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• Chapter 15—
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• I froze at the door. Did I seriously just call him that?! A cold sweat outlined my spine and in the crevices of my hand. Laughing nervously, I clasped my hand to my chest and faced him.
• “S-sorry. I had no right to call you that without your permission!” I stuttered. He frowned, hand still around his neck, and walked to me. I kept my head down in embarrassment, yet he put his thumb and forefinger on my chin and titled it up so he could see me.
• “There’s no need to apologize.” He soothed, his voice sounding a bit rough, “I would’ve done the same thing if my sibling’s best friend barged in and threatened to burn you. Then again... I think I would’ve been in jail after that....”
• I giggled. “That’d be bad.”
• He smiled and slyly opened the door. “I think he’s settled down.” He reckoned.
• “And there’s no way I’m leaving you two alone again.” I nagged leading the way downstairs. I have to admit I was a bit nervous about using my magic again. Plus I had no clue how long the spell’s effect would last. Keith’s complaining could be heard from the living room as I peeked around the corner. He was slumped in the couch, his head in one of his hands while a bottle of rum occupied the other. Now I was positive he was relaxed and fine to approach.
• “Keith?” I called.
• “Huh?” he mumbled looking over his shoulder. When he recognized me, he grimaced and replaced his head in his hand.
• “Keith, are you alright?” I asked sitting next to him. He smelled horrible—mostly like rum, obviously—but I was used to it. I couldn’t say the same for Eros though. He kept his distance.
• “No I’m not alright.” He grumbled. “I just got beaten by mah poppet, I can’t feel mah legs, and that...thing over there,” he gestured to Eros, “, reeks of candy. It’s making mey sick.”
• I smiled inwardly. Keith never did like sweets ever since he was a kid. We’ve known each other ever since Brian, my brother, decided he wanted to be a notorious pirate. I saw Eros distance himself even more after that last part.
• “Tell you what: I’ll let you get some rest and when you wake up, the spell should’ve worn off by then, and then we can talk.” I reassured. He nodded unenthusiastically and without hesitation, got up from the couch and made his way to what he thought was the guest room. Eros gasped and opened his mouth to yell when,
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• “I'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top
  She's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock
  It's a matter of time before we all run out...
  When I thought he was mine, she caught him by the mouth
  
  I waited eight long months
  She finally set him free
  I told him I couldn't lie, he was the only one for me
  Two weeks and we had caught on fire
  She's got it out for me, but I wear the biggest smile” my phone rang from in my room. Eros looked at me desperately, begging for me to go tell Keith he was about to collapse in his room. I apologized, pecked him on the lips, and dashed upstairs. He seethed and slapped his hands down on his pants, reluctantly following Keith.   
•  Once I got to my room, I had to search quite a bit for my cell phone. Turns out it was lying behind my desk under a pair of sweats. I scanned the caller I.D., my mouth going dry when I saw who it was. I should’ve expected a call in the middle of the day—right after I ditched school—was not a good sign. Groaning, I pressed the button to read the text.
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• Taylor: where the hell r u?!?!
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• Shiiiiiitake mushrooms....now I was in trouble. I could handle my “Captain”, as I called him, because I knew what he was like. Taylor on the other hand....could be a bit of a mess.
  
  
• Jamie: heyy, Taylor!
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• Taylor: dnt ‘heyy’ me! Do u knw how much I went thru 2 cover 4 u?!? I almost had 2 run 10 laps around the field! And that’s a very big field!!!!
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• Jamie: Aww, im so srry, Taylor! Please dnt b mad @ me!
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• Taylor: Im not mad, Jae. Im worried. I mean...u left skewl w/o ne warning. And when they said u had bad diarrhea, I was shocked when u turned up missing. Why’d u leave? More importantly: where r u?!?
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• Jamie: its really hard 2 explain....
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• Taylor: Im listening...
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• Jeez, when I said it was hard to explain, that meant I didn’t want to talk about until I got back! I was about to chunk my phone at my wall in frustration, when Eros’ wail interrupted me. His barks and commands of how Keith needed to get lost, or get out of his bed, or the most popular one: MOVE, were quite amusing. I laughed to myself, remembering I had an impatient dragon waiting for my reply. Lying back on my bed, I held my phone above my face and placed my fingers on the keys to start typing when I was disrupted again. Something heavy thumped against my window. I sat up to see what it was. Rain. A smile spread across my face and I settled down. I loved water more than any other element.
• I focused on trying to get done with my explanation, but I was cut off yet again!!! This time, a scratchy noise broke through the silence. I thought it was Eros talking to me by the notebook, so I opened it to see nothing. It continued until I came to the window. I opened the seal and leaned out. I didn’t mind I was getting soaked. When nothing showed up, I returned inside only for it to come back. What was making that annoying noise?!? Stomping back to the window, I leaned out, took a deep breath, and hollered at the top of my lungs. Hah, now the sum of it should shut-up. As I walked smugly back into my room, my wrist was caught by a slick, slimy, rope and I fell to the ground. I wanted to scream, but my conscience told me not to.
• At a crawl, I slowly neared the open window and kneeled at it, peering over it slightly to trace where the rope had come from. ‘Please don’t be a peeping tom; please don’t be a peeping tom!!!’ I thought nervously. There, clinging to the wall with its razor sharp claws was a pearl white and sky blue dragon looking up at me. The rope that had wound itself around my wrist was one of its whiskers. One of its thick....extensive....dragony.....whiskers. I felt myself go lightheaded. Or maybe that was due to me about to scream again. The next thing I knew, I was pinned to the ground with a hand over my mouth. If I had blinked, I would’ve missed the dragon abruptly shooting up the wall and into my room, and then I wouldn’t have seen it morphing into a human and pouncing onto me. All in under a second. Probably a millisecond for all who cares. THERE WAS A FREAKING DRAGON IN MY ROOM FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
• (it should be obvious who it is. (laughs) well, 14-16 votes please! =3! What willl happen now that shes being silenced? Hmm....will Eros find out??? Read to find out! MWAH! Thanks!~Dott)