Where are you looking to be?" Uhm...dormitory 2?" I answered nervously, frantically looking through the many papers I was holding.She tried to hide he...r smirk, unsuccessfully. "It would help if you were in the right building."She could clearly see how stressed I was, and unlike most of the other staff I had met, she actually met my anxiety with sympathy rather than irritation. The library wasn’t too busy when I arrived. Only a few students doing a bit of cramming before the weekend, and one that. Akash’s mom let me in knowing that her son was not home. She was in a yellow saree with mangalsutra and sindoor. She had again let her curly hair open. This time, I could even see her bare sweaty tummy.She made me sit on the couch. She left me alone for a few minutes and brought some snacks. I wondered if she remembered the things I said to her. She sat next to me. I said to her, “Didn’t you like what I said to you yesterday?”. She said, “Look. If you can make me happy, then I can think about. Franklin locked the door leading to the classroom, then looked concerned at the teen. Christy realized that she most look like a sweaty mess after practically running here.“What’s wrong, Amber?” The teacher always used her coven name.“I found the Genie!” she blurted out.“Where?” Greed burned in Ms. Franklin’s green eyes.“She’s here at the school.” Christy took a deep breath. Once Aaliyah was gone, everything would go back to normal. “Aaliyah Unmei.”The teacher frowned. “The new Sophomore. As Jay introducedhimself, Esme looked around. The house was what Jay called Victorian,blue with fading purple trim on its sagging wrap around porch. Everyflat surface was covered with various decorations. Each seemed to havebeen cleaned regularly. She went up to one shelf, which was loaded downwith ceramic pigs. It reminded her of her Nana's bungalow. The carpetpattern that gave you a headache if you looked at it too long, thatstrange smell of a room filled with too much stuff that needed.