Our Hidden World

Chapter 19

Side: Secrets by OneRepublic

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Brooklyn's P.O.V:

We decide to explain everything at our house while Landon's parents take care of Regina. I look over at Asher and it looks like he's about to have a panic attack. This is not how I wanted to tell him about us, I think. Finally, we have arrived at our house. Leading everyone into the dining room I go and get snacks and drinks for everyone figuring this will take a while. Walking to the table I set everything down and sit across from Asher like everyone else.

"Sooo." I say looking around "Who's starting?"

"Josie can." Eli volunteers.

"No. I want Brooke to start." Asher cuts in.

"Why?" Eli asks "Josie is as good as Brooke is."

"If he wants Brooke to talk Brooke will talk." Josie cuts in.

Asher's P.O.V:

I don't know why I want Brooke to talk. I just feel that if Brooke talked I wouldn't freak out as much. Does that even make sense? Oh whatever.

"Ok, I'll talk." Brooke says " Everyone at this table is a supernatural or has a relation to it. David was brought into it by being with us when we were attacked once and Jordi is Logan's soulmate. Eli is 1/2 wizard and 1/2 shifter, Josephine's can control water, earth, and air and is also a shifter, Luna's a werewolf, Logan is a dreamwalker and healer, Nyssa's a charmspeaker, Violet is a dark witch with telekinesis and invisibility, Blair's a fire elemental, and Landon is well we don't know what he is yet."

"I'd rather keep that a secret for a little longer." Landon says.

"What about you?" I ask.

"Elemental." Brooke says.

"What do you control?"

"All of them." I can feel a panic attack start to come on. The friends I've had since third grade are creatures that you're only supposed to hear about in stories, I think. Oh how did I get myself into this. I get up abruptly and hurriedly walk to Brooke's room. I just reach her room when I start panicking.

Brooklyn's P.O.V:

I had just finished explaining what we are to Asher when he suddenly gets up and walks quickly upstairs. I look at Josie and she nods her heads. Quickly getting up and rushing upstairs I find my door closed and decide to hopefully calm him down. Reaching my door I knock but don't hear anything. Opening it I see him up against the wall hyperventilating.

Kneeling in front of him I say "Asher its fine. Breathe. Focus on my voice, okay?" He nods his head.

"So I know that you most likely don't want to be hanging with us right now or ever but we're thinking about having another sleepover. You're welcome to stay. Have you been asked to go to the Halloween dance in two weeks?" He shakes his head no. "I bet Shannon or one of her friends will ask you." I move to sit next to him. "Have you seen Transformers: Age of Extinction? If you haven't you have got to see it. Best Transformers movie ever." I say. I look up at him to see him looking at me already and the panic attack over.

"How did you know?"

"How did I know what?"

"How to calm me down." I just shrug.

"Does everyone think I just ran because I needed time?" He ask.

"Yes. I'm the only one that knows you have panic attacks."

"How do you know about my panic attacks?"

"I've known you for a long time I'm not oblivious." I say.

"Yeah well it seems that I don't know any of my friends."

"Asher we had to do what we thought was right. We didn't want to get you involved unless we had to."

"I know." He says with a sigh.

"Come on let's go back downstairs." We walk downstairs and go back into the dining room. Everyone stops talking when we walk in. Asher walks back to his seat and sits down.

"I have one thing to say. No more lying. No more hiding things." He says.

"Okay." Eli says. Asher nods his heads.

"I bet you have questions Asher." Josie says.

"Yes. Do all of you have soulmates?"

"Yes. Some of us haven't found them or haven't told the person." I see my sister look at me quickly.

"Wouldn't the other person know?"

"Not if they're human." Eli says.

"Plus you have to truly love them," Josie said quietly. Asher asks a few more questions before we decide to watch a movie. While everyone has the annual movie fight I decide to go up to my room to relax. A few minute later my door opens and Asher steps in.

"Hey, what's up?" I ask.

"Nothing. Just wanted to ask you something."

"Okay, shoot."

"Uhh... Never mind it was a stupid questions."

"There is never a stupid question unless you don't ask it."

"We picked a movie. They're starting it downstairs." He says changing the subject.

"Ummm... okay." I say confused. I find out that we are watching How to Train Your Dragon. Finally. I'm getting tired of watching Pirates of the Caribbean. I sit down in between Josie and Asher. Half an hour in I fall asleep with my head on Asher's shoulder.