Selene's New Moon

29: Blowing Chunks & Chicken Fajitas

  I managed to not kill Dwyer; I actually didn't hurt him much at all.  Bram however barely made it out of practice alive.   I wanted to strangle the bird so badly.....  He pushed me relentlessly.  We didn't even break for lunch.  I don't think I could have eaten anyway- I feel really nauseated.  I did feel like I had a pretty good handle on how to boost Dwyer's abilities now though.  Bram had explained that each one of the guys would 'feel' a little different to me , but that it should take no more than a second or two to adjust.  He also told me that as I worked more with my abilities that I may start to notice a difference in how energy vibrated in and around individual people. 

  Dwyer wasn't nearly as exhausted as I was  since I was feeding him energy, but he was still pretty green around the gills.  He hadn't had any new visions but he did get to see the last couple of visisions he had had in more detail.   He told me that he had seen the face of one of the betrayers and the he had also seen more of what would happen if things were to play out and I would be captured.  He would share no details of this with me though.  After that part of the vision is when Bram had finally let us stop.  Dwyer had been sick all over the deck after that. I had run to his side as quickly as possible to comfort him and move his hair out of his face.   I still felt horrible for putting him through that.  Felix must have been close by at the time because he had come out quickly and helped clean up the mess with a hose. 

  Dwyer was now in one of the bedrooms with Felix and Owen sharing the new details he had picked up in his visions.   Aiden is starting dinner and Kenji is still fixing a problem they found with the alarm system.  Something about a bad wire.  I however, am being useless on the couch that Aiden had banished me to.   This happened right after he had told me I looked like death.  I had felt so proud of myself for not passing out this time!  I had been about to argue with him but Bram had stopped me, telling me to rest for about 10 minutes or so before trying anything more.  I decided to listen-  it would be really embarrassing to pass out after defying Aiden just for the sake of being stubborn. Well, 10 minutes has passed now- I am going to do something now.  No more slacking!

  I walked quietly into the kitchen to help Aiden.  He had turned on some hard metal on his phone and it was really loud.  He still managed to know when I cam in somehow though and turned it down.  He gave me a stern look over his shoulder as he stirred something in a pot. 

  "Didn't I tell you to lay down?"

  "You did.  But Bram said I only needed about 10 minutes,"  I sasses back.

  He glared at me .  I glared back and crossed my arms.  He sighs loudly and turns around to fully face me- the spoon now being pointed at me.

 "Fine, but if you pass out on me, I will ground your ass!"

  The effect is some what lost though as a glob of red sauce falls in a messy splat on the clean tile of the kitchen. 

 "Shit!" he yells , plops the spoon back into the pot, and grabs a paper towel to clean with.  I start giggling and then immediately try to smother it with my hand.  I try to look serious as he straightens up and glares at me again.  Just as I am starting  to feel bad for laughing at him, he smiles at me. 

  "Just for that missy, you get to chop the onion" he states.

  I smile brightly, glad to be given a job to do.  I walk up the the counter next to him.

  "Yeah, you smile now... ," he says cryptically. 

 I just give him a confused smile and ask, "What are we making?"

  "Chicken fajitas."

  "Oh"  I answer uncertainly.  New territory for me again.  He places a cutting board, knife, and onion in front of me on the counter.  He goes back to checking on the chicken and then starts to grate gobs of cheese. 

   "Just cut them in half moon slices," he instructs, not looking at me.  I have never cut a vegetable before-  what was I thinking when I thought I could help him.  I am so useless. 

  "Um, Aiden?  I don't know how.... "  my voice fades out with shame.  My face is hot.   He looks at me in confusion for a moment, then seems to understand.

  There is no pity in his eyes as he looks at me,  only kindness and understanding as he says, "Don't worry doll,  I will show you."  My heart melts.