Crossover II Evalius

Chapter 23 Friends Again... Or Not

Chapter 23

Friends Again… Or Not

    “So do you think Aria will forgive me for the way I’ve been acting?” Vanessa asked Walter, while still in the waiting room.

    Walter smiled. “Of course she will. It is Aria after all. She did forgive Kendal so that’s a good sign for you.”

    “Oh right, Kendal,” Vanessa grumbled, staring down at the ground. “Does this mean that I’ll have to try to be friends with her too?”

    “It would make it slightly less complicated for Aria,” Walter pointed out. “Besides, don’t you miss being friends with Kendal, even a little?”

    “Why would I miss her? She may have been a little nicer in middle school but she was always manipulative and had this way of getting me to do things I don’t want to do. Like in eighth grade, she convinced me cheerleading would be fun. It turned out to be the worst experience of my life. I swear, every single practice all the girls on the squad would do is bicker over who’s in charge, who is flyer and who is who, and even stupid things like how we should where are hair to the games. But Kendal thought it would be something fun for us to do together.” Vanessa paused to let out a heavy breath. “Okay fine. I miss her a little. I’ll try to be friends with her, but she’s going to have to try too. If I’m the only making the effort then it just won’t work.”

    “I’m sure she will,” Walter consoled. “I think she misses you too.”

    Vanessa raised her eyebrow. “Did she say that?”

    “Not in so many words, or any, but I could tell she was glad to be friends with Aria again.”

    “She’s just lucky Aria can forgive just about anyone no matter what they do to her,” Vanessa pointed out.

    Walter pondered this. “I don’t know if that’s entirely true.”

    “What do you mean?”

    “I was just thinking of Edmund,” Walter explained. “I don’t think I have ever seen Aria look at someone so darkly. What did he do that was so terrible even Aria can’t get past it?”

    Vanessa sighed unsure how to answer this. She desperately wished she could tell him the truth but Walter got onto her for believing in superstitions and astrology. If she told him Edmund came from a fairy tale world first to try to kill Aria and now Kendal, he would think she had gone completely insane. Vanessa tried to think of something so that she could at least help Aria.

    “It’s a really long story,” Vanessa finally said. “All I can tell you is that Edmund is dangerous and he is now after Kendal. He wants to hurt her and if Aria gets involved she could get hurt too.” She then turned to face him, pleading, “Walter, just in case I can’t get Aria to listen to me will you please talk to her and try to convince her to stay out of it?”

    “Is he really that dangerous?” Walter asked, concerned.

    “Yes,” Vanessa continued, urgently. “But he’s not after Aria anymore so there is no reason for her to be involved.”

    Walter looked at her, his expression mixed of curiosity and uneasiness, but responded, “I’ll try and talk to her but I think we both know Aria better than that.”

    Vanessa let out another heavy breath, this time containing more frustration. If talking Aria out of this would not work then she would just have to think of another solution to this disaster.

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    “I don’t get it Aria. Why don’t you want me to go out with Edmund tonight?” Kendal asked, as the two girls walked down the hall heading to English. “He said he had something special planned for my birthday.”