Elemental Outbreak

CH 10. Its Crystal Clear.

A/N There is a spicy scene in this chapter we have just a few more planned in later chapters, so feel free to move ahead past the *~~~~~* if that isn't your thing, if it is well then don't skip :). The chapter may seem super long with that scene thrown in but without it this chapter is equally as long as the rest.

~Eliana's POV Twelve Years Ago~

I went outside to check the mail throwing my towel I was using from my kickboxing training on the couch. I walked over to the mailbox and saw a boy trying to skate board but it looked like he couldn't get his balance and kept falling. I laughed a little opening the mail box, "what are you laughing at?" I heard him say I didn't think he could hear me.

"Obviously you, your feet are placed wrong" I said to him he looked at his feet as he stood on the board, "what do you mean?" He said slowly getting off and walking across the street to get to me. I opened my house gate and grabbed the board from him, "look" I said standing on the board correctly placing my feet on it making sure I would be able to push back and turn with ease.

"Oh I see" he said examining my feet, I chuckled and got off the board and giving it back to him. "I'm Eliana" I said putting my hand out to him, "oh I'm Martin" he said slowly grabbing my hand. "I haven't seen you around here, did you just move here?" I asked him looking to see if there was anyone else outside besides us. "Yeah I live a few blocks away I've just been roaming around trying to get the hang of this.

I smiled and closed my mail box seeing it was empty, "what's the star for?" He asked I kind of retracted at the question, "oh um it's my birth mark" I said shyly to him, "wow! Really!" He said looking at my face, "yea it's definitely something" I said trying to laugh it off, it's not that I didn't like my birthmark but I get asked about it so much it kind of annoys me sometimes.

"Eliana!" I heard my mom yell from inside the house I looked and saw her coming out, "What are you doing?" I heard her ask, "I made a new friend!" I said putting my arm around Martin playfully smiling. She walked over, "well hola what's your name?" My mom asked, I could see Martin was getting a little nervous. "Martin I just moved to the neighborhood" he said to her, "well your parents chose well it's a quiet neighborhood" my mom said, I noticed he looked off after she said that.

"Do you want to come in for lunch?" My mom asked, "no it's fine I probably should head back I've been out for sometime already" he said putting the board back on the floor. "Oh ok well don't be a stranger" my mom said she was always kind to others, "remember place your feet right" I said to Martin he laughed as he slowly got on the board and began to push off, I began to walk inside and before I closed the door I heard a crash and him yell out, "god dammit!" I laughed and closed the door behind me.

~two years later~

I looked at the cards in the middle of the table then looked at my parents and Martin, "uno!" I yelled out placing my last card down, "ah come on!" Martin said clearly upset that he lost. "What do you mean ah it was your fault, you made it green" my dad said getting up and patting him on the shoulder.

"You had a reverse!" He said back my dad continued to walk away I think he realized it was his fault I won, "thats another win for yours truly" I said getting up and jokingly bowing. I heard my mom laugh a bit, "and that's enough games for me mija" she said getting up and walking over to the stove checking on the tamales she was making.

"Come on don't be so butt hurt" I said to Martin he playfully flipped me off, I flipped him off back laughing. "Do you plan on staying again?" I asked him, "um I don't know my cousin Ben said he had something he wanted to do tomorrow and needed my help" Martin said looking a bit disappointed.

"Oh too bad" I said sighing a bit, "yeah too bad I thought our new son here actually lived here for a second" my mom jokingly said walking towards the living room. "It shouldn't take that long though so I guess we'll see where the day leads us" he said smiling something told me that smile was forced but I didn't say anything about it.