returning home (Continuing my ring story)

Seth was walking to the street and reflecting all what had just happened. Amirl was at the top of his thoughts. He did agree about she was beautiful. He may have blundered about her nightgown for being a dress. It might seem strange in the design for being a dress, but Amirl and her father had outfits that were not culturally fashionable. His delight in nightgown was better then most other girls’ dresses when they wore a dress. Her nightgown was closer to her ankle as most other girls’ dresses were to their knee. It was, also, longer on the arms then most girls’ dress, too. It was not too revealing in other areas, as well. He felt a bit neutral with most of girls that he knew prior to her hug. He had minor thoughts about what her father said or really how it sounded like when he asked him for a drink. It did not bother him that he called him Set instead of Seth since his grandparents call him that name. The thing that puzzled him the most was what he heard when he asked him. The first voice sounded more like her father then the second, although he could not completely understand it. Even if he could repeat of what he heard, he could not repeat it. He did have plenty of exposure to some foreign languages, but yet, it did sound eerily familiar to him. Like most foreign languages, it intrigued him to know what he said. His mind once again bounced to the thoughts about Amirl. He did find her very interesting to know. She was like most other people who he knew, and he spent a limited time with his ideal friends. It puzzled him as to why she, in his opinion, overreacted about hugging him. She never did hug him before this day. The only real difference was that he was not scheduled to learn anything from her father. He wondered if that is why she hugged him. Before he was could resolve these issues, a car’s horn went off. At first, he felt he walked too far into the street. Once it was established that he did not. He proceeds to the car and investigates it.1

“Hello.” He said a little meagerly.2

“Hello, Seth” said the boy in the front passenger seat said, “This is my friend, Seth Lasswitz.” He proceeded on saying, “This is my mom and my sister, Amy.”3

Seth gave a gesture of hello when his friend introduced them to him. Seth asked, “What brings you out this way?”4

“My brother, Frank, has a friend near by, and it was on the way to the shopping mall. You live near by here?”5

“Yes, I went to my friend, Amirl Valqor. I went to pick up my Halloween costume.”6

“Are you going our way cause we could bring you home?” Said Isaac’s mother, as she was point straight ahead.7

“I am in that direction, but you have to turn off at Black Walnut Drive without backtracking to get my house that is on Truman Avenue.” Said Seth.8

“I can do that.”9

So, Seth opened the back door and sat next to Amy. He did not pay much attention her, but she on the other side of the car. Her dress was decent, but not as decent as Amirl’s nightgown was. Seth mention, “It is the second house on the left on Truman.”10

“Are you related to Amirl, Seth?” inquired Amy.11

“No, oh, the band around my head was part of the costume that now as to act as my reminder with her.” Seth said.12

“Oh.”13

The radio was playing not extreme loud, but it had the same quality as Amirl’s father had when offering the drink. The fainter voice was a bit familiar to him. It was not voice, but it is what said. He could tell it was Spanish. “Is there a special reason that you are listening to broadcast in Spanish?” Seth inquired.14

“I am, Seth. I thought it might help me learn more of the language,” said Amy then with a more nervous tone and reverberation continued to say, “How … how much …do you …know Spanish?”15

“I know a little in part my sister is studying it.” Seth said. He did not really looked at her, but he was glancing outside. Had he looked at his ring, he would have noticed it was glowing while he was in the car. Seth started to look like he was nodding off. Besides the radio play, it was quiet. Seth started to twitch as if he was experiencing a nightmare. Amy started come close to him and comfort him. Suddenly, Seth said, “Stop.” It was faint, but Amy could hear it that she proceeded to go back. She came back when his nightmare got worst then before. This time Seth yelled, “Stop!!”16

This time, everyone heard him. Isaac’s mother slammed on the breaks, and she turned off the radio. She was about to ask Seth what was wrong when a truck came very close on hitting them.17

Seth felt the jerk of the car, and he apparently woke up. He did not notice when the radio was turned off that his ring faded again, but he did notice the echo was gone.18

“I am sorry about that.” Seth said politely, “Things have bothering me for sometime.”19

“It is ok,” Isaac’s mother said after recovering from a shock. Isaac and Amy had the look that they acknowledge their forgiveness with silence, but they behaved the same way.20

The car was silent until a half mile into Black Walnut Drive. Seth started pointing at some house, “There is Lester’s house and next store is Karen’s and across the street was Whitney’s house.” He felt he did not have to say their names since they were outside. Karen and Whitney were playing in outside of Karen’s house, and Lester was getting something out of one of his parent’s car.” He turned silent again until they were on Truman Avenue. “I am not sure when George Quincy moved, but he lived there. He was in our grade too, but he got held back. There is my brother, Conrad and over there is my sister, Marie. Marie is not the one who studying Spanish.” The car finally stopped in front of his house. Seth spoke as he got out of the car, “I will be out as soon as I can about if I can come with you to the mall if you would like me to come with?”21

“Ok, I hope you can.” Answered Isaac before Seth closed the door.22

Seth raced out of the car into his house. In the meantime, Amy and Isaac decide upon talking to each as their mother turned off the car until Seth came back. “Isaac, he is a very interesting friend.” Said Amy.23

“You have an interest in me?” queried Isaac.24

“I don’t think that I can compete with his two special friends.”25

“Who are they?”26

“You and Amirl.”27

“He did not discuss us all that much.”28

“He did not have to, but I could tell.”29

“Look at all his friends that he did mention.”30

“Ok, he did start talking about Amirl at the beginning, but he did not talk much about me.”31

“He did not need to, but look outside tell me what you see.”32

“I see mostly kids that look three or more years younger then me besides his siblings he mentioned. His sister does look like she is with someone closer to our age then the rest.”33

“Did you, also, noticed when he did mention anyone that he tried to avoid place a deep shadow on anyone?”34

“I guess I did, but he did say he had doubts about his relationship with Amirl.”35

“Look all of the friends he mentioned that they were peers to him. He is looking some sense in his crazy life. He mentions his visible siblings, perhaps because you did.”36

“He did mention another sister.”37

“It was only because of us listening to Spanish radio station. He did not pride himself of the Spanish that he knew more because it was her influence on him. He tried to keep in focus as to what he thought mattered to you.”38

“Yes, now I see. He always tried to make others like him for himself that I thought when I knew him that he was an only child.”39

“I think he will be able to come with us because he always try to be good.”40