Deviants

Chapter 16

"Anyway... when they had told me that my father had died in a mugging, I went... I guess you could call it shock. That's what the police said. I ran. I ran into the forest and they couldn't find me for hours." I don't bother telling her that I had only ran into the forest line in our yard. My ability had gone out of control and despite learning how to control it ever since I developed it, I wasn't able to return to visibility until the next morning. "I had spent the night in the forest. My dad and I had sometimes camped whole weeks in that forest, so I knew my way home.

"My aunt had arrived that day and spent the next weekend at the house during the funeral and legal work. My father had left everything to me in his will and wished for me to split it with my sister when she turned eighteen. My aunt tried to contact my mother, but she wanted nothing to do with her. Mu aunt said she didn't even get to see my sister or to tell my mother of my father's death. Since the divorce my aunt got full custody of me if anything ever happened to my father. My mother had moved since my aunt last tried to contact her.

"I came to Montana with my aunt and decided to rent the house out to a nice old couple. They still live there to this day." When I'm done talking, I'm finally able to look at her.

"Oh, Johnny. I had no idea how traumatic your story was. I'm so sorry," Kate whispers. I shrug my shoulders.

"I try to remember the good times with him."

"But have you tried to reach out to your sister or mother? I mean I know you've been looking for them, of course, but have you had any luck?" She asks. This is where I hesitate. I haven't even told any of the guys about the file from AceofSpades.

"I..." I find it harder than I thought to admit that I have the file on them, and I could know everything I need to know on them with only one click. "I have a cyber-friend. I don't know if you hear about AceofSpades but he is an emailer that I came across a few months ago and we hit it off. He sent me a file on my mother and sister... almost ten days ago."

"That's a good thing, right?" Kate asks. I hesitate.

"Can you imagine your whole life has been missing a large piece and you've been searching for it for as long as you can remember... and then suddenly it's right in front of you. It's what I've been searching for, for years. I want so much to meet them but what if they don't want to meet me? My parents divorce was a terrible one. At least that's what my dad told me. He said he didn't want to let go of my sister, but he had barely been able to get full custody of me. I was so young that I hardly remember any of it, but my dad told me that my mother was furious that he got full custody of me that she took complete advantage of having full custody of my sister and wouldn't let him see her ever. We were both so young, Jenny wasn't even talking yet. I got to see her and my mother for the first part of the divorce, but he said he stopped letting my mother see me when she got a boyfriend. He said that she refused to let my dad go anywhere near Jenny, so she always picked me up. When he had seen her new boyfriend and how terrible they both seemed, he refused to let her see me unless he got to see Jenny... I had never seen either of them since." I'm no longer looking into her eyes but at the stars. I realize how tense I've become as a shiver runs down my spine.

"You must be freezing! Here," she says, then opens the blanket and wraps it around me. I don't let her know that I shivered less from the cold and more from remembering the details of my mother. Instead, I grab each corner of the blanket and wrap us both in it, my arms draped across Kate's shoulders. We are so close that her curls brush against my cheek. I look at her, but she seems to know it and doesn't look at me. It's quiet for the longest moment.

"My parents didn't..." I can see her face flush even in this dark of night. She shivers next to me even while wrapped in the blanket and being so close. Her breathing comes in short, quick breaths and I suddenly realize that I don't want her to tell me about her parents.

"Don't, Kate," I say, and she looks at me. "Don't tell me about them... Not until you're ready." She sniffs and I suddenly notice the two large tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Thank you," she says as she quickly wipes them away. She looks back at me. She does seem genuinely grateful that she doesn't feel like she has to tell me. I search her eyes and that same soft fondness falls upon them. I scan her thick black hair that makes her skin seem extra fair. And then I glance to her lips. I lean in, just with the slightest movement. When she doesn't lean back, turn her head or glance away but instead looks at my lips, I take that as a yes.

I lean in closer, my heart pounding. But I don't do anything until she moves closer as well. Her lips taste just as sweet as they looked This isn't my first experience, but it's the first time my heart raced so fast. It's never seems so affectionate and meaningful.

My hand drops the blanket from around me and my fingers slowly graze her cheek, and the kiss is suddenly so much deeper. I feel her hand touch my side and before I know it, a completely familiar feeling comes over me. I feel feather light.

My heart pounds against my chest, but this time with dread. My eyes- which I don't remember closing- snaps open and I pull away from Kate as quickly as I can without ruining the moment and immediately focus all my attention on my ability.

The weight of my body returns within a second and I'm able to meet Kate's eyes when she opens them without worry.

She puts her fingers to her lips and looks away from me. No longer being worried about my ability, I'm able to smile when I see that she herself has the widest smile that she's trying to hide.

"We should go," I whisper when she glances back at me. She doesn't say anything but nods her head. We stand and get on the motorcycle. On the way back to campus I can't stop myself from smiling either. It was a good night.

A/N:

You're welcome! I hope you all know how much work this chapter was. But it was super fun!

What do you guys think?! Were you as excited as I was?

Was the kiss too much? Or too soon? It's not like I'm going to change it- haha- because I loved it!