Chapter 7: Growing Up

"I'm telling her." I said while lying in my giant bed.

"Who?" Prilla was perched by my desk, her wings flapping lazily, creating a small breeze in the room.

"My friend Emily. She's human, a clumsy."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Of course. I talk to you here and her there." Silence.

"Prilla, have you ever been stuck between two friends who don't get along?"

"No, but it seems like enough clumsy children have that problem."

"How do they solve it?"

"Well, usually the person has to pick between their friends or they lose both of them."

I moaned and rolled in the bed with my head in the pillow. Even the softness of dandelion couldn't sooth my headache.

"Are you ok?"

"Why is everyone asking me that?"

"Because we're your friends." I turned and smiled weekly at her.

"Is Emily one of the friends you're stuck between?"

"Yeah. I've been friends with Emily for forever but she doesn't approve of my friendship with this other girl….Lana."

"How long have you known Lana?"

"Around a year or two." She was starting to sound like Emily. "But I'm getting older! Soon I'll be a teenager and Emily and I were childish in the past! We're maturing so-"

"You're at the age where you wouldn't see me on the Mainland. You're old enough not to believe." More silence.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean" the look on her face hurt me. "I'll never stop believing. Besides, "I propped myself up on one elbow. " If I tell Emily, then she'll believe in fairies more and we can spread it."

"Just make sure she believes beforehand."

"Don't worry, she does. We used to make fairy houses. We still do on occasion. Of course we didn't know all the fairies lived here."

"They don't. The Wandies, Glittering and Flower/Nature fairies live on the Mainland. There's much more magic then you'd think over there."

"That's cool." I sunk back down into the mattress.

"There are probably some kids in your school even who have secrets as well. Most kids have magic; it just grows out of them. Ageing must stink."

"Yeah I guess."

REPLY: Sorry this chapter was so short, it's just that Chapter 8 is really long. Enjoy!