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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ukw9VzRIh
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K7ER4Ycl1
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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-"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn6ooA6mwq
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"You really like libraries." Ricky smirked, obviously a little more relaxed that he was getting some explanation.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1XsYs1bYp
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"Yes I do, but shh, that's not the point. So this annoying old guy-"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhz6rkRF7u
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"Why is he annoying?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx9mMlwEyW
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3KiNm6aUr
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtZ5xQWHSy
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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." 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0XyKqMTQr
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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-"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDTwowIgPg
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"Oh my God! Like THE Markus? Markus o'Conner?" Ricky suddenly turning into a fan girl before my eyes.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWB4oYuMYQ
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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." 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnha1MmcyUQ
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlum5Jnz7b8
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"Shut up!" Ricky obviously enjoying the gossip and trying to be funny with his antics.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7lsy9H2va
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThlL9wGUx1
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"Why so defensive Lu? Maybe he really digs you."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhVuPRqvOa
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC1DN2Hzvr
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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?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHfA76SkLa
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZx93Yj5Yb
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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..."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1JPs7r6zl
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8kpxKFPzz
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElCy4dXBpw
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77TV6l0ZmY
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"Woah! That's so cool!" Ricky had gone from totally depressed to childlike wonder in under a minute.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDplsr0o8m4
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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-"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjx9LEe5im
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"Okay wait, now that I heard that properly. Markus is part of this too?" 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUpfLrgHTj
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczVZ1JJm9j
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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?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsYN6GSlxe
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"Markus has a purple eye, almost Egyptian in design, and it's charm, glamour and deception. Mine is-"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLBucR0G50
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Ricky started laughing uncontrollably. "That's so feminine, bet he's taking it rough."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrmfUg2q8g
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I smacked him on the arm and he gave a small yelp. "Hey! What was that for?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7juSkGrcb
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"I warned you about interrupting me."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r292cgKX5
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"Oops, sorry!" He said with a sweet smile and a totally fake innocent look.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMSwGKbobm
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5cMGlq3sX
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"And you love him" Ricky added with under his breath and a smirk on his face.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcw3oXRmmH
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"Eugh, you're so annoying." And smacked him again. 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtobmrS2EP
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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. 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQouPuNx98
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCuYTZFo3W
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"Gross much?" Ricky pretending to be grossed out.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1s0dlvc76
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"Shut up, you were going to do it too."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmoTadKIjm
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDwgkC8hn2
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU52ji0aL4
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JxGOmcgAa
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OHVZb2rpG
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And then I was back to normal. "Woah. That was quite a trip. What just happened?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBplUvOpE2
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Ricky took his time finding the right words. "What did you just experience?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0OPSytkCZ
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"I just started freaking out for no reason, and then I felt like a hippie. Just mellow." 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bzkg9ymRX
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSZIjbcP8C
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"I made you feel that." He said more as a statement and less like a question.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT8gqbjfaB
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"How?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5jg6wSFBC
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPe70kP7Eu
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I just stared at him, dumbfounded. "You just... thought it?" 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABIwaCZUrs
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AnMFZiafx
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"You made me high? Do you realise how wrong that sounds?" 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAClERVLSg
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8FMgXocwd
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnjYZJUqwp
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"Ricky I didn't say anything." Ricky looked up at me with wide eyes.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyerGe73c7a
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Can you hear this? Ricky nodded.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2Zyng3X5K
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What about this? Ricky nodded again, this time with a smile.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmH4CgivTOh
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And this? Ricky just gave me a look. "Okay you can stop now."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeUzb3XYQb
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But this is so much fun! I thought with a huge smile on my face.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdrsUzpRGw
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Can you imagine what I'm feeling?1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqogOcpSRMN
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I could practically feel my jaw hit the ground. "Did you just send a mental message to me?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkPi5di9dl
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"I think I did." Ricky seeming amused with his new abilities.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ETUpVSo0F
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"This is too cool. I wonder what the other's abilities will be." I couldn't contain my curiosity.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7ddUN8wlX
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"Other's? I thought there was only Markus apart from us." 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy79lkS9Dq
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2k9tEfy93p
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"How do you know how to find them?" 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFGh1GeKt7
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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." 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQx9vTZBRR
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAoDec8Qng
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"Ariana, Joey, James." Now it was my turn to look confused. "What?" 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmn4COM3kK
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaURemR4zWK
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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. 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYIsRq8yiE
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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."1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7vYjN0hEq
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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. 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayszqbJNC0
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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?"1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrPPIm4RWw
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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.1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRfGn85r0Z
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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?" 1113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EOoeIAbtF
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