Earth/Sky (Earth/Sky Trilogy) by Hunter Macaulay C

Author:Hunter, Macaulay C. [Hunter, Macaulay C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-08-23T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine: The Family

A good week passed at school, everyone shocked that I was with Adriel. As he had turned down every request for a date until now, and Kishi hadn’t dated in all of her time at the school, this was an unprecedented event that was gossiped about from end to end of campus. In fifth period one day, Kitts stopped hunting and pecking to lean over and whisper, “Okay, you did the impossible with Adriel. Tell me your secret so I can land Zakia.”

There wasn’t a secret, and I had no idea how one would go about winning a date with Zakia Cooper. He was going back and forth outside the window while we typed, and I wondered about his broken strand in the tapestry. That had been the most lucid dream of my life and I felt the truth of it. Maybe it was due to sleeping with the feather under my hand. I had done the same on subsequent nights, the feather slowly turning dull and regular, but I never had a dream as vivid as that again. I didn’t mention my little experiment to Adriel, not wanting him to tell me that the first dream was meaningless when it had been so amazing.

Now it was Saturday. The weekend was promising to be beautiful, the sun so bright that it managed to penetrate even shadowy Spooner. I lazed about through the morning, alone in the house since Grandpa Jack was covering for someone who fell sick at work. He often just walked over, the post office not even half a mile away, but today he took the mail truck since it was an emergency.

I ate a leisurely breakfast and fought with the Internet for hours, having to pull the curtains behind the love seat since the sunlight was coming in so strongly through the window. The phone rang not a minute after I gave up on a music video in the early afternoon. I picked it up, hoping desperately that Nash had gotten the message. A thrill went through me to hear Adriel’s voice. “Hey, Jessa?”

Sitting up straight, I said, “Hello!”

“Would you like to come over for the afternoon?”

My heart both dropped and soared at the exact same moment. “Yes, I would love to, but my grandfather has my mail truck.”

“That’s not a problem. I’ll pick you up. Is half an hour okay?”

“Make it an hour?” I asked, wanting to shower first. He agreed and I hung up. Then I charged up the stairs, setting off the disco fish and almost slipping in the bathroom. Once washed and dressed, I ran downstairs to write a note to my grandfather. Adriel pulled up just as I slapped the note to the refrigerator under a fish magnet.

He dressed nicely even on a weekend, in pressed jeans and a button-down shirt. As I got into the car, I said, “It’s still my first thought. Text my grandfather and tell him where I’m going. Then I remember that I can’t text, and my second thought is to call him on my cell.

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