Abandoned

3. Soulmates

My first day at school was over. I survived the last two hours hardly. My hands became sweaty and my heart hammered in my chest when I thought about him. Devan.

I walked to the parking and tried to find Devan in the bussy crowd of students going to their homes. However, before I could see him, I felt him. For the second time this day, I felt a arm around my waist. I smelled his wonderful fragrance, but I whispered to him. 'Devan, please, we aren't a couple. Please, pretend as if you're my friend, not my boyfriend.'

Devan immediately dropped his arm. 'Here's my car.' We stopped at a luxury BMW. I wondered how rich he and his family were. 'You can sit next to me if you want to.' He commanded emotionless. I glanced at him and noticed a bit of hurt in his eyes.

I got in the car. We drove in silence for a while. 'Devan, please, I didn't mean it like that.' I finally said. 'It's just..., I've only known you for one day.'

I saw Devan looking at me. 'I'm sorry. It's my fault, I hadn't hold you like that.' He smiled to admit his point.

'Where's your home? Do we still have to drive long?'

'Are you always that impatient?' he grinned back.  'Still fifteen minutes to go.'

After a while, Devan turned right. We were close to a big forest. It seems like Claire was right about their home. They really live in the forest. I thought wonderingly.

We stopped at a big fancy house. A white porch surrounded the house. Wow, they must be rich! On the left side flowed a river and in all other directions, the only thing you saw, was forest. Then I saw something my heart melted. A small fluffy creature turned his big cute eyes with red and gold spots twinkeling into it to us.

Once we made eye contact, the creature ran towards me and jumped into my arms. While I was hugging the creature, Devan walked to us and smiled. 'Exactly what I hoped,' he said cheerfully.

'Come, the weather is nice. Let's sit outside. Sit there and I get something to drink and eat.' He pointed to a bench made of marble with soft cushions on it.

Devan sat down next to me and handed me a cookie and a cola. Then he stroked the small creature. 'This is Dailo, our own Binole.' I raised my eyebrows. Binole? Never heard about that.

'But, let me first answer your questions. And don't hestitate, just say what you think. To me it doesn't matter if you say it aloud or if you just think what you want to say.'

Even though he just said I shouldn't hestitate, I did. Where the hell should I start? 'Start at the beginning, Souhaila,' Devan spoke softly.

'Devan, please stop reading my mind or otherwise teach me how to block them.' It made me a bit angry, because I couldn't read his mind and I was like an open book to him.

'I'm sorry, love, I can't help you. I'll try not to read anymore if you like it better.' He again grinned. 'Okay, Devan, please tell me. What the hell are we? Are we human?'

Devan started to talk.

'Once, there were three tribes that jovial lived together. The Diarah-tribe, the Kirahn-tribe and the human-tribe. They all descended from one single person. The Creator. The Creator had three children: Kaila, Crysander and Joran. They were the leaders, the kings of the nations. But then, the Creator lost her zest for life. The three children knew they would inherited the large fortune, the Creator had build, but for Joran it wasn't enough. He wanted to inherite the whole fortune and wanted to become as famous as his mother, the Creator.

Just before the Creator died, Joran unleashed a major war with Joran on one side and Crysander and Kaila on the opposite side. Although Kaila and Crysander didn't want to fight, they had little choice. On the day the Creator died, she gave Kaila and Crysander a gift for their loyalty. Kaila and Crysander were endowed with great powers. Joran had nothing. After the major war, the three tribes seperated.' While he was telling the story I saw a faraway look in his eyes, but now he turned to face me.