The feeling of being followed persisted throughout the day. I pretended to not notice but I got tired of that--fast. So I headed to my ambush site, which happened to be the library's trees. I hid in a tree and jumped when I heard movement below.
"Ouff!" someone said
"Hon! Why are you following me?" I demanded
Honde replied, "What are you talking about?"
"So you weren't--never mind. I'm sorry."
"It seems like we keep running into each here."
"Um..." Roybin blushed as she pulled him to his feet "Where's Leon?"
"He was here a minate ago."
"I probably startled him out of his skin, falling from the sky like that."
Honde chuckled, "Maybe."
"So where do you live?"
"Not far."
"How far is not far?"
"Far."
On a whim I asked, "Did you forget where your house was? " I expected a laugh, anything but his completely guilty look. "You are joking right?"
He shook his head and said, "We just moved and they are on vacation."
"Don't your parents call or something?"
"No, my caretaker watches me."
"A caretaker? at your age?"
"I know it's unusual but he's cool." Hon shrugged
"And you are lost so where is he?"
"Around."
"And how long have you been lost?" I asked
"Actually, for about a few hours."
"Well--Oh look there's Leon." Roybin said and knew she was missing something when Hon looked so relieved. "See you tomorrow then I guess."
"Actually can I talk to you later-today here?" Hon blurted, looking as if he had just riled enough nerve to ask for a date. He looked so hopeful that I had a hard time thinking of declining.
So I shrugged and said "Sure."
"Yes!" Hon leaped into the air. I am pretty sure that Leon and I had a similar expression of eyebrows-raising.
Pressing Foreward, Ever forward------- "A bend in the road isn't the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn."
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