Red and Gold (Scomiche)

Chapter 8 - Projection

Switched things up for this chapter. Was having some major writers' block but I finally got going again. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it) yesterday and hope everyone stayed safe on Black Friday. <3

My updates will be sporadic until after the holidays. I'll be working 50+ hours (I love retail lol no) up until January. I'll update whenever I can <3

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Mitch’s POV

In all my years on this Earth, I’ve never listened to someone’s heartbeat so closely before. It beat the same as my own and somehow that made me feel more connected to this boy. He was taking over me completely, in every way possible.

The first time I’d seen him I instantly felt strange – my stomach did this weird tingly thing and my heart started speeding up. I pulled him up on that stage merely just because of his appearance. He was stunning as anything, but after the show was when I just knew that I had to go after him.

I stopped and stared at him while the little girl he was with watched the elephants. That’s when I heard it for the first time.

Who was that guy?

My mouth dropped open and my entire body froze. I could hear his thoughts when I hadn’t been able to for so long.

Then he left and I felt strangely upset. There was this pain that’s hard to describe inside of me – my chest and stomach hurt as if I felt like I was about to cry. For me to cry over a boy I only just met a few hours ahead was something next to impossible. Every boy I’d been with before that was expendable.

I took a long walk that night, looking for answers inside of my own head. I couldn’t go to Kirstie with this – not yet. I couldn’t tell her my powers were working on someone again because her and our friends would be jealous and angry with me. I beat myself up mentally for not making him stay, but he couldn’t with that child. I honestly very much disliked children and tried to avoid them as much as possible. Of course my parents had to build an entire business over one of the things I loathed the most.

I gasped so loudly when I saw him there, standing outside of his car and looking around frantically at the crew packing up around us.

I need to see him again. He can’t just leave me hanging like this…why is he doing this to me? Who is he?

“You came back?” I asked him and jumped at my presence. He looked nervous and disheveled suddenly, then got defensive as to why he was back there. I watched him as he spoke and I felt that monster in me start to creep its way back out. I leaped forward and locked his lips with mine. I told him I had to leave, though, because that’s how my life was. It was one town to the next with no time to stop. I eyed his phone, left my number in there, and then ran off to catch my trailer before they left without me.

There’s nothing gentle about this weirdo…

That one hurt a bit, but I still wasn’t turned off by him. I climbed into my trailer and took my phone out of my pocket. I opened the message I’d sent from his phone and texted it back.

Mitch: I chose you for a reason.

I did. I wanted him to follow me, but he seemed young. Younger than I was, at least. I knew normal kids went to school and had boyfriends or girlfriends, and there was a boyfriend in his case, but I couldn’t read his mind now. He must have left and was too far away for me to tap into it.