#Chapter 16 – New Friends

“I wasn’t quite brought from home,” Anton says with a little shrug, smirking at Laila and clearly enjoying himself. “But I wasn’t called up, either.” “Then where did you come from?” Laila asks, looking at him with her wide eyes. Her dark brown irises, I note with curiosity, are larger than mine or any human’s, giving her face an innocent and wonderous charm. “I’m straight from your dreams, baby,” Anton says, his smirk deepening as he gives her a wink. I burst into a guffawing laugh as Laila blushes and lets out a tinkling one, anxious, glancing between us. “Anton, that was horrible,” I snap, crossing to him to give him a smack even though my hand passes through his shoulder as usual. “I’m not going to let you coach me anymore if that’s your idea of a good line.” Anton just laughs, grinning up at me. “I’m just kidding. Come on, we’re in this weird love Game, I can’t joke about it?” I sigh, turning back to Laila and shaking my head at her. “I apologize for my pet ghost,” I sa