The Guardians by Ashley Katie

Author:Ashley, Katie [Ashley, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen: ELIJAH

After I got in from the hospital, I’d spent most of the evening pacing the living-room floor. I made so many trips I began to wonder if I might wear a hole in it or even my shoes. Something alarming was happening with Abby. I didn’t know exactly what it was; I just knew she was troubled. The fear in her mind prevented me from gaining an accurate picture. And that frustrated me even more.

Just as her face once again popped into my mind and her pain wrapped tighter around my heart, the phone rang. Rafe grabbed it as he came in the room. “Yeah, just a minute,” I heard him say.

“Hey Jay-Jay, it’s for you.”

“Hello?” I asked, even though I already knew who it was.

“Hey, it’s Abby,” she said, softly. The strain in her voice was evident. “Can you come over? I…I need you.”

“Sure. I’ll be there in a few minutes.”

Rafe stared at me as I hung up the phone. “Is it trouble?”

“Yeah, from the way she sounded and what I can feel of her, it’s something pretty bad,” I replied, hurrying to the door.

I sprinted up the road and was out of breath by the time I reached her house. I had barely rung the doorbell when Abby threw the door open. She looked expectantly at me with red eyes, and I could tell she’d been crying. “Come in,” she said, and then spun around to start up the stairs.

When I stepped into the foyer, I noticed David sitting in the living room watching television.

He called to me before I could escape. “Well Elijah, I didn’t expect to see you tonight. How are you?”

“Good, Mr. Thomas. And you?”

“Good, thanks. Are you and Abby working on something for school?”

I didn’t bother gauging Abby’s expression. “Yeah, she’s going to try sorting out some chemical equations for me,” I said. The moment the lie left my lips I felt the lighting quick admonishment whenever we angels were dishonest.

David laughed. “I feel for you. I almost flunked out of chemistry when I was your age.”

Suddenly Abby appeared my side. She grabbed my hand and yanked me forward. “Well, I guess we better get to work,” I said.

“Good luck.”

For someone so small, Abby’s strength surprised me as she pulled me up the flight of stairs and flung me into her room. She closed and locked the door behind her.

I raised my eyebrows. “Abby, what’s going on?”

Without a word, she shoved me into her bathroom. Once again she closed and locked the door. I couldn’t help noticing how pale she looked under the harsh lights. Dark purple circles jutted under her eyes. “Abby, are you okay?”

She motioned to the bathroom counter where three objects I had never seen before were spread out. I stared quizzically down at them. One had two red lines within an oval, and the two others had the word ‘yes’ spelled out.

“I don’t understand,” I said.

Astonishment flooded her face. “You don’t know what those are?”

I blushed. “No, I don’t.

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