The Give Away

Chapter 7

I laid on my bed staring at the ceiling, the way I always did when I was thinking. Everything was running through my mind, my Aunt, my friends, my family, school, the dreams. Anything that could worry me was circling through my head like a broken record, over and over and over. Robert came in and laid beside me, 'I'm sorry, you shouldn't have gotten hurt' I whispered. Robert had to get 13 stitches in the cut on his face. I felt horrible, I had to find whoever had hurt him and who had hurts Reilly before someone else got hurt. 'It's ok, really. It doesn't hurt.' He said. He held my hand and pulled me into him, I kissed his cheek and looked up into his eyes. His blue eyes, they weren't completely blue. There was a tiny bit of green and hazel around the outside of his pupil. He kissed me and put his arm around me. His other hand was resting on his chest, the same way mine was. He reached over and held my hand. I let my mind wander. I knew when I was in his arms I was safe, I would always be safe in his arms. 'Sorry, I shouldn't have thought that' I whispered, I had accidently Linked. He had heard everything then, everything running through my mind. 'I didn't know that' he said 'I know' I replied 'It's cute' he whispered kissing my cheek. 'What did you hear?' I asked in a soft whisper. 'A lot' he replied as he pushed the fringe away from my eyes. I looked down 'How much?' I whispered. He told me what he had heard, I had really stuffed up this time. He knew almost everything I hadn't wanted anyone to know I was thinking about. I looked at my clock, 8:35pm, for some reason I was really tired. Robert and I got changed and ready for bed, I got up on my bed, my hand under my pillow and the covers up to my chin. I felt Robert lie next to me. I was used to him being there now, it was scary. I never thought I would be used to having someone beside me. 'Good night Robert' I thought as my eyes grew heavier and heavier. 'Good night' he replied, his arms slid around my waist and his hands locked into mine.

I fell asleep and for once there was no dream, but something weirder.

All the thoughts that had been going through my head played through my mind right in front of me. The winter dance was on Friday, I never did get to choose a dress with Jane. The dreams, why was it happening? Why was it hurting my friends and not just me? Who was hurting them? I hadn't seen my family in months, in a month and a bit I got to go home for Christmas and see them but I missed them. I woke up to the sun burning in my eyes, Robert and I were in the same position we were in when we fell asleep, his hands locked in mine around my stomach. I opened my eyes, the sun was even brighter. Robert knew I was awake, he kissed my cheek and pulled me closer. 'Good morning' he said. 'Morning, did you sleep ok?' I asked, I wanted to make sure he was ok. 'Yep, what about you? Are you feeling better?' He asked 'Yeah, I guess. It was weird though' I replied as I turned to face him, we were holding hands except our hands were between us. I stretched up and kissed him 'I'm glad you're ok' 'Likewise' he said smiling. I looked at the clock, 7:35am, we had heaps of time. He put his hand behind my neck and kissed my forehead, I kissed his cheek. I loved him, I loved my family, I loved my friends, I would never let them get hurt again.

Classes were normal, I kept looking behind me expecting my Aunt to be there but she was never there. We had Maths, P.E, Humanities and English. It was just a normal day. Nothing going wrong, no one getting hurt. 'Thank you' I muttered to myself as I walked out of English, Sara and I walked together to the dormitories,we had the longest conversation we had had in ages. It felt good to be able to talk to someone like this again. That night, before Robert arrived, I found an empty school book from a few years ago and wrote. I wrote everything that was on my mind. Everything that was bothering me. Everything I needed to talk about but couldn't. I hid it underneath my drawers, it was stuck to the bottom of it with blue tack so that no one would see it. I collapsed on my bed and let myself cry, everything had just been building up inside me and I needed to let it out somehow, thats why I wrote it in the exercise book. To tell someone without anyone knowing. I went into hysterics, I couldn't help it. I locked the door, using my powers because I couldn't get off the bed without falling to the ground. I must have been heard because about half an hour later I heard a knock at the door. I wiped away the tears and dried my pillow, then I opened the door to see Robert. He pulled me into a hug, my head was pounding like my heart was in my head instead of my chest. 'I love you' I said. 'Love you too' he replied. We fell asleep but tonight I wasn't expecting a normal night.