Connect with the ball. Be the ball. You are the ball. This whole clearing her mind thing wasn't going to be a cake walk. There were far too many thoughts churning in her head, and she doubted very seriously that they would just go away because she needed to see something in a crystal ball. Thoughts could be rude like that sometimes.

The lights went dim, and AJ took a sip of her tea. She blew out air, and tried to clear her mind. Of course as soon as that happened every little detail of hers and Adi's conversation from the feast came to mind. Whhhy? If she saw anything at all in that ball before the class was over it was going to be Adi's face because she couldn't stop thinking about him, and how their relationship would be after he got his little girlfriend.

She was not going to look his way. She ended up looking his way. He had to know that she was different with him. Adi always picked up on things like that. Clear your mind, Valentine. It wasn't working, like at all. This was going to be a long class. Maybe she get like some of the other kids and get a good nap in. As if she could fall asleep with her thoughts. Ugh.