Don't Mess With Time

Chapter Sixteen

Axel was incredibly excited to get his finger glow unlocked.

He'd been waiting for this for years.

But nobody, NOBODY, was more excited for this than Serenity.

She was the only one that hadn't gotten her special talent and she was itching to find it, especially since she was supposed to start school right when they got back to the present.

She knew her mother was really good at spells and was excited.

Maybe she could show off.

Catch someone's attention.

If she was, theoretically, interested in that kind of thing.

~

Amber was going insane.

She just couldn't get Theresa out of her mind.

She would just be doing something and then the Ever just popped into her brain.

It was annoying and frustrating.

And it didn't help that she somehow found herself excited to go to Surviving Fairytales.

She tried to tell herself that it was because she wanted her finger glow unlocked.

Of course a part of herself said that wasn't completely true.

But since when had she, or anyone in this school, listened to that part of herself that rang true?

The answer? Never.

And so she tried her best to pay attention to everything that Hester and Anadil did.

And definitely didn't notice when Theresa threw her head back and laughed (especially not when Amber made her laugh. Definitely not).

Or when she smiled (usually when she smirked at her own joke...)

Or when she leaned over Amber's shoulder and pointed at something.

Or when she just... breathed.

Amber definitely didn't pay attention to anything Theresa did.

And Amber didn't think about how pretty Theresa was, with the way her fluffy blond hair curled just at the base of her cheek that accented her tan skin...

"Amber-"

"What?!"

Dede raised an eyebrow and stared at Amber.

"What were you thinking about?"

Amber swallowed uncomfortably.

"Nothing."

Dede raised an eyebrow and then glanced at Hilda.

She was slightly preoccupied by the thought of a certain gray-eyed, blond haired Ever.

An Ever with sweet smiles and kind eyes.

Dede stared at the twins.

Something was going on with them. Both of them.

What could it possibly be?

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Nathan has thoughts of Serenity.

Her playful smirk and kind thoughts.

The way her fluffy hair, which greatly resembled Theresa's, which was not surprising as they were cousins, gently curled and hung on her shoulders...

Nathan had a crush and it didn't seem like it was going away anytime soon.

Her emerald green eyes and vivacious yearning for  knowledge..