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Chapter 2: Two weeks later...(part one)

It's been two weeks since my little hand incident and Shay telling me how he felt... School the next day was different, Shay was nice to me, he even hugged me! But Lee has been acting strange ever since...
Monday:

I went through the same routine as every other day, I woke up, had a shower, got dressed and ready then waited for Lee and Hannah.

Dinggg donnng I heard the doorbell ring, "Hey Lee"  I said happily as I saw him standing on my doorstep but his eyes refused to meet mine, I tried to hug him but he turned away and said "Not today Nikita." At that point I felt my heart shatter, he never called me by my real name unless he was angry with me, he was fine with Hannah but not me, we were always the closest to each other and I couldn't comprehend what I had done. I panicked at the sound of his lifeless voice so I left, I kept on walking and didn't look back, not even for a second. I kept on telling myself that I didn't know where I was going but I knew, in the back of my mind I knew I was going to get Shay... My heart started racing and I felt a familiar cold rush wash over me, I looked at my hands, they were the same as last time but this time they were glowing a volcanic red, they still blasted out snow and ice. I quickly forced my hands into my sleeves. I ran and ran and I didn't stop until...

"Shay! Shaayy!" I spat out his name as I saw him walking alone, the tears started streaming down my face, I went to wipe my tears with my hand and felt them freeze to my face. I broke down onto the floor.

I heard Shay calling out to me, I didn't want him to see me crying like that so I didn't dare to look up. I suddenly felt a warm body holding mine "Nikita, look at me" The sound of Shay' s voice made me feel so safe. I shook my head not wanting to feel weak. "Nikita look at me!" I slowly lifted my head to let my eyes meet his and he grabbed my hands and tried to warm them again but it wouldn't work. At this moment in time I felt the fear crash over me like waves in a sea storm. "Nikita, I can't help you if you don't calm down, just talk to me, tell me everything, tell me why you're upset and mad...Let it all out" His voice was so reassuring, I couldn't help but gawk over his charm and good looks at the time. "Shay, it's Lee, it's you, it's all changed and-" Before I could say another word he put one of his warm hands behind my neck and the other on my thigh, he leaned in close and kissed me. His lips were so smooth, silky and sensitive and I felt all my troubles simply drift away like clouds.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me" Shay said with a sense of worry in his voice (I found it super attractive) "Shay, don't worry, honestly I... I kind of liked it" I said, my cheeks slowly turning as red as roses. I looked at my hands, they were back to normal, I sighed with relief but I slightly raised my blue eyes to see Shay smiling happily to himself. "I need to learn how to control it, otherwise people could seriously get hurt" I said trying to hide my rose like cheeks. "Let's ditch school and spend the day together, I mean to show you how to control your ice" Shay said quickly trying to recover from his cuteness. "I'd love to". 

We walked to his house and we raced each other up the stairs and to his bedroom, we sat on the edge of his bed, we were both too afraid to say a single word but I couldn't take the silence so I asked Shay "So...How do you control it?" So Shay replied awkwardly "I try to stay numb, well neutral and when I need my gift for good, I think of good things but if I need it in a fight, I think of negativity and things I hate" We continued talking and practising my control of my gift, I learned how to make water freeze or the ground suddenly get covered in a blanket of snow, I learned a lot from Shay that night.