Planebound (Dimension Series Book 2)

CHAPTER- 5

Dean couldn't sleep. Everything he learned in the past 24 hours has been a lot to digest, but that wasn't it. What really was keeping him up was, Amaya. She had been ignoring him, when she wasn't ignoring him, she was passing rude or sarcastic comments on him. She was never mean to him. Not while they were kids, not while they were teenagers, until now.

Dean failed to understand why he was feeling this way. Why had Amaya suddenly got all his attention? He kissed TJ for god sakes! That should matter, or how to find Aunt Calista, but no!

Amaya's words and actions bothered him.

Amaya had always been an important part of his life, but he never thought about her this much.

Did he take her for granted for so long?

She was always important, but Dean did nothing to show her that. Now when she is distancing herself, Dean regretted not telling her what she means to him.

She was always there for him, but Dean did nothing but make fun of her when she couldn't perform well. He never told her those encouraging words she always told him, without fail. Amaya had a golden heart, and Dean used it. He was surprised when she fought and won against Miriam. How did she become this good? Was Amaya right? Did he really stop giving her importance since TJ arrived? Of course, he did, how could he miss the improvement then?

TJ...the kiss was not what Dean expected. There was nothing good about touching TJ's lips with his. Yes, she didn't kiss him back, but it was not even close to what he imagined. It was awkward and weird like he was kissing a friend...a sister. Meaningless and vain. But he had a crush on her right? It shouldn't have been like that, even though TJ pushed him, he should have felt something. Hurt? Pain? Heartbreak?

He wasn't even sad. He apologized to TJ after dinner today and she forgave him. Of course, Asher had to make her talk to him, TJ wouldn't even look at him until he apologized. She kept looking at Asher and Amaya, more at Amaya who was concentrating on a book in front of her. Amaya didn't spare him a glace.

Didn't she know that Dean needed her the most right now? Why would she be rude to him then?

He was doing it again, he was thinking about TJ and then it automatically shifted towards Amaya. Asher told him that everyone knew why Amaya wasn't talking to him. Why couldn't he see that? He had to ask her, but how? What should he do?

He wished Aunt Calista was here, she would have told her what to do. She always knew what to do.

Once when he accidentally spoiled Amaya's doll, Aunt Calista knew how to apologize to her. She and Dean made a similar doll making Dean use his powers in making them, it wasn't as pretty as the one he spoiled but Amaya loved it. She still kept it, Dean saw it when he was in her dorm one day.

Dean retraced his memories and it stopped at the Ball. He couldn't even recognize it was Amaya he had been dancing with all night until she called her 'D'.

How could he not recognize her? He had seen her all his life, why not at the Ball? He had never complimented her, but he did last night, why?

All these questions were clogging up his brain making it hard to sleep. He had to sleep, they had to practice, they had no time to waste. Dean decided that if he can't sleep, he should not waste time. He decided to go to the ground and practice. He took out the spear from the weapon room and walked towards the practice ground.

Dean was almost there when he saw someone fighting. Someone was using the dummy, whoever it was, was doing pretty good. Their offense was good, the person was all over the place, there was no chance for the opponent to attack. The person was fast, suddenly he saw the person do a backflip and their fingers sparkled and the dummy was blown away.