Helanie:
He went back to the bed and lay down while Lucy began to scream. Norman left the room, and I stood holding the pearl in my hand. I rubbed it, ignoring the entity’s screams telling all sorts of terrifying things that would happen to Gavin if he went inside. And it made believe what Gavin was saying, she was stopping us for a reason.
Soon, I watched the two drift into slumber. The pearl began to glow, bright like anything. I turned off all the lights and placed it on the table. If I needed to go with him, I would have to lie down and close my eyes, or at least lie down. I put the pearl on the table and walked out of the room.
Once outside, I noticed everyone standing there, watching like a doctor walking out of an ICU.
"Now we wait," I said, so anxiety visible on my face.
"I really hoped Gavin would be able to convince her that we were all her friends, that none of us hated her or would hurt her." Jenny started praying, hugging Lamar, and sobbing. Everybody was teary-eyed.
If it all went well, we would be able to see and et Lucy again.
While they waited, my mom gently touched my elbow to get my attention. I knew soon she would ask to talk because she had noticed anxiously glancing at her. I realized it when I saw her try to make eye contact, but every ti she looked at for too long, I would look away.
"Co to the side," my mom said, gently holding my hand and guiding away from everyone else.
"Yeah, what is it?" I asked, pretending I had no idea she had noticed my anxiety.
"Helanie, what is going on?" she asked, sitting upright, not sugarcoating or starting with small talk.
"I’m just anxious for Gavin and Lucy," I lied, trying to look away. That wasn’t the only reason I was anxious. I was also worried about a decision I had made and how others, especially the people of Arthendel would react.
Today, when the rmaids perford, many of them told they would wait for to perform with them. They looked hopeful. So once they found out that I hadn’t intended to give up on my rmaid tail, I wondered how they would react. Most of my senses would be gone. My mother only had a weakened wolf form before, which didn’t exist anymore, so she was basically human. But they were still relying on .
"I think it will be better if you don’t try to lie, if you cannot," my mom stated, folding her arms across my chest and staring at my face.
I guess at this point I had no other option. Besides, telling her the truth wasn’t the problem. I would be happy if she found out and helped .
"I had made up my mind to give up my tail to save Emt from his curse," I said, watching her just keep staring at . I expected her to be angry, to at least scold for making that decision on my own.
But instead, she laughed a little.
"You’re just like , ready to do anything for your lover, aren’t you?" my mom asked.
And I felt such ease.
"But you don’t have to give up your tail, Helanie. We can find other ways," she suggested.
I shook my head vigorously. "There is no other way. We don’t know when the curses will get extre again. Then we’ll need to find a way to break them, and we won’t have ti. I don’t want to risk anything," I said, tears starting to fill my eyes every ti I thought about being unable to help Emt.
"Then I can find you soone’s pearl," she said.
As soon as she said that, I watched her face with a little more interest.
"No, Mom, if you are going to force soone, I wouldn’t want that," I replied instantly, letting her know this was sothing I wouldn’t be okay with.
"I’m not going to force anyone, but there will be soone willingly giving up their tail for you," she stated, and once again I started pacing anxiously.
"Mom, I don’t know. I know they’ll be peer-pressured into it. They’ll think they owe , and I don’t want that," I said, holding her hands because I understood she was worried for too.
"See, Helanie, I cannot ask anyone older or younger because their tails won’t be able to help us, but others? If sobody willingly—" my mother paused.
I wagged my finger. "I’m not sure if anybody would willingly do that, but I’m not gonna do it without letting you know. I will definitely let you know first, so don’t worry."
"Then I will really wait for you to let know first," my mom said, giving a head nod.
I began nodding along with her, but now we had to head back to where everybody else was because I knew they were anxiously waiting for the outco of Gavin and Lucy’s journey to the dreamland.
I let Norman know what I had discussed with my mom, and even he said he wanted to save his brother, but not by taking my rmaid tail.
Then ti started to pass. We were worried about what would co out of the dreamland plan. But it was also true that I was so tired and anxious that I couldn’t do anything more than stand outside the room and stare at the door.
There was a small window we could use to check on them, but so far there was nothing, no update at all.
"Co on, Helanie. We have to wait for them and just hope for the best that they co out victorious," Jenny said, wrapping her arm around . Sage also nodded her head.
The two of them finally managed to pull away from the door, taking back to my room so I could rest. I didn’t know how long I could stop myself from rushing into the dream world with them.
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