Amethyst

Chapter 6

Lea's POV

I woke up the next morning and I felt like I had done a thousand press ups the night before, every single joint in my body ached. Just getting out of bed was like being smashed into a wall every time I moved an inch. I managed to get myself dressed and ready for college with some difficulty and I slowly crept down the stairs trying not to make any unnecessary movements.

I walked straight ahead into the kitchen expecting my family to be sat around the table waiting to give me a lecture about my conduct last night. But as I started to open the door, I found that the only person there was my mum, sat at the old oak dining table reading a dusty book with I presumed was a book from the attic.

"Where is everyone?" I said this while still hoping that my mum is actually speaking to me.

"Your dad has gone to visit Uncle Paul and your brothers are at college." She replied in a monotone and without lifting her head to look at me, leaving me with a cold empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. She had never behaved like that before and part of me feared that.

"Mum about last night, I am really sorry I didn't mean for any of that to happen. I just let my instincts run wild and they got the better of me."

"Is that the excuse you are going to give me?" She asked as she looked up from her book with no expression on her face. "You put us all in difficult position because of your behaviour last night. You know the danger we are in and you go around flashing your powers to a human you don't even know." I looked down taking the punishment I deserved for my actions. "It's just as well that he clearly cares about you. I'm not sure his reaction was suitable for the occasion but definitely understandable."

I looked back up at her, her face being to fill with warmth again; she was starting to look a lot more like the mum I knew. She got up from the table and came around to give me a hug with a little more strength than was necessary which left me wincing slightly, but she ignored me and continued to embrace me whilst stroking my hair. When she finally pulled away and gave me a big smile, and I gave her a big smile back even though it hurt me to do so.

"What would you like for lunch then?" She enquired as she walked over to the counter.

I looked at her all confused and she just pointed to the clock on the arch over our cooker. I was shocked to see how late it actually was, by now I should have just finished my lunch and be on my way to another lesson.

"Why didn't you wake me?" I enquired, my voice sounding a little whiny as I did so.

"You used your powers twice in one night, and the first time you really didn't hold back. We decided the best thing for you was to let you rest and get back to normal." She explained as she continued to make my lunch.

I slumped onto one of the kitchen chairs, flinching with every move. Whilst my mum was distracted, I went over the events of last night to try and work out where I went wrong. Maybe it would have been better if I had just left it for the night and explained it another time though I couldn't have seen him wanting to do that. What was most upsetting about the whole thing was that now I didn't know if he would ever want to see me again I didn't know if I would be able to cope with that.

She put the plate of food in front of me and looked at me cautiously, "Something wrong Lea?"

"No I'm just thinking about how much of an idiot I was." I try to shrug it off but it continued to play on my mind.

"Sweetie considering the situation there was nothing more you could have done. It's a lot to take on and he doesn't even realize the half of it yet."

"I could have waited for a better time" I countered halfheartedly.

"With something like that there is no right time and because this is such an unusual situation I don't see how it was ever going to be easy. I mean with a human of all things, it just doesn't happen." She replied dramatically as she slipped into the chair opposite of me. "Honestly, you did your best. Though maybe next time don't freeze his legs to the floor."

Just as the tension had finally left the room Dad entered adding a whole new atmosphere to the room. he opened the kitchen door and stopped. I could feel his eyes burning into the back of my head, I didn't want to turn around and see what his face was like but from my mum's expression, it wasn't good. He started to walk across the kitchen and went to get a cup of coffee, the silence was heart wrenching.

I decided I would make the first move and hoped that he would forgive me. I slowly edged my way off my chair and hobbled over to him, tapping him gently on the shoulder and waited for him to turn around. Before he had a chance to say anything I enveloped him into a warm hug and slowly but surely he reciprocated.

"I'm sorry dad."

"I know tiny, it's ok. You didn't mean too." We carried on hugging for a long time until I finally decided that was enough and gingerly pulled myself away from hm.

"What did you hear from Paul?" Mum injected after our tender moment to make herself noticed.

"He said that they are on the coast heading west, he doesn't know much more than that. We have to be extra cautious now, no more jumping into trees with boys at night." He said flashing me a look and I just nod back at him. "We shouldn't be seeing much of him, if he knows what's good for him anyway" he continued, giving a little throaty chuckle before sitting down at the table next to Mum. I returned to my seat with a puzzled look on my face.

"What do you mean, if he knows what's good for him?" I enquired and instantly he flicked his head in Mum's direction.

"You didn't tell her?"

"What was I going to say, Morning honey, by the way your dad told the boy you like never to come near you again" she responded flatly like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"You told him to stay away!" My voice became filled with anger as I stood up, I didn't even feel the pain from my aching body, all I could feel was the anger.

"He made you use your power, you can't control it properly yet and all of a sudden you meet him and you can't stop using it. And when you tried to explain what was happening her just left." I'd heard everything my dad said and it was completely logical, but my anger just didn't seem to care if it was logical or not.

"It's my decision who I see; he's now out there somewhere thinking I hate him, like he needed another reason!" The anger and hate was building up again and I could feel my hands burning up I wasn't the only one who noticed.

Mum dashed out of her chair and came to my side, "Ok, time out I think. You come with me". She started to push me through the kitchen door and into our large living room. She makes me sit down onto our large brown suede sofa letting me sink into the cushions before she begins.

I could still feel the rage building up and there is little I could do about it to stop it, but she sits there calmly pulling things out of my aura and throwing them into the air. After a few minutes of this, I started to feel much calmer and all my senses had started to return, even the aching in my bones was coming back which I wasn't so pleasant.

"There, much better" She said enthusiastically as she finished her work. I felt a sensation of relief wash over me, I didn't want to use my powers but I couldn't stop myself when the anger started to build. It was like watching a volcano erupt; you knew it was going to happen and you could see it building up but you felt helpless when trying to stop it.

She pulled herself up off the floor and brushed her hands together as if to get dirt off them, she then came and sat next to me on the sofa. I lay my head on her shoulder and she put her arm around me and started playing with my hair. I don't know why but I always found this really relaxing and my mum knew that.

"Why did he tell Zane to go?" I knew why but I needed to hear it again, while I was calm so that I could take it in properly.

"Your father felt that his presence had too much of an effect on you and your powers. He was scared." She looked at me with big eyes and I understood why he did it, he did it because he knew that my 'power serge' was due to the fact that Zane brought out the power in me. Just like he had with mum twenty five years ago.