Elements: Can You Trust Me? (Book 3)

A Plan To Get Our Friend (Chapter 16)

This sadness...it's overwhelming, Urana clutches her heart. It feels terrible, she almost feels lost. Brenton...what's going on?

She takes out her phone and quickly calls Brenton. Forget text, this much sadness should be talked about.

"Hello?" Brenton's voice comes out from the phone, it sounded as if he was crying. Sniffing could be heard.

"What happened?! Are you okay?" Urana asks, worry in her voice.

"Yeah yeah," Brenton lies.

"I can hear you crying...what's wrong?" Urana asks again.

"Zack...got adopted," Brenton answers. "I'm happy for him but...but I miss him Urana. I miss so much!"

"Brenton..." Urana's voice trails off. "It's okay to miss him. It's okay to miss Tim and Tina too...just let yourself cry, please...just let yourself cry..."

"Urana..." Brenton's voice trails off. "I'm sorry to bother you but...can you come over? You're the only sibling I have that won't leave..."

"You're making my heart break, I'm coming," Urana stays on the line and puts on her shoes, after telling her parents, she runs towards the Orphanage again. The call cuts and Urana quickly texts the others.

Even if Brenton didn't want them to know, he could definitely use his friends' love right now. To be honest, Urana also feels as if Brenton partly blamed himself for Sasha being kidnapped, for whatever reason that may be.

Brenton paces around, feeling overwhelmed with all the feelings swirling around in him. He absolutely hated it, feeling so sad and having so many things going on.

Sasha being kidnapped, Zack getting adopted, and school work. It just all stressed him out and he couldn't bring himself to feel relaxed.

He goes over to his drawer and takes out steel wool. His finger lights up on fire and then he sets the steel wool on fire. Brenton sits down on his bed and watches the beautiful patterns to calm himself.

He hears footsteps behind him and Brenton starts to talk. "You know...I'm supposed to be the older brother and be the one comforting others...yet here I am making you do things for me." He turns around to see Urana give him a sad smile.

"It's what siblings are for," Urana sits down next to him and watches the patterns. "It's pretty."

"Yeah, it makes me feel calm and relaxed," Brenton watches with his amber eyes that nearly match the fire's color.

"Hey," Owen knocks on the door, the twins turn around to see him with Alex and Ava.

"We heard what happened," Alex smiles softly.

"And we're here to give our support because after all, what are friends for?" Ava adds.

"You guys..." Brenton feels himself tear up again. He didn't want to cry in front of them but he could feel how much they wanted to help him. "Come over here, I call for a group hug!"

They all come over and Brenton hugs them all, feeling as if he is lighter. Which only made them feel the void Sasha left in such a short amount of time.

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Sasha coughs out blood as Nyx punches her stomach. The blood lands on Sasha's shoes. She breathes heavily, her face bruised and her body hurting from the sparring.

"Inject the sleeping drug," Nyx orders. "I need her asleep."

"Worried I'm gonna escape hm?" Sasha grins, enjoying the freedom of talking. "Thanks for thinking so highly of me."