Ghost

Chapter 18

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CHAPTER 18

Gems? What kind of a name was that?

I smiled back at Gems as she held her arm out in front of me.

"Well?" She asked, nodding her head towards her hand expectantly.

"Oh, right." My cheeks felt hot as I put my hand out and shook hers. I noticed, though, that as soon as my hand made contact with her skin, she was freezing cold.

Just like Harry.

I immediately pulled my hand back as Harry strolled up to us.

"What's the hold up here?" He spat, glaring at a beaming Gems.

But Gems just put a hand on his shoulder. "We're just greeting each other, Harry. Calm down."

"Yeah, I'll calm down when we're inside." He didn't give Gems or I any time to react as he quickly pushed us through the front door and into the dimly lit cottage.

I looked around the room I was in while Harry tightly locked the front door behind me. I could make out a few chairs, a couch, a table, and a large brick fireplace, meaning I was in some sort of living room.

"What is this place?" I whispered to myself as I heard Harry's footsteps clamp past me once the door was locked tight.

"Your temporary safe house." Gems answered from afar, and I could just hear the smile in her voice.

"Yeah, but like, what is it?"

"A camouflaged cottage." I could see Gems clearly now, walking towards me with a small candle cupped in her hands for light. She did have a small smile on her face; I was right.

"Is it yours?" I asked as she stopped right in front of me.

She shook her head. "No. My brother's."

"Who's your brother?"

Her smile widened as she began to laugh, freeing a hand from her tight grip on the candle in order to cover her mouth.

Why was she laughing?

"What's so funny?" I demanded, crossing my eyebrows at her.

She sighed and returned her hand to the candle. "Harry's my brother. Did. . . did you not know that?" She smirked.

I had to look away from her for a minute and let this knew information process in my small, already confused brain.

Gems was Harry's sister? The one he told me about back at my house a few months ago? I mean. . . it would make sense if that were the case. They do have some things in common; like their features, their accents, and even their personalities in some ways.

"No, but I can see it now." I answered her stupidly with a small smile, and she playfully rolled her eyes.

"What can you see?" Harry was by my side in an instant, making me jump a little. He wrapped his arm protectively around my waist, making me blush ever so slightly.

I turned my head to look at him. "You."

"What about me?"

"You're her brother." I pointed to Gems.

"Ah, just now figuring that out, are we?" He smirked at me and I playfully punched him lightly in the shoulder.

Gems then cleared her throat awkwardly and I turned to look at her, Harry keeping his eyes on me. "Take this, Charley." She said, handing me the flaming candle in her hands.