SUMMER'S RAIN

CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 27

Sitting there, I think for a few seconds and realize I don’t have anything I want to ask them, well at least not right now I don’t. “This has really been hard on me. I'm not going to lie about that. Case told me the story about the war, and how the demons broke into the Keeper World. I know you guys put me with my parents to keep me safe”. I see the hurt that comes across both their faces when I call my mom and dad my parents but what did they expect? … “So I don’t really have anything I want to really get into with either one of you at the moment. I am still trying to process everything I have found out since waking up right now. This is going to be hard on all of us. I don’t want to make it any harder than it already is. But surly neither of you think we can simply just become this big happy family over night because that’s not how it works. However, I would really like to take the time to get to know you both. When I first arrived here well I should say when I first woke up here I hated you. Then yesterday when you came back, I ran out the door because I didn't want to see either of you, but last night a funny thing happened. See while I was sleeping something woke me up. Then I realized it was you two so I laid there and ease dropped on your conversation.” I see a smile playing on both their faces as I continue to talking.

“What I heard were two people that did what they had to do. Two people that were worried I was going to hate them. Two people that were sad and scared I would never be forgiven them. Sometimes after you left I fell back to sleep. When I woke up this morning, I no longer had any anger at either of you. I'm still hurt don't get me wrong, but I'm hurting because, I miss my mom, dad, and brothers and all my friends. Thinking I'll never talk with them again or the fact they don't even miss me, I can’t even put into words how much that hurts. The only thing I wish you had been able to do differently is I wish could have made me forget them the way they forgot me.” Harris and Summer sit there listening to everything I have to say without opening their mouths. After a few minutes of me not speaking I guess they figured out I was done talking.

Summer is the one that speaks first this time. “Lana thank you for everything you just told us. You’re right we were worried you would hate us. I have worried about that for the last eighteen years. I knew from the day we left you that Kristie and Raymond they would become your parents. I’m glad you love them. We know they're your parents. We gave that right up when we left you with them. All we want is to be able to have some type of relationship with you. I’m sorry you’re hurting so much right now. If there was a way to stop your pain I would do it in a heat beat because I understand the pain you are feeling because I have felt in for the last eighteen years.”

“Thank you that means a lot to me but I’d rather we change the subject for the moment if you don’t mind.” They both nod their heads indicating they agree with me so I jump onto a much lighter subject knowing it will get a good laugh out of them. “Would either of you happen to have any idea what kinds of powers I now have?”  Harris starts laughing then he goes from laughing into a huge belly laugh. That makes Summer laugh, she doesn’t laugh as hard as he does, but she does have to wipe tears from her eyes.  

“God Lana you remind me so much of myself at your age” Harris says when he can finally speak again.

Harris saying that to me didn't make me mad matter fact it made me feel proud. I mean he is the King of the Keepers' World, and you can tell by looking at him, he is really a bad ass king at that. I believe he thinks I am going to be badass like him. “Thanks" I say, with a real smile on my face. That makes Harris laugh again. When he stops laughing he tells me he is sorry for laughing so much but that he has waited a long time to talk with me yet he never imagined would be so much like him. Then he states they have no idea what my powers are. We talk for over an hour about a lot of different things. The more we talk to each other the more comfortable we get. Douglass comes in the room telling them someone is waiting for them in their office. They both stand up telling Doug to let whoever it is know they will be there in a few minutes. Summer looks back at me asking if tomorrow I would like to train some with her. Of course I jump at the chance. “Yeah sure…that sound's great…um do you think we could work on teaching me how not to disappear when I think about something?” Both their eyes get huge as they stare at me.

“Have you done that? “I mean have you disappeared?” Harris questions.

I snorted as I laughed at the astonished looks on their faces. “I may have taken a short trip to Ireland but lucky for me. I had a stake with me. Oh one more thing you guys want me to call you King and Queen or will Harris and Summer be alright?” Harris starts laughing again while Summer stands there staring at me. Harris tells me while laughing at the same time to call them Harris and Summer then he takes Summer by the hand. Before they leave the room Harris lets me know we should meet up later he really wants to know why it was lucky I had a stake with me on my trip to Ireland. Summer assures me we will definitely be working on my manifestation abilities tomorrow. As they walk out, I hear Harris still laughing and Summer scolding him telling him to stop laughing that it isn’t funny that I could have been hurt. Right before they get out of hearing range, I hear Harris telling Summer she is right, and he shouldn't have laughed, for some reason, I know Harris is lying to Summer trying to stop her from being mad at him. I also know Summer knows that is what he was doing. She just doesn’t let him know she knows.