Folie à Duex

Chapter 7

After I got her away from the hospital, we spent most of the day walking around the park; it was well into the afternoon before we finally decided to leave and go back to my place. It was during this drive that we finally broke the silence.

"So, what exactly was said in there? I couldn't hear from across the hall."

"My father tried blaming me for what happened to Darnell, I went off saying if Henry hadn't put his hands on me, I would have come home. Then Darnell chimed in and said he shouldn't have had to come looking for me then he went off."

"Right, well what's the plan? I want this to end; I want to keep you near me and permanently away from them."

"You can, and it will; once we get back home, we'll sit down and talk everything out, plan on what to do to see that happen."

I rested my hand on her thigh and she rested her hand on mine. I smiled softly at her touch and squeezed gently on her. Once back home, we made our way up to the bedroom but instead of sitting in one of the chairs or on the bed, she sat down on the floor in front of the balcony door.

"Have you ever just sat and watched the sunset, Corvus?"

"Probably before with my mother before her disappearance, you?"

"No, the light never appealed to me. I always felt like it was a form of false hope or something. Can I ask what exactly happened between your parents?"

"Only if I can ask about yours."

"My mother I'm guessing?"

"Yes."

"It's only fair."

"Why the sudden desire to talk about each other's parents?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's that energy you talked about, maybe it's making me want to know more about how your dark side came to be. I know there's more to know about the one that came out against Darnell, the one that grabbed me by the throat in the kitchen and demanded I leave my eyes open just so he can watch as the light faded them."

"I don't know what you're talking about; I'm just protective of you and willing to do anything to get you away from him."

She sucked her teeth and looked back at me from over the bed, "Bullshit Corvus, we just met one another and you're already so inclined to protect me, so inclined to fight for me, so inclined so suddenly to be so addicted to me?"

"We talked about this before, in House of Cards, it's this energy between us, this aura. When it comes to you, it makes me irrational."

"What energy? You see this is what I mean, there's something more about you. I feel like you know what I'm talking about and you're lying to me. You were so passionate when you spoke of this energy, it was like you were describing it while you were looking at it.

"I'm not lying the only thing that makes me so inclined to be yours is the energy I feel when I'm with you."

"You can feel it?"

I nodded softly as I sat down in front of her, slowly waving my hand over her head as if I was tracing the outline of the aura with my finger.

"It's not like I can reach out and touch it, I mean I can reach out and touch you but... I digress, the energy is palpable, nearly visible...like I'm looking at a different you, the real you, and it feels like that version of you is pulling at the real me. Refusing to let go of the real me, and vice versa. I can feel it when we're close, I can feel it when we play, and I can feel it from afar. It's almost like a fire. The closer I get the hotter, but, no matter how close I get it never burns me."