Life Designed (Life Plan Series Book 1), Eliza Taye [great novels .TXT] 📗

be a lawyer, so I would need to go to law school. But to be the representative of a council member?”

“Is there anyone you know who could help me?”

“The only thing I can think of is to use our sciorbs to look it up on the dataweb. Perhaps one of our teachers would know. Although, if our teachers knew, surely they would have told us about it.” Opal began staring off into space, lost in thought.

“Why don’t we start with the dataweb.” Garrett reached into his pocket and pulled out his sciorb.

“You brought that with you?”

“Yeah, I had a feeling it might come in handy.” Garrett strode to a bench about ten feet from where they stood and sat down.

Opal joined him and waited while he typed in his login and brought up the dataweb. “Let me know if you find anything.”

Nodding, Garrett typed in Council Representative into the search bar and hit enter. The dataweb loaded for a moment then sputtered out a handful of results. Garrett scrolled down the short list of results. “There’s not much here.”

“Well, what do they have?”

“There’s an article about a council representative going to a province in the north called Scyenvar and visiting the cities Setherith and Bayenar. Nothing about one here in Galaxcion, though.”

“What about the duties of a council representative?”

“Nothing. They only mention visitations by them, not a word on anything else.” Garrett tapped on one of the articles to open them up and scanned the entire thing. “Nope, nothing.”

Garrett sighed in frustration, almost ready to pull his hair out.

“There’s only one other place that might have the information we need,” stated Opal.

In unison, both Opal and Garrett exclaimed, “Anaxia Library!”

“Where would we even start?” wondered Opal, gazing around at the thousands of books upon the library shelves.

“Well, we could just search around aimlessly until we find what we’re looking for?” suggested Garrett with a wink.

Opal stared side-long at him shaking her head slightly. “Garrett, that would take forever! We’d be here for a million years and we’d both miss our Submission and Declaration Day.”

Shrugging Garrett stated, “Oh, Opal, don’t be so dramatic. Come on, let’s go!”

Before Opal could do anything to stop him, Garrett took off up the staircase toward the upper floors.

“Garrett, wait up!” Chasing after him, Opal climbed three flights of stairs. “Why are we on the fourth floor?”

“Well, if becoming a council representative isn’t something most people know about, then it has to be in a location of the library where people rarely go.” Garrett resisted glancing toward the staircase leading to the elusive fifth floor. He was certain the answers to everything he sought was hidden in that Special Collection Room. All he had to do was find a way to break in.

“Garrett, we really should just ask a librarian. It makes a lot more sense than walking around reading the different sections to find it.”

Peeved by his friend’s persistence, Garrett insisted, “No, Opal, come on, it’s gotta be down this aisle.”

Once again, Garrett took off before Opal could say anything.

Strolling past rows and rows of bookcases, Garrett’s head whipped this way and that reading the categories at the top of the shelves indicating the content below. Machinations of Engineering Science, Hydroculture, Physiology of the Common Man…nothing came close to anything he needed.

“Garrett.”

Opal’s tone caused Garrett to freeze and turn around slowly.

Opal stared at him with pinched lips and an intense gaze that Garrett had seen only a handful of times but knew exactly what it meant. Opal was furious and about to lay down the law.

“I will not spend all day running around on a stupid scavenger hunt. We’re asking for help, now!”

As if she were waiting nearby on cue, a woman with short cut ginger hair turned toward them, “Do you need any assistance? I’m one of the librarians here.”

Opal and Garrett turned their gazes to the central aisle of books beside them. The woman was carrying a small stack of books and kept looking between the two of them.

“Well?” The smile gracing her face indicated that she was waiting patiently, not annoyed.

“Yes, thank you. My friend and I are working on his Life Plan and he wants to learn how to become a member of The Council. More specifically, a representative for The Council.”

“Oh,” the woman resituated the glasses resting on the bridge of her nose with one hand, the pile of books almost falling from her clutches.

“Do you need any help with those?” offered Garrett, rushing over and grabbing the books before they toppled to the ground.

“I guess I could. I was just about to take these up to the fifth floor when I heard the two of you talking.”

“The fifth floor?” Garrett’s gaze flicked up to meet the librarians, wonderment, and excitement filling them.

“Uh, yes. I need to replace them, but it will only take a minute and then I can help the two of you find what you’re looking for.”

“Great, we’ll go with you. I can carry the books for you.”

“Oh, that’s all right.” The librarian reached for the books again.

“No, I insist, I love to help others.” Garrett grinned, hoping she wouldn’t protest further.

Outside of Garrett’s view, Opal made an incredulous face. Garrett liking to help others? He made it sound like he was the one who went to the Undecided shelter every week to volunteer. As far as she knew, Garrett had never volunteered to help a stranger in his entire life!

The librarian pondered the offer for a moment than acquiesced. “All right, follow me then.”

If Garrett weren’t carrying the pile of books, he would have pumped his fist in success. He’d finally be able to see the fifth floor and Special Collections Room.

The librarian led the two