Everyone is gathered around my bed in the Healing classroom. Lili's gotten me some Apple blood and some Hex mix, and I'm eating as I explain what I remember happening. Lili's face is slowly draining of all colour as I continue to recount what happened. Once I'm done, Lili is sitting down on the bed next to me with her head in her hands.
'I don't understand.' She says after a while. 'Why on Titan would Tristan do this?' The room is quiet and I think for a bit. Suddenly an idea occurs to me.
'What if he didn't do it on his own, or he didn't want to? What if he's being forced to?' I ask, pushing up my glasses. Lili looks at me and thinks for a few seconds. I can practically hear the gears turning in her head.
'I think you might be right.' She says eventually. She doesn't look very happy about it, but some of the colour has returned to her face since I suggested her brother didn't want to do it. There still isn't much, but at least she's looking a bit better. I hand her my bag of Hex Mix, which I hadn't eaten much of. She starts eating them, almost robotically. We all stay quiet for a bit. Eventually, Thyme breaks the silence.
'Um Avery, could you come outside with me for a second?' She asks me. I look at Lili and Harmony and Lili nods encouragingly. I hop off the bed and we walk out of the Healing Classroom. We stand opposite each other for a few seconds as I wait for her to speak.
'So, um, I wanted to tell you something, and it's something I've wanted to tell you for a while now and I'm talking really fast and I can barely breathe and now I'm rambling.' She stops and takes a deep breath as we both chuckle. I look at her, waiting.
'I like you. As in have a crush on you like you.' She says quickly, blushing. I stare at her with my mouth open and my mind racing.
'I-I have a crush on you too.' I stutter. We blush and smile at each other. After a while, I take her hand and lead her back into the Healing Classroom. We go back over to my bed and sit down, still holding hands.
'So what did we miss?' I ask, smiling.
'We're going to interrogate Tristan.' Lili says.
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The Disaster at Hexside
PertualanganAvery, Harmony and Lili are three of the best students Hexside school, but that doesn't make it much easier to beat a mysterious force messing with other students while struggling with problems of their own. @Hamishwillacy has part ownership of th...
