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A, and then beyond me to Avalon We were speechless I stayed close to A to shake off the horrible feeling that this was goodbye London wasn't the end of the world, and ain But I didn't dareFor fear that this was goodbye

Chapter Forty-One

"Eden, there's someone here to see you," Aunt Syl poked her head intoaon my bed quite comfortably and I was reluctant to move from the warmth of the covers

"Who is it?" I asked sleepily It was only late afternoon, but the sun was already low on the horizon and I had a terrible ti to sleep after Aht

"Kiran," My aunt said with a s to the ers quickly under ed eye liner I pulled my black, ie it with ht; so I threw it back up into a pony tail I straightened out edon the floor I was thankful they were Lilly's and not Roxie's and consequently long enough for ave her a thankful smile and then walked casually out of the bedroo roo back and forth on his heels I looked around for signs of Jericho or Avalon, but reer recruits who had just arrived

"Hey," I said quietly, reaching the hardwood floor at the bottom of the stairs

"Hey," Kiran turned around nervously "Hi," he repeated

"Hi," I echoed, and realized I was just as nervous

"I'm sorry to just pop over," he took a step forward and then back as if he wasn't sure he should touch me or not This was the first tiement had been called off and I didn't think either one of us knehat to do, there was tooa h his messy hair and looked up at o sohed, relieved It was still Kiran There was nothing to be nervous about We wereht "I would like that," I senuine s inhis designer jeans and navy blue sweater He looked handsome and dressed up andto cut it

"Of course," he backed away, taking a seat on the couch

"I'll just be a second," I proht intoon?" Lilly asked, with the obvious tones of excitement in her voice

"I don't know," I replied honestly, "he just wants to go somewhere," I turned around for a second and smiled widely

Lilly let out a quiet squeal and ju an irritated Roxie around "So do you think this is it? Do you think he's going to ask?" She whispered, pointing at her ring finger

"I have no idea!" I whispered back, throwing clothing ite item on the floor What did one wear to a possible proposal?

"The purple one," Lilly de to a pluhts and black high-heeled boots"

"And use ic on your hair," Roxie offered with an obvious lack of interest

I obeyed, all of their suggestions I usedaround for the nods of approval I sprinted to Aunt Syl's bathroorabbed the pendant Kiran had giventhe best way to accessorize, and grabbed so back towards the stairs

"Hey, Eden," Roxie called from the bedroom I paused and poked eous!" Lilly squealed again

"Hey," Roxie pulled o to the farm, too? Since you won't even be here?"

"No, I don't enuinely