New Girl

Chapter 19

Elliot and I are both still looking at each other in the pool. He looks I don't know how to describe what he looks like. I just told him I can read minds and now he is speechless. I guess I would be speechless too.
"Elliot?" I say to him in a really soft voice to try to get his attention.
"So you can read minds?" Elliot says back to me.
"Yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner it's just I had to make sure that this." I motion between the two of us. "Wasn't just some sort of I don't know. I just had to make sure that it would last long enough. And now that I can see that it will last long enough and that I can trust you. Well I feel comfortable with you knowing. Nobody knows about it expect my family. And well yes that includes Sam and her family too. Nobody else can do anything like I can do. I guess my brain is just messed up. Please don't be mad."
"I'm not mad Alexis." He says as he pulls me back into a hug. "I'm just a little shocked that's all. It doesn't change how I feel about you. I actually think it is kinda cool but can I ask you a question about it?"
"Of course."
"Okay actually maybe a few."
"I don't mind. Ask me as many questions about it as you want. Do you want to go inside and sit on the couch and talk about it? We can get changed and then talk. How about that?"
"That's great." We both swim over to the edge of the pool and get out. I grab my towel while he grabs his and we both walk into the house.

Fifteen minutes later we are both sitting on the living room couch facing each other. I have a blanket in my lap because I'm cold but he doesn't have one.
"So do you have any questions about how it works?" I ask him.
"Can you read what I'm thinking right now?"
"Yes." I can't believe she can read minds! That's so cool! But also a little scary. Like what if? I don't know. "Okay so you just thought that it's cool that I can read minds but on the other hand you think it's a little scary. And yes what if? There are so many what if's but they can't be answered because some of them I can't even answer." I say as I'm fiddling with the blanket in my lap. I can't come to look into his eyes while I'm talking about this. I'm scared it's going to make me lose him. I can't lose him.
"Wow." Is all he says.
"You can't tell anyone about this."
"Of course I won't tell anyone about this. I don't have anyone to tell anyway."
"No like well I mean ANYONE. If somebody found out about this I don't know what would happen. I was trying to decide if I should even tell you. It took awhile for me to make myself do it. But now I realize that I can trust you. So this is something important in my life that I thought you should know." I say back to him to make sure he knows how much he means to me. I don't tell just anyone about this.
Elliot's POV
Alexis and I are both sitting on the couch. Her hair is dripping down her shirt making little marks. She is so nice and I can't believe I found her. She just told me probably one of her deepest secrets. I am really flattered that she knows that she can trust me with something so special. I look up and see that she is smiling at me.
"Did you just here all that?" I ask a little embarrassed. Here I am thinking about this amazing girl and I totally forgot that she can probably just hear everything I am thinking about her.
"Yes." She says with a little smile on her face. God, she is so cute. I can't believe I got so lucky. "I can believe I got so lucky either." She says back to me.
"So can I ask a few questions?"
"Of course." She says with the cutest smile I have ever seen. Man, I really like her. Am I falling in love?
"Okay so uh..." Where do I even start with this sort of thing. I mean there is so many questions I have but I can't even think of all of them. "Okay so how does it work exactly? That is if you can even explain any of this."
"Okay well I can read any mind that is in the room. Sometimes they don't have to be in the room. If I concentrate hard enough on that person, I can sometimes know what they are thinking. If there are many people in the room and I want to know what one person is thinking about then I usually block the other people out. Now I know what your thinking; and no I don't use it to spy on people. I don't really use it that often. Most of the people I use it on don't care and they get used to it. For instance, Sam. Since we are both like a open book to each other, I never "turn it off" when I am around her. She doesn't care if I know what she is thinking of."
"So you can like "turn it off"?" I ask just to make sure I understand all that she just said.
"Yes. Do you want me to "turn it off" right now? I don't mind. If someone else could do what I do, I wouldn't want them to be able to read every thought that I am thinking of right now."
