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"Why are you crying Lu? Shouldn't I be the one freaking out, not you?" Ricky asked with concern on his face but obviously trying to lighten the situation, very unsuccessfully.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4jgauRqRc
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I tried sniffing up the last of the tears and put on a brave face, also very unsuccessfully. "I think you need to sit down for this one."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4PwrB78HU
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Reluctantly he finally sat down and I began to explain all the pieces of information I had gathered since Mattie's death. "It started last night when I got home and crashed. The weirdest dream ever, there was this old guy and this amazing library an-"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcbTvJWIct
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"You really like libraries." Ricky smirked, obviously a little more relaxed that he was getting some explanation.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMQviGXAnD
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"Yes I do, but shh, that's not the point. So this annoying old guy-"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdckquEInr
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"Why is he annoying?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMITzEM1WMY
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I just frowned to keep my irritation in place with being interrupted all the time. "Don't worry you'll get to meet him."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHtu1qKHHD
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His shoulders slumped and he gave me a pout. "You know I don't like old people... They talk too much."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhQnjAmgOc
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"Yeah well they're not the only ones. Shh I want to finish my story please, if you don't mind." 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMZEbXyKrW
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He sat up straight again and gave me his full attention. "So this old guy, Esperar, makes me the leader of the group I mentioned earlier of Quinto círculo. Honestly it sounds more like a cult than anything else, but yeah, he gave me the book you saw earlier. I also didn't know how to open it and it kept disappearing and reappearing when ever it felt like it. Today I left you guys at lunch so suddenly 'cos Markus wanted to talk to me an-"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZebuQv93NH
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"Oh my God! Like THE Markus? Markus o'Conner?" Ricky suddenly turning into a fan girl before my eyes.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvLtsR7fxV
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"Yes. Tall, dark and handsome wanted to talk to me. Interrupt me again and I swear I'm going to punch you." 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJEwxneQcI
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Ricky acted all offended but there was a hint of a smile on his face. "So anyway! He was totally hitting on me." I couldn't help the grin that spread across my face.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZTdNUMDUR
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"Shut up!" Ricky obviously enjoying the gossip and trying to be funny with his antics.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCshcv47bS
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"Although before you go crazy, I'm still not sure if he was just messing with me or not. And when I started snapping out of the whole "OMG Markus is talking to me' I started storming off."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKE2qSaA66
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"Why so defensive Lu? Maybe he really digs you."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvq0iGVGZ0
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"He was with Mattie the night she died, that's why I was so defensive." I blurted with an expressionless face.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo80OOLPLPR
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Ricky just gaped at me waiting for me to continue. When I didn't he did. "What? How? Why? How is he so sure?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNwWhDq5j4
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"Long story short she wasn't supposed to die, I was." I felt my skin prickle as I said those words myself. repeating them in my head didn't help it all. I was supposed to have been killed, not Mattie.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIc6T9RA1I
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This was obviously starting to get too much for Ricky. His eyes welled up and the tears threatened to spill over. "Lucy... If that was you..."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf1GcC08J6
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I tried to reassure him with a smile. "But I didn't Ricks, It's going to be fine." Even I didn't believe that last part. When I saw that Ricky was still about to burst into tears, I just pulled him into a hug.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAu9BcTzYV
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That seemed to have done the trick. "Okay." He took a deep breath. "Please continue." And he sat back down to listen to the next bit of my horror story.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9cGfuuh8P
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"So." Trying to get my bearings straight was proving to be quite a challenge. "As I was storming away he tried grabbing my hand to pull me back, and just like you and I earlier, ZAP, and I got a pattern too." Lifting my hand to show Ricky my decorated palm.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNLNBxe6lf
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"Woah! That's so cool!" Ricky had gone from totally depressed to childlike wonder in under a minute.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAIX8ajYUI
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"It is, isn't it." I replied, matching his smile. "So Markus got the idea that it would unlock our books an-"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6QUXVp9xM
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"Okay wait, now that I heard that properly. Markus is part of this too?" 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1w1xzwvZ0
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"If you weren't in shock I would seriously hit you right now." I said while giving him the death stare, but he just egging on the topic.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDExRgmg5h
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"What's his picture? What's the topic of his book?" He went quiet suddenly, obviously in deep thought. "What's your topic?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDuLdciGhY
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"Markus has a purple eye, almost Egyptian in design, and it's charm, glamour and deception. Mine is-"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7GHwOVmyo
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Ricky started laughing uncontrollably. "That's so feminine, bet he's taking it rough."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRceVHd13t
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I smacked him on the arm and he gave a small yelp. "Hey! What was that for?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xAPMcyf7f
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"I warned you about interrupting me."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyT77HBYZL
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"Oops, sorry!" He said with a sweet smile and a totally fake innocent look.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPDRulA7mD
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"So as I was trying to say. Mine is power and control. and to answer you on your interruption, he actually likes it. Not that I'm surprised, he does love the spotlight."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xLDbUO6Gz
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"And you love him" Ricky added with under his breath and a smirk on his face.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIEBeXhrQf
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"Eugh, you're so annoying." And smacked him again. 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufsNtIqUg8
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"So mine is empathy and telepathy, what kind of specialty is that?" He asked while retrieving our bowls of almost melted ice cream and passing mine over. 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cYLCzQBYU
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"That's where you actually have to read Ricky." I said with a snort, slurping at the semi liquid in my bowl.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUwN5XG8i1
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"Gross much?" Ricky pretending to be grossed out.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdJd3C8oJi
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"Shut up, you were going to do it too."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrW4aSSfZl
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"So true." He said with a grin and matched my slurping. We burst into laughter, enjoying the effect we had on each other to make a situation better or at least bearable.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZLlf1khD7
