#Chapter 35 Yes, Ellie. I Am Indeed Suffering From Wolfsbane.

Austin's POV

The way she puts the question to me, I search for a chink in her armor. Anything that might give her away that this is just another one of her pranks.

Only what I see is genuine. She's actually crying and it confuses me for a moment. The last time I have seen her tears was when we had a fight in her room, and that had been in a far different scenario from this very one.

"Ellie? Why would you even want to ask that?"

"I have a right to, don't I?"

I spread my hands. "I think... you do, Ellie. But this is..."

"Unexpected?"

"Yeah," I say, stretching the pronunciation of the word to make it sound like three syllables.

She nods, like she really understands the situation she has put herself in is one that's even strange to her but what the hell does she care?

She bites on her lower lip like she's trying to stop herself from crying out loud and I'm glad that she does that. "I saw something on the internet about you this morning while I was in school."

"Oh, yeah? Is that why you ar