Storm

Nine

"Jayla you're not listening to me."Corey says chasing after us.Ali is half dragging and half holding me up.I'm sure by the time we get to the hedge garden I'll be fine.Maybe.

"Oh really now.So has it been a parrot falling me around repeating my name over and over?Jayla!Jayla."I say just as we get to the hedge garden."Oh wait maybe you're the parrot?"Ali sits me down on the bench and I lean my head back."You and your stupid magic."I mumble."I already apologized.And technically I did do it in self defense.You tried to electrocute me."He says sitting on the bench across from me.I give him a nasty glare and say"Says the parrot who was following me in the first place."I'm still waiting for Ali's crafty little plan to come into play but it's not going to work if I still can't walk.

After a few minutes I slowly stand and look over to Ali who's in the entrance of the hedge maze.I nod to her and then we both take off.I reach the hedge maze before Corey can even react.I quickly catch up to Ali before she can make any wrong turns.I take the lead and run to the secret exit I made,not the normal exit.I move the plank of wood for Ali to go through and then I crawl through.Hopefully Corey would've exited the hedge garden and then gone around it to the exit of the maze thinking we would come through there.This is a day when I'm thankful for little girl Jayla.

"Where are we gonna go?!He knows where we live!"Ali whispers to me as we speed down the sidewalk."Um.To the shops.We'll just stay with Merida the rest of the day."I whisper back.Ali stops which makes me stop."And what then Jayla?what about the rest of the week?rest of the year?rest of our life?You know he,well all of them really,won't stop bugging us.Never"I sigh and sit down in the grass.We had ended up stopping in front of a small park.

"I don't know Ali."I say and fully lay down in the grass.She comes and sits next to me.Why does she have to be such a smart and wise eleven year old?I sit up and say"I don't know but I swear if any of them come to our house again,or anywhere near us really,I'll make them wish they listened to me the first time."She smiles at me and then we both stand up.

We end up deciding to go home first to leave Leo there and then we go to the shops.The shops is this outdoor place where there are loads of people selling stuff in stands and little shops.its filled with color and all different kinds of stuff.Merida was lucky enough to get her own shop.Its the third biggest one to be exact.She normally has around 25-30 paintings in her shop but when we get to hers we see there's only around 10.

"Knock knock."I say and Merida turns towards me."Girls!What are you doing here?"She says cheerfully."We were bored at home.And how come you only have this many paintings?"Ali asks.She smiles big and wide."Seems people love my art."She says."Of course they do."I say.I walk over to where she is sitting and I sit down in the chair next to her.I'm glancing around her shop when I look over at the list she has of people who have bought her art.I spot the name right away out of all of the names and my heart stops.Right there is written Grace Dell.The Grancer minister.