Junie, offering herself.
“Let me see, the book says you need to stand against the wall and then I need to focus.” Junie squints her eyes, and breathes deeply, focusing as Basil positions herself against the wall. “Well … I see a deep red ... it’s faint though. Lukas, can you tell me what that means?” She hands me the book, not taking her eyes off of Basil.
I scan the page with a list of colors, and red is the first one listed.
“It means you’re grounded, realistic, active, and strong-willed,” I say reading the page. I skim the list and stop when I see the words Rainbow Children . My heart races, but I try and keep my cool. Last night I asserted my opinions and it pushed Lucy away. I don’t want to scare her with my declarations, or assumptions. I need her to be on board, because she wants to.
I need her to be on board because she has decided to have faith.
21.
Lucy
“Okay, let me see that book,” Colton says, grabbing for the book in my hands. “Junie, can you really see something or is this a joke?”
“It’s not a joke, I believe it,” I admit slowly. “That describes Basil to a T. She’s the strongest-willed person I’ve ever met.” Acknowledging this feels like I’m agreeing to something big. Maybe there’s a reason Charlie isn’t; maybe he’s a distraction from the truth.
That I’m destined for something. That we all are.
Junie has a gift. I could sense her spark, her energy, when I touched her.
“What’s your aura?” I ask Junie, searching her violet eyes.
“I don’t know if I can read my own….” She seems hesitant, like she doesn’t quite believe in herself. I can relate. I’ve spent my life half believing in myself.
“Try.” I urge her on.
She holds out her hands and gazes intently at them, as if trying to draw something out.
“I think it’s kind of purple-y. Is that one of the colors?” she asks, looking at Colton who now holds the book.
“Yeah, violet auras,” he says, then stops and looks at his sister, considering her. “Violet auras are the most sensitive and wisest of colors. It is intuitive, idealistic, magical.”
The room falls silent as we look at one another, look at Junie. It feels real, and as true as anything. She smiles, as though what Colton read is what she always felt, just never put words to before. As she turns up her lips, a slight purple color raises from her head.
“Do you see that?” I say, pointing to the crown of color.
No one else sees it, but I do. Junie is intuitive in ways I’m not. She knows how to take care of Timid, to take care of others. And she’s idealistic too, wanting to remove herself from the bigger problems of the world, and live a quiet life. And she has a violet aura.
It’s real.
“Can I see the book, Colton?” Lukas asks, reaching for it again. I look at him, not knowing the next part in our story. As he starts reading, the words cause a lump to form in my throat. I’m stick still as I listen to him read, because as he reads the words his Light grows brighter, and brighter still,
“ Rainbow Children come to the world when they are needed most. Alone, they are bearers of strong light energy, but when their forces combine, they are able to start a cycle of change that compares to nothing else. These children are born with the purest energy from the universe, rainbow energy, and have the gift to give this energy to others .
Alone, a white light bearer can transfer this energy to people, but when combined with another light bearer, the energy magnifies. They create a rainbow that spreads healing energy to themselves and others.”
“Stop!” I hold up my green hand, once again, scared of him telling me anymore. “I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want a book telling me who I’m supposed to be.”
There. I’ve said it. I’ve said the thing that scares me the most. Being bound to something I didn’t choose. I didn’t choose this light. I didn’t choose this life.
The room
“Let me see, the book says you need to stand against the wall and then I need to focus.” Junie squints her eyes, and breathes deeply, focusing as Basil positions herself against the wall. “Well … I see a deep red ... it’s faint though. Lukas, can you tell me what that means?” She hands me the book, not taking her eyes off of Basil.
I scan the page with a list of colors, and red is the first one listed.
“It means you’re grounded, realistic, active, and strong-willed,” I say reading the page. I skim the list and stop when I see the words Rainbow Children . My heart races, but I try and keep my cool. Last night I asserted my opinions and it pushed Lucy away. I don’t want to scare her with my declarations, or assumptions. I need her to be on board, because she wants to.
I need her to be on board because she has decided to have faith.
21.
Lucy
“Okay, let me see that book,” Colton says, grabbing for the book in my hands. “Junie, can you really see something or is this a joke?”
“It’s not a joke, I believe it,” I admit slowly. “That describes Basil to a T. She’s the strongest-willed person I’ve ever met.” Acknowledging this feels like I’m agreeing to something big. Maybe there’s a reason Charlie isn’t; maybe he’s a distraction from the truth.
That I’m destined for something. That we all are.
Junie has a gift. I could sense her spark, her energy, when I touched her.
“What’s your aura?” I ask Junie, searching her violet eyes.
“I don’t know if I can read my own….” She seems hesitant, like she doesn’t quite believe in herself. I can relate. I’ve spent my life half believing in myself.
“Try.” I urge her on.
She holds out her hands and gazes intently at them, as if trying to draw something out.
“I think it’s kind of purple-y. Is that one of the colors?” she asks, looking at Colton who now holds the book.
“Yeah, violet auras,” he says, then stops and looks at his sister, considering her. “Violet auras are the most sensitive and wisest of colors. It is intuitive, idealistic, magical.”
The room falls silent as we look at one another, look at Junie. It feels real, and as true as anything. She smiles, as though what Colton read is what she always felt, just never put words to before. As she turns up her lips, a slight purple color raises from her head.
“Do you see that?” I say, pointing to the crown of color.
No one else sees it, but I do. Junie is intuitive in ways I’m not. She knows how to take care of Timid, to take care of others. And she’s idealistic too, wanting to remove herself from the bigger problems of the world, and live a quiet life. And she has a violet aura.
It’s real.
“Can I see the book, Colton?” Lukas asks, reaching for it again. I look at him, not knowing the next part in our story. As he starts reading, the words cause a lump to form in my throat. I’m stick still as I listen to him read, because as he reads the words his Light grows brighter, and brighter still,
“ Rainbow Children come to the world when they are needed most. Alone, they are bearers of strong light energy, but when their forces combine, they are able to start a cycle of change that compares to nothing else. These children are born with the purest energy from the universe, rainbow energy, and have the gift to give this energy to others .
Alone, a white light bearer can transfer this energy to people, but when combined with another light bearer, the energy magnifies. They create a rainbow that spreads healing energy to themselves and others.”
“Stop!” I hold up my green hand, once again, scared of him telling me anymore. “I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want a book telling me who I’m supposed to be.”
There. I’ve said it. I’ve said the thing that scares me the most. Being bound to something I didn’t choose. I didn’t choose this light. I didn’t choose this life.
The room
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