"Yes please." I say back to her. It's not that I care if she can read my thoughts, okay actually let me rephrase that. I do care it's just that I don't know then maybe it wont be so hard to tell her some things, if I don't have to say it out loud. There is one advantage of having a girlfriend who can read minds.
Alex POV
So telling Elliot that I can read minds wasn't the easiest thing to do in the world. I had a feeling that he would not want to be my friend or be with me after he found out. I guess I was wrong. He took it way better then I thought he would. I turned my mind reading ability off for the moment because he wanted me to, so I have no clue what he thinks about this whole situation.
"So." I say to him to see if I can get him to talk a little.
"So uhh I'm sorry, it's just it is a lot to take in." He says back.
"I know that. I also understand if you want to go home instead of hanging out now. I get it. I am a freak. I have learned to except that. But I mean at school if someone says it, that's a whole other story because they don't know about it."
Elliot turns around and takes my hands in his. "Alexis look at me." I stare straight into his muddy eyes. "You are not a freak. You are many other things but freak isn't on that list." He says to me with so much emotion that I truly believe him.
"Oh yeah. I am many other things huh?" I ask him kinda teasing him. He shakes his head yes back to me. "And what do these many other things include?"
"Do I really have to explain to you why I like you?"
"That's what I was hoping for yes. In return I will tell you what I like about you." I say back to him.
Fair enough. "Okay, well for starters I love how shy you are. You are so cute when your shy. I love it. I love taking care of you when something bad happens. It makes me feel like you need me. I love having you in my life. It is such a great joy to meet you. I am so glad that I met you. I could go on forever and ever." At the end of his speech that he gave me he gave me a great big hug.
"Wow. Thanks. I mean it's not that I didn't that you already liked me. It's just nice to have you confirm it. So what do you want to do?"
"I want you to tell me why you like me." He says with a little smirk on his lips. Crap. I totally forgot that I agreed to tell him why I like him. Why do I like him? Well that's a silly question. I love his eyes. They are so pretty. They are like a poo l of chocolate. He is so nice. I have never been more grateful to find someone as nice as he is. "I am waiting." He says snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Okay these might sound weird so don't laugh or anything okay?" I ask him to make sure that I can trust him to tell him why I like him. I look into his eyes. He looks like he really likes me. He is so focused on me, I don't think anyone has been as focused as he is on me.
"I wont laugh. You're forgetting, I like you too. I don't think anything can make me not like you. Maybe shocked like your mind reading ability but nothing in the world would make me not like you. I am almost one hundred percent positive of that. Now continue."
"Okay for starters I love your eyes. They look like a pool of chocolate. I get lost in them sometimes trying to figure something out about you. Anything. Anything at all that I can figure out. Sometimes I can tell if your in a bad mood or a good mood just by looking in your eyes. They are this perfect muddy brown, they are so pretty. They sparkle sometimes when you first see me. It is so nice to see just in your eyes how much you care about me. When I first met you, I didn't know what would happen. I thought you would be one of those jerks in the school because well I have no clue why but yeah. Anyways, your eyes are just like they are saying a million words when I look into them but then again they aren't saying anything at all." I finish with a smile plastered on my face. I feel like I just poured my heart out to Elliot.
"That was." He pauses trying to find the right words. "That was so unbelievable. It was like you fixed my shattered heart. Those words were so beautiful, I wish someone else heard it. It was like you were writing a story instead of answering a simple question."
"Oh."
"I loved it. It was so nice to here. Now, what else do you like about me?" He asked me in a playful tone.
"Oh no no no no. No more for today." I say probably a little too quickly.
"Why? I want to know. I am very curious why my girlfriend likes me."
I smile at when he says girlfriend. I am just so happy with him it's hard to imagine what I would do without him.
"Can we not talk about this anymore? I just yeah you know." I say to him averting my eyes from him because I feel a little uncomfortable.
"Is something wrong? Oh and don't be like oh no nothing is wrong, I am fine. I can see the look in your eye that something is wrong. You get it all the time so you can't get away from saying no."
