The Fae World: Aesurn: Jessica: Stepping Into a Story (part 2)

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Part 1

Sighing, Jessica told herself that she was an idiot. Just because you could do something didn’t mean that you should. Yet, there she was, and she knew that the portal wouldn’t be there. All the notes she made were on her bedroom floor, where she’d left them, because she hadn’t know how long it would last – or that she’d be able to create it again – so her choice has been to make the journey when she could. Even though she shouldn’t have. The better idea would have been to wait, to recreate the portal at a time when she was ready for whatever might happen. Instead what she’d done was find herself standing on a world she hadn’t been certain would exist, no matter how much she hoped she would, with no idea how she was going to survive the night, let alone help the person she had gone to help.

“Are you okay?” a voice asked from behind her, making her jump, and she turned to find herself looking at the very person she had planned on saving.

Lying did cross her mind, until Jessica realised that the portal had brought her out at a bus stop. “Not really,” she said, trying not to make it obvious as she wiped her slightly sweaty palms on her jeans. “I spent my last money on the bus to bring me here because I couldn’t stay at home any longer and now I don’t know what to do.”

He raised an eyebrow. “You left with nothing?”

Nodding, Jessica wished she had packed a bag, but it hadn’t been something that crossed her mind, as she’d be so certain that she wouldn’t be able to create the portal that when it happened she’d made a really stupid decision. “I just had to get away. I didn’t think about what I was doing – I just shoved some money in my pocket and walked out.” She shrugged. “Now I can’t get back, even though I don’t want to, and I don’t have any way of making a new start here.”

“Was it really that bad?”

“It felt it.”

Sympathy filled his eyes. “Well, we’re kinda full, but I’m sure my aunt and uncle wouldn’t mind you staying for a little while, as long as you paid your way by doing chores, at least until you get a job.”

“I couldn’t do that.”

“Do you really have any other option?”

“You haven’t asked them. It’s not fair on them to just take me to their house and ask them to give me a place to stay.”

For a moment Jessica worried about his response, but then he laughed. “To put your mind at rest I’ll use the pay phone and give them a ring. I know they won’t say no, not to a girl on her own.”

Jessica wasn’t so certain. “That works.” She smiled at him. “Even if they don’t agree I do appreciate the offer.”

“Been there, love. I know exactly what it’s like not to have a place to go and if I can do anything to help a damsel in distress then that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”

Mirrored from K. A. Webb Writing.

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