The moonlight falls onto Cobalt"s face, illuminating his drawn expression. He"s barely said anything since we got back from Haynes" field trip and I"m starting to get worried. Which is why I"ve brought him up to the rooftop. I need him to open up about whatever is bothering him so that he can process it and get past it. Otherwise, it"s just going to eat him up and make him go a little crazy.
I touch my bracelet for luck and protection for us both. I don"t think it works like that, or at all, but I want to help him so badly and if an old family superstition helps me do that, then I"m all for trying it.
"Want to talk about it?" I ask. He"ll open up in his own time, but that doesn"t mean I can"t make it clear that I"m here to listen.
Cobalt sighs loudly. "Did you hear him in there?"
I don
