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Okay, that seemed to be a little mixed up on her mind. What was actually happening to Beezus? Last time she talked to her about this, well that was like two years ago - was it? - they were discussing about how to talk to each other in a distance. Beezus suggested sending letters by owl but Erin, being a muggle witch, she insisted on using the phone. And she couldn't really remember if Beezus agreed. The only thing she remember was that, they were happy during that summer of 2076 at Beezus place with her Aunt and her cousin. Used to? Woah! Did Beezus just mentioned the words used to? Many things happened and they missed a lot of each other's lives. The nose poking, all forgotten of course. "What do you mean by used to? You're not in your Aunt's place anymore?" It's now her time to speak up and Erin wanted every bit of information about her new life, new home and new housemates too.
Before se knew it, Beezus was pulling Erin towards the lane. They were excited about this thing. And on to the talk about Elise. "I feel sorry for her too. And I feel sorry for her that she needed to go neck to neck with my Mum the moment we step foot in our house." Well, the new house of course. Truthfully, it was all Erin's mistake. She could inform her parents about a new addition to her summer but she didn't. Not that she purposely did it, he mind's just a little blown up that time. "At the end of the day, she had a place to stay."
Then came the sensitive part of the conversation about her misunderstanding with Indy. These things. These things weren't a problem last time she talk to Beezus. Boys. Boys are eewy before, but now boys are fun. Relationships cannot be ignored anymore. Relationships between boys and girls is a norm to teenage students like them. Guess, they both aren't an exception? And then Erin was dumbstruck by her next statement. Indy and her boyfriend broke up? The part that Erin got herself more then surprised was the fact that Beezus was relaying every bit of the details to her. She doesn't even know any of the two. "So, why didn't you told her beforehand?" She's got an owl, right? She could write Indy or meet up with her somewhere. But maybe, Beezus has some good explanations. Probably, Indy just went a little too exaggerated on her reactions towards Beezus message? "And why would her boyfriend tell you that he wanted to break up with your bestfriend when she's your bestfriend?" It's complicated. And are they that close? The boyfriend and Beezus?
Seeing Beezus getting one shrunken head from the narrow metal tray, Erin did so. She would go next after her bestfriend. But when Erin finally blurted out what really happened to her life, the climax of course, Beezus was super shocked to even drop the shrunken head in her hand, ready to bowl. of course, being a shrunken head itself, he/she/it went on talk rapidly like the sound of people talking quickly and in a way that is difficult or impossible to understand. Instead of giving her focus to the creature, she averted her attention to Beezus and waited for her to open her mouth and speak up. Her lips moved after a few seconds of looking at them, "I'm not kidding, Bee," she pouted. The memories of that time seemed to linger on her mind once more. And it wasn't too good of a memory.
"What do you mean by used to? You're not in your Aunt's place anymore?" she heard Erin ask. RIGHT. For the months they were completely out of each other's reach, many things had took place and this was one she didn't have a chance to tell Erin.
"Oh, yea. Remember? I told you my Aunt Bel got married and then they moved to Japan. That's why I'm at my Grandmother's." Beezus nodded. Technically, she still had right to return to their previous home but she didn't want to since no one lived there anymore, and her Grandmother wouldn't obviously permit her unless she had someone the woman can trust with her.
Beezus couldn't help but hug Erin again. She was so nice, gone was that brat who used to bully and bicker with other people. Clearly, she missed the part where her best friend had mentioned her Mum.
"Elise is so lucky to have you. And so am I." VERY TRUE. Silently, she hoped Elise's family problems would be resolved soon.
With a head on her hand, Beezus positioned herself on the lane before answering Erin's next questions. Good thing she was wearing sneakers, bending the ankles for a better aim wasn't a problem. She eyed the pins on the far side of the lane for a while before releasing the head and BLAM! it went, moaning curses all the way through, and plowing down 4 pins. Not bad.
Why didn't she tell Indy beforehand? PFFT. She moved to give way to Erin, returning to the part she was standing before in front of the metal head holder.
"Why didn't I tell her?" The brunette shook her head.
"I didn't want her to get hurt Erin. I mean, was I supposed to say something like, 'hey Indy! Your boyfriend wants to break up with you, just thought you would want to know', huh? Should I have said something like that?" This was starting to darken her mood. She just didn't think it would help the situation if she actually did it. But in the end, she was the one who appeared bad. Then, there came the trickier cut.
"Uhh..he...he....just told me...because we're also friends..and..." SIGH.
"...Oh, I don't know, it's..it's complicated." Surely, Erin won't notice the stuttering right?
As their conversation went on, Beezus decided to get another Shrunken head. It had the most disgusting face she had ever laid eyes on. A very large forehead, large eyes that almost popped out of their sockets with streaks of blood in it, a nose that looked like its missing half of its whole, and a mouth sewn together by a gooey colored thread.
"Eww." she muttered with severity and took the effort to return her attention to her best friend.
"So...you're with your real biological family now? How did you know you were adopted anyway? How did they find you? Did your Dad..errr foster dad objected? How certain are you that they're your true family? " Questions surged in one after the other. She was concerned about Erin. If adjusting to Hogwarts during their first year was difficult enough, how else would be to learn you have a new family with new family members that you didn't even had knowledge of?