~Chapter Eight - Meeting With The Smarty Pants~

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Ok, ok. I know I should tell Jamie what I'm doing but I figured that it's best to do it by myself. Horace acted weirdly and so did Beatrice, so I was told by my special spy... Raphael. 

Anyway, I went to the Stratus Library as that's where he'll be since I, maybe, spied on him. In my defense, I did to help him!  I went in and saw him with a couple of other people getting ready to play a game. 

"Hello." I said, cheerfully. 

"Go away." Wow, that didn't work out as well as I expected. 

"Hey! Maybe she's interested in joining our club." A girl with a bob and glasses chastised them. 

"Um, well, actually I was interested in Horace." I said.

Horace looked confused, "aren't you dating that Jamie guy?" 

"Well, yes -" 

"I am not being used to cheat on someone." 

Now it was my turn to look confused. "What?" 

"If you feel bad about breaking up with him you shouldn't cheat on him. That's going to make him feel-" 

"I don't know what end of what stick you got a hold of, Horace, but I am not breaking up with Jamie. I love him. I just wanted to ask you questions."

"Oh." He had turned a bright crimson. "Sorry." 

"S'ok."

I asked him questions about what he ate on the day of the accident and it all lead me to dead ends. He said he ate from the Tompkins' Chocolate bar and yet they all had, so if Horace ate it and he felt unwell, they all must have felt unwell. 

They did tell me about Edwin the bird and how he grants you a wish when you rub a letter, but I kinda zoned out and lost interest pretty soon. I thanked them for their time and left. 

I went to the Ivy house and knocked on Jamie's door. He opened it and I went inside. 

"Hello Percy." I said miserably, totally forgetting he was deaf. Jamie signed for me and Percy waved at me happily. I sat on Jamie's bed and buried my head in his pillow. 

"What's wrong with you?" Jamie asked, lying on top of me. 

"I tried to find out why Horace acted the way he did, but I couldn't find out why. He also thought I was going to cheat on you with him but I said I loved you, and now I'm frustrated at not finding anything." I turned around and Jamie kissed me. 

"It's ok, we'll find the answers eventually." I nodded. 

Somehow Jamie made me believe that we would find the answers.   

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Sorry for not posting in ages and for a rushed story! 

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