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"So how about skimming through it and let's see what you can do." I prompted, trying to distract from me trying my abilities.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfkzWVaYs9
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"Okay just give me a sec." While he read I slurped down my ice cream and began licking out the bowl. It's not attractive, but it's criminal to leave behind any evidence of the chocolate goodness.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXhZdLntiy
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As I was about to try steal Ricky's bowl and eat his remaining ice cream he looked up at me with a weird expression on his face. Before I could ask him what he was thinking a sudden wave of hysteria washed over me. I was frozen in place by fear, but fear of what I couldn't tell. Before I could start screaming a wave of calm came over me, almost as if I was high in a way, feeling the hysteria float away on a cloud of happy thoughts.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXTF5he3TP
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And then I was back to normal. "Woah. That was quite a trip. What just happened?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLPqDkFPDI
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Ricky took his time finding the right words. "What did you just experience?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4uCgqcYK5
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"I just started freaking out for no reason, and then I felt like a hippie. Just mellow." 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskFXbPy46j
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Ricky sat back with astonishment on his face. "What? What what what?" I nagged trying to get something out of him.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc8dG7IbFH
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"I made you feel that." He said more as a statement and less like a question.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJcGjYVq2q
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"How?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVAbQGagwz
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"I don't know I just..." It looked like he was trying to convince himself of what he had just done. "Thought it."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEoxb9up8p
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I just stared at him, dumbfounded. "You just... thought it?" 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqK9D3nwBo
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"Yeah, I pictured you fearing for your life, and then I saw you freaking out and I wanted you to calm down immediately. So I imagined what you would be like if you were on a trip."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4mli2RLyb
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"You made me high? Do you realise how wrong that sounds?" 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSvt27hbBK
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Ricky started laughing and I couldn't help but join in on the giggles. "So now I know what they mean by the empathy part of this... Skill of mine. Now let's try out the telepathy. Think of something." And he closed his eyes.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkgRar4oMn
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Something. I did a little mental laugh, but before I could say anything Ricky perked up. "No, don't be a smart ass, think of something else."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGYmdMcAes
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"Ricky I didn't say anything." Ricky looked up at me with wide eyes.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q5Tj0f3NI
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Can you hear this? Ricky nodded.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZtqnGGan5
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What about this? Ricky nodded again, this time with a smile.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl84d9kkBU0
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And this? Ricky just gave me a look. "Okay you can stop now."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeluzwx5xYz
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But this is so much fun! I thought with a huge smile on my face.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxEaqA54Wj
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Can you imagine what I'm feeling?1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpN4jDTFd2
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I could practically feel my jaw hit the ground. "Did you just send a mental message to me?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER5hsxYkWe
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"I think I did." Ricky seeming amused with his new abilities.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhodSkRzPc
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"This is too cool. I wonder what the other's abilities will be." I couldn't contain my curiosity.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnE2pEAeKk
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"Other's? I thought there was only Markus apart from us." 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKGGq6ua52
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"Circle of five. There are only three of us at the moment." I said suddenly sifting mentally through a list of people that I could think of being part of all this madness.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRB8GG5T2q
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"How do you know how to find them?" 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW0yrUMNMZ
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I pushed him out the way to get to his computer and searched the site I found the information on Peligro. As Ricky read his face went solemn. "I can see why you started crying earlier." And finished off the reading. "So it says people close to you, people you have made a bond with from early in life and are the same age as you." 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09o7KxM9g8
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He went into deep thought, stroking at an imaginary beard subconsciously. "You do you realise you have no beard, right ?" I mumbled with slight amusement. "Hmm?" Came his reply, obviously to fixated on his own thoughts to have heard me. "Nothing, don't worry." I said with a smirk.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ03BDuVqsX
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"Ariana, Joey, James." Now it was my turn to look confused. "What?" 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRsgVMnDRW
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"That's your only other friends you have." Ricky still stroking his chin, gradually accompanied by a creeping smile. "Not much of a socialite, are we?" I just glared at him and his hands shot up in mock surrender as he burst into laughter.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02bzKevwip
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"Okay Ricky, you can stop now, it's time to get serious." I said gruffly to get the conversation on the right track again. Ricky tried to compose himself, sneaky tears still running down his cheek and his body shaking slightly but at least he was tryig to stay quiet. "So between the three of them, two are my next.... victims." I said the word like it left a bitter after taste. "For lack of a better word." I quickly added as he gave me a funny look at my comment. "So who do you think they are?" Trying to avert the responsibility for a moment. "Only you will know this one Lu." He said with a reassuring smile. 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53sltobApg
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I took a deep breath, held it for a moment, and let it out in one big sigh, allowing the responsibility to encompass me once again. "As much as it pains me, Ariana must be a definite candidate, she's like the sister I always wanted, she's the closest person to me." Ricky sending a throat clearing noise in my direction. "After you of course." I said with a grin, a scoff in reply from him. "But that's where I get stuck... Joey irritates me to no extent possible and James is just there. Actually come to think of it, he's just there because Ariana has had a crush on him since way back when. He's never really been a friend as per say."1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqGIiduYmk
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Ricky started fidgeting in his seat and I knew something was bothering him. "Spill it." I said in a stern, but lovingly way. 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1QsPRrnqa
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He pulled out his phone and started messaging someone. "Mind letting me in on the secret Sherlock?" Ricky kept quiet until he was finished, putting his phone away and looking up at me at the same time. "Just trust me on this one, okay?"1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwZBGMgqJC
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I could feel it, like a thick blanket of tension in the room, almost suffocating. I wasn't sure if it was my emotions or the emotions Ricky were feeling that was being projected, but I felt like now wasn't the right time to ask questions.1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzjUOIm9D7
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"Okay." I said, trying to keep eye contact with him to try read the situation further. "How long until they get here?" 1189Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRveWNBO9n
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