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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sERo2U7S5
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FThMC6zzw
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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-"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPoyuYrJba
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"You really like libraries." Ricky smirked, obviously a little more relaxed that he was getting some explanation.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNoK41ucic
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"Yes I do, but shh, that's not the point. So this annoying old guy-"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn8Mv3zRqL
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"Why is he annoying?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IUdaR41QA
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2vwTpoDyq
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatF5lLspMR
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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." 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPyWUUrtwI
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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-"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJMrElsB2L
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"Oh my God! Like THE Markus? Markus o'Conner?" Ricky suddenly turning into a fan girl before my eyes.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBdAPnacro
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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." 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTtmVCuvGZ
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6dXdwDNcu
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"Shut up!" Ricky obviously enjoying the gossip and trying to be funny with his antics.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8QJkPuHRu
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKh9nlaIARG
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"Why so defensive Lu? Maybe he really digs you."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34a9hDqXGm
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhuulQ5YmI
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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?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJjzNQDgzy
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYmuvqwPts
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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..."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdygU1OuTYu
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVgKxG2CK6
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KQ8lv432B
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTmQNdgbtt
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"Woah! That's so cool!" Ricky had gone from totally depressed to childlike wonder in under a minute.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4qTTQepX2
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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-"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPj1YdfyyW
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"Okay wait, now that I heard that properly. Markus is part of this too?" 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2o0mqpSYA
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Al1yGa6nH
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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?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uQUXO6tIr
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"Markus has a purple eye, almost Egyptian in design, and it's charm, glamour and deception. Mine is-"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3oWiYeae0
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Ricky started laughing uncontrollably. "That's so feminine, bet he's taking it rough."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgajwrkuik
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I smacked him on the arm and he gave a small yelp. "Hey! What was that for?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0WNACUWv6
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"I warned you about interrupting me."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRFnTLzM9W
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"Oops, sorry!" He said with a sweet smile and a totally fake innocent look.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWT6QsOZ4WX
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTnwPtGYAg
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"And you love him" Ricky added with under his breath and a smirk on his face.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH3OCD2GFH
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"Eugh, you're so annoying." And smacked him again. 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0ZKE2HXu3
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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. 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCOlDnoU47
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDcA4BAYIt
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"Gross much?" Ricky pretending to be grossed out.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmqcIoDSdi
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"Shut up, you were going to do it too."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHZe5G0Lgf
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5zO8oAoQv
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrjOt4u50T
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSmcUpfKmE
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfUll1JYmP
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And then I was back to normal. "Woah. That was quite a trip. What just happened?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DX2A27BBu
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Ricky took his time finding the right words. "What did you just experience?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy8Y4NNB4S
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"I just started freaking out for no reason, and then I felt like a hippie. Just mellow." 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFlu1UgGEz
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZZJwrS6VU
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"I made you feel that." He said more as a statement and less like a question.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjycVM2IAf
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"How?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCBWtrSlbk
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDfsy78UHa
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I just stared at him, dumbfounded. "You just... thought it?" 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvVhD5s0zG
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VSnYTAt7S
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"You made me high? Do you realise how wrong that sounds?" 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTWU9F968V
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUlyvcaB5V
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EyeQqJFs3
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"Ricky I didn't say anything." Ricky looked up at me with wide eyes.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneb604vWFy
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Can you hear this? Ricky nodded.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81xUUosMyu
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What about this? Ricky nodded again, this time with a smile.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNIeTqv9CX
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And this? Ricky just gave me a look. "Okay you can stop now."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYK7HxnkPAj
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But this is so much fun! I thought with a huge smile on my face.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvvUxx9eQK
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Can you imagine what I'm feeling?1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTvOiGY06c
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I could practically feel my jaw hit the ground. "Did you just send a mental message to me?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo2uoPw5AP
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"I think I did." Ricky seeming amused with his new abilities.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX9FxzVTEY
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"This is too cool. I wonder what the other's abilities will be." I couldn't contain my curiosity.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3YMUKEvcF
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"Other's? I thought there was only Markus apart from us." 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dIECPT2n1
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD91E45DDR
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"How do you know how to find them?" 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5sLZ5dq9Q
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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." 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuDMTFVH4F
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFduvPDvtD
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"Ariana, Joey, James." Now it was my turn to look confused. "What?" 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaMAD9kh3g
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmmACAFQuO
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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. 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1kGXX5YHc
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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."1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L6Tx5J3FO
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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. 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZNT1wBT1n
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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?"1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmhVRMqOnQ
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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.1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1XMYMFqmX
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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?" 1151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07gB9q5eE7
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