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"If you want to get dressed, I'll bring you to see Jamie," Gauge offered.

I shot out of bed and hurriedly dressed. If they were pranking me, it was an elaborate one, and I wanted to see where they'd go with this. If it was true, I was even more excited.

Chapter Twenty

Emma

Gauge took me into the train's control room, and even though I'd never seen one in person, it looked pretty standard. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Probably the craziest thing I'd seen so far was that apparently they let just anyone walk into the control room.

If they were pulling my leg about being trains, at least they opened my eyes to the new possibilities.

As if reading my mind, Gauge led me to what should have been the conductor’s chair and motioned for me to take a seat.

It was pretty clear, though, that no one was here. Unless they had stepped away from their post, the train was driving itself.

The tracks rumbled beneath us, and I felt a rush of heat go straight to my core. The feeling was amplified by the naughtiness of the situation. I wasn't supposed to be in here, this close to the train's center.

The chair seemed to vibrate more around me than it should have, but I tried to focus.

"This doesn't prove anything," I said hesitantly. I felt in my gut that Gauge was telling the truth, but I needed to know for sure.

"Well, I can't morph in front of you since Jamie's already running the track,” Gauge explained, “but I can show you that this train is Jamie."

"How?"

"You can text them. It'll come up on the train's console. Here, I'll give you their number.”

"That's okay," I said, taking my phone out. "I already have it."

I shot a quick text to Jamie and waited.

Gauge is fucking with me, right?

Gauge was right. It popped up on the train's console. That didn't prove anything, but then a response started to appear.

The train bellowed out, "Choo—Chooo" before a response came through to my phone.

Jamie

Not in the way I want him to be.

The train whistled again and Gauge chuckled. Before I could ask what he was laughing about, another text came through.

Jamie

I just told him to take you hard against my console.

What do you say, sweetheart?

You want to go for a ride?

I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

If this is really you, tell me what you told me about Rosie

Jamie