they were feeling bad then. Come on Sarah not wanting to see Numair...
I got the bottle and about five minutes after taking it, all were feeling much better. Well, except for Sara.
"What's wrong?" I asked. "Is it about Joey, cause-"
"No, I'm over him. He doesn't like me, fine. More power to me to stay away, and besides..."
"Well, okay." Sarah said. "What's his name?"
"Okay, promise not to laugh?"
"Yeah," Kelly had joined our group.
"Well, it's... Brandon, you know the bartender. We had a certainly charming conversation the other day, and seeing as I left my purse there..."
"Ahh, we have to go back tonight." Sarah sat plotting. "We have some midwinter shopping to do, so say, we could slip in for some tea and you could possibly strike up a conversation, and... you know."
Then that stupid bell rang and we all went our separate ways. I figuring, I should get back to work, grabbed my bag and threw in my Spanish books and dictionaries and headed off to one of the workrooms that held the texts.
I worked my way through a few frivolous spells that were cheap and probably didn't even work. One said that if you ate a frog's heart, (eww gross I know) then you would know your love at first site, and how to catch a man spells. Stuff I really didn't like. Then after lunch I found a thick book of sorts. It was full of a bunch of complex spells. Something I think that Numair would like. There were some power words that I couldn't translate, so I don't know how I was supposed to teach Numair those. I worked on a really tough spell for what seemed like forever before finishing it. When I looked up, all the candles were lit and there was only one person in the room.
I started to gather my things up and the snotty librarian came over and took the book back. You'd think that I actually had magic the way she looked at me when she came over. As if I would turn her into a tree. Oh well forget her. I got up and left.
When I got back to the apartment, I ran into Sarah, Kelly, and Sara on their way out. "Where are you going?"
"Oh, remember how we decided to go out tonight... Well you didn't show up for dinner so we just kinda assumed you were somewhere else, or with a certain person, and weren't going to come." Sarah grinned.
"Well, I was working, and no I haven't seen Jeremy since this morning, and yes, if you'll wait a minute I'll go with you."
I scarily looked into the mirror. Hmm, what did my hair look like today? Surprisingly well. All I had to do, was grab my purse and cloak and we were off.
"Well, what were you translating all day?" Sara inquired.
"Well at first it was just dime and nickel spells and there was this thick book full of complex spells. Numair would probably love to see them."
"Okay, I guess I'll just have to read some of what you translated." Sarah moved on to another subject, what had happened in class.
"Well, at first it was just normal." Kelly replied.
"And then Lindhall had to go run an errand and left us in charge." Sara laughed, "and then it got ugly."
"How so?" I asked.
"Well, for one. With me they kept commenting on how my skirt looked longer today. They were mostly joking." Kelly got a devilish look in her eye. "And then we told them that we would tell Lord Wyldon that they had been in the bar that night."
"Well they can go there right?" I asked.
"Yes, but," Sara jumped in. "They aren't supposed to be drinking alcohol and we did see quite a few of them doing just that..."
"Oh, so you threatened them... I see." Sarah joked.
"No not threatened, just a friendly persuasion." Sara went to the window of a shop. "Hey Kelly, do you think that Lindhall would like this?"
And the shopping began. Seeing as how we hadn't gone out much since we had been there, we all had money to spend on gifts.
Chapter 1 ~ Mythros, Mynoss, and Shakith! Where Am I?
Chapter 2 ~ Secrets, Nobles, and Trees
Chapter 4 ~ That Don't Impress Me Much, Smurfy
Chapter 5 ~ The Surprises Under the Tree...
Chapter 6 ~ Mashed Potatoes with a mouse on the side
Chapter 7 ~ Secrets and Clover...
Chapter 8 ~ Two Cups For The Price Of One
Chapter 10 ~ Sarah's Magical Mystery Car
Chapter 17 ~ How to be a Table Dancer
