happened.
Somehow, I had managed to press irritation into him! Kyle picked up my hand again and smoothed his thumb over my pressure point. He was back to normal, but still confused. Aaronmon was sitting quietly across the table with his lips pursed together.
Could I do it again? I concentrated on Meagan and tried to push this awkwardness I was feeling onto her. It didn't take long. She started shifting in her seat and got quiet.
"Umm, well, okay. I think I might go and see if I can catch the band before they leave." Meagan got up from the table, and Aaronmon darted me a look.
"Yeah, I think it’s about time to call it a night." Kyle slid out of the booth and stretched.
"Yeah, I guess so," I added.
"I'll meet you out in the car." Aaronmon nodded his head towards me. I nodded back.
"Hey, I really don't know what happened back there." Kyle scratched his head.
"I know. Don't worry about it. There are some things, these days, that just go without explanation." I smiled.
"Yeah, I guess so."
I was a little startled to find that Kyle wasn't really surprised by my own inside joke. Things these days had been so strange, I guessed it made sense.
His warm hand caught mine, and he steered me towards the door, slightly brushing his side against mine.
"Night guys." He nodded towards D.J. and the other guys at the door.
"I can't believe we’re almost graduating." He sighed. "It seems like just yesterday I was picking on you at the playground."
"Yeah, well, back then picking on girls was flirting," I teased.
"Yeah, I guess I didn't expect for you to kick my butt either." He laughed.
"Nah, I was just flirting back." I smiled as we reached the car.
"I love you." His words came out as a whisper as his lips brushed mine.
"I love you, too." I leaned the rest of the way in, pressing his soft lips to mine. My heart started to swell with anxiety as I realized how much I’d missed him the past two days. Kyle was always there for me no matter what. I always told him everything, and now my most life changing secret was being kept from him. I now knew that there was only one thing I needed to do. Somehow, someway, sometime soon, I had to tell him what was going on with me. I had to convince him to come with me if they made me leave Earth.
Kyle sat me in the car and shut the door. I felt the purr of Aaronmon's Saab beneath me as we started to pull away.
"Okay, well, now we have something new to try and have you control." Aaronmon sighed. He was discussing the new trick with my empathy from earlier. "I guess you are multi-talented."
"Yeah, that was weird."
"I'm curious to know if you hold any other talents of your kind."
For the rest of the car ride home, Aaronmon was quiet, thinking.
CHAPTER FIVE
The sun beamed through the window, allowing the rays to warm my body as I stretched out on the bed. It was weird how I looked at the world differently these days. Sure, I didn't feel any different, aside from my heightened empathy. But the knowledge I knew, I couldn’t give back. I wondered about what was true and not true in the world. I mean, I guessed I always knew there must be life outside of Earth. Why would we be so special out of the millions of stars in the sky? It just came as a shock to find out I was one of those beings. Still, I seemed human enough, but I wondered if I could ever tell Kyle. Would he see it that way?
Tired of running scenarios in my mind, I made my way downstairs to the kitchen. I wanted to make a bowl of cereal before Aunt Trish decided to cook something alien. I was about to round the corner, but I stopped when I started to hear some whispers.
"You are going to have to tell her at some point," I heard Aunt Trish say. The pan stirred as she pushed the spatula around.
"Look, I know this is what her father wanted, and at some point we will tell her. You let her get too attached here. She is never going to accept it."
"I just wanted her to live without fear. I didn't think any harm could come out of
Somehow, I had managed to press irritation into him! Kyle picked up my hand again and smoothed his thumb over my pressure point. He was back to normal, but still confused. Aaronmon was sitting quietly across the table with his lips pursed together.
Could I do it again? I concentrated on Meagan and tried to push this awkwardness I was feeling onto her. It didn't take long. She started shifting in her seat and got quiet.
"Umm, well, okay. I think I might go and see if I can catch the band before they leave." Meagan got up from the table, and Aaronmon darted me a look.
"Yeah, I think it’s about time to call it a night." Kyle slid out of the booth and stretched.
"Yeah, I guess so," I added.
"I'll meet you out in the car." Aaronmon nodded his head towards me. I nodded back.
"Hey, I really don't know what happened back there." Kyle scratched his head.
"I know. Don't worry about it. There are some things, these days, that just go without explanation." I smiled.
"Yeah, I guess so."
I was a little startled to find that Kyle wasn't really surprised by my own inside joke. Things these days had been so strange, I guessed it made sense.
His warm hand caught mine, and he steered me towards the door, slightly brushing his side against mine.
"Night guys." He nodded towards D.J. and the other guys at the door.
"I can't believe we’re almost graduating." He sighed. "It seems like just yesterday I was picking on you at the playground."
"Yeah, well, back then picking on girls was flirting," I teased.
"Yeah, I guess I didn't expect for you to kick my butt either." He laughed.
"Nah, I was just flirting back." I smiled as we reached the car.
"I love you." His words came out as a whisper as his lips brushed mine.
"I love you, too." I leaned the rest of the way in, pressing his soft lips to mine. My heart started to swell with anxiety as I realized how much I’d missed him the past two days. Kyle was always there for me no matter what. I always told him everything, and now my most life changing secret was being kept from him. I now knew that there was only one thing I needed to do. Somehow, someway, sometime soon, I had to tell him what was going on with me. I had to convince him to come with me if they made me leave Earth.
Kyle sat me in the car and shut the door. I felt the purr of Aaronmon's Saab beneath me as we started to pull away.
"Okay, well, now we have something new to try and have you control." Aaronmon sighed. He was discussing the new trick with my empathy from earlier. "I guess you are multi-talented."
"Yeah, that was weird."
"I'm curious to know if you hold any other talents of your kind."
For the rest of the car ride home, Aaronmon was quiet, thinking.
CHAPTER FIVE
The sun beamed through the window, allowing the rays to warm my body as I stretched out on the bed. It was weird how I looked at the world differently these days. Sure, I didn't feel any different, aside from my heightened empathy. But the knowledge I knew, I couldn’t give back. I wondered about what was true and not true in the world. I mean, I guessed I always knew there must be life outside of Earth. Why would we be so special out of the millions of stars in the sky? It just came as a shock to find out I was one of those beings. Still, I seemed human enough, but I wondered if I could ever tell Kyle. Would he see it that way?
Tired of running scenarios in my mind, I made my way downstairs to the kitchen. I wanted to make a bowl of cereal before Aunt Trish decided to cook something alien. I was about to round the corner, but I stopped when I started to hear some whispers.
"You are going to have to tell her at some point," I heard Aunt Trish say. The pan stirred as she pushed the spatula around.
"Look, I know this is what her father wanted, and at some point we will tell her. You let her get too attached here. She is never going to accept it."
"I just wanted her to live without fear. I didn't think any harm could come out of
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