Keeping Secrets

Chapter Two May's Pages

"She said where'd you wanna go? How much you wanna risk?

I'm not looking for somebody with some superhero gifts.

Some superhero, some fairy tale bliss. Just somebody I can turn to. Somebody I can kiss.

I want something just like this."

I knew I had said something wrong as soon as her rare smile fell from her face. She must have never known how expressive her electric blue eyes were. They lit up when she smiled and flashed with pain when she talked about her past. They held deep pools of intelligence and knowledge of the vast world, the parts that no one wanted to really know she knew to great lengths. They held secrets that I so badly wanted to unravel.

I felt a sudden stab of sadness when she put her earphones in and blocked out the world. I didn't know why it bothered me so much. I mean I didn't even know her really. Then again if I said that out loud I would be lying. Because I did know her but only in the most clinical way and I craved more than that, I wanted to know more than I have ever wanted anything. I downed the rest of my drink trying to wash away my perplexing confusion over this girl.

The soft tapping of Kira's fingers typing and humming along to whatever song she was listening to caused my eyes to grow heavy. I looked over at her, peace, contentment, and concentration flooded her face. I smiled, pleased to see the deep-rooted pain gone from her beautiful eyes. Her short black hair falling into her face didn't seem to interrupt her. I was barely aware of Candice coming to collect our empty classes, my mind slowly shutting down as I tried to keep my eyes open to the captivating woman next to me.

I tucked myself further into my seat, the soft cream leather molding to my body, drawing me deeper into it. My movement must have caught Kira's eye because she looked down at me. There was a heated affection glowing in her eyes, heating their icy color and making me feel warm and content. I could get used to this feeling I thought to myself. I smiled lazily up at her as my eyes began to close. The last thing I saw was her smiling back. I felt her hesitantly move my hair away from my face as if she weren't sure about her actions. Before I could tell her that it was okay sleep washed over me, dragging me down into peaceful oblivion and isolating me from reality.

I felt a light hand on my shoulder, gently shaking me out of the strange dream of drowning in cold darkness and laughing up at a baby blue sky covered in clouds. I blinked my eyes open, surprised to find a dimly lit cabin and Kira's face above my own looking down at me. "What's going on?" I asked sitting up, a light blue blanket slipping off me. I don't remember using it... "Um did you cover me with the blanket?" I asked her smiling.

She was packing away her laptop with a deep concentrated look on her face. "Um yeah. You looked cold so I covered you." She finally said sitting back up and facing me. "Why are you smiling?" "No reason" I replied smiling even wider. She shook her head and looked out the window, a smile of her own tugging at her light pink lips. It was dark outside; rain pelted the plane. "Attention passengers. Please buckle your seat belts we are about to make our descent. Just a slight warning there is going to be turbulence due to the weather but don't worry you are in good hands." The pilot informed us.

I looked at Kira, I mean really looked at her. Her body may have been on the plane but her mind was far away. She had a peaceful look on her tanned face, her short black hair bringing out her electric blue eyes. I wondered what she was thinking about as a smile tugged at her lips and then disappeared as if she was remembering something that was happy and painful at the same time.

"Thank you" I whispered. I didn't expect her to hear me based on the faraway look in her eyes, but she turned towards me, looking at me before smiling softly. I could tell it was real by the slight laugh lines crinkling at the corners of her eyes, her relief evident. I wondered why she was nervous. Did I do that to her? I couldn't ponder the thought further as the plane started to descend.