The sun blared in on my face waking me from my deep sleep. I groaned grumpily as I rolled over and pulled the blanket up over my head. Who ever made the sun so bright needed to have their eyes tested. There was a knock lightly on my door so I dragged myself out of bed and walked over to the door. Steve stood on the other side and I looked at him tiredly. "Afternoon. I was asked to take you to the library room when you woke, but you've already slept most of the day so I thought you'd be up. Sorry about that." He didn't look sincer at all. "It's alright. I'll just get changed quickly and we can go." He nodded and stepped back from the door.

I grabbed a pair of jeans and threw on a long sleeve shirt to hide my arms. The scars usually free attention and questions that I would prefer to avoid so I spent a lot of time in long sleeves. I walked back over to the door and stepped out. "Ok good to go." He smiled at me quickly then turned and led me down the hallways. We took a half dozen turns before we reached a set of doors. Steve pushed them open and waved me in. "Alec said that you can take any book you want but that once you were finished to make sure it goes back where you got it from. Now would you like something to eat or drink? I can have it sent here or to your room if you want?"

I blinked quickly a couple of times as I turned around taking in all the books. The room was massive and better stocked with books then the town and high school libraries. "Umm...coffee...please? I think I'm going to be here for awhile if that's ok?" He nodded and left pulling the doors closed behind him. I didn't even know where to start. I walked down along the shelves and gently ran my hand along the spines of the books.

There was everything from romance to the different sciences. There were enough books here to educate anyone in what ever field they wanted to go into. There were books filled with poetry by people I had never heard of and duplicate copies of some that I had heard of. I started down the romance section to pick something to read at night before bed. I found a couple of books that I hadn't read before and grabbed them making sure to take note of where I pulled them from. I then walked over and looked through some of the horror section.

Much to my mother's disappointment, I had always loved a good horror. whether it was a book or a movie, I couldn't help myself when it came to them. I found a few that sounded good and piled them on top of my pile. With six books in hand I decided I should probably read some of them first before grabbing more. I didn't know how long I was going to be here but so far it seemed I would have enough time to read quiet a few books. I walked over to a table that was in the middle of the room and placed the books down just as the elderly woman from the yesterday entered with a small tray.

She walked over and placed the tray down in front of me. "Coffee, and I brought a couple of cake slices incase you wanted to nibble on anything." She looked as if she were trying to judge what sort of person I was. "Thank you...I'm sorry, I don't know your name..." She tilted her head sideways slightly. "You can call me Miss Jo. Most around here do. Now make sure not to make a mess. The masters don't like it. Especially in the library." I smiled at her thankfully. "I won't, promise. Oh and thank you Miss Jo." she smiled at me slightly and nodded before turning around and leaving.

I picked up the coffee and looked at the books as I took a sip. I decided to start with a novel about a witch. It had come from the horror section but the description didn't really seem like that was where it belonged. I sat down and opened the book. I flicked the pages as I read and drank the coffee that Miss Jo had brought in. I made it through to chapter six when I decided to try one of the cake slices. I looked at them and chose what looked like a chocolate slice. It was delicious and very crumbly. I quickly caught some of the crumbs with my hands and lent over the plate so that none when on the ground or table.

I read through another four chapters and finished of the cake slices when I lent back and stretched out. I didn't realise I had been sitting for so long. I got up from the table and grabbed my books. I stopped and looked at the tray. I couldn't just leave it there but I also didn't know where the kitchen was or how I would carry the books and the tray. I sighed and put the books back down on the table and picked up the tray instead. I walked to the doors and opened them. I stepped out into the hallway and looked around. I was going to have to just try and work it out.

I walked up and down hallways before I found a flight of stairs that lead straight down to the kitchen and I sighed in relief. I knocked on the open...