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The lodge's heights are hot indeed. The lodge's heights are hot indeed... What does that even mean? What lodge? Why are the heights hot? And since when does a Clarke make things easy and a Lewis makes things hard? Ugh, maybe the Williamson and Mercer lines will be easier than the Lewis one.
"Ashley?"
I snap out of my Sibuna thoughts, blinking to regain my focus as I look at Jerome beside me. "Uh, sorry. What'd you say?"
"Are you okay?" he asks me bluntly.
"Yeah, fine."
"That's funny, because I don't believe you."
"I didn't expect you to."
Jerome tilts his head at me, sighing as he hands across a soda can to me. Our lunch date is occurring on the stage in the lounge, a kind of indoor picnic, maybe. "Just put the Egyptian mystery stuff out of your head, all right? I had to promise Trudy I'd be on dish duty for the next two weeks for this feast, so I hope you're planning on eating something."
"'Feast,'" I repeat with a raised eyebrow, reaching for the plastic-wrapped peanut butter and fluff sandwich between us. "It takes five minutes to make these. I think Trudy was playing you."
"Don't be ridiculous. Trudy doesn't know how to play me."
"It's the same way everyone plays you. By mentioning me," I tease him. "Just admit it, you're a mess whenever someone mentions my name."
He scoffs. "Please. If anything, I think you're the one who becomes a mess whenever my name is mentioned. 'Cause, remember, when you declared your undying love for me, I think you specifically used the phrase 'blushing mess' about yourself."
"Did I?"
"I'm pretty sure, yeah."
I smile lightly, hitting him on the arm. "So, how goes the play? Still understand nothing?"
"Not a word," Jerome answers with a wide, foolish grin. "And you better tell Eddie I can't keep standing in for Jo's brother. It's getting frustrating trying to recite lines I don't get."
"What exactly don't you understand?"
"Who leaves it open-ended whether or not two people are in a relationship in fiction?"
"Mara and Joy. Look, just let them live, all right?" I suggest. "Mara's had a hard year and Joy's been with her every step of the way. All you have to do is call action and cut."
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Force of Nature ▸ House of Anubis [3]
Fanfiction❝rise in peace.❞ At nearly eighteen years old, Ashley Adams has had a much more complicated life than others her age. Besides the normal issues teenagers face (can anyone say relationship drama?), she and her mystery club called Sibuna have been wi...