Daydream || Rick Tyler [DC's Stargirl]

• Chapter 20

Eclipso.

The name of this mysterious man... or woman... or whoever they were played through Molly's head nearly a million times since the previous night. Chuck's suddenly warning took them all by surprise. First, they don't hear from him for six months, and now he is warning them about somebody they never heard of? How did Chuck even know about Eclipso when he's been offline for the past six months? It didn't make sense in Molly's mind.

Maybe that's because that wasn't the only thing running through her mind.

For some reason, her conversation with Yolanda wouldn't go away. All she kept thinking about was how Yolanda kept asking her about Rick. She also kept thinking about how him in the Pit Stop. After their fight with The Shade. Wearing his brown jacket and green shirt. His hair disheveled from when he was wearing his hood from his Hourman suit. His muscles when-

What. The. Hell.

Molly shook her head, breaking herself out of these insane thoughts as she walked toward the Blue Valley Library. Beth and Courtney texted her early this morning asking if she wanted to meet them to help do research on Eclipso. All she knew is that Eclipso could make you see things, your darkest fears. Fears you didn't even know you had. Pat wasn't telling Courtney much about this villain, which made Molly very nervous. If Pat was withholding information, that means there was something he didn't want them to know. That means Eclipso is very dangerous.

Despite the bright Sun blinding her, Molly still felt very cold. It annoyed her because it's the middle of June. She should not be wearing a jean jacket and pants right now. She should be wearing short sleeves and shorts. Molly groaned to herself while holding her hand up to shield her eyes from the Sun while trying to stay warm. When she reached the crosswalk, she pressed the button so she could cross the street. Her heels rocked back and forth on the pavement while she looked around at all of the people out and about. Her eyes widened when she looked directly across from her.

It was Cameron again, who was back to painting the mural she saw him working on a few days prior. He was up on a ladder working on the hair of the man's face. His back was to her so he couldn't see her. Molly's arms immediately dropped to her sides as she watched him paint. She wanted to go over to him so bad, but the thought of confronting him made her so scared. She really had no idea how it would go. But she really missed him. They had never gone this long without talking to him. Maybe the reason Molly was starting to feel weird about Rick is because she was always so used to Cameron being her only guy friend? Maybe it was time for her to be brave.

Molly took a deep breath before running across the street. A car had to slam on their breaks, and the driver blared his horn at her. She held her hand up in apology without making eye contact at the driver. She heard his tires screech as he drove away when she reached the sidewalk. As she slowly walked over to Cameron, she felt like she was going to throw up. Maybe this wasn't the best idea. No, she had to do this. She needed to face this.

"I thought you were scared of heights?" Molly called up to him jokingly.

Cameron stopped painting and nearly dropped his paint brush from how badly her voice scared him. However, once he looked down and saw it was her, she was surprised that a smile immediately curled on his lips. He couldn't help, but laugh and replied, "You know I outgrew that fear years ago."

"Yeah, whatever you say, Mahkent," She smiled up at him, her eyes squinting from the sun.

He placed his paint brush and easel on the top of the ladder before beginning to climb down slowly. Once he reached the bottom, he tried his best to wipe the paint off his hands on his sweatpants. However, he gave up pretty quickly. Molly's eyes widened in shock when he rushed over to her and pulled her in for a tight hug. His tight embrace immediately made her tear up, not realizing exactly how much she missed him until now. She quickly hugged him back with one of her hands reaching up to wipe her eyes so he wouldn't notice.