CHOSEN (ON HOLD)

CHAPTER 29

Adam's P.O.V

       I stared straight at the woods, trying hard not to look at her or I'll give myself away. I need to earn her trust. By telling her things about me, she'll grow to trust me and with her trust, I can get her to do anything.
So far, I think I have been doing great. The way she smiled at me when I gave her the flower proves my good work.

"I'm... I'm sorry" Amelia's voice brought me back. Oh right. We were talking about Dad.
I gave her a smile. I do that a lot now.

"Don't be"

Her meekness might make me cry. I wish she doesn't have to die, really. She's pretty, naive, powerful, sassy when she wants to be, cute, always sorry. Do I need to keep going? She's...

Amelia placed her hand on mine and gave a gentle squeeze, making me stiff and forcing me out of my lame thoughts. Her palm feels so warm. I could feel the warmth flowing from her palm as it courses through my body. It's so cozy.
'Pull away, Adam' my brain tells me but my body wants to keep basking in the warmth.

My hand turns itself and took her palm in mine. Yeah, that's definitely not my doing. My palm gave hers a tight squeeze which sent light waves into my system. I could feel the warmth even in my breathe.

"You can do that?" I manage to let out, my palm still holding hers.

"What?" Her voice spoke softly.

"Make me warm. Does that have to do with your powers?" Curiosity got me.

"Uh... I don't know. Maybe. What do you know about being Chosen?" She asked as her fingers laced mine. Oh crap! I can't do this. I can't breath properly.

"My... My mom had a friend who knows a lot about being Chosen. She huh... She told me stories about them" Is that even acceptable? I just spat the first lie that came to mind.

"Soulmates and all" I tried to redeem myself. Should I have said soulmate? This isn't easy.
With our fingers entwined, I almost gave myself out. I hope she believes that.

Her brows furrowed as she broke her words in a whisper.
"Then... you know... you know we're... we're Soulmates?"

I froze. My hand sprang away from hers. I shouldn't have said soulmate. I had planned to make her believe I'm into her but not like this. Not with her holding my hand, not with her warmth in my system, not with her scent hovering on front of my nostrils, not with her voice so soft and sweet, not with her eyes never leaving mine and definitely not with her saying it that way. She shouldn't have asked, she should have just told me so I'll act surprise.
What do I say? This is it, Adam. For the love of family, I made a very shallow nod.

"Yeah. I know. I'm sorry. It's just... it's... " What do I say? What excuse do I come up with?
She nodded.

"I understand" was all she said.

I took her hand in mine again. This time, from fear that I might make the wrong move and spoil my plans.
She didn't hold me back. She didn't pull her hand either.

She looked up at me and smiled softly, a toothless smile with just a small spread of her lips, forcing me to return the gesture.

As I turned to look away, I saw a glimmer of tears in her eyes. Was that tears?
I looked again. There was nothing there. Nothing. Her eyes were void.