I open my eyes. I look at the clock. 2:30 PM. I jolt up and just as I do the doorbell rings.
I hear my mom answer the door. "Daemon! You're home. It's nice to see you, again. I won't keep you waiting with needless chatter. Ella's upstairs, in her room." I hear the door close.
I hear footsteps on the stairs. I know I look a mess but I won't bother. Daemon won't care. He appears in the doorway and I smile.
I start to stand but he says, "No, no. I'll come to you." He sits down on my bed and hugs me. I pull away.
"When did you become such a gentleman?" I smile.
"I'll tell you later."
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When I'm dressed I tell my mom I'm leaving. Daemon takes my hand and leads me out the door and to his car. He opens the passenger side door and I get in. I buckle my seat belt and he drives away.
I have no idea where we're going but I enjoy the ride. We're silent the whole way there. The windows are down and my hair is whipping around my face. I close my eyes and breathe in the warm summer air.
I feel the wind slow, then the car stop. I unbuckle myself and my door opens.
We're in the clearing in my dreams. I stand there gaping. I didn't know it was real. I run to the center of the clearing, like a little child, and spin round and round, looking at the sky. I finally get so dizzy that I can't spin anymore. I laugh and fall down.
I see Daemon with a blanket and a basket, at the edge of the clearing, smiling at me. I wave him over and he sets the blanket down next to me. The world is still spinning but I roll over onto the blanket anyway. Daemon smiles again and I notice he hasn't said a word since we left, but then again, neither have I.
"Is something wrong?" I ask, because I get the feeling that even if I had said a word he still wouldn't.
"No." He looks away.
I take his face in my hands. "Tell me." He takes my wrist and gently pulls them to his chest. Then he wraps me in a hug. He rests his cheek on my head and says, "I'm just stressed, that's all."
"About what?"
"You," he answers simply.
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Deadly Magic
FantasyElla is a Faerie and the boy she's always loved is her perfect match. But when multiple challenges get in the way of being together will they make it through. It's up to Ella whether they make it or not. But will she choose the right choices or will...
