Awaken

FIFTY

I clear my throat and ask, "What happened to me?"

"Kenna?!" They say in almost unison and I am sandwiched between them both. The rush of them both being so close makes my head spin. Bree walks over and grabs my hand to pull me out. Now standing they are watching me carefully.

Taking a breath and I look at them. "I am fine. I promise. We really need to focus on getting out of here. I am sure that my surge of power to save Zayne won't go unnoticed." Nodding their heads in agreement we part ways to our rooms.

In my room I start to pack up my things thinking over everything that happened here. I am going to miss this place and where it's located, I don't want to leave because everything is so beautiful. Bree is finished packing first and comes to my room to help me pack my things.

She is quiet at first, but soon she can't hold it in anymore. "You know you gave us all a scare back there." She says with big eyes filled with tears. I move to where she is and I give her a big hug, "I know, I fought the whole time to come back to you guys. There was just something, very strong, holding me and it didn't want to let me go." She pulls away from our hug and looks me in the eyes, almost searching for answers. "What do you mean?" "I'm not exactly sure, but something did not want me to leave the darkness." She must have been able to see the fear in my eyes because she pulled me into another hug but this time it was much tighter. "I heard a voice say something, calling me to stay. Whoever it is, he thinks I belong to him." She says, "If you ever get stuck in the dark, you know that we will all fight for you to come back." I squeeze her just as tight and say, "I know."

We get back to packing and finish up shortly after.

Walking down the hall with our arms linked together rolling my suitcase behind us, we see the boys loading up the boat with everyone's stuff. Over by the boat Bree lets Zayne take my suitcase as I turn around and look at the little Villa one last time. Once everyone is on the boat it doesn't take long to push off into the water.

***

Back in our little town we all part ways. All except for Bree, she comes back to my house with me to try and smooth things over with my parents. Walking into my house I am shocked at the sight I see. Hazel is sitting with my parents on the couch. "Uhm, Hi." I say announcing I am home. My parents smile and look over at me, "Hi sweetie!" My mom says in her cheerful voice. Utterly confused I walk into the living room slowly.

Everyone is smiling at me and I go to speak again, but this time Hazel interrupts me, "Kenna, I was just filling your parents in on the Junior Study Abroad Program you just got back from." My eyebrows knit together in confusion as I look at all of them and settle back on Hazel who is trying to get me to go along with what she is telling my parents. I begin to nod in agreement. "Yes! I had so much fun in Bora Bora. We did many activities and did class work as well." They nod listening to me tell them about our few weeks trip.

After explaining things, Hazel excused herself and I walked her to the door. When I knew we were out of ear shot I asked, "How did my parents believe that I was on a school trip, let alone for a few weeks?" "I forged a permission slip from the school which had your dads signature on it. He has been so busy lately with work he completely took the blame for it." "Wow." I responded to her quick thinking.

She then started to leave again, but I chased her out the door. "Wait!" I yell after her. Stopping her at her car, "When are we going to talk about what happened to me over there. Something, or yet someone had a firm grip on me and I almost did not escape." She takes a deep breath before responding. "I know, you need to come to my shop next week so we can talk more about what happened. In the meantime, you should get some rest." "Okay." She hugs me before getting in her car and driving away.

After saying goodnight to my parents, I head to my bathroom. I take a hot shower to unwind and loosen my tense muscles. Wrapped in a towel I make my way into my room. "Why hello there." "EEP." I squeal and nearly drop my towel to the floor. Looking around I finally see Ivan leaning against the doorframe to my closet. I quickly turn and shut the door to my room slowly to be quiet so I can scold him without being heard. Just to be safe I do a little spell to make my room soundproof. Turning back around getting ready to yell because Ivan just gave me a heart attack. Only when I am facing my room, he is now inches away from me. "I-Ivan what are you doing in my room?!" He moves slower now to tuck a wet strand of my hair behind my ear before saying, "I wanted to check in on you. I have been worried ever since we left Bora Bora." His hand lingers near my check and he pulls me in for a kiss. I can feel the emotion from him through our kiss. Leaving me breathless.

"I promise, I am fine." I say to him. Without looking at me he then decides to say back, "See the one thing I can do is hear your heartbeat. So when you lie to me, I know. I hope you know what you are doing with all this." "Ivan, I will be meeting with Hazel next week to talk more about it, but I assure you I am fine." "I hope so, because I don't know what I would do if you didn't come back to us." He glances over to me and I can see the concern still in his eyes. "Everything will be fine." I try and reassure him. He closes the distance and places another kiss on my lips. He then pulls away from the kiss and I open my eyes and he's already gone.