"Why do you pay so much attention to me? Huh?" I say with a smile on my face and a little laugh at the end.
"I thought that was obvious." He says in the most obvious tone ever.
"Whatever." I say.
"So are we done trying to figure out that we are dating because we both like each other?" He says with a chuckle.
"I guess so. I thought it was really fascinating to figure out all of this." I say which is the truth. I loved figuring out this. It made me feel good. I don't have many friends and it seems like Elliot is well liked in my school and he just picks a girl that is new. Life is fair sometimes but other times it is not fair. "Hey uhh I have a question. It may sound weird but I just need to ask it."
"Ask away."
"Okay so I just moved here as you know. I met you and I mean I met other people but they aren't really my friends. Anyways, the point is I just met you and I don't know we are already dating. You don't think we are I don't know moving to fast? We just met and all and yeah. I don't know, I guess I just had to put that out there."
"I see your point. So uhh you want to break up?" Elliot says with hurt in his eyes. Of course I don't want to break up! I just want to get to know him more. I like him. I really like him and I can tell that he really likes me. Whenever I see him he immediately puts a smile on my face no matter what mood I am in. I might disappear after awhile but of course he always brightens up my day.
"Oh no! Of course not! I like you. I really really like you. I have never really felt like this with any other guy that I have met. So no of course I don't want to break up." I say. Then I let his words sink into me. Does he want to break up? After everything I told him? After everything he had done for me? No he couldn't want to.
"Alex? Are you okay? Your eyes are starting to water." Elliot says. That's when I notice my vision is all blurry. Pull it together Alex! You guys are just talking your all fine. I quickly wipe my eyes with my hands.
"Yeah. Uhh do you want to break up with me?" I say quickly because my voice cracked in the middle.
"No! Of course not!" He says as he puts his arms around me for a hug. I am freezing compared to him, when my arm touched his that's when I noticed how cold I was. "Is that why you are crying? Are you worried that I would break uo with you because of this? Because I am not. Alexis, I really like you. Like really really like you."
"Okay." Is all I manage to say. I look down at my watch and notice it is almost eight thirty, I still need to take a shower and I am exhausted. Plus, we have school tomorrow. "Hey Elliot, I am really tired and we have school tomorrow. Do you think we can just talk more tomorrow? I am so exhausted." I say the last word with a yawn escaping my mouth.
"Of course. I will see you tomorrow at school. Goodnight Alexis." Elliot says as we both get up from the couch. We walk to the front door in silence. We said so much tonight and yet we said so little.
"Goodnight Elliot." I say to him. I give him a hug and he kisses my hair. He then turns around and heads out to his car. I watch him get in his car from the front door even though I can barley see him. I know he can see me because the hallway light is on. I wave to him and as son as I can't see his car, I turn on my heels and head on upstairs.

After I took a shower and got ready for school, I went right to my phone and I had two new text messages, one was from Sam and the other from Elliot.
Goodnight Alex! Sweet dreams! Call me soon!! Sam says to me. She sent that awhile ago so I will just talk to her tomorrow.

Goodnight Princess! I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow! Oh and don't worry everything we talked about tonight is just between us; I wont tell anyone. I promise. Goodnight. Elliot says to me. That text is so sweet. I trust him. I really do. I plug in my phone in the charger and turn the light off.
After I walked to my bed, I pulled the covers back and wrapped myself into them. My bed feels like a cloud tonight. My blankets are like a safe home to me when I am in my bed. I pretend that nobody can see me when I am hiding under my blankets; even though it's not true. Sometimes when I am lying in bed I think f bad scenarios. None of them ever come true. But they could. Most of the time though right before I go to sleep I start to think about the day that follows.
I use to hate falling asleep but now I love it. I love it s much it gives me a chance to escape the real world for a couple of hours.
Elliot. I really like him I don't know what would of happened this week without him. I can't believe he's mine. He's always kind, it's funny to think that in the beginning I though the would turn on me. I was wrong. He is one of the kindest people. My eyes start to drift closed with one thing on my mind. Elliot.