Ashbourne's Powers

Chapter 5

*Dylin's POV*

I don't have any words. Jay not only saved my life, but he stayed with me, got my stuff, gave me his clothes to change into, and walked me all the way home.

He doesn't ask anything except where my key is, and I hand him the lanyard out of my bag. He guides me inside and we sit in my living room, silent for a while.

After a while, I stand and go up to my room, with him following close behind. "Your room is nice." He says, trying to focus me on something else. "Oh, stop." I say, not wanting to hear dry compliments. "No, seriously, it feels very, relaxing." He says seriously. "Well, its kind of meant to be that way. This is really all I have every day." I say honestly.

I sit on my bed, still trying to calm down. "Hey, are you okay?" He asks, once again. He must've asked me that at least ten times by now. Sometimes I didn't answer, and sometimes I said yeah. The truth is I'm not. I was terrified. I thought I was going to die. I almost did die. If Jay hadn't come in time, I would've. I relived everything. It was horrific. I was drowning. I could still vividly remember every awful second.

As I plunged into the pool, it was like it sucked me down to the bottom. I didn't know up from down. My eyes stung from the chlorine and my heart was beating so hard it hurt. Then, all at once, I couldn't hold my breath anymore. My head was pounding, and my vision was so blurry. When I finally let go of my breath, it felt so good. Only I knew what would come next. I knew not to, but I couldn't help it. I tried to breath in, and my lungs filled with water. My chest hurt, and I felt as if my lungs were on fire. I was trying to swim up but it was no use. Then, I felt a hand grasp my arm, and pull me closer. Then an arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me up to the surface. I sucked in air violently, and immediately started coughing up water. I looked at who saved me, and was overjoyed. I wrapped my arms around his neck tightly, and Jay took me out of the water. He placed me on the seat, and held me up until I stopped coughing, and then wanted to fight them. I can't even say how grateful I am to him.

I look up from the floor and see Jay looking at me intently, a half smile, half grimace on his face. Then I realized I must've said some of that out loud. I covered my face with my hands, and he came over to me, and bent over. He forced my hands away from my face and then immediately embraced me, seeing tears in my eyes. "I was so scared!" I finally say out loud, crying. "I know.. I know." He speaks as if I'm a small child, but I don't care. It's what I need right now. I hug him tightly as I calm down, then let go. He sits close to me, and picks my legs up, resting them over his. I rest my head on his shoulder and calm down, tears falling here and there.My eyes are tired and I feel as if I should go to sleep. For a while I try not to, but I stop after a while, and feel my body finally un-tense as I drift asleep.

I wake up soon after, and finally realize what I did. I fell asleep on him. I open my eyes and look up at him to apologize, but I only find myself looking directly at him, so close I could feel his breath on my cheek. I stared into those bright blue eyes of his, and immediately got flustered. My eyes widened as I felt my cheeks grow pink, and I look away and stand in a hurry.

"Um, would you... would you like something to drink?" I ask, walking over to my door. He nodded. "Sure. I'd love something." He said, standing.

We both walk down to the kitchen, and he only asks for water. I make myself some tea, and sit on the couch, taking a sip. "Ahh! Hot!" I say, putting down the mug as I burn my tongue. He sits next to me. "Hey, don't burn yourself now. Be careful. You want a sip of water?" He says, handing me his glass. I sip it, then grab my mug again, laughing. "Thanks. It's just hot is all. Not too bad though." I say, trying to sound nonchalant, but realizing I said it was hot already and silently judge myself. 

We end up talking until its dark out, and when I finally notice, I stand up. "What's up, Dylin?" He asks. "Uh, I want to show you a place. Would you want to go?" I ask, suddenly nervous. "Sure. I'd love to!" He said sounding exited, then standing. I smiled bright, and put my shoes on, walking to the door. We walked all the way downtown, me smiling the entire way, keeping an eye on the sun.

Soon, we get ourselves to the Planetarium. I look around for anyone, then climb over the fence. He jumps over as well. "What are we doing exactly, Dyl?" He asks, confused. "Don't ask questions. At least not yet. Just wait." I say quickly. I walk over to the ladder, and start to climb. "Go to the roof." I say. But, suddenly, I hear his shoes, and look down to see him climbing up the ladder. "Wha- why aren't you flying up?" I ask, completely baffled that he'd want to climb instead. "Why would I do that when your climbing?" He asks, looking up at me. "I don't know. I just figured." I say, quickening my pace up the ladder.

Soon we get to the roof, and I go to my usual spot, and just in time. "So, what are we doi-" he begins to say, but I shush him, and just point to the sky. As the final rays of sun are hitting the clouds, making them orange, red, pink, and to a light purple color, I can see the stars coming out. As the sun sets over the horizon, however, a burst of stars emerge, seeming to form an other worldly view.

All of a sudden, I have an idea. "Hey, um, listen. I know this may seem weird, but.." my voice trails off, not wanting to say. "What, Dylin?" He asks, sitting up to look at me. "Could you.. could you fly for me?" He seems confused, so I clarify. "I just, I've always dreamed of what it's like to be up there. I at least want to see you." I say, embarrassed.

"Sure. Of course." He says, for me. He stands up, and all of a sudden, he's off. He flies around, doing spins and twirls for me. I look on in amazement as he flips and flies around, and then he stops, and gently lands in front of me, holding out a hand.

*Jay' s POV*

I fly around, and she watches me with wonder in her eyes. Then I have an instinctive thought, and I land in front of her. I hold out my hand, and she looks into my eyes, that sparkle never fading. "What?" She says, furrowing her brows. "Do you trust me," I say, and she nods her head. "Then fly with me." I say in almost a whisper. Her face lights up, and she takes my hand. "Really?" She says hopping. I hold her hand. "Okay. You have to hold on though. Tightly." I say, warning her.

I pull her close, and she jumps up, and puts her arms around my neck. I put my arms under hers, and hold her tight. I slowly fly up, and our feet lifted off the floor. Then, I took off, and flew through the clouds and over the buildings with her. Soon, we settle just below the cloud level, seeing the last rays of sun, and she wraps her legs around my waist.

She lifted her chin off of my shoulder, and whispered in my ear, "Take me to the stars, Jay." She then looked at me, her eyes sparkling with a wonder I've never seen in anyone before, and I saw her smiling brightly.

I touched my forehead to hers, and slowly flew through the cloud above us, and we saw a whole sea of stars surrounding us as we came out. I swear I could see every one of them in her big, beautifully clear eyes, only full of innocence and wonder in this moment. I hoisted her up on my torso more, then held her tight with one arm, the other going around her neck. I felt as if I couldn't control myself, and my hand moved her chin so she could look at me. Then, she did the same, and put her hand on my cheek. "Thank you. This is incredible, Jay." She whispers, almost inaudible. She has the biggest smile I've ever seen on anyone, and I feel my cheeks grow hot. She smiles brighter at that, and then out of nowhere kisses my cheek. I look at her with wide eyes, and I seem to have made her think that I didn't want that, and she looks over, averting her eyes. I say nothing, and just move her head back, and press my forehead against hers, and softly place a kiss on it.

As I look at her face, I don't think I've ever seen such joy. She hugs me tightly, and I kiss her cheek. I can feel that my face is on fire, but I am so happy I took that risk, and she took it too.