White Is for Magic by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Author:Laurie Faria Stolarz [Stolarz, Laurie Faria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-17T09:23:16+00:00

I hate asking her to lie for me. But I'd hate it more if Chad and I got into another fight.

twenty-four

I arrive at the library at promptly 7:45--enough time to get settled, have him see that I am indeed by myself, and, most importantly, to run through the list of questions in my head so I don't leave any out. I'm hoping this won't take too long since I'm still supposed to be meeting Chad at nine back at the dorm. But just in case, I've stocked Drea up with more of my lies. If Chad arrives to pick me up before I get back,

she's going to tell him that I'm finishing up a last-minute group project in the library and will be back ASAP.

I close the study room door behind me and take a seat at the table to wait. The crystal cluster rock rests in my pocket. I take it out and focus on the broken edges, now healed over with smooth slabs of glasslike crystal. I wonder how long the healing process took and what inspired the transformation, why it didn't instead break up into a million tiny fragments.

After several minutes; of waiting, I find myself rapping my fingertips against the smooth mahogany tabletop, just staring at the blank white wall in front of me, at a pair of houseflies lingering there. I imagine them as Amber and Drea--the two doing everything they can, including self- mutating spells, to make sure I'm not alone.

I smile at the thought and then peek at my watch. It's 8:07, my cue to leave. I stuff the crystal back into my pocket and get up from the table. That's when the doorknob twists open and he comes in. He closes the door behind him and just stands there, staring right at me, those slate-blue eyes even more lucid under the fluorescent lights.

"You're late," I manage. "I was just gonna go."

"I got caught up in some stuff," he says, looking toward the table. "Do you want to sit?"

We take our seats across from one another. "So?" I say. "What's all this about?"

"You," he says.

"Me?"

He nods.

"What about me?"

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