The Chosen Path

Chapter Fourteen

Emily recovered shortly after. "How did you know it was me?" Emily asked Jake from the couch she'd been ordered to stay put on.

Jake smiled. "When you kissed me I knew," Jake said. "I doubted myself for a while, but it made sense when I thought about it. You confirmed it in the kitchen that night when you said to ask you if I needed anything. You said that to me when we were little."

"Did I?" She asked innocently.

"Don't play innocent with me, Aurora. Apparently, you knew exactly what you were doing, and what you were saying. Confused the heck out of me though."

Emily smiled. "I didn't know. But I knew that one day you would find me. I didn't worry about that. But I missed you. That's why I kept coming to see you. But only in your dreams. So you wouldn't really know. You would just think of me as a dream."

"I missed you too," Jake said, kissing her lightly on the forehead.

"Why did you have to stop coming to see me?" Jake asked her.

"My parents didn't want me to astral project- to do the out of body thing- anymore. When you do that you are open to anything getting in to you physically and mentally. The demon was after us, even back then. So they were especially scared when they kept finding me unconscious all the time. I was only visiting you though," she said sadly.

"Then I'm glad you stopped. I couldn't bear it if anything had happened to you," Jake said, holding her hand. He leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips.

Tony came into the room. Jake got up off the floor next to Emily quickly and sat down at the far end of the couch.

"It's okay. I know you two are lovebirds," Tony said. He was holding something in his hand.

Raven came into the room carrying some lemonade and handed Emily and Jake a glass each. They thanked her.

"No problem." She answered. She looked at Tony. "What are you up to?" she asked him.

"I'm not up to anything," Tony protested.

"You got a look on your face like you're up to something," Raven said.

Tony sighed. "Sit down," he told her.

"Why?" Raven asked nervously.

"Because I said so, that's why," Tony said with an annoyed smile.

Raven sat down between Emily's feet and Jake. "See, I told you he's up to something," Raven muttered to Jake.

Tony handed Raven what was in his hand. Raven took it and Emily and Jake peered over her shoulder at it.

It was a picture of a young couple, the woman had long black hair that was pulled back into a bun, and she looked a lot like Raven.

The man had brown hair and dimples just like Jake and Raven. They were smiling as they held their two babies.

"Where did you get this?" Jake asked, realizing what it was.

"Is this our parents?" Raven asked in disbelief.

Tony shifted uncomfortably. "I took the picture," Tony finally said.

"You knew our parents?!" Raven cried, standing up in anger.

"I didn't know who you really were until Ray told us that night," Tony said in defense.

"You waited until now to tell us?" Jake asked.

"Well, there's been a lot going on. I wanted to tell you when things calmed down," Tony explained. "Not like they ever do," he muttered.

"Is this a coincidence or what?!" Raven said, laughing in disbelief. "You have to tell us all about them," Raven said, excitedly.