mother could deal with mine and Libby’s gifts was
by letting my father explain them to her in his own way.
“It’s not bad,” Landen said, laughing, “We
can see colors around people now.”
“What do you mean – Auras?” my mother asked.
I looked at Landen; my mother had given us a valid name to refer to
the colors.
“Yeah, I guess so,” I said, smiling a
little.
“So, what’s mine?” my mother asked,
excited
“Pink,” Landen and I said at the same time.
My mother looked down to her dark green top.
“Do I match?” she asked me, almost serious.
I shook my head in disbelief.
“I’m just kidding,” she said, laughing, “I
think I have a book somewhere on Auras. I don’t know if it survived
the fire, but I’ll bring it over to you if I can find it.”
“It would be nice to know what they mean,”
Landen said, looking at the painting again.
“You guys should be able to figure it out.
An Aura is the energy we put off, and I would think that our
emotion would impact the shade,” my mother said, looking humbly at
me. I could feel that she was proud of all my gifts.
“Well, look, I need to get back to Jason and
Libby. I want to see some paintings of those other dimensions you
two ran off to,” she said, hugging me, then Landen. She looked back
at the painting before she left the room and shook her head in
amazement.
“Are you hungry?” I asked Landen
He smiled. “Starving,” he said, pulling me
out of the room.
I was making plates for the two of us when I
felt Olivia and Chrispin getting closer. Olivia opened the back
door for Chrispin, who was carrying three large dishes. When Olivia
saw the plates I had fixed, her shoulders fell.
“You cooked?” she said in a disbelieving
tone.
Landen laughed out loud at my
expression.
“What are you laughing at? Olivia has seen
me cook,” I said defensively, smiling.
Landen raised his hands, letting me know he
was only joking.
“Not lately,” Olivia added. “We can still
eat together,” she said, pulling out two more plates from the
cabinet. Olivia’s Aura was violet and purple, and a glow of white
connected her to Chrispin, whose Aura was a golden color. Landen
looked at me, then to them; love had never looked so beautiful.
“Did you see Marc today?” Chrispin asked
Landen as he sat at the kitchen table. Landen nodded and took a
seat next to him. “What’s his deal, man? He’s so uptight,” Chrispin
said, running his hands through his curly dirty blond hair. Landen
shrugged his shoulders. We sat all the food on the table, and
Landen got up to get everyone a drink.
“You need to make him go look, Landen. He’ll
listen to you,” Chrispin said, getting up to pull out a chair for
Olivia. She looked up at Chrispin, almost annoyed, like she had
heard this over and over.
“No, you guys need to leave him alone. When
he’s ready, he’ll go,” Olivia said to all of us.
Landen sat down at the table and elbowed
Chrispin. “You should listen to the better half of your soul -
she’s right,” he teased.
Chrispin sighed and picked up his fork and
knife. “I just don’t see why anyone wouldn’t want to be in love,”
he said, holding his argument.
“There’s a time for everything, and a
reason. You know that,” Landen said, looking at Chrispin, then
smiling at Olivia.
I believed in my heart that Chrispin would
have found Olivia on his own, but it was still eerie that he had
found her through the adversity that we’d just endured. Olivia was
taken by Drake and rescued by all of us, and the love between
Chrispin and Olivia brought Olivia’s sight back without the power
of magic - proving that love is the most powerful thing in the
universe.
“Yeah, I do,” Chrispin said, reaching to
kiss Olivia. “We wanted to talk to you two alone,” he said, looking
at Landen.
Olivia looked at me and smiled a shy smile.
I froze in mid-bite; I could feel that they were planning to tell
us something that they thought would shock us, and
by letting my father explain them to her in his own way.
“It’s not bad,” Landen said, laughing, “We
can see colors around people now.”
“What do you mean – Auras?” my mother asked.
I looked at Landen; my mother had given us a valid name to refer to
the colors.
“Yeah, I guess so,” I said, smiling a
little.
“So, what’s mine?” my mother asked,
excited
“Pink,” Landen and I said at the same time.
My mother looked down to her dark green top.
“Do I match?” she asked me, almost serious.
I shook my head in disbelief.
“I’m just kidding,” she said, laughing, “I
think I have a book somewhere on Auras. I don’t know if it survived
the fire, but I’ll bring it over to you if I can find it.”
“It would be nice to know what they mean,”
Landen said, looking at the painting again.
“You guys should be able to figure it out.
An Aura is the energy we put off, and I would think that our
emotion would impact the shade,” my mother said, looking humbly at
me. I could feel that she was proud of all my gifts.
“Well, look, I need to get back to Jason and
Libby. I want to see some paintings of those other dimensions you
two ran off to,” she said, hugging me, then Landen. She looked back
at the painting before she left the room and shook her head in
amazement.
“Are you hungry?” I asked Landen
He smiled. “Starving,” he said, pulling me
out of the room.
I was making plates for the two of us when I
felt Olivia and Chrispin getting closer. Olivia opened the back
door for Chrispin, who was carrying three large dishes. When Olivia
saw the plates I had fixed, her shoulders fell.
“You cooked?” she said in a disbelieving
tone.
Landen laughed out loud at my
expression.
“What are you laughing at? Olivia has seen
me cook,” I said defensively, smiling.
Landen raised his hands, letting me know he
was only joking.
“Not lately,” Olivia added. “We can still
eat together,” she said, pulling out two more plates from the
cabinet. Olivia’s Aura was violet and purple, and a glow of white
connected her to Chrispin, whose Aura was a golden color. Landen
looked at me, then to them; love had never looked so beautiful.
“Did you see Marc today?” Chrispin asked
Landen as he sat at the kitchen table. Landen nodded and took a
seat next to him. “What’s his deal, man? He’s so uptight,” Chrispin
said, running his hands through his curly dirty blond hair. Landen
shrugged his shoulders. We sat all the food on the table, and
Landen got up to get everyone a drink.
“You need to make him go look, Landen. He’ll
listen to you,” Chrispin said, getting up to pull out a chair for
Olivia. She looked up at Chrispin, almost annoyed, like she had
heard this over and over.
“No, you guys need to leave him alone. When
he’s ready, he’ll go,” Olivia said to all of us.
Landen sat down at the table and elbowed
Chrispin. “You should listen to the better half of your soul -
she’s right,” he teased.
Chrispin sighed and picked up his fork and
knife. “I just don’t see why anyone wouldn’t want to be in love,”
he said, holding his argument.
“There’s a time for everything, and a
reason. You know that,” Landen said, looking at Chrispin, then
smiling at Olivia.
I believed in my heart that Chrispin would
have found Olivia on his own, but it was still eerie that he had
found her through the adversity that we’d just endured. Olivia was
taken by Drake and rescued by all of us, and the love between
Chrispin and Olivia brought Olivia’s sight back without the power
of magic - proving that love is the most powerful thing in the
universe.
“Yeah, I do,” Chrispin said, reaching to
kiss Olivia. “We wanted to talk to you two alone,” he said, looking
at Landen.
Olivia looked at me and smiled a shy smile.
I froze in mid-bite; I could feel that they were planning to tell
us something that they thought would shock us, and
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