Negative Zero: Soldier of Light Chronicles Book 1 by Ireland Gill

Author:Ireland Gill [Gill, Ireland]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-19T05:00:00+00:00

11

Curtains

I woke up to the loud ringing of my cell phone. After the time with Hayden thus far, I'd completely forgotten about the outside world and the fact that there were living people in it. I jumped out of bed and scrambled through the pockets of my coat that was lying on the floor. I finally found the phone in one of the inside pockets and checked the screen flashing the battery warning along with the caller ID. It was Joel.

“Omigod, Hayden! Wake up! Wake up!” I ran into the other bedroom and shoved the sleeping angel. My hands were batting through the air. I saw his eyes flip open widely as he sat up in the bed with bullet speed.

“Evika, what's wrong?!” He was looking at me, darting out of bed and standing there in only a pair of flannel pajama pants. Holy angel. He is so hot.

“It's Joel!” I waved the phone in his face frantically. “Shit! What do I say?”

He stopped in his tracks and blew out a heavy breath. “For cryin' out loud, Evika. I thought something was wrong, and it's just a damn phone call?”

“Hayden, I need to talk to him. He's my best friend!” I was angry that he didn't see this as the emergency that I perceived it.

He went back to the bed to lie down again. The phone was still ringing loudly.

“Hayden, help me!” I yelled at him.

“Well, you obviously can't tell him the whole truth, Evika. It's too dangerous, and it's against the rules. You'll have to get creative.”

“Oh, for cripe's sake, you jerkball! That's why I need you!” I kept yelling over the obnoxious ringing of the phone. “How do I explain all of this stuff to him? I am moving to Georgia, I have a new friend, I quit my job, and I have lots of money now out of the blue. I don't wanna lie to him, but I don't want him to have to know the truth and constantly worry either.”

The phone went silent after my long-winded explanation. Putting his hands behind his head, Hayden looked at me blankly.

“Just great,” I threw my hands into the air. “Hayden, I really need to figure out how to keep Joel in my life. He's my best friend and he'll want to know what's been going on, and he'll especially demand to know where you came from. How is this going to work? And don't tell me that I have to avoid him, 'cause I won't do it!” I glared at him.

Hayden looked at me intensely. “Okay, first of all, I never, ever told you that you would have to avoid Joel. In fact, we've never even had this conversation yet. Second, you are a master at analogies. You don't have to lie...technically. You can just come up with something relative to what is really going on.”

“Like what?” I said, exasperatedly.

“Like comparing it to a reality he would understand. Me, for instance. I could be your new roommate that you finally interviewed and accepted.

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