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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiez0saP8m
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2riN68s1YU
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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-"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpqwZZ0NBD
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"You really like libraries." Ricky smirked, obviously a little more relaxed that he was getting some explanation.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZAN7OkaVQ
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"Yes I do, but shh, that's not the point. So this annoying old guy-"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtA0qF5wX1
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"Why is he annoying?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG9NE93dDR
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJdgcg7kdo
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzthqsYWx6
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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." 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRZeRDWTs9
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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-"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yckF2I4yR
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"Oh my God! Like THE Markus? Markus o'Conner?" Ricky suddenly turning into a fan girl before my eyes.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdE9n1x03i
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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." 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDK858bXdr
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25DPSmQtzx
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"Shut up!" Ricky obviously enjoying the gossip and trying to be funny with his antics.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdSmrWLZhB
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgROCLGjMS
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"Why so defensive Lu? Maybe he really digs you."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzQu2jzo9N
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg2PMioo4q
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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?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoOCiHTnL7
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6B1H71kKs
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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..."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHHMFEAdjo
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjOFGq2Vdr
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkj8sahYdZH
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jquhs8XT6
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"Woah! That's so cool!" Ricky had gone from totally depressed to childlike wonder in under a minute.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITviaRao03
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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-"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aRmZ6yCa1
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"Okay wait, now that I heard that properly. Markus is part of this too?" 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFva4yZmyk
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaYEHcP6rT
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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?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA829agiet
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"Markus has a purple eye, almost Egyptian in design, and it's charm, glamour and deception. Mine is-"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiRYZ2LPIc
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Ricky started laughing uncontrollably. "That's so feminine, bet he's taking it rough."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatGOK6EntL
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I smacked him on the arm and he gave a small yelp. "Hey! What was that for?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSa1nN7uQb
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"I warned you about interrupting me."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWif18fl1w
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"Oops, sorry!" He said with a sweet smile and a totally fake innocent look.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKTyQNwJow
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdm9IvQWQP
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"And you love him" Ricky added with under his breath and a smirk on his face.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NW9rCiekp
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"Eugh, you're so annoying." And smacked him again. 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb49nLo0xg
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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. 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrVM1R9UP7
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWHZ2OH0XN
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"Gross much?" Ricky pretending to be grossed out.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiH70ClANC
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"Shut up, you were going to do it too."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaVgcKQnhU
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggLf7K7RLm
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCcdgjkewR
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaATNn4nD52
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jGPTk0nDD
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And then I was back to normal. "Woah. That was quite a trip. What just happened?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtoLqGR7rr
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Ricky took his time finding the right words. "What did you just experience?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhftYjnxNQ
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"I just started freaking out for no reason, and then I felt like a hippie. Just mellow." 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnTE24nSdl
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aBXCRqEPZ
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"I made you feel that." He said more as a statement and less like a question.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdXwuOHIwv
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"How?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfsQ6tHM9f
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9hGMMiOhG
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I just stared at him, dumbfounded. "You just... thought it?" 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zvYLIht1v
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSzGXMoIMb
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"You made me high? Do you realise how wrong that sounds?" 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aa6wLbnXK
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G2MGQiGSa
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfFWqw9LF1
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"Ricky I didn't say anything." Ricky looked up at me with wide eyes.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMUBUcHHzy
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Can you hear this? Ricky nodded.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajyq7ANUNT
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What about this? Ricky nodded again, this time with a smile.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FTW85ZoSP
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And this? Ricky just gave me a look. "Okay you can stop now."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwLsInQqWp
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But this is so much fun! I thought with a huge smile on my face.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYxH0KVYPJ
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Can you imagine what I'm feeling?1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5UC34uFvo
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I could practically feel my jaw hit the ground. "Did you just send a mental message to me?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7JsSOJUqA
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"I think I did." Ricky seeming amused with his new abilities.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa5FnJPZse
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"This is too cool. I wonder what the other's abilities will be." I couldn't contain my curiosity.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqAr68hejp
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"Other's? I thought there was only Markus apart from us." 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGFWQKx8Tp
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OToAEiOpj
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"How do you know how to find them?" 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzC8kPZqIr
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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." 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ95WSx75az
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JP5rzsloj
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"Ariana, Joey, James." Now it was my turn to look confused. "What?" 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11KnYS626Y
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fz6BBtg6k
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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. 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY9YjpZbeA
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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."1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QvWhpPpDP
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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. 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzfvGpjpiK
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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?"1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzyZJZRbBD
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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.1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKcipli91v
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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?" 1164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡianf2gsc3A
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