Devil Says 'H!'

Chapter 24

"You are going to do what Skylar?"

Skylar shuddered and she took the phone two feet away from her ear. She raised her eyebrows as she was able to still hear Reese scream down to her through the phone.

"You wait till I come there." Reese threatened her at last, and before Skylar brought the phone back near her ear and replied, she had already hung up. Rolling her eyes, thinking that the tsunami of Reese would quickly destroy her, she laid back down on the bed, afraid of her near future.

Skylar had called Reese to tell her that she was going to go to the library once more and had tried to ask whether she would also like to accompany her. But things have not gone as planned, and she had found Reese giving her life threats instead of a yes or no answer. As she had promised her, Reese was banging down on her door, within a few minutes. Afraid of what her father would think of her best friend, Skylar hurried downstairs.

"Oh hello Reree," Skylar beamed, giving Reese a dark expression that clearly read, 'don't you dare open your mouth right now'. Reese tied her hands around her chest and leaned her head to the side. She stared at Skylar with a raised eyebrow, and went up to her room, as Skylar pulled her upstairs with her. They hurried upstairs and checking where her father was, Skylar slowly locked her room's door behind them and turned towards Reese with her eyes small. She saw that Reese was ready to burst, and she even saw imaginary smoke issue out from her ears.

"You are going to do what Skylar?" she asked once more, hissing through her gritted teeth. Skylar beamed stupidly.

"Erm," she started. Reese did not wait for her reply.

"Are you mad Sky?" she shouted, flaring her arms at her. Skylar nodded her answer. But, Reese was not in the mood for jokes and she gave her a murderous glare. If looks could kill, Skylar knew that she would be ashes by now.

"I know that already," she hissed once more, and Skylar tried to stop the laugh that was trying to escape through her lips. She waited.

Reese turned her back towards Skylar and flopped herself down on Skylar's bed. Thinking that it was safe to approach her now, Skylar slowly moved towards Reese and sat beside her.

"What about school then?" Reese asked, turning towards Skylar and bringing both of her legs up with her, sitting cross legged. Skylar shrugged.

She took a deep breath as Reese breathed loudly. "I think school will have to wait, Ree." she said in a small voice. Reese dramatically raised an eyebrow as she heard Skylar's answer.

'Stupid answer,' Skylar felt her inner voice mumble to her ear, but she pushed her away. She did not want to deal with her right now, and Reese was more important. She looked back at Reese as she waited for her answer.

"Tell something, Ree," Skylar begged, taking her hands in hers and shaking her. She took it as a good sign when she did not pull her hands away.

"You should have a valid reason for saying that." she said at last. Skylar shrugged, staring at her feet.

"With Elijah Donald still in school, I don't think it's safe for me to step back there once more, Ree," she said. Reese nodded slowly.

"But what about your education?" she asked slowly. Skylar shook her head to the sides.

"There are much more important things now than education, Ree." she said slowly. Reese turned to her, her eyebrows hidden behind her hair. She was looking unbelievably at Skylar.

"Is this you, Sky?" she asked. Skylar took a deep breath inside her and nodded.

"Yes Reree. It's still me." she said looking straight at her eyes. Reese shook her head to the sides as though she was sure that Skylar had gone mad. "I need to fight them, Ree." Skylar started to explain. She took Reese's hand in hers, and looked into her eyes. Reese stared at her. "And to do that, I need more time to learn and to practice." she said and as she said the final word, not breaking her eye contact with Reese, she snapped her fingers and once more the blue flames that she was so proud of, flamed over her fingers. Reese turned towards the dancing blue flames and stared at it. Her eyes were big and Skylar saw the blue flames reflected in her eyes. Reese turned towards Skylar once more, and she saw the old fire that was lost previously from her eyes, shine through them once more. Without realizing herself, Reese found herself smiling with Skylar. Sighing, thinking that the dangerous part of the tsunami had passed, Skylar swirled her hands through the air and the blue flame disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared and she smiled at Reese once more.