A Way (The Voyagers Book 1) by Tara Lutz

Author:Tara Lutz
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-04-19T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

She dreamt about him again that night. The boy with the dark hair, always walking ten steps in front of her. She would try to catch up, her outstretched hand reaching to touch his, so she could get his attention. If she could just see his eyes. It was always the same. The more she tried to reach him, the farther away he would get; until he disappeared and she was left spinning in circles, trying to see where he went. Jessie woke up consumed in sadness; the dream floated away with the sleep she blinked from her eyes. She was startled to bring something back from this one that she hadn’t before. She reached for the notebook she kept on the table, beside her bed, and wrote the name that had whispered off her lips before she woke up. She read it out loud.

“Dex.”

The name sent an unidentified sensation down her spine. She laid back on her pillow, searching her thoughts for something that was not close enough for her to get a hold on, like the boy in her reoccurring dream. Her eyes opened again when she heard a light knock on her bedroom door and it cracked open.

“Time to get up sleepy head,” her mother urged. “You won’t have time for breakfast before school if you don’t hurry.”

Jessie didn’t have to be reminded that her mother thought breakfast was the most important meal of the day; one that she would gladly skip for an extra minute of sleep.

Remembering what day it was, Jessie asked, “Is it ok if I look through your jewelry box before I leave? I need something that goes with my new top, to wear to the dance tonight.”

A quick look, of what Jessie perceived to be fear, crossed her mother’s delicate features. It was the same look she had seen the day before, when she made Jessie promise not to swim to the island.

“Sure,” she answered, a smile erasing the look. She was gone before Jessie could ask if anything was wrong.

Jessie closed the notebook that was still open on her lap. The dream evaporated, like dew in the morning sun.

*******

“What’s that?” Becky asked. “I’ve never noticed you wear that before.” She motioned towards the necklace hanging around Jessie’s neck. Jessie moved her hand up and lightly touched it.

“I found it with my mom’s jewelry this morning. She said I could look for something to wear to the dance tonight.” She brought her chin in tight and looked down to see it. “It’s pretty, right? I like the color.”

“Sure,” Becky shrugged. “Come on, we’re going to be late for class.”

It amused Jessie that Becky was the one reminding her that class was about to start, when she was the reason they were late most of the time. Jessie let the necklace settle back into the hollow between her collar bones, grabbed the books she would need for that morning’s classes, and shut her locker door.

“So ‘Will 2’ told my Will that tonight is going to be, like, a date for you guys.

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