Dreams - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 <><><><><> I find her talking to Matt and decide to drop the shyness. I run over and hug her from behind. My best friend pulls me off and turns around. “Hi Emi.” “Jackie…” “What,” I ask, grinning. “Why did you just do that?” I shrug, “because I wanted to?” Emily smirks, “I taught you well.” Matt coughs, “Why?” “Why what,” I ask. He stares at me as if I’m insane. “I think Emily rubbed off on you, Jackie…” I shrug, “Maybe. I think I rubbed off on her. She -as far as I know- hasn’t been doing as risky things as she did in our first year.” I give her a look. We both know what I’m talking about. The whole reason Matt, Havi, and Teddy are in our era is because she decided to mess with a time turner. Emily smirks, she points to Matt, “As far as you know, no…” She points to me, “As far as you know, definitely not,” she grins, “as far as I know, h3ck yeah!” I stare at her, “Emily. Lilly. Riddle. What do you mean, h3a- What have you done?!” “Oh…. Nothing you need to know about,” my Slytherin best friend says, then grabbing Matt by the hand and dragging him away. I wonder if I should follow and question her, but then veto that decision and decide to go back to my running between Logan and Teddy. <><><><> After about five or so rounds, the ball’s almost over. I lean against a wall, panting a bit. (Why did I think this was a good idea, again? Ugh, I should have listened to my sisters.) I then watch Teddy, Logan, and Matt meet up in a corner and talk. I close my eyes for two seconds when I hear both the boys come over. My breath quickens and I open my eyes, to see the both of them on opposite sides of me… Again. (Oh shoot.) “Hey Jackie?” Teddy says. Logan just stands there, which doesn’t help. “Yeah-?” I answer shakily. “Could you clear something up for us?” Logan nods, agreeing with Teddy. I just bite my lower lip, waiting. Finally, Logan says, “We just want to know something…” “What is it-?” My brain goes to last year, where I frightened both of them, which then resulted in a lecture from the boys that went for about half an hour. I do not want to deal with that again. “Who are you here with,” Teddy asks. My breath comes quickly and my brain goes to a million different ways this could end badly. “W-w-well….” “Jacks?” Teddy’s expression softens a bit with my stutter. I continue to fumble for an answer. Logan looks like he has literal question marks over his head. (Shoot. Shootshootshootshoot. What do I say?) “I…” The boys watch. I continue fumbling. Until Logan just comes forward and hugs me, followed by Teddy. I tense slightly. “It’s okay…” I hear Logan mumble. We stayed like this for a few moments until they let me go. I fix my glasses, which got knocked around a tad bit. Logan looks down, with his hands behind his back. Teddy clears his throat. “Well… Uh… If you want, we can go for a bit… Give you a bit of space, you know?” I slightly nod and the two walk away. I groan quietly to myself and walk out, for a bit of fresh air.