Blue-Eyed Secrets

Chapter 8

Bryant

I had been listening to their conversation the whole time, and when Ron said those words, I felt like I couldn't breathe. I knew he wasn't lying from the way she reacted to him touching her hand. This isn't right, it doesn't make sense. It seems too out of place that both Tes and I have two soulmates. Altearis has never had one Stameion with multiple soulmates, let alone two. Tes yanks her hand away from Ron and searches the cafeteria, finally resting her tear-filed eyes on mine. I don't know what to do. I just stare back, every bit as confused and hurt as she is.

Then she runs out. I get up to follow her and so does Ron. I push him back and give him a look, letting him know this is not his business. I don't care whose soulmate he is, he needs to sit this out. Tes is my girlfriend and MY queen. I can't see Tes anywhere in the hallway so I run to the parking lot, but she isn't there either. Her car is here, there's no way anyone could miss that vehicle.

Where could she be? Obviously, she didn't drive anywhere. Tes must've opened a portal. She could be anywhere. I can feel her distress. I know that wherever she is, she's crying. I concentrate, trying to feel where she is. I can't sense that she's in this realm, that means she is in Altearis.

I find some trees by the parking lot and open a portal to my living room in Altearis. There she is, tucked into the corner of the couch. I sit next to Tes and wrap my arms around her. The sight of her crying like this makes me tear up. This isn't how it was supposed to be. We were supposed to be together, be soulmates and take on whatever came at us as King and Queen.

"I'm so sorry," Tes turns and cries into my chest. I shush her and run my hands through her hair repeatedly.

"It's not your fault, Tes. You didn't plan this. These things are happening and no one knows why. Ron may be your soulmate as well as me, but you don't have to be with him."

"Bryant, I felt it. I... I felt something just go into place when our hands touched. I felt the feelings I feel with you for a guy I barely know. I don't want anyone else. I only want to be your soulmate," Tes sobs.

"I love you Tes and I only want to be with you too. It's going to be hard to fight off every emotion and urge, but it gets easier. I did it for you before I even knew you were my soulmate." There's nothing in any world that I want more than her. I've suppressed everything I felt for Skigh, I don't even think about wanting to be with her anymore. Every now and then I'll feel that pull, that's it though.

"I'm so sick of this, it seems like since I found out I was a Stameion, my life has turned to crap." Tes stops crying and wipes her eyes. I feel an immense amount of guilt that she's miserable. I know I have no reason to feel guilty, but I am.

We lay there on the couch for a while. I put a few movies on, but I think we were both too lost in our thoughts to even pay attention. I can feel that Tes is stilled upset because of what happened in school. I wish I could take her mind off of it. I want to see her smile again. Then I get an idea.

"Tes, do you want to go to one of the parties I was telling you about. We can forget about all this craziness right now and have fun tonight. You're going, even if you try to say no."

A small smile appears on Tes's face. "I don't know what to wear. I would have to go home and find something."

I get up and open a portal to her room.

"Let's go then," I say, grabbing her hand, pulling her through it with me.

Tes lets my hand go and runs to her closet. She opens it and pulls out an array of outfits, mostly dresses. Tes then goes into her bathroom, saying she is going to try all of them on and that I can't see because she wants it to be a surprise. I laugh and look around her room. It's still the same as it's always been. Bright pink walls, pictures covering the walls, bean bag chairs, a desk and her queen-size bed covered in stuffed animals. Tes loves stuffed animals.