From Within [IN PROGRESS]

Chapter 12: RvF?

I welcomed the warm air as I walked outside, no longer suffering from the freezing temperatures in the hospital.

Damian walked out beside me, being kind enough to offer me a ride since I was taken to the hospital in the ambulance and didn't have my car. As we walked to his vehicle, a part of me knew this was just to get me alone so we could talk about Esprits, but deep within me I knew I agreed to this so I could spend more time with him.

As we approached Damian's black Jeep, he opened the door for me and let me jump in. It was warm in the car. Black leather seats contributed to the blazing heat inside, but as he got in the driver's seat and started the car, he flipped on the air-conditioning seats button. Instantly it cooled, and I leaned back in my chair; instantly relaxed.

"Alex. I need you to try to find the block inside of your mind. I know you're an Esprit. I know it with everything in me." He took my hand and my eyes slid to connect with his. His soft grey eyes made me feel safe, and I wanted to fall into them.

Fall into him.

"But someone put that block on you for a reason. Your ability may be powerful and beneficial to yourself and your own safety." He leaned back in his seat, but his hand still in mine, and his eyes remained focused on me. Suddenly his eyes flickered silver, and soon they were shining. It was weirdly inhuman, and I felt myself hesitate for a second. Here I was, sitting in this car with a boy who probably wasn't even human, and now his eyes are shining bright silver.

Howling laughter interrupted my thoughts. I scrunched my eyebrows together in confusion as I watched Damian throw his head back and laugh. My eyes wandered down to where his hand was still gripping mine, and I felt my cheeks flame with utter embarrassment. I snatched my hand away and rubbed it on my jeans as if it would rub off the past 5 seconds.

"I only heard your thoughts for a few seconds, but it was the best thing I have ever heard." Damian continued to laugh, and I just sat in my seat rubbing my now warm cheeks. "I can't believe that's the first thing I got to read from you". He shook his head, a wide smile still on his face.

"How did you do that? I thought you said there was block on my mind." I asked, suddenly feeling bare without my shield. I wasn't comfortable with the fact that he could now read my mind.

"I didn't do anything. You did. Your block faded for a split second, just long enough for me to get a glimpse of what's inside that beautiful head of yours," he taps a finger to my forehead. "But you put the wall back up when you realized that I was inside."

I looked down at my hands, studying the intricate crevices in the smooth skin within my palm. I traced it with my finger, hoping it would suddenly unlock all the answers I so badly wanted.

"Alex," Damian took my hand in his, forcing me to look at our conjoined hands. "I will not read your mind if you do not want me to. " Damian swallowed hard. "If you do not want me to read your mind, I will not touch you. Your block makes it difficult and impossible for me to read you. But I know now that it can be done."

He squeezed my hand and I looked at him. I looked at his long, black eyelashes. I looked at his smooth skin, and pink lips.

Did I want him to stop touching me?

"I can stop being near you. I will stop touching you, and talking to you. I will not look at you, or acknowledge you if you choose that. But Alex," He sat up straighter in his seat. "I know you are strong. I know you're stronger than most Esprits, if not all of them. So you can choose to live the life you've been living. Or you can live the life you are destined to live." He let go of my hand and started up the Jeep. And as his hand slip away, fear slipped in. What am I supposed to do? Pretend like I'm not an Esprit? Live a lie? Or follow this boy to the unknown because of my "destiny?"

Reality versus Fantasy.

How am I supposed to decide something like that?

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