Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Cuddle by S. Frasher

Author:S. Frasher [Frasher, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“I feel like it’s unsettling how much you know about this place.” Milo teased, dodging an ancient cobweb with precision agility.

“I found an old blueprint in one of the books I read before we joined forces.” The History of Gabalter to be exact.

“Joined forces?” He snorted sarcastically, but the smile on his face was sincere. “You make it sound so sinister.”

An overly feminine giggle escaped my lips. I opened my mouth to speak but was interrupted by the growling of my own stomach. My face flashed hot with embarrassment as I watched Milo’s eyes widen with amusement.

“Was that your stomach?” His mouth twisted in a lopsided grin, far too amused for my liking.

“No, I have a gremlin in my pocket.” I snarled. “Of course it was my stomach. What kind of daft question is that?” I scurried past him, catching a delicious waft of his peppermint aroma as I passed by.

His long legs allowed him to quickly catch up to me, gifting me the ability to see that his cock-eyed grin was still prominent on his face. “Didn’t we have dinner, say…” He looked down at his watch, an ancient hand-wound thing that looked far too big for his wrist. “Three hours ago?” His wire-framed glasses slipped down on his freckled nose only to be pushed up a second later by one of his fingers.

“Dinner was served, I did not eat.” I failed to point out that he, too, had skipped dinner, as well as potions class. Nor did I mention that I had spent an embarrassing amount of time scanning the room for him and was disappointed when he never showed. “Neither did you, by the way.”

“I ate.” He looked at me like I was crazy.

“You never came to the dining hall! I know this because-” I halted my speech, heat rising in my face once again as I realized I had basically admitted to looking for him. I prayed he wouldn’t say anything, but these prayers went unanswered.

“Evangeline Crawley,” He gasped playfully. “Were you looking for me?” His grin was nearly unbearably jovial, an uncommon occurrence on his face.

“No.” I decided to deflect. “Where is that door?” I rushed my footsteps again, hoping to outwalk his amused questioning. To no avail.

“Evie, did you miss me today?” His shoulder bumped gently into mine in a jestful action.

Again, I deflected. “How did you eat if you didn’t come to dinner?”

“I have my ways.” He shrugged, hands slipping casually into his sweatpant pockets as he did so. “Why didn’t you eat? Please tell me it isn’t for some frivolous reason like wanting to be thinner for the ball, because I can assure you that you look great.” Suddenly it was like my spit was ultra-thick as I gulped down his praise. Did that mean what I thought it meant? I bit my lip to hide my smile, though the pleased chuff he gave made me think he saw it.

“If you must know, I didn’t like what they served in the dining hall tonight.

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