Sorry, I was busy BOTH of my past weekends...Plus I'm lazy.

I was sitting at “home” planning. Tonight I would take Tanja back to Egypt and fulfil the prophecy. I was getting frustrated. How would I convince her to go to Egypt? What about her parents? All the thinking was giving me a headache. My thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. I wasn’t in a good mood, and being interrupted wasn’t making it any better. Whoever it was at the door, they would kiss their life goodbye. I walked to the door and opened it. It was Tanja. I should’ve suspected that. I tried to put on my happiest face possible. She was flustered. That wasn’t unusual either. What she said next caught me by surprise too, although it should have been obvious. She asked me to be her boyfriend. I wish I could have a good think about it but she wanted an answer right away. I liked being around her, and she would be more likely to do what I wanted if we were to be a couple. On the other hand, it would be harder to say goodbye to her. I would grieve over her death. She was like a drug. I wanted her, I needed her, but the more I was with her; the worse it was for me. The withdrawal would be hard to cope with, next to impossible. My heart said yes, but my head said no. So, I did what any highly intelligent being would do, and followed my heart. I knew it was a mistake, but I didn’t care. I closed the door and went back to my planning. It was harder than ever.

(Chapter 7, part 1)

I felt extremely happy. My heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest couldn’t help but to say to everyone what a nice day it was. And not just everyone, but everything as well - I told the sun, and the clouds, and the rock and the door, everything- how happy I felt. My mother walked into my room with my laundry and said “you look extremely happy! What’s up?” I didn’t know how to tell her. “Well.” It was a start. “I kind of asked Marik out, hey, can he come over tomorrow?” “Of course hon.” My mother replied. Well that went better than expected. That night I couldn’t get to sleep. All I could think of was seeing Marik again tomorrow. I finally drifted to sleep to the happy thoughts that inhabited my mind.