"Did he hear me?" I asked him and he looked at my head again, or rather over my head. It was a quick glance before he looked back at my eyes.
"They all heard you." He said softly and I felt my soul deflate like a whoopy cushion." I think we should move somewhere else. Now."
Lucas grabbed my hand and we walked (it was almost sprinting) from where I had made a total fool of myself.
" I can't believe I did that ." I said in despair. Lucas put his hand on my shoulder and gave me a reassuring smile.
"I can believe it." He said dryly and I shook his hand off with a huff.
We had sprinted for a while and gotten as far away from the dart stall and Bradley as we could. Right now, we stood close to the edge of the fair next to the park's woods.
" Sorry, I know you feel bad . " He said gentler, " It's not that bad if you think about it though or better yet , not think about it."
" Not think about it ? " I asked him indignantly, " I just made a huge fool of myself there. I completely forgot they were close by. "
Another Sarah spectacular , I thought glumly , Cindy would make ruin me for this, and not counting the other girls at school who would joke about this till college.
" Hey , You've got nothing to be sad about ... maybe a bit . But it doesn't matter , I'm sure nobody will care. I mean what's worse? This incident or the sad fate of mortality?" Lucas asked seriously.
See what I meant? Totally an Emo, what other teenager cares about mortality to compare it like that?
Also, I was not in the mood for that question!
" Cindy is gonna chew me up, pound me down and spit me out and walk over what's left, or worse , her posse will." I quivered in apprehension.
" Oh , don't be so down cast, that's my department. Alot of girls propose their undying love to that jerk all the time ." He said waving his hand, " You'll just be another crazy fan girl ."
" Thanks , I feel soooo much better ." I said sarcastically.
"Sorry , I'm just trying to make you see it's not a big issue ." He said softly and then he looked around," how about we go on a ride, it could help?"
I shook my head and looked down to the ground. Forget a ride , I just wanted to go home and hope there would be a global memory wipe of today.
" Come on , Sarah . It's the last day of spring break , we have to try atleast one thing ." He said with a small smile, " How about there?"
I looked to where he was pointing. There was a purple tent next to some trees up ahead. It was large, about the size of half a school bus, and a blue old truck was parked a few feet away from it. The tent had an odd air about it, maybe it was because it seemed to be sitting apart from the rest of the fair.
"I'm not sure . It's seems creepy." I said honestly.
"You won't know if it's creepy until we find out. And I hope it is, the rest of the stalls have flowery decorations and smiling doll bunnies. That is creepy." He said grabbing my hand and pulling me along, "Come on , this could be a good distraction."
I sighed and let him drag me to the tent . I would just pacify him and then go home . This day was ruined beyond repair, thanks to me , and I didn't care what happened next. Hopefully whatever was in the tent would be really boring and Lucas would decide to leave.
We walked into the tent , after going throw a bead door, and as we stepped inside we were startled. Inside the tent it seemed a bit bigger than the outside, or was that my imagination?
There was a wooden table in the center of the room. Two cabinets were next to the entrance on our right and on our left was a coat rack pole standing alone. The coat rack however held no coats, but instead five or seven masks of animal heads and other things hung from strings tied to each hook.
There was even one looking at me and it had the appearance like a giant black vulture. The cabinets both had jars, bottles and various other things in them.
I thought I saw snake in one jar , and it looked alive!
Howevert that wasn't what made us startled . It wasn't even the vulture mask that looked like it was following me with it's eyes.
(Mental note, keep my eyes on that thing and never go to a desert in my life.)
What startled us, was that when we stepped inside the tent, we heard crying.
Not simple whimperings but gasps of grief and sobs of sorrow, like a widow who lost her husband and baby at the same time.
It sounded from behind a second curtain that was separating the two parts of the tent. It was a curtain made of black beads and what I guessed to be purple silk , reaching to the floor. A large Persian rug engulfed the floor, covering the natural grass under our feet with soft and probably itchy wool.
"Umm maybe we should leave . " I suggested , if whoever was behind that carpet was insane , I would run away screaming - the thought paused in my mind as the before mentioned person walked from behind the curtain.
It was a slender woman , wearing a purple frill on her head, a faded dark purple garment with a lowered hood. With her hood down, I could see her face , but I really didn't want to though. Her face was a bit round, with an even forehead. Her eyes almond shaped and light blue, but they were a bit puffy from crying.
But what creeped me out was her make-up.
The woman had put on some heavy makeup like I'd never seen . She had black lipstick and white face powder so potent , she was as pale as a ghost. Combined with her puffy blood red eyes , I thought for a moment, it was a witch who walked out of there.
Before I snapped myself back to my senses.
This was no witch but a crazy bimbo, I told myself , and clearly her crying routine was to get her customers sympathetic and believe whatever poor sham she put on.
I would have none of it, I decided right then.
"Greetings children, have you... come to see your future ? " she asked us and I was about to say no when Lucas ( Craziest person I knew right then ) sat down and nodded his head.
Oh no , I thought , now I couldn't leave him here with her!
"Sit down my child." She said giving a small sniff and I reluctantly put my posterior in the wooden chair.
The gypsy woman , I got a feeling that's what she was (and saying witch was counter productive), sat down aswell but I could swear she wanted to cry again . Maybe it was my kind heart, maybe it was because I wanted to distract myself from what had happened a few minutes ago or maybe it was because I was stupid, but I found myself asking her if she would do whatever she was going to do.
It was probably because I was stupid .
The woman taking this as a prompt asked us who would like to start . Lucas happily volunteered , and the woman asked for his right hand.
Palm reading , I thought scornfully, well it's better than looking into an eight ball.
" I can tell you of you're future with this hand." She said with a mystical voice I knew was fake.
" Would you like to know about your love life first ? Most young people always wish to know this." She said and Lucas nodded his head.
" The palm shows you will love deeply , passionately but... " She paused and looked at his closely , " But it's unclear if this is love or passion . Only time will tell."
Good catch , I thought cynically, if Lucas falls in love you're right and if he doesn't, you're right still . I knew right then with one hundred percent conviction that the woman was a fraud.
" What about you my child , do you want to know of your love life too ? " She asked me and I paused before nodding my head . I wanted to hear what she would say , how safe a prophecy she would tell . If it was too obvious then I'd definitely call out on her lie or atleast hint at it.
" My your love life is... intense . " She said looking at my hand , " Very intense indeed ... I think that this... is - "
" -is what ?" I asked her, I can take mumbo jumbo but not suspense.
"I think you both need a better reading." she said softly looking at us both and getting up. I hope she didn't think Lucas was my boyfriend because that was a horribly gross thought.
She went to the draws of the cupboard and started searching for something.
"I had something... I had them... Somewhere... where are they ? " she mumbled to herself, and i got the feeling we might be close to hysteria.
I looked at Lucas with an obvious look. Let's go , my look said , she's obviously crazy.
Lucas looked slightly hesitant and just as I was to give him an angry let's go look , the woman shouted out in triumph.
"Here. I found them." She said coming to the table and putting down a deck of cards . Not just any cards.
Tarots cards.