"Nothing," Stormy said with a huff. "But I think we should go."
"What happened?" Alexander asked.
"Did they hurt you?" I asked. "I'll - "
"No, of course not," she said sweetly.
"Then what happened?" Alexander asked.
"It's nothing, really. I just think it's time to go."
I marched down to my brother and his nerdmate. I knew I'd get answers from him.
By this time Billy and Henry were putting pieces back in his telescope.
"What did you do?" I charged.
"Nothing," Billy said, perplexed.
"We were just fixing the telescope," Henry said.
"Something must have happened," I insisted. "I heard her scream."
"I don't know," Billy said. "We were just fixing the telescope and wiping down the mirror. Henry flashed it at her as a joke, and she freaked out!" Oh, I thought. Not that.
"What's the big deal?" Billy asked.
"I don't know," I said.
"It didn't even touch her," Henry said sincerely.
"I know," I reassured him. "You didn't do anything wrong."
"I know," I reassured him. "You didn't do anything wrong."
"We were just going to look at the stars," Billy said, shaking his head. "You goth girls ! I think I'll stick to hanging out with the girls in Math Club. They aren't so weird."
"It's okay," I said.
"What girl is afraid of mirrors?" Billy asked.
"A vampire, I suppose," Henry said.
Billy looked back at me. He gazed at Stormy and Alexander for a bit. Then he took the mirror from Henry and slipped it into his pants pocket.
"Hey," Henry said. "I need that."
I glared at my brother. "It's time we go," I said, and shook my head as they packed up their belongings.
"Do you think Stormy will be okay?" I asked Alexander outside my house after we dropped the boys off at Henry's.
"She's fine. It's just one of the tricky parts of hanging out with mortals," Alexander said with a cute grin.
I glanced back to check on Stormy, but this time she wasn't watching us from the car. Instead she was fiddling with the car radio.
"I feel awful," I said. "I didn't know they'd do that."
"There wasn't any way to know. And she could have shrugged it off. Instead she had to act all medieval."