Forbidden Halfling

Chapter 5

I make snap second decision. Using telepathy, one of my more recently acquired powers, I send a quick thought to Opal.

*Opal!* I think. *Get me out of here! Something's wrong with my powers!*

*WHOA!!!* Opal's response comes through the telepathic link.

*Don't shout Opal.* I think rubbing my head. 

*BUT YOU'RE TALKING IN MY HEAD!* Opal replies.

*Yes, and you're shouting in mine.* I think, rubbing my temples now.

"Well?" Will says, "What was that?" he continues.

I realise that Opal will probably not be much help, as she seems to be in a state of shock from the telepathoc link. So I take thinhs into my own hands, hoping that Opak will pkay along. The perfect plan comes to mind and I make it seem as if Opals is going off and the loud sound startles Will. 

*Opal!! I need an excuse to get out of here!* I cry through the link. 

Opal luckily plays along, knowing what to do, and pretends to answer her phone. She seems as if she is listening to someone in the other side for a few seconds.

"Oh no!" She suddenly gasps. "That's awful! Georgie's sick." She tells us. "I'll bring Perle right away!" She quickly says into the phone before stuffing it in her bag.

I grab my bag from where Will and I put our bags down. She grabs my arm and drags me way, barely giving me enough time to get a proper hold on it. I stumble after her, my arm still in her iron grasp.

"WAIT!" I hear Will yell from somewhere  behind me as Opal drags me away. 

As soon as we turn the corner, she lets go of my arm. I rub it, wincing, because little Opal can actually grip my arm so hard it hurts. 

"Okay, let's go." I grin, as I pull out my car keys.

A few minutes later we enter my living room. We look at each other an crack up, collapsing on the couch, laughing.

"Did you see his face?" Says Opal gasping for breath.

"I KNOW!!" I cry, as I burst out laughing all over again, "He was so shocked!"

"Ok, let's get homework done," says Opal, a bit more calm now. "Alright," I say taking a deep breath. I go to open my bag and suddenly notice that there is a weird smell around the bag.... I sniff it again, it smells like . . .

"DIRTY GYM SOCKS?" Opal suddenly gasps.

"That's just what I was thinking it smells like," I respond.

"No, look into the bag."

I look and there, lying half in half out of the bag.... Are Will's dirty stinky gym socks.

"CRAP!" I yell, frustrated.

"Wait," says Opal, "so this means that someone else has your bag the, right?"
I nod slowly, realsing that in the rush ... something went wrong.

"Okay ..." Opal started to think. "This means that someone else has your bag and since you have Will's, that means that Will has yours. We can just get it back tomorrow
... wait. Didn't my mom write your address in your bag so if you lost it, whomever found it could return it?"

Slowly, her face morphes into that human look, very commonly associated with the phrase 'Oh sh*t!' As we both stare in horror at the bag, and in the background, the intercom doorbell goes off. The building manager had made us install the intercoms for safety, and as I ran to check it I wished she hadn't. There, standing outside with my bag and all my schoolwork, was Will....

Opal comes up behind me and I hear under her breath "Dammit."

"Change" I yell, "Get into better clothes!!"

"Why?" Opal tells back, all the whole running behind me.

"Because if he is going to interrogate us, we are going to make this fun."

We both run to my room and change at lighting speed, I dress up into a gold miniskirt with white runners, a fluffy white sleeveless blouse, and a gold heart pendant. I use magic to add streaks of blonde to my hair and then tie it into a high side braid only braided halfway around my head.

Opal on the other hand dresses down, she lets her hair out of her usual cheerleader high ponytail, and she grabs a loose violet crop top, and black sweatpants..... We both run back to the intercom as Will presses it for the second time.

"Yes?" I answer through the mic, a little breathless from the speed dressing.

"Perle? You grabbed my bag and I have yours..." he murders, a bit shyly. "So could ya let me in?" he suddenly snaps.

"Fine!" I snap back, startled by his sudden change in tone of voice.

"I'll buzz him in." Sighs Opal from behind me.

I walk to the front hall grabbing Will's bag as I go. Opal presses the lock button, a loud noise emits from the door, and Will walks in. As he sees me his jaw drops.

"What?!?" I say peevishly, although secretly I was weirdly happy.

"N-nothing," Stutters Will, blushing a little.

*OOOOOH!* Laughs Opal through our link, *This just got juicy!* she cackles.

"Here's your bag," I say blushing now too.

"Oh yeah!" He exclaims.

"Do you want to do homework with me?" He asks.

"You and Opal." He corrects.

"Why?" I ask.

"Well I could just ask you about gym insteeaad..." He says.

"Ok! You're doing homework with us!" I say.

"Great!" He replies, "Got any food? I'm starved" he says with a killer smile.

. . . . . . . . . .

By now you probably want some backstory right? Well Will, Opal, Jewel, and I all went to the same school as kids, this was back when Jewel and I were friends. A few years back when we were in Middle school, I actually loved Will, humans would call it "Liking him". One Valentine's Day I decided to confess my feelings, I told Jewel who at the time I was actually closer with than Opal, and she told me I should go ahead with it. I bought chocolates, I stayed up all night stressing over it, and the next day I asked him to meet me after school.

I was about to confess when suddenly Jewel slammed into me sending me and the chocolates flying into the mud. Jewel, completely ignoring me leapt into Will's arms and then started dragging him away. He didn't even look back, I tried calling after him but by then he was too far away. As I watched them I saw Jewel look behind at me smirk then press herself up against Will, and unlike how he would normally act with me, he didn't pull away.....

I ended up collecting the chocolates while sobbing my heart out, and as Opal was sick I ended up walking home crying, then just lying on my bed curled up in a ball. I even called the school and skipped the next few days....

After that whenever I tried to talk to Will, Jewel would magically appear and spirit him away, and after time her new group of friends joined her. Eventually Will and I stopped talking except for the occasional greeting, and then we eventually became rivals.

At first it was friendly, but it soon turned into full out rivalry. It really was meaningless to fight like this, I know, but that never stopped us.

Anyways, enough with the sob story, back to the present.

-S 

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Aaaaaaaaaaaand I'm writing the A/N again oh well. Sandra will probably be writing the next chapter as well because out of the five so far I've written three and she's written two. It'll take a while, I'm sorry. 

This chapter has also been edited thoroughly and I'll go through it a few more time I'm sorry if the story doesn't make much sense right now ...