Fire Opal
(From Ella's Perspective)
Leandro woke me up in the morning. I saw that I was in the cave, but last night, I was in front of the lake under the ash tree where he took me. I had told him all about me that I could remember. The surprising thing was that I did not feel uncomfortable talking to him about those things at all. It was like he could understand me. As he promised, he did not laugh or pity me. I was glad that he kept his promise.
The way he listened to me surprised me a lot. It seemed like he was waiting to hear those things all along. But I did not understand why. He almost made me believe that he knew all along that there was a part of me that I was hiding.
But after telling him all about it, I felt better. My life was never exciting but full of boring and stupid things. But last night, I got a slight hint that there were a few adventures as well. It was just me who could not see it before.