Broken

Chapter 41

Kara's POV

*Evan, Levi, Xavier, and Jacob have just gone inside the large house.*

Thia and I were sitting down on the grass in front of the house while Ty slowly paced back and forth. I play with my fire abilities and twirl a flame in my hand.

"I'm boooored." Ty complains.

"They literally just went inside though." I say without looking up.

"So? There's nothing to dooo."

I swear he was a five-year-old.

"Can I go explore?" He asks both of us.

"No. You'll break something." Thia firmly says.

"No I won't, I promise. I just want to look around more. I'll be back in half an hour."

Thia sighs and I look over at her. She wasn't seriously considering letting him wander the city alone, right?

"Twenty minutes. If you cause any damage to anything, I swear I'll stab you with another spoon." Thia warns.

Ty smiles eagerly. "Thanks!"

I watch him walk down the dirt road until he reaches the center of the city. From there, he looks to his left and right before walking towards one of the shops.

I look at Thia with a surprised face. "You actually let him go?"

"He was just going to continue to bug us if we forced him to stay here. Now he's someone else's problem." She explains.

I smile and shake my head. "I give it ten minutes before he sets something on fire by accident."

"I give it four."

I laugh.

Thia and I make small talk for about ten minutes about random things such as why people swing their arms when they walk. I guess it helps keep balance your but I still think it's weird.

I absentmindedly twirl a flame in my hand.

I was surprised that all of us were allowed to come into the city. Normally, all people of a different species weren't allowed anywhere near the city. Although, sometimes there are special exceptions for visitations of political people so maybe that was this case. I still thought it was a little weird though.

Another ten minutes pass and Ty doesn't return. Why am I surprised? I expect him to come running up to us in another fifteen minutes.

Then Evan and Levi emerge form the house. Where were Xavier and Jacob?

"Where's Ty?" Levi asks us.

"Exploring." I reply.

"Alone?"

"Yeah...if he gets us thrown out, blame it on Thia."

Thia turns to me. "Hey! I just didn't want him nagging me about food for who knows how long."

Evan sits down next to me rather close...

I ever-so-slightly turn to look at him. His eyes seemed to have light circles under them. Or it could have just been from the angle of the light shining down from the porch light. He did seem kind of tired though...Was he okay?

He shifts in his spot and looks down at the ground. I quickly look away before he catches me staring at him. I could feel my cheeks turning slightly pink. I felt like a school girl that had a crush on a guy but was trying to hide it. I mean I did have a giant crush on Evan but I wasn't exactly hiding it and I'm not a school girl.