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knew that he was the
one who was looking for me so I found my courage and made my way
towards him.
     “Did you call me?” I asked as I
stopped and stood directly in front of him.
     He tilted his head and looked me over
while a slight frown played on his features.  I was mesmerized
looking at him and couldn’t help thinking that he must be someone
magical, like a prince or an angel or some other storybook
hero.  I tried very hard not to smile.  
    “Elayna?” I heard his voice in my head
again.
    “Yes,” I said out loud.
    “Huh,” he mumbled. 
    He looked over my shoulder.  My mother
was hurrying towards us with a fearful and anxious
expression.  I knew that I had done something very wrong
walking away from her in the mall but I just couldn’t seem to stop
myself.
    “Elayna,” she took my hand, “honey, you
scared me!  You know you're supposed to stay right beside me
when we are out like this!”  She wasn’t yelling but there was
a sternness in her voice that I didn’t often hear.
    I tried to explain to her that I was making
a new friend and I motioned to where Michael was sitting on the
wall.
    “I’m sorry,” he stood up, “I’m sure she
didn’t mean to frighten you.  I think she just wanted to see
the fountain up close,” he cast a private grin at me, “and I just
got in the way.  I thought I would try to keep her from
wandering any further by introducing myself.”
    “Oh,” she paused “that was good of you,” my
mother seemed flustered as she looked from me to him.  “Well,
thank you,” she said her voice full of relief.  She gently
took my hand and as she turned away drew me along with her. 
 
    I glanced over my shoulder and concentrated
on Michael, “Goodbye,” I thought at him as hard as I could.
    He grinned and raised his brows in what I
imagined to be approval and I heard his voice in my head again,
“Goodbye Elayna.”
    I smiled back and followed my mom into the
store.  She still looked upset so I kept to her side and made
sure to express an interest in the clothes she was finding for
me.  I was much more enthusiastic after the encounter and the
rest of our shopping went by fairly quickly.  We found our way
back to the car and after she piled all our bags into the trunk,
she told me to buckle up and climbed into the driver’s seat.
    It was only a short drive home and before
long we were pulling into the parking area for our building. 
It was still raining quite hard so my mother told me to wait while
she collected our things from the trunk then had me hop out just as
we were ready to head inside. 
    We lived in a condominium at the time; about
a half an hour from the city.  It was on the second floor and
as you walked in the front door to our apartment the hallway opened
into the kitchen on one side and the dining room on the
other.  The dining room spilled into the living area and then
there was another hallway to the left that led to the two
bedrooms. 
    My bedroom was the first on
the right.  It was painted a soft lavender color and unlike
the wood floors that covered the rest of the apartment, my room had
a thick, white carpet.  I remember it being super-soft and
spongy when you walked on it.  There were no windows in my
room but there was a large sliding door that led to a small
balcony.  During the day it would let tons of sunshine into my
room making it feel extra warm and cozy.  I had a tall bed
that my mom called a  captains
bed  because it had drawers underneath
the mattress rather than a traditional bed frame.
    Directly across from my bedroom was my
bathroom and my parent’s bedroom was to the right at the end of the
hallway.  It was about twice the size as mine with its own
bathroom and separate vanity area.  There was also a big
walk-in closet that I liked to use as a fort sometimes.  My
dad worked at home every once in a while, so a corner of their
bedroom had a small office space set-up with a desk and computer
and a cabinet for storing