(Book 3 in the Nightingale series)
"This whole living on your own thing is hard."
Life can be hard but it's harder when you are playing the role of a high school student and a superhero.
As Allison's past starts to close in on her, Peter's whole lif...
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Allison's POV
"Peter, Alli, oh, my God." Ned runs over and hugs us.
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"Hey. Hey."
"We almost died!" Ned said.
"It's fine. Hey, guess what - I'm done with the mission." Peter said.
"I'm also done."
"Dude, the trip's over."
Peter's smile dropped.
What is going on in his mind?
"What?" He asked.
"There's monsters coming out of the ground everywhere we go. Of course our parents would want us home."
"Don't put me on hold. Oh, Peter and Allison, you're not dead. Oh, my God. Yes, good. Stay here. Don't- put some clothes on. We're booking flights." Mr. Harrington said, running around on the phone.
"We came for science, we're leaving because of witches. Welcome to the new Dark Ages!" Mr. Dill was worried.
"What is going on, dude?" Peter asked.
"We're going home in the morning."
"No. No, no, no. All the Elementals are gone." Peter said.
"Ned!" Betty came running over.
"Coming, sweetie." Ned went running to Betty.
So we're leaving and I've been busy with 'work'. I started to walk towards my room when Peter yelled to me.
"Hey."
"Hey," I said turning back around with my backpack on one shoulder
"Uh- Look, um... I'm not ready for this trip to be over yet, and I kind of want to do something fun that's not on the itinerary or planned or with Mr. Harrington." Peter seemed nervous, just talking to me.
"Sure."
"Sure like in you wanna go?"
"Yes."
"Awesome. I'll see you outside in 10 minutes." He said.
