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"You're such a chicken!" I told myself.
I had hidden in the library room because I didn't want to see Alexander. I heard their voices from all the way down the hall, I anxiously awaited the moment they said their goodbyes so I could come out of hiding. I smiled when I heard him laugh at something Arabella said. He had such a nice laugh.
I sighed when I finally heard footfalls and the door shut.
Finally! I stretched and popped my back, I had been sitting in the chair with my ear to the wall for a while, before getting bored, then I decided to read.
When I hear the creak of the door opening, I didn't bother to look up, I just assumed it was Arabella.
I looked down at the book I had been attempting to read, it was a book on the medicinal properties of herbs, kinda dull, actually. I had been on the same two pages since I heard Alexander's carriage arrive here.
I decided to put it back where it came from when I heard someone clear their throat from behind me.
I looked out of the corner of my eye and it was him! I turned quickly and probably gapped at him.
Wh-what-"Hello, Miss Benjamin." He said smoothly.
"What a pleasant surprise, Mr. Horne," I squeaked. "What are you doing here?"
"I was asked to tea by Miss Hendry, I was alittle disappointed when she told me you were not going to be attending."
I didn't know how to reply. "I apologise, I have been feeling under the weather so I thought it would be wise not to go in case I was contagious." I lied effortlessly, a nifty trick that came from having a family full of compulsive liars.
He surveyed me for a moment. "I see. Are you feeling any better now?" He asked suspiciously.
"Yes," I smiled."at least for the moment." Darn it! I should have said no, then he would have left. What is wrong with me?!
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To Reverse Time: A Time-Travel Story
Adventure(This story is currently being reworked and will be getting new chapters soon.) 17-year-old Lauren Benjamin has gone back in time. How? She doesn't know, but she is there and she is trying her best to survive this new world. She meets some interesti...
