A Simple Touch

14. Let go

A/N: Okay, I really hope I manage to surprise you here... I really do. I was pondering for a while what Theo's reaction should be so I really hope to surprise you cause it took some effort for me to decide about how exactly he will react... So can you let me know if I surprised you or you saw that coming? Please? :)

Enjoy, lovelies! ^^

Sasha's P.O.V.

I watched Drew walk in hand in hand with Theo in the small diner. I was surprised, but a huge smile crept slowly on my face seeing them together holding hands.

One look at Drew's face was enough for me to totally change my expression. His face looked so grim... I knew instinctively what he was about to do.

Woah, seriously?!?

He was gonna tell him about the empathy. I really didn't expect that. Drew was closed off, untrusting. Why the hell would he take such a big leap of faith?

And then I fugured out the answer.

He wasn't.

Drew was expecting to drive Theo away, to push him and distance himself from him. And to prove to them both that Theo can't be trusted. He was doing that on purpose, expecting a betrayal. 

Oh, Drew... why?

Why would you do that to yourself? He didn't realize he was gonna hurt himself with his own actions more than he could expect because he had feelings for Theo, and they were deep but he didn't realize them yet so he was gonna suffer more than he could expect.

Lord, why did he decide to do that now?

Damn, Drew...

That was stupid.

And I wanted to stop him. But I knew what was gonna happen if I even tried to. Damn it.

All I could do was watch helplessly.

Drew's P.O.V.

"I'm an empath, Theo."

I watched him take my words and trying to process them. A few different emotions crossed his face and I didn't need my ability to know what he was feeling.

At first, it was disbelief.

Then, it was denial.

After that, confusion. He was trying to rationalize what I'd just said. Well, I couldn't blame him.

At the end, there was doubt.

And surprisingly, fear.

He suddenly leapt at me, hugging me tightly. What..? Why..? Wasn't he gonna run screaming through the door, desperate to get away from me?

I expected him to call me a monster, a freak... all kinds of names, even a madman. I was expecting mocking and denial from him but not... this. Whatever it was.

How come he was hugging me?

What was going on? 

And then I felt him shaking.