Demon of the Skies [Book 1]

Converging

Chapter Quote:
"Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget."
~G. Randolf
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Chapter 29: Converging

Cipher

The next morning...

"You two got everything?" I asked, glancing at the suitcases in my living room. Elizabeth and Genette brought out their backpacks, setting them down on the couch.

"Looks like it," my niece responded. She started walking around them but tripped over her feet and fell into the suitcases, knocking them all down.

I rushed over to her. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm good." Elizabeth stood up hastily. "All good."

I watched her turn around and walk straight into Genette, nearly knocking him over. He glowered at his sister and snapped, "First, you nearly broke my laptop this morning, then you had to have me kill a spider in your room, then you knocked over the suitcases, and now, you nearly knocked me over. Is there anything you're actually capable of doing today?"

Elizabeth narrowed her eyes at him. "Yeah, putting up with you."

"What's going on?" Chopper inquired, entering the living room with his own luggage.

"Genette's being an ass."

My nephew rolled his eyes. "Because Elizabeth's being a klutz."

"So nothing new then?" Chopper laughed, earning a hard slap on the arm by my niece. "Ow!"

"You deserved that," Melissa said, coming into the room.

"You don't know that!"

"Yes, I do. You always deserve it."

"I do not!"

"Do too!"

"That's enough," Mrs. Davenport interrupted, glaring at her two kids. They stuck their tongues out at each other but said nothing more. "Jason, thank you so much for letting us stay here last night. You really saved us."

"It was no absolutely no problem. I'm always happy to help friends of Genette and Elizabeth. You sure you don't need a ride to the rental car station?"

"No, we're good. They're paying for a cab to pick us up." She turned to my niece and nephew. "It was so good to see you both!"

"You too!" Elizabeth replied cheerfully. "Chopper, I'll see you back at school?"

"Yeah. When do you fly back?"

"January first. Morning flight. I think it's at nine."

"Oh, sweet! You and I have the same flight then."

"Awesome! I'll see you then."

More goodbyes were exchanged, and then we all sat on the couch, waiting for my sister and her husband to arrive. Genette and Elizabeth didn't look happy to be leaving, but I knew once they were back home and back at school, they'd be fine.