Snow Angel

❄️》11 - The Shed《❄️

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Briar Rose's POV

I'm reading up in the loft. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It's like my 5th time reading it, but there are so many cool things about the book that aren't in the other books I have read. I mean Alice and Wonderland is so magical, but I can relate to Charlie. He is like the Covey. We don't live well but we are all happy where we are.

I look down over the edge of the loft and I see everyone getting ready to go to the Hob. I'm not sure how to feel about going today. It has been more crowded in the Hob than usual and it makes me feel squished and sometimes people touch me accidentally and it is the worst feeling in the world, but also there are tons of peacekeepers around and it makes me scared. What if I see Andrew here? What if Lucy Gray or Cassie or Sejanus can't protect me like last time? What if it happens again and this time no one comes to help me. There's a lot more what ifs but I try not to think of them because then I will start to cry and I don't want that before we actually go to the Hob. Then Lucy Gray might make me stay home and I don't want to do that. I want to see them perform. It's always so exhilarating and everyone looks happy. Not just the Covey, but the people in the audience and Cassie looks more happy because she gets to be around Sejanus. I wish they could see each other more. She seems to miss him a lot during the week. I don't blame her. When Lucy Gray was away she was all I would think about when she was gone.

I keep reading my book until out of my peripheral vision I see someone come up the ladder and sit next to me. I look up from my book and I see Cassie next to me and I smile at her a bit. "Are you reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory again?" Cassie asks me and I nod my head.

"How many times now? Like 4?" Cassie asks me and I smile a bit at her

"5," I say to her and I see the look of surprise on her face. I can read super fast. I don't know why, but I can.

"You can read super fast." Cassie says and I laugh a bit

"I didn't know that there was a certain pace for reading." I say to Cassie, still laughing at what she said. Cassie chuckles a bit and pokes my ribs. I squirm away from her and I laugh even more. She reaches over and pulls me closer to herself and she starts to tickle my sides. I keep laughing. I keep feeling that tingling feeling when she touches me and I keep laughing. I keep laughing until I feel like I can't breathe because I am laughing so much.

"What is happening up there you two?" Lucy Gray asks and Cassie keeps tickling me

"The tickle monster is just making an appearance." Cassie says and she keeps tickling me

"Ok, well if the tickle monster could tell Briar Rose and Cassie that it is time to go, that would be appreciated." Lucy Gray says and Cassie stops tickling me. I start to catch my breath after feeling like I couldn't breathe for a little bit.

"You're gonna get payback for that." I say to Cassie, smiling widely while standing up and grabbing Cuppy and my book. I climb down the ladder Cassie not far behind me. I put on my shoes waiting for everyone to be ready to go. We all walk together down the dirt roads to the Hob. It's not that long of a walk, but I always feel bad for Barb Azure because she has to carry her huge bass across town to get to the Hob.

I skip alongside Lucy Gray for a bit before I go back and skip alongside Cassie. "You excited to see Sejanus?" I ask Cassie with a smirk on my face waiting for her cheeks to turn pink from blushing, and just as I predicted her cheeks turn pink and she chuckles nervously.

"Yes, I am." Cassie says, smiling down at me, her cheeks starting to turn a lighter shade of pink. I keep skipping beside her until we get to the warehouse where everyone gets ready to perform. I go sit by Lucy Gray on the desk she always sits on to tune her guitar. I wonder where Coriolanus and Sejanus are. Last week they came in before the show to talk to people. I wonder if something happened or something. I don't really care though one less interaction with Coriolanus for me. I can't wait until he leaves and then he will leave us alone and everything will go back to normal. I don't want it to fully go back to normal because I want Cassie to stay. She's nice and she helps us a lot.