A Tail Between 2 Lovers (H.S.)

Chapter. 3

Huffing, I push myself up off the ground and dust the sand from my shorts.

I look down at my hand, examining my grandmother's ring.

Why did Harry run off like that? He seemed pretty spooked when he saw the shining piece of jewelry.

Before my grandmother died she had told me that the ring was very special. Initially I just thought she meant that it had a lot of value...it is quite old.

Maybe he got it confused with another ring?

I start to head back towards the party in hopes of finding one of the twins. It's late and I just want to go home at this point.

Once again I have failed at making friends and have avoided socializing unless you count my small, very awkward talk with Harry.

Though I can't really consider him a friend, maybe he could be? He had seemed to be trying to open up a little bit and he did say I was the first person who he had every really talked to more than once.

Our conversation didn't exactly end with a friendly "see you later." It was more of a lack of goodbye and the quick moving of feet so I won't get my hopes up too much.

"Elina, hey!" I see a tipsy Kanen jog not-so-gracefully toward me, maintaining a large smile despite his frequent stumbles.

I sigh, "Kanen, I think we should head out. You're obviously drunk and I'm suddenly not feeling well. Where's your sister?"

He slings an arm around my shoulder and giggles, "Awe come on Ellie, you're tired already? I'm not that drunk." He burps. Ew. "I'm feeling great!"

I roll my eyes, "You're definitely drunk. We're going home buddy, let's go find Maria."

At that moment a girly squeal came from behind us.

We turned to see Maria and Andrew, both of them obviously more than tipsy, giggling and stumbling towards us.

"Hey, guys! Some party, huh?" She yells much too loudly for our close proximity. I can already feel the stares of other nearby people. I have to get out of here.

"Maria, I think it's best if we go home now. It's getting late." I try to convince her.

"But whyyy?" She whines, "I'm having so much fun!" She stumbles again and falls into my arms, starting another fit of giggles. It's definitely time to go home.

Despite their protest, I dragged the dazed and drunken twins back to the jeep.

After getting them situated in the back seat, I took the keys from Kanen's pocket and magically found my way back to the house.

With a fair amount of effort, I got the twins into bed, both of them quickly passing out.

Walking into my room, I let out a huge sigh.

This is how high school parties always ended up. I never dared go to them, but I would always have to be the one that would have to pick up Maria and Kanen when they were too drunk to drive themselves.

I've always been the babysitter. The hermit. The recluse.

Tonight was no different except for one significant factor. Harry.

Thoughts of the strange boy circle my mind.

Why did he run off like that? What was his real reason for moving here? Will I ever get to talk to him again?

The last question flipped over and over in my mind. It shocks me how much I genuinely want to talk to him.

It also shocks me how much I worry that he's just going to disappear like he never existed.

I took off my grandmother's ring and flip it over in my hand, examining it.

My mother once told me that my grandmother used to say that the ring was made out of moonstone, a rare ore that was said to have special properties.

She also told me that the crystal in the center was meant to represent the moon itself.

I always thought that it was a beautiful ring, but I never really thought much about its origin.

Maybe there is more to this tiny heirloom than I originally thought.

As my eyes started to droop, I thought about Harry again. For some unexplainable reason, I want to know more about him.

I want to know where he came from, why he's here, and why he won't swim anymore. I intend to find out.

That night I drifted to sleep with dreams of the sea that was raging inside a pair of emerald eyes.
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/////hello all! Okay, first of all I just want to say I'M SO SORRY!! I know I've been gone for a really really long time and I know y'all have been wanting an update. I've just been really busy with a lot of things over the past months and I haven't had much motivation to write until now! So hopefully I can start updating on a more frequent basis again. On another note, THANK YOU! I'm so happy with the amount of reads/votes that both of my stories are getting. You guys are awesome:)
I hope you all like this chapter, I know it's a little boring but it has some important factors in it. Thanks for reading!! \\\\\