Stars unaligned

Chapter 5

Artificial light cuts through Nathan's eyelids when he comes back to consciousness. As he bolts awake he realises that he is not in his bedroom.
"Hey! Is anyone there? Where am I?"
The walls of the room look like those of a prison cell.
The door opens and Jaxon walks in shutting the door behind him. "You do realise that was unlocked the whole time."
"I just saw the prisonish features and thought I was locked in. Despite being someone of importance, i have not been kidnapped before."
Jaxon glares at Nathan, "that's lovely to know. But you have not been kidnapped."
Nathan smirks at him. "Too bad. I'd happily get kidnapped by you any day."
The air leaves his lungs suddenly as Jaxon presses him against the back wall.
"I don't need your stupid remarks right now, Nathan."
"Don't you like my flirting? Most guys do."
Jaxon's hand presses firmly against Nathan's neck, leaving little to no room for him to breathe.
"I don't appreciate how unbelievably annoying you are."
He lets Nathan go and steps back. "I need to replace your bandages. Come with me."

In a small very modern room, Jaxon sits Nathan down on a bed.
"What happened?" He asks.
Jaxon sighs and opens draws around the room. "You passed out. So we brought you here and removed your bangle."
"What?!" Nathan shrieks.
He rips off the bandage on his wrist, and instead of finding a loop of silver, he finds bare, healing skin.
"You were reacting badly to it. I had to get it off you." Jaxon takes Nathan's right hand in his and rubs a salve over the scarring tissue.
A shiver runs through Nathan when Jaxon presses his thumb on the skin that used to be covered.
"Your wrist will be quite sensitive for a while. It's healed up, but it hasn't been without the bangle for a long time."
Nathan squirms on the edge of the bed, biting his lips to hold back moans.
"Do you have to rub it so hard?" Nathan groans.
"I'm barely pressing down at all." Jaxon proves his point by putting harsh pressure onto Nathan's wrists causing him to yank his hand back.
Jaxon sits there with a smirk plastered across his face.
"Did you enjoy that? Torturing me?"
Jaxon laughs, "Not as much as you enjoyed it."
Nathan freezes, blood rushing to his face. "I, um,"
"It's all good. Don't worry about it Nath. Come on. We're going to meet with Annie."
Nathan pauses. "Who's Annie?"
"Jay's girlfriend."

In the recreation area everyone is packed together drinking and shouting. Jaxon leads Nathan towards a table that two girls are seated at. Nathan recognizes Jay so the other girl has to be Annie.
Jay leaps from her seat and pulls Nathan down to sit next to her. "Nath, this is Annie my girlfriend."
Nathan squints at her. "Are those pajamas?"
She shrugs, "No one said I had to get dressed."
Jaxon butts in, "We all said you had to get dressed."
Annie snorts. "And I said no. So here I am. In pajamas."
They all sit around talking and laughing until a tall man dressed in Aries red comes up behind Annie.
"Nathan meet my dad, Lucas."
Nathan and Lucas shake hands. Nathan turns to Annie, "Where's your mum?"
Both Lucas and Annie look towards the floor. Lucas is first to speak. "Annie was born to a Pisces woman. She was killed after our second child, a boy, was taken from us."
Nathan looks at him with understanding. "Why was your son taken?"
Lucas sighs deeply, "He is a Taurus. He got adopted by someone. I want to find him, but his adopted parents named him. I don't know who he is. He'd probably look something like you."
Lucas and Nathan sit there for a moment, ridden with sadness.
Jaxon looks at them before speaking, "Are you really that retarded?"
Everyone turns to him, confused and annoyed at his outburst.
"Nathan is clearly your son."