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« on: February 23, 2010, 03:26:39 PM » |
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Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Chapter 4
Written by Krystal
Aden spent the next six days in and out of consciousness fighting the sickness with Mary Ann on his mind. He’d even thought he saw visions of her, but instead of sun kissed and hazel eyes she was pale with bright blue eyes. Maybe his visions had never been of Mary Ann, after all, despite his visions he’d never remembered the facial features of his dreamy brunette until this week. The mysterious brunette urged him to sleep despite the questions she had for him. Unlike his time with Mary Ann, Aden didn’t want to run away from this girl, he wanted to kiss her as he’d seen in his vision.
Finally the fever broke and Aden lumbered out of bed, memories of Dan’s concern returning to him. Today Dan was going to take him and Shannon shopping for school and Aden was ecstatic that his plan had worked. Shannon peeked in Aden’s room and announced that they would be leaving soon. He made his way outside, not without altercation from Ozzie, and scanned for Dan’s truck. His jaw dropped at the sight of his mysterious brunette and he knew that she was definitely not Mary Ann. Behind her was a tall boy who looked as if he could kill Aden where he stood but he waved, neither reacted.
Dan broke the awkwardness and Aden whooped with excitement as he got in the truck; she was finally here. Elijah agrees that she is indeed the one from the visions, but he has a terrible feeling about them, before Caleb drops in with a horny statement. He hopped in the truck and they headed into the city in silence.
Dan stopped in front of the supercenter and handed the boys some money. Aden was going to had to take a placement test Monday before he could attend the school, but Dan was sure he’d pass. As he shopped his spotted Shannon ignoring him nearby and uttered his announce out loud, catching the ear of an older woman. Zaps of electricity seemed to flow off her, freaking him out, and he did his best to escape her presence. He continued shopping and then met Shannon at the meeting area where Dan would pick them up.
Sunday night Aden couldn’t sleep, wishing his mysterious brunette would appear. With only two hours until school, Aden showered and got dressed before noticing that someone had written all over his new clothes. He wanted to punch Ozzie and the voices in his head agreed, but the thought of Mary Ann kept him level headed. He stomped outside and searched the tree line for his mysterious brunette, but she was nowhere to be seen. The next thing he knew Dan had appeared with two lunch sacks in hand.
Dan dropped them at the front of the school and handed them their lunches, with warning. Shannon headed off to his first class while Aden headed toward the guidance counselors office to take his test.
Characters Involved
Aden Stone
Mysterious Girl
Mysterious Boy
Shannon Ross
Eve
Ozzie Harmon
Seth
Elijah
Dan Reeves
Caleb
Old Woman
Julian
Characters Mentioned
Mary Ann Gray
Tamera Killerman
Meg Reeves
Places Visited
D and M Ranch
Tri City
Crossroads High School
Memorable Quotes
Seth: “Talking to yourself again?” Seth said with a laugh. “Why? It’s not like you’re all that stimulating.” (Page 66)
Aden: His gaze snagged on the line of trees beside the main house, zooming in, and his jaw dropped. There, in the shadows, stood the brunette. His brunette. The one from his visions. (Page 67)
Elijah: Elijah sighed. You know that bad feeling I got when you followed that girl last week? Well, I’ve got a worse feeling about these two. But yeah, I know where you’re going with this. She’s the one from the visions.
Caleb: We’ve had visions of her? Where was I? Because day-um. It’s official, Caled said. I’m hot. (Page 69)
Eve: I’m so proud of you. You’re becoming friends already. If she’d had hands, Eve would have been clapping.
Aden: Aden didn’t have the heart to correct her. (Page 73)
Aden: Sometime in the last two days, probably while he’d been out catching up on his chores, someone had sneaked inside his room and written on his shirt before folding it and placing it back in its sack where he’d left it. The words Hello, My Name Is Crazy stared back at him. (Page 74)
Elijah: The kids at Crossroads High will think it’s a joke, Elijah told him. Maybe it will even become the new style. (Page 74)
Questions for consideration:
If the girl from his visions isn’t Mary Ann, who do you think she is? What do you think she meant about summoning her people? Who are her people?
Why do you think Gena bothered to add the old woman in the shopping supercenter? Do you think there is some significance to her character that we may learn later?
Did you notice anything in this chapter that you’d like to discuss with everyone else?
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