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"Did I fixhim for any fun he had at my expense

"I don’t knohat you uy response

"My ertips underneathmy question

"No, your face looks… fine," Jericho blushed when he finished his sentence and so I was not entirely sure if I could trust him

I rerab it as inconspicuously as possible Feeling a little bit vain, and even more self-conscious in front of Jericho, I rushed the mirror in front of my face, checked my make up as scrupulously but as quickly as I could Then I shoved the little co that had replaced the backpack Romania destroyed, satisfied hat I had seen

"What? Don’t you trust ently with his elbow

"Absolutely not," I said playfully, and then gave hi s Lilly?" I asked, anxiety slipping into my tone but unable to stay silent on the issue

"Yes," Jericho responded si as though my request shouldn’t be necessary

"I don’t think so," When I turned a scowl on him, he continued quickly, "I don’t think they want non-Resistance members up there I mean, it’s like a sacred place Since you’re not an official "

"What?" Forbidden?" I half demanded, half shrieked "Why hasn't anybody told me?" I crossed my arms and stomped my foot defiantly

"Do you re? Yeah, it didn’t work out so well for the rest of us," although Jericho was teasingand turned to face me When I followed suit, he put both of his hands on hme, but what I didn’t expect was to be nervous too "Eden, trust oing to be fine; this whole thing is a process But seriously, look at the rest of us We all h She has the best care anyone could hope for," he s ht I er do you think this will take though? People at school have been asking questions," I casually shrugged Jericho’s hands offs I had for him

"What people?" Jericho asked suspiciously

"Well, Sebastian Cartier," I stopped dead inI left Jericho somewhere a few feet behind me I turned to face hi

"Sebastian Cartier is here? In Osley?" he whispered harshly

I nodded my response, a little afraid of what I had let slip He turned back around in the other direction, leaving me to run after him

"Avalon!" he hollered at ed to maintain the newcoain

"What?" an irritated Avalon swung around to face Jericho straight on

"Sebastian Cartier is here? In Omaha? Why haven’t we been inforo and open your big e I blushed, but turned right around again towards the opposite side of the barn I had apparently done enough daht between those two

I noticed Angelica towards the back of the barn, talking to soirls who looked only a little bit older than e Avalon was usually my social crutch around here, and unfortunately he was currently in the middle of a battle between need-to-know basis and left-in-the-dark I rolledat the precarious relationship Avalon and Jericho seemed to hold- sometimes best friends, soelica noticedaround aimlessly I had hoped to avoid ould assuredly be a socially-aard situation for me But apparently I was just not that lucky today

"Hello, Angelica," I greeted her sweetly, re tenderly that she was close to arner any details froive up easily