Heroes Chaper 22

Mira walked into town with her backpack over her shoulder, occasionally taking a swig from her water bottle. Gee-wiz, I feel like such a stalker! Why am I doing this?

Because your heart is filled with compassion.

Oh, great. The voice again. Compassion? For who? Mira? Ares? Oh, and what the heck are you? Seriously!

The stupid voice didn't answer. Instead, it said, You must choose now. You have to choose, it is your destiny.

Whoa, hey. Personal, much? I don't have to do anything, and, as for my destiny, the Oracle already told me my destiny. I'm suppose to save this team, and I guess I started with Jessie, and now I'm working on Ares and Mira.

I pulled out of my daydream long enough to see Mira step onto a bus. I ran after it, but it didn't stop. Great, what am I suppose to tell Ares now? That's when I heard a car honk behind me. I turned and saw Blair, and her brother, Norman, drive up to the curb. Blair was in the passenger's seat. She rolled down the window and said, "Were you trying to catch that bus?"

I looked over to Norman and he nodded, confirming that he had let her know. "Uh, yeah. I was hoping I could get to Hamburg." I said, remembering the name of the next stop on the bus lights on the back. Blair smiled, "Well, your in luck. We had to go to Hamburg to get some supplies for a school project. What about you?"

"Uh, same thing." I lied. I didn't know how to explain that I was following a girl into another town for a scary looking guy. Blair said, "Get on in."

I sat in the back seat. Norman started driving and talked casually, "So, I heard you're new in town. Where you from, exactly?" I said, "Trenton, Virginia. Close by to D.C." He said, "Wow. Long way. There a lot of things different around here?" I said, "Yeah, it's not as crowded." Blair and Norman laughed.

Blair added, "Yeah, that's Ohio for you, every town consisting of twenty-two people. Oops. I mean twenty-three." I said, "It's still a nice little town." Now that I got a better look at Norman and Blair side-by-side, I saw that they both had strawberry blond hair and grey eyes. Blair shrugged, "It's nice, I guess."

Norman cleared his throat. After a few minutes, Blair said, "Uh, Alex?" I said, "Uh-huh?" She was twirling her hair and I could see that she was biting her lip. "I was wondering....well, um, if you would want to come over to our house for dinner on Friday?" I saw Norman adjust the mirror so that he could see me, or maybe so that I could see him. I said, "Uh, Ok. Sure. That would be nice."

She perked up and said, "Oh, okay. Um, you can ride home with us after school, is that okay?" I said, "Yeah. That would be just fine." She said, "Great." We got to the store and Norman stopped the car. I said, "Thanks guys, really. I'll see you Friday?" She said, "Yep. See you." I got out and waved by to them. After they drove off, I spotted Mira entering a building.

Wow, that was lucky.