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Date Posted: 18:47:36 08/21/02 Wed
In reply to:
Gwenneveire
's message, "Back to the city" on 14:08:55 08/16/02 Fri
Gwenneth trotted up the lane towards her family's house and leapt lightly onto the fence. She sat straight and upright on a fencepost, scrutinizing the house with intense golden eyes.
Suddenly, the front door flew open with a bang. Out came her Boy, flying as though the Jellicles themselves were at his heels. His face was white, his clothes stained and his usually neat hair rumpled. "Gwennie!" he cried, and slammed into the fence next to her. He searched her over with pleading eyes.
"Gwennie, I'm so sorry! When I came home for lunch and you were gone... I thought you'd... run away..." He shoved his glasses farther up on his nose, biting his lower lip and staring at her anxiously. "I've been looking everywhere."
Startled and touched, Gwenneth blinked rapidly for a moment, then stretched out a paw and touched the Boy's arm gently.
::I'm here,:: she whispered into his mind, as strongly as she could. ::I'm here.::
Jeff reached out and stroked her head gently. "Sometimes, Gwen," he said softly, "I could swear you're trying to talk to me."
Gwenneth's heart wrenched in misery. ::BOY!:: she shouted at him. ::Open your mind! You're so damned stubborn and foolish! If you'd only trust me, if you could only see beyond what your eyes show you! You're going to hate me, Boy, for what I must do to you, and you're going to think that I've hated you all along. Damn you! I love you, Boy... I love you.::
Jeff smiled pleasantly at her, rubbing her cheek. His eyes didn't even flicker.
Airtight.
Gwenneth sighed heavily, and Jeff looked concerned as her small frame seemed to wilt beneath his hand.
"Gwennie?"
Gwenneth looked up at him steadily, her old resolve back in place. ::Come, Boy.:: She hopped to the ground and ran a few yards, pausing to look over her shoulder at him. She lashed her tail in what she hoped was a playful manner, and drew him forward with the full force of her will.
"Gwennie, I don't have time to play. I've got to go back... to... school." He looked at her very strangely. "What is it? Is something wrong?"
Gwenneth stepped forward again, staring at him, exerting all of her strength to pull him onward.
Slowly, hesitantly, Jeff began to follow. Within a minute he was dashing full-speed behind her down the road, heading straight for the city gates.
::Rio!:: Gwenneth called to the dark wolf. ::The Boy and I are on our way. How quickly can you meet us?::
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