Chapter 166: Regular Girl

Moana

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of Edrick walking around the room. When I looked at the clock, I realized that it was a little later than I usually would have gotten up, and I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes.

“Sorry,” I said, throwing the covers off and getting out of bed. “I overslept. Guess I missed my alarm.”

Edrick shook his head. “I turned it off for you,” he said as he fixed his hair in the en suite bathroom mirror. “I let you sleep in.”

I scrunched my eyebrows together. “Why?” Normally I woke up a full half hour earlier than this so that I could help prepare breakfast and get Ella ready, and sometimes I woke up even earlier than that.

“We’re going out,” he replied. “School supply shopping. Remember?”

would have to do some school supply shopping, but I didn’t think that he would want to do it so soon. Either way, I smiled and ran to my room to get ready for the day. I put

regular girl,” Ella suddenly said as we gathered our things and waited for the elevator to open. “I’ll be

I both suddenly looked up at each other with incredulous

with a chuckle

Ella said.

look over at Edrick. I

no need for new clothes, she still

office supply store. I helped Ella pick out notebooks and folders off of the list

of the cart to peer in. “That’s a lot of

said, jabbing his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the art supply aisle. I peered into the cart as well to see that he had fully

Edrick,” I said with

need supplies for your classroom too, right? And, I wanted to get something for

orphanage, but he decided to do it without even being asked. I couldn’t help but smile; he had changed so much since I had met him. The Edrick Morgan who I knew when I was almost hit by his car on the city street was gone now, and I didn’t know where he went. It was almost as though he was replaced by this newer, kinder

I said with a smile. “But you don’t need to buy my supplies for me. Let me buy

always did; but this time, I wouldn’t let him. Ella had jumped off of

bit of a laugh. “Let

eyes and tugged the cart back toward himself. “No.

the cart even harder and with more determination than before. “Edrick

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