6 learning the long arc (2/2)

I glared at him, but Jerry was back in the notebooks. I picked up the sandwich and took a bite. It was cold. The cheese was as hard as the bread. And the tomatoes were soggy. There was nothing else. I could see Jerry relishing the tomato and cheese sandwich. Not me. I threw out the tomatoes and the cheese, and gulped the dry bread. Licking my fingers clean, I looked at them.

Why were they staring so intently at my notebook?

”Do any of you know Vikari?”

The question finally got their attention. Clearly, no one did.

”What are you doing then,” I asked without waiting for them to answer. ”Jerry, I can understand. An excited idiot has no idea what he's doing. Maybe Dia. She is Jerry's family. What are you doing Pratt?”

Pratt cleared his throat as he pushed the notebook into Dia's hands.

”I was trying to see what got them so excited.”

Dia looked at the three of us. Me confused. Pratt embarrassed. Jerry stunned. And she burst out laughing.

”I have to ask. Who are you?”

”I'm no one,” I answered automatically.

”So, you're really no one. But, Dia's right. We gotta ask. You're just too weird. And too damn smart.”

Jerry had enough of the meaningless conversation.

”Get your heads on right, please,” he said staring hard at Pratt and Dia who weren't the slightest afraid.

I remembered him saying that he was scary. He was definitely lying.

Staring at me, even harder, Jerry asked.

”You can really read Faery?”

The answer wasn't as simple as the question. I needed a moment.

”All that's in your notebook I can read. I'll need a lot more of Faery runes. You said Faery runes are elemental runes. I'll need pictures of the environment they were found in. I'd like to verify my theory. But, yeah, with enough runes I could read Faery runes. But only in Vikari. It's a lot more complicated in common tongue.”

”There's definitely more than enough in the library back home,” Jerry said excitedly.

The twins looked just as excited. They were nodding vigorously.

There was just one thing to do before we left.

”About the classes.”

Jerry wasn't the slightest confused.

”No need to bother about them,” he said nonchalantly.

Grabbing my hand, he pulled me along as he rushed out. I wanted to scream that I could walk fine by myself. Before I could find my voice, I found the twins pushing me along. And I felt like a beauty abducted by lustful bandits.