How It All Began: Chapter 19

 Adrienne dried her hair with a dull expression in front of the mirror. Her thoughts were spilling over the capacity of her brain. Is Jinx OK? Has Ria figured out a plan on how to approach the Council? Is that what I'm supposed to do? Should we just walk through the doors? Should I just skip school and spend time with Dad? Should me and Ria think about this with Jinx and talk it over? Should we tell Lucy and Dad? Where has Ria been? She didn't call me yesterday and I didn't see her after lunch. I know it was last week, and he said he was just kidding, but is Jinx still thinking about leaving Asfiria? He can't! He'll just kill himself! Ugh. People are stupid. Things are stupid. EVERYTHING IS STUPID. She was really just sick of everything and only wanted for her family to live in peace and for them to all have at least semi-normal lives. She slammed her bathroom door and stomped into her room and laid in bed while blasting music as loud as her earphones would allow before she went deaf. She saw a shadow at her window and she paused her MP3 player to look out the window. There wasn't anything there but.... I could've sworn something moved out here. She sighed, It's probably just a tree.

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 Jinx was positioned in an awkward, uncomfortable position outside Adrienne's window. His tail was losing all feeling, and his back was cramped up like you wouldn't believe. but it was all worth it as long as he could watch Adrienne. He was always afraid something bad would happen to her, so he always checked up on her to make sure she was OK. She had been drying her hair and singing in front of the mirror for a while. Probably because she had really thick hair. At least, that's what he guessed. She looked pretty bored until her expression dramatically changed into a furious scowl. She slammed the hair dryer onto the sink, and slammed her bathroom door so hard, he saw a picture in the room tilt sideways as if it was going to fall. He watched her, eyes wide, as she flew up the stairs and jumped into her bed. She mechanically grabbed a pair of big headphones and jammed them on her head. He saw her press play, and then jumped when he could hear it as loud as if it was on his MP3. It blasted through his sensitive ears and he fell back and landed on the hard ground below. Thankfully he was part cat, so he landed on his feet. Still, he fell two stories and it freaked him out. He was at first just standing there like an idiot when he realized he couldn't hear anything anymore. He turned on his heel and ran as fast as he could into the forest behind her house and hid. She opened the window looked out for a few minutes, then shrugged and turned her music on again after closing the window. He breathed a sigh of relief. That was really close. Shaking his head he turned and slunk away from Adrienne's house, his heart heavy.

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 Adrienne lay sprawled out on her bed, music still blaring. Growling slightly she smashed her fist against the wall. Hot, angry tears flowed down her face. "Jinx can't honestly believe there's a place beyond Asfiria...that's just a dumb death to die!" Still grumbling to herself she rolled over and turned her Mp3 off. Please Jinx don't be mad and don't die. She thought before she went to sleep.