Becoming Kelly

You need good timing

Ethan POV

I wake up the next morning to the sound of mom, Delia, and Kelly laughing outside the trailer.

I keep rewinding to my encounter with Kelly last night. Why is it so easy to forget Elizabeth when Kelly's body is next to mine? I don't even like Kelly for anything else but her body. I don't even know her but I actually feel something. Its like a fascination you get with a movie that's coming soon. All you ever hear is the hype but you've yet to see the trailer. Its the new iphone or samsung phone but you haven't been by the apple store or AT&T to play with it yet.

I really don't want to feel anything for anyone else. Look, where the last girl is. Elizabeth killed herself. Elizabeth committed suicide!  We weren't even fighting at the moment. Our relationship had its quarrels. They were very few and far in between.

 Then again,  Elizabeth was always good at hiding her feelings about everything. The last thing I would expect from her is to take her own life. Especially someone who was FULL of life. Elizabeth could brighten a room. That's what drew me to her.

 I was with her a few days before she left us all.

I remember Elizabeth so goddamn vividly. She was so happy about something on the day I last saw her. I don't remember what it was though. I just remember how she kissed me. she had grabbed a hold of my face and kissed me hard. She had lost her balance because she was on her tippy toes. She fell into my arms and I had hugged her tightly to my body.

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Kelly POV

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              It's been a month since I've had a conversation with Ethan. I'm so afraid to be near him. I keep tabs on him, sure. I'm just paranoid at the thought of being close and triggering his Faerie. I need to suppress that until I can get a hold on the family member responsible for his Faerie. Whom ever the individual is, needs to help me break the news to him.

            His mother is not a Faerie. If she was, Delia would of mentioned something by now. His father could be. Or even an ancestor could be. The Faerie gene can be passed on at any moment. It can skip generations. It can also be untraceable. I have Anila doing some research for me. Even telling her scares me a little. This is such delicate information. Anyone can get caught in the cross fire if it all.

          I haven't told Delia about Ethan. Something tells me she cant sense Ethan's Faerie.

"Hey delia." I sit next to her on the bench by the Christmas tree.

           She looks up from her book and smiles at me. "What's up kiddo?"

        "I know this may seem random. But I was wondering if maybe the Grant family had some sort of Faerie in them."

          Delia rakes her fingers through her hair in thought. "Uh.. Yes, they do. Just a smidge. Centuries ago though. Why do you ask?"

           "Um. No reason, just curious." I ask, acting very nonchalant about it.

       "Its one of the advocates. It was back when one of them lived on earth. Pretty sure it's a male. Why do you ask?" she adds.

       "To be honest, Mrs.Grant is such a beautiful woman. I often wonder if her Faerie is there, you know, behind the surface."

       "Hmm, she could've been. But I honestly doubt it at this point. Being around me would of triggered her Faerie. I spend maybe 15 hours of the week with that women. Trust me, if she were somewhat a Faerie, it would of came out of the bag. I think she is just truly blessed with good looks. The male advocate that is related to the Grant family is through Ethan's father's side. But like I said, that was centuries ago and I've met Ken Grant's side of the family. None of them are ridiculously good looking. Well good looking enough for the Faerie trait anyway."

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I laughed. Everyone had laughed too. But me.... Well..

I laughed so hard that the water I was mid-gulp of, came squirting out of my nose.

Uh- that felt weird. Gross. Everyone around me laughed some more. I rolled my eyes. Mace handed me a paper towel to dry my nose. He proceeded to dry the  beautiful and shiny Quartz table in his kitchen with a wad of paper towels.

           Kira, Dustin, and Claire all had mixed emotions as the laughter died down. Kira looked like she genuinely enjoyed what had just happen. Dustin was red with embarrassment since some of the water landed on him, Claire laughed along with us but you could totally tell she was grossed out.

           I would of been embarrassed but the bunch I'm with today are my close friends.  Yeah I know weird.

           I, Cycle of life, have human friends. They are fully human and go to school with me. We go to the movies together, do homework together, and go to Mace's football game together.

Mace sits down next to me and shakes his head in amusement. "I haven't ever seen anyone do that before. Sure, I've seen that on TV and in the movies. But that was wayyyy too real for me."

    "Seriously I'm kind of grossed out and I'm a guy." Dustin says chuckling.

"That, was awesome, and probably the highlight of my day. But I gotta get going and I'm dragging Claire with me. My mom has some family coming over at 7 and I can't be late. I'll see you all tomorrow. We leave for the mountains at 9 in the morning right?" Kira says as she and Claire hug us goodbye.

"We meet here at 9 for breakfast. My mom is cooking for us. She said something about French toast and omelets so I wouldn't be late if I were you. We leave at 9:30."

"Ai ai me cap'n" Kira and Claire run out.

Dustin looks over at his phone and starts to scrolling up and down his screen. Mace looks at me nervously.

"What?" I say curiously.

"hmm?" Mace says

"You look really nervous." I say annoyed. Sometimes I really can't help but be suspicious of him.

"I'm just nervous about the drive up there." Mace says convincingly.

"Oh. I think your a great driver and I trust your judgment. We will be fine." I say with a smile.

Dustin grunts in frustration "I haven't been snowboarding in over 2 years. I just can't wait to get on the slopes and unwind. I'm super freaked out about these stupid college applications. I honestly just want to go to community college for my first two years. I feel like I need those extra two years to figure out what I want. My parents are currently pressuring me to make a list of schools. I really doubt they will okay with my selection as of right now. But I really don't want to spend their hard earned money on a school I'm not interested in."

I look over at Dustin. This is the first I've heard of his woes. "Hey man, Have you tried to tell them that? It honestly doesn't matter where you get your education the first two years. Its where you graduate that matters."

"No, I haven't. My twin has his school picked out. They expect the same from me. I know when I tell them though, I'll look like the black sheep in the family." Dustin says before he runs his hand through his inky black hair.

I look at Dustin once more before I look at Mace and suggest we watch some a movie on demand. Mace perks up at the Idea. I pick up my sleeping bag and Dustin's too while he grabs our back packs. We all head to the Living room on the other side of Mace's Giant house. I make myself comfortable on the floor beside Dustin, right in front of the only couch in here. Its a pretty cool couch. It has cup holders on each end and massage controller.  Mace makes himself comfortable on the couch. "Alrighty, so what shall we watch?" Mace says excitedly.

"A Movie." I say

Mace wacks my head with a pillow.

It doesn't hurt since Mace's mom has these really soft and decorative pillows on the couch. But still.

How rude.