Loved by a Devil
passed, I glanced at my watch. 5 p.m.? Wow. Time goes by fast.
    "You're in luck." she slammed the Edward shirt down n the counter, which was in mens' size.
    She checked off the remaining items on the counter and asked, "Is that it?"
    "Um, no. I need an IPad 2, a Nook, and..." I trailed off.
    "And?" she questioned.
    "What do you recommend in jewelry?" I asked.
    "Me?" she raised her eyebrows.
    "Yeah, my friend, I want to get her a necklace, but don't what kind to get."
    "Here." the register girl took the keys from her pocket and unlocked a jewelry glass case, grabbing one of them.
    She place the necklace on the counter, I studied it. It was heart shaped, all covered in diamonds. I picked it up, slightly turning it to the side, it glittered.
    "It opens." she said.
    "Like a locket?"
    "Yes, thanks for dumbing it up."
    I frowned, and opened it. Inside was a quote, it said:
    Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
    On the other side of the locket, you could out in a little tiny photo.
    "How much?" I asked.
    "Well, in total, you owe," the girl got an IPad 2 and a Nook from behind the desk, "1,578 dollars. Oh! And it looks like you got the last IPad and Nook for today. I'll give the wrapping for free."
    Basically all the people in line behind me walked away.
    "Were they really the last ones?" I asked, feeling bad.
    "No," she snorted, "I just don't feel like working over time."
    "Well, here's the money." I handed over the bills.
    "Thanks." she muttered, taking the money away and stuffing half of it into her bra.
    "Here's your change." she handed me 2 dollars back.
    She wrapped all the presents and carefully handed me the now wrapped small box in which the necklace was in.
    "Be very careful with that! It's very fragile!" she snapped as she handed me the other presents.
    "I will." I told her.
    As I got out to my car, and slammed the door shut behind me, I realized I was starving, and it was snowing!
    "Cool." I said out loud while driving to Brendan's house. When I got home, it was at least around 9 p.m. I walked on to the steps to the front porch, seeing a little brown package. Curious, I carefully place the other presents on the porch floor, and grabbed the brown package... it was from the UPS man. I mentally slapped myself. How could I forget that I ordered opening night tickets for The Woman In Black movie that was coming out in February? I'm very forgetful. I'll have to wrap this for Britney, Alice and Ellyn when I get inside. I tried to grab all the rest of the presents, but ended up dropping them all. I gasped and quickly sighed in relief that I saw the necklace I got for Alice was still in my hands.
    "Need help?" Brendan asked, already gathering up most of the presents.
    "Please do." I said as we walked inside, shutting out the front door and going to the library. Before we set down the presents, I already saw that there was presents towering and crowding the Library.
    "What is with all these presents?" I asked as I set down the stuff I got for Brendan and Anthony, excluding the ones for Britney, Ellyn and definitely Alice.
    "They're presents for you. And of course Anthony." Brendan told me, getting the wrapping paper, a pair of scissors and tape from the closet. "Oh." I tried to wrap the brown box, but ended up screwing the whole thing up. Brendan covered for me.
    "You go get some rest." he told me sternly.
    "What about dinner?" I yawned.
    "There's pizza in the kitchen."
    "Night." I muttered as I walked upstairs to my room, skipping dinner and turning out the lights as I climbed into bed.
    I had a weird dream. Drew was in it. In fact, he looked like an angel who was born from the sun. We were both on top of a castle, looking down at the sunset. I stepped towards the edge of ledge, seeing a beautiful ocean, waves crashing on the rocks.
    "You look beautiful." he told me.
    I looked down at myself. I was wearing what I wore everyday, sneakers, a sweatshirt, and jeans. While Drew, he looked like

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