~Genre: Fiction, fantasy~
14
    Zaria
    “It’s a crystal, it’s a crystal, it’s a crystal, it’s a freaking glowing crystal!” Edith shouted staring at it with horrific fascination.
     “Should we keep it?” Iris asked, poking the thing hesitantly.
    Stilere glared at her. “Yes we should, this is what we’ve been looking for.”
    “What exactly is it?” Alex asked. “And why are we looking for it?”
    Stilere shrugged. “Well, for one I don’t think it’s a crystal, or a diamond, I think it’s just stone.”
    “A stone?!” Terry laughed. “How can stones glow?!”
    “How can a book create a deadly storm?!” Stilere shot back, and Terry scowled.
    “Glowing stone or not, it’s still not safe.” She sinabi defiantly.
    “And what are you gonna do with it?” Stilere asked. “Throw it back in the ocean, paghahanap it up, and look for it again! A waste of time!”
    “How about…” Alex started. “We keep it somewhere safe, paghahanap it, and then we explore.”
    “Uh, excuse me?” Iris said, raising her hand for our attention. “The last time we explored something we ended creating a deadly storm and gaining unwanted attention.”
    Alex shrugged. “It’s worth a try.”
    Iris shook her head at him. “No way, I am not going to explore a glowing stone! It’s glowing Alex! It must isingkaw some kind of power!”
    “We just need to be careful,” I say quietly, eyeing the stone.
    Edith nodded. “Careful is the way I’m going to go. Were going to approach this thing cautiously and take one step at a time, not jump into it. Right?”    
    The boys seemed annoyed that the girl who always overreacted was telling them what to do, they shrugged with short whatever’s, while us mature people just nodded.
    “Right,” Brooklyn said. “Now let’s get out of here.”
    “I agree,” Terry said, all of us nodding in agreement.
                
    “And here is your note, my mom made them for all of us. She also told your parents, remember the story was we skipped school yesterday to make sure Stilere was okay, and when she started hyperventilating we took her to the hospital.” Iris reminded me, handing me a note.
    I had to say, I was a bit miffed that she told her mom, which she really lied to her mom about why we didn’t go to school, but now her mom told my mom, and when I get tahanan today she’ll probably ask about Stilere and why I didn’t tell her. Though I’m glad Iris made up the perfect excuse, it means I get to skip the part of coming up with a brilliant lie than telling her about our rendezvous yesterday.
    Instead of telling her all that I nod. “Yeah, no freezing waters or glowing stones.”
    Iris smiles at me, and I feel myself lift a bit. “Of course.”
    The kampanilya rings then and Iris rolls her eyes. “Gotta go to class, see you at lunch.”
    “Bye,” I say, after she gives me a hug, and she blows a halik in respond to my farewell. I smile to myself, pleased I’ve made decent friends, it’s not that I was bit of a loner, okay I was a huge loner.
    I just didn’t feel like talking sometimes, half of the things people talk about is gossip or some other lame thing. Sometimes I wanna talk about something but they don’t so they either tune me out or ignore me, and it kind of hurt. Not that I was popular or anything, no that was Terry and Abe.
    I barely had any friends, just partners in class who’d ask for me because of my good grades. And I did have my fair share of bullying in the beginning when my uncle first became a janitor, stupid really. They never really bothered me though, each time they teased or insulted me it made me want to laugh at how stupid and childish they were. They couldn’t hurt me with their puny words, they wanted to hurt me, make me feel bad. But they didn’t, and soon enough they stopped and just ignored me completely.
    Some people mostly think that most loners and wallflowers like to be alone, yeah sometimes it’s nice, but other times I get lonely and sad. It was awesome, lately. We’ve managed to pick a mesa with an awesome view, it wasn’t inside with the deafening noise of other people. It was outside where the birds chirped and a whiff of happiness was in the air.
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