Fire Star (a Merome story)

{chapter three} Confessions

JEROME'S POV

I knew I had to tell Mitch but I just couldn't. Telling your best friend you had super human strength and could probably kill them that moment was the equivalent of telling someone that they were a freak and were going to be forever alone.

Without thinking, I crush the stone axe I had been swinging for the last hour in my hand. The stone crumbles under my finger and I curse loudly,

"A perfectly good axe, Jerome. Why do you have to desert your best friend?!" I knew perfectly well that I wanted Mitch to be more than just a best friend to me but it was stupid wishful thinking, the possibility of it happening was a million to one.

I throw the remains of the axe at the wall. The wall lays in splinters bearing a few small holes in it. Sorry wall. Sorry axe.

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SKY'S POV

I'm a natural telepath.

I can usually read Jerome's head like a book. It's quite creepy really. Mostly his head fills with thoughts of Mitch, Hunger Games and Axes, but today his mind was so clouded that I could only read one thing. His head was working 50% more than it had before and part of his brain had a radioactive purple substance in it. But that was impossible, Jerome had finally got powers?

My instincts told me that I should probably check on Mitch. After all, he was special. No, that sounded cruel. He was nothing the team had ever seen, one of the 1% of 19 year olds on the planet who had no powers but after what I had seen in Jerome maybe that small percentage had plummeted a bit more.

Most people thought of Mitch as weak, a helpless liability with a stunted lifespan. Abnormals like him aren't expected to live to 300- that's the natural lifespan calculated by the human index in the 21st century. Nobody knows what happens before then, maybe a faded ghost of a man replaces them. I didn't want to know,

Dangit I'm ranting again.

The dark subconscious of Mitch's soul reaches out to me like a child's hand. Strange. For the first time ever I could not read him. I forcefully attempt to breach the barriers between mine and Mitch's mind but wince as an unknown force starts to burn inside my brain.

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HUSKY'S POV

"Ha Ha! Stahp you butt head nerd face!"

Jason was tickling me, mercilessly. My body was rolling and sinking further into the soft grey sofa below? Before I can stop it a natural reaction flows through my body and I touch his cheek. His head falls into the cushions and he starts snoring. I smile at my friend, his cute smile illuminates the entire world around him. A rush of warmth flows through me, was Ty in the room? I hope not. Maybe it's time for me to tell him...

Now or never I guess.

"Jason, I know you'll never hear me but I love you more than anything in the world."

I lean forward and lightly touch my lips to his forehead.

"Quentin?" I lurch frantically. Jesus!

Shit. He was awake?!

"Jason- I-"

I am cut off by his smooth lips pressing into mine, my blood freezes. He doesn't know what he's doing, maybe he's hallucinating?!

"I love you too, you silly Mudkip..."

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Hey guys! Kat here. I promise you there will be merome in the next two chapters. Just wanna say, I'm thinking of doing SkyLox soon and maybe some other random youtuber ships.

See you later Fangirls!

-Kat

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Editor's note 14.06.16

Just going to try and improve each chapter bit by bit until I'm ready to make a start on my next book! I never leave things unfinished so if I don't update on this or UC in a while you can assume I'm either dead or have moved to Scotland. Mwah ;)

Editor's note 28.07.16

Supercalifragilisticexpiallydocious! Can someone please explain how to write to my younger self please this is getting embarrassing. Shoutout to Harvey who is keeping me motivated on WhatsApp.

Editor's note 11.11.18

Don't you dare Andie, this is my best work.

Editor's note 16.09.20

fuck.
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