Imprint

Chapter Thirteen

I pull away, but don't look at her. She drops her hands from my neck, just remaining still. 

I finally look at her. She opens her mouth a couple of times, as if to say something, but decides it's better to be quiet.

I take a step away from her, and she does the same to me. I drum my fingers lightly at my sides, until finally, Danni speaks up.

"I need to go for a hunt after all."

And with that, she's gone.

"This..." I sigh. "Is ridiculous." Seth looks at me, a bemused look on his face.

"That it is, my friend," he replies, leaning against the wall.

"Joey knows I kissed her," I say, not even trying to suppress my smile.

He laughs. "Look on the bright side," he starts, making it seem like it's obvious. After he realizes I have no idea what he's talking about, he explains. "Maybe Danni made you kiss her."

"She'd never," I immediatly say, shooting down his idea.

"How do you know?" he asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Because, she wouldn't even use that power of hers to get herself out of that thing with the vampires. She says she could never bring herself to use it...ever again."

I sit back down on the edge of my bed. "So what? What if she thought that you would never do it, so she just used it on you as a little experiment?" he asks.

"Why wouldn't she just ask me?" I retort.

"She doesn't know that you imprinted on you, you know," he says back to me, in an exasperated voice.

"It doesn't matter," I say, getting up, "Because she doesn't like me, she'll never know I like her, and she'll absolutely never find out that I imprinted on her. Got it?" I say, but in more of a demanding way.

He shrugs. "It's your loss, not mine."

I walk out of the room, finding James sitting on the couch, watching a Ranger verses Devils game.

"Hey," I say, sitting down. He looks at me from the corner of his eye, giving me the whole What-do-you-want-from-my-life? look. "Who's winning?"

"Devils," he says, turning back to the screen. "Henrique scored a hat trick, so it's pretty much over."

"Can I ask you something?" I say suddenly.

He turns to me, confused. "Sure," he says slowly.

"Has Danni ever told you of her using her power on you?"

"Obviously," he says in an annoyed voice.

"What does it feel like?" I ask, ignoring the way he's answering me.

"You want to know if she made you kiss her?" he asks, raising an eyebrow and smirking. "Joey told me. He was pisssed," he says in a bemused voice.

"Yeah, now please," I respond, trying to keep my voice pleasant.

 "Alright, fine," he says, straigthening up in his seat. "You can't remember those moments. It's like they never happened. Just picture fast forwarding your life."

I absorb what he just said. I remember the kiss with Danni...vividly.

"Then what was it?" I ask, more to myself, punching the couch cushion.

"Maybe she just wanted to," James say with a laugh.

I look at him. "That can't be it."

"Someone has self esteem issues," James laughs.