Eternal

Chapter Seven - Family is Everything

Selene

My hands were still tingling when the three of us walked into the room.
Neut led with two stacks of books in his arms and he was practicly giddy. I now realized how familiar this all seemed, it was as if I was having non- stop deja vu.
I recognized these girls lounging and chatting on the sofa. Their conversation stoped mid sentence as we approached and I felt a cold nervous feeling spread throughout my body. There was the pretty blonde girl that I had seen with Neut, she sat now in shock with her mouth open, a mix of emotions showing on her face. Her hair was almost white and it was cut short, she set her coffee mug down on the nearby table and looked away. Next to her sat a girl with dark red hair down to her shoulders, she just stared at me with a blank expression. Damon still had his arm around me and I leaned into him for comfort. I couldn't help wonder what they were thinking about me, maybe they didn't like me...I was starting to get uncomfortable and I think Damon could sence that, he cleared his throat.

"Yeah, okay guys it really is her, shes here. I know it's hard to understand but it's real, Neut checked for himself," He glared at Neut then continued, "Okay, so when you guys are ready...just dont overwhelm her please."

Damon led me over to the couch and we sat down. The girl with red hair stood up, and came to sand in front of me glaring. She had her fists clenched and seemef to be shaky. She looked at me with confusion and then said in a soft voice:

"Neut, show me." Everyone looked towards him, waiting.
Neut was standing at a table not very far away sorting through the books, mumbling to himself. He turned around and met Damon's protective gaze. I could see Damon thinking it over and after a second he nodded. Neut came over and stood before me, he held out his hand plam facing up and looked at me as if he wanted me to offer him my hand.

I shook my head, "What are you g-going to do?"

"I'm sorry! Of course you wouldn't remember and I probably scared you earlier didn't I? I'm sor-"

"Just let him do it, then if it really is you then we'll explain it to you again, okay?" The girl with red hair cut in.

"Don't be like that Nyxx, lets not make this harder than it has to be." Damon said with a protective and annoyed tone. Her name is Nyxx, I thought to myself. She dosen't trust Damon or Neut...she wants to see the proof for herself. Smart girl.

"Shut up Damon, if it is her she's strong enough and you know it. Do it Neut," Nyxx said defensively.

I looked up at Neut and he gave a little smile as if to reassure me it was okay, and it made me more comfortable. I sat up straight and hesitantly held out my hands, they were shaking.

Neut placed his hands about a foot above mine and he took a deep breath.

I did the same.

The greeen flames began to flow out of his palms and they grew in size to about three inches long, not yet toughing me. I could feel my hands heating up and I met Neut's eyes just as I did the first time, again they were the same color as the flame. I gasped when he lowered his hands and the flame split, part of it staying in his hands and the rest transfering into mine, again, the ball of flames was touching me, but it didn't hurt, they were just there. I felt another rush of energy and tingles spread up my arms and through my whole body this time.

Next to me, Damon took a sharp breath and instinct told me that the energy and tingles went into him like an electric currant. The flames turned a strange purple color and then died down and compleatly dissapeared.

We all looked to Nyxx and Neut was the one that spoke, "Believe it now, sis?"

'Sis' Meaning they're brother and sister or just close? I thought.

Nyxx was still staring at me, only now she had tears in her eyes, she looked for a few more moment then she stormed out of the room, the other girl who had been silent through all this, followed after her and I could hear them going up the stairs. Neut mumbled somthing about going to get more books and left the room too. We were alone.

I turned to Damon with a worried look on my face, "Is she okay?"

He nodded, "It's just hard for her, she acts like that when she's upset, she'll be okay. Are you?"

I nodded and looked at my hands in my lap, they were still tingling and warm. I smiled when Damon interlaced his fingers with mine and I looked up to see him smiling at me like I was something great. It all felt to good to be true, my smile faded.

He got a worried look on his face, "What's wrong?"

"This is all just...," I sighed, "It's all happening really fast and I don't undrestand half of any of this, I mean I didn't know you yesterday and now I'm just really confused wheather or not to beleive any of this is actually happening, or if this is just some crazy dream. I don't understand how I was just holding fire stuff and I didn't get hurt, I don't understand how I got this on my neck, I don't understand-"

"Go on a date with me." Damon said, interupting me.

"What?." I asked, taken aback by his words. Nobody had ever asked me out before. Ever.

"I'm sorry, I ment to say that.. I can explain everything you're confused about, and I thought that we could go out somewhere and eat somthing, maybe, if you want to." He seemed nervous, it was cute.

The butterflies in my stomach were raging and I felt like flying, I couldn't help smiling like a fool and it was okay because he was too.

I nodded. Yes. Damon's smile grew huge and he kissed me. Everything felt right, even though it may be a dream, even if it is, I don't really care, it feels real enough right now. My mother always used to say that everything happens for a reason, and if thats true, then I should just go with it. Even if this isn't real, Damon makes me happy, I feel this huge pull towards him, and It's like he's a piece of me. Even if I just met him, these memories I have prove that I have known him and his friends, and they have been like a family to me.

Even if everything isn't logical rite now, I know it will be okay. I could feel that I was getting a headache, and it was a bad one. I pulled away from Damon when I started getting dizzy, I held my head and things became disoriented, the room spun and I could hear Damon's paniced voice asking me if I was okay and what was wrong, and then yelling for Neut, but I couldn't respond to any of the questions he was asking i couldn't speak and i just froze up. Things blurred around me and I reached out for Damon and I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as tight as I could as my whole body shook. I didn't know what was happening, the room spun as a sharp pain ripped through my head I cried out involuntarily and then everthing went black.

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