Shadeglen

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

((No, the school library is being used, and it's not somewhere Jesper would go. I think hall 3 is open.))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((Okay. I'll go ahead and check there.))

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

((So?))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((FH 3 isn't open. So how about. . . FH 6?))

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

((You post first?))

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

((Lorien?))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((Right, right. I'll go ahead and for that. >.?))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Sadra smiled as they leaped back to her home. This time, since she had brought Jesper with her, she couldn't very well bring him to the lab, yet. So she readjusted the strap of her satchel and said to Jesper, "What were we going to do again?"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Explore your house, of course," Jesper reminded her.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Well if you insist," Sadra said with a mischievous smile. She knew Jesper for a while now so that didn't mean she couldn't show him the lab right? "Okay, come on," she said to him, grabbing his hand and led him to the left side of the pitch black wall. She pressed her hand against it and a flight of stairs going down revealed to them.

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Coolio," he breathed.

((What's the lab?))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((Oh! It's where she experiments with all sorts of things! :D))

Sadra led him down the stairs and later revealed a wide rectangular shaped room with a narrow windows in front of them which were cracked open a peek. As well as a single sleek table which was littered with bottles and beakers. And several stools surrounded the table. "Here we go," she said to him. "This is where I can make as many experiments as I want! Pretty amazing, huh?"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Yeah," Jesper said, looking at his surroundings, "What kinds of experiments do you do? Nothing dangerous, I hope."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Nothing too dangerous," Sadra corrected with a smile. "Usually disgusting odors and stuff like that. Or bags filled with paint!" She forgot that she was still holding Jesper's hand and blushed fiercely before letting it go as she made her way to the many shelves which held her items and supplies.

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Aww, you're blushiiing," Jesper teased her.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Sadra ignored him which only made her blush even further. She hated it when guys did this to her. Making her a red hot mess. So, once she made sure her blush was gone (it really wasn't) she spun around and faced Jesper while leaning on the table with her hands. "So, are you alright? I know this morning you seemed. . . hesitant to talk about it but are you ready now?"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

Jesper straight at her, an expressionless face, "I... I just thought, you know, if we're going to be friends, and all. You... Maybe, you might want to... You know... Know a little bit more about me."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Of course i want to get to know you!" Sadra exclaimed, rushing to him and cradled his hands. "We are friends after all," she said, smiling sweetly at him.

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"So, ask me anything," he looked down, bracing himself for what's coming, "Normally I tell people not to ask about my past because I don't want to talk about. Or my present, I don't want to talk about that either. All people really need to worry about is my future. But since you're my friend. You can ask anything."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Oh really?" Sadra asked, cocking her head. "And I can ask any sort of question I want?" Where was he going with this? Was there some part of his past or present he didn't want anyone to know about?"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Nothing to touchy feely," Jesper said, "I hate that stuff."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Got it," Sadra said, nodding to him. She was unsure where to start exactly, mostly because she didn't really know a thing about him. Forgetting she was cradling his hands, she dropped them and blushed. "Okay, well, what's your family like? My parents aren't really home for most of the day and only come here until late at night."

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"My dad is going insane," he told her, meeting her eyes. He noticed she was blushing, but he ignored it, "My mom is gone. She left us when dad started acting weird. So, I basically grew up on my own."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Oh Jesper," Sadra gasped, covering her mouth. "That's horrible! Your mother never should've left you or your father! But don't you have any siblings?"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"No," he answered.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

How dare his mother left him and his father when they needed her most! "Jesper," Sadra said again and hugged him, forgetting that he said no touchy feely. "I'm sorry. She. . . she never should've left you alone. But you weren't really alone. You had your father."

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

Jesper hugged her back, despite the "No touchy feely" rule.

"I suppose, but he is going insane," he told her, "He's been working on this theory. No idea what it is. Lately he's been bedridden, babbling incoherently."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Have you tried talking with him?" Sadra asked. "Maybe if you tried having a conversation with him, he'd get better!"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"I don't think so," he pulled away from the hug.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"And why not?" Sadra demanded. "Have you asked your father for anything? Maybe he's just thinking of a theory that could make this work better!"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Believe me, Sadra, I've tried," Jesper told her, "I've tried talking to him. But he's as good as gone. I went through the same period of denial myself just like you right now, but he's gone."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"But. . . you can't just give up! He's your father!" Sadra said to him. She widened her eyes as a thought came to her. "Maybe I should talk to him. See if I can make any sense of it."

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"It's not worth it, Sadra," Jesper told her, "I still take care of him, make sure he's alive, nod politely at his random comments about squirrels and then I go downstairs and help the gnomes plant some vegetables."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Please let me help," Sadra pleaded with him. "I want to help my friends."

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

Jesper sighed, "You probably shouldn't. My house isn't exactly safe right now."

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

((So, maybe Sadra should convince Jesper to let them go to Whistlepitch.))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((Okay!))

Sadra took his hand and said to him, "Please let me come. The worse that will happen is I knock him out alright? Only with these little buggers." She produced a set of neatly lined up silver balls in a glass case.

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

Jesper smiled and squeezed her hand, "Alright. But keep in mind, it won't be a pretty sight."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I'll be fine," Sadra said, waving him off and led him up the stairs. "And besides, I've seen my table lit and burnt to a crisp while I was working on something so very grand. So this shouldn't be any different."

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Oh, believe me, it'll be different," Jesper told her, "For all I know, I'm leading you into a death trap."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Thanks for the conern but I will be okay," Sadra assured him as she led Jesper to the Leapmaster.

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

The Leapmaster doesn't work, remember?" Jesper reminded her.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"It does!" Sadra said to him. "I fixed it while you were gone! And if it didn't work, we'd be nothing but light particles. Remember we took the Leapmasters at school to get here? So this little bugger works just fine!"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Does it have my crystal?" Jesper asked.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"It's a Leapmaster 1000 Jesper," Sadra said to him in a bored tone. "Of course it has leaping crystals! Now come on and say your home!"

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

"Whistlepitch!" He shouted. The light whisked them away.

((I post first?))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((Yes please!))

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

((Posted!!))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Besides them possibly being chased but those creeps, Sadra let out a laugh as soon as they arrived into her home. She led Jesper down to the lab and laughed even more. "That was so much fun!" She exclaimed.

[Abby ~Sign Please~]

Jesper laughed as well, "Yeah. I hope dad isn't in trouble though."