+ tredici

"need help?" he offered sheepishly.

i gave a shake of my head, as well as a polite smile, reassuring him that everything was fine. "go with the others. i'm fine here all by myself."

but he refused to leave the room. "four hands are quicker than just two." he explained to me. "if we do this together then both of us can catch up to them for lunch. jin says they're not going too far. some place called salad farm."

"you really don't have to." i insisted.

but he was equally insistent. "let me help you."

-

i kind of want to try to write about twelve more chapters tonight, so i can have half the story already written and posted. if i can't achieve that tonight, i'll try hard to have about eighty percent of the story posted tomorrow.

and then by the third day i want this story finished and the sequel already started.

-clary