The Soul Guardians - Transforming

Companions?

"Those with one element go in fours. But I don't know about you , since you have all four. " She said, oblivious to  Nathan's words effect on me. " Renisna is in a circular shape with a smaller circle in the center of it, the space between both circles is divided into 12 section called Seons and is run by two Elders, while the middle circle is called Niane it's where the Queen lives and people also higher up. The Elders live on the border of Niane. The LiX hall where we hold our meetings and other important buildings are in Niane."

She looked at our locked gazes and her eyebrows rose. She started getting ready to leave. "Oh look at the time." She said glancing at the nonexistent watch of her own imagination. "Got to go." And then she left us still looking at each other.

I was the one who broke the long silence that followed. Our hands just happened to be in each others, his thumbs stroking the back of my palm in calming circles.

"So,"I started not sure what to do. "We're companions?"

"Yes, Yes we are."

"Well, I've got all four elements, so we are not really sure, maybe it's actually Anna that's your Companion and you guys seem to be really close. I'm also only half Soul - Guardian so we are not rea-" but I didn't get to finish as he leaned over the table, his electric sapphire eyes glimmering as he leaned in to me and cupped my face in his hands.

His lips landed on mine, soft and full and I placed my hands in his hair tugging him closer to him. Tingles ran through me and my heart started performing acrobatics that I didn't know was possible. I started kissing him back: Slow and hesitant at first but then it became hungry and filled with passion. I opened my mouth slightly against his, giving his tongue access into my mouth. Everything seemed to fade away and only Nathan and I remained our lips locked in passion. I ran my finger through his hair enjoying the silky texture of his hair in between my fingers. He bit my lip causing me to moan in delight, savouring the saline taste of his tongue. He broke away hesitantly his hair flopping back into his eyes.

Damn, why did I have to moan. Someone jolted our table and I became aware of our surroundings, the little imaginary bubble around us popping. My sunglasses had slipped of my face in our brief moment of pleasure and I knew people were starting to recognise me.

I cleared my throat and straightened my Anne Fontaine top before I and Nathan slid out of the booth and walked out of McDonald's taking a big gulp of bitter London air.

Another silence dawned upon us when we walked out. It was quite late and only the sound of cars filled the streets, the air was choking and very hard to breathe in . But I guess that's what makes it good old London.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me. It was just an occurrence due to the heat of the moment." Nathan muttered giving me a timid smile.

What bull shit. I can't believe it, I honestly can't; as you do not just kiss someone like that and then apologise for it. That was so uncalled for. My heart strained against my chest.

"It's okay. Er... See you soon." I replied my voice shaking and tears starting to fill my eyes. He waved at me and left.

He just waved, just waved. Ugh. How can I be so naive and gullible, there was no way he felt anything for me. That whole Companion thing was just BS. I placed my face in my palms. You can't be more stupid than that.

I teleported back to my room - not remembering I was in the middle of the street where anyone could see me - and started to head to the kitchen. I mulled over his parting words. My first kiss was "an occurrence due to the heat of the moment". I wanted to die due to this self-induced humiliation, the tears were flowing now: fast, steady and unstoppable. I walked absently to the freezer and pulled out a giant tub of Häagen-Dazs strawberry cheesecake ice cream. In all the movies I watched after a break up they eat ice cream and watch sappy Rom-Coms and bawl their eyes out til their friends tell them to snap out of it.

I started towards our entertainment room to wallow in self pity but stopped when I was trapped in a bear hug.

"Mum! I mean Rebecca!" I said startled.

"I guess he told you about us," she said smiling. Her hair was flowing down her shoulders in waves and not in a pony tail. The lines that used to design her face had now faded. A huge smile was plastered to her face though her eyes glistened with fresh tears. "I've missed you, though you may not be my daughter, I've raised you for all these years."

"Becky" I said though it was hard to call her that. She gave a bitter laugh and shook her head.

"Being married to a gay man was very awakening. But you brought joy to me." She sighed. "They say her mother knows her child but I never felt that way about you. I married your dad with the belief that you were my daughter and he was straight.  Reality is a bitch and it slapped me hard when it made me realise that our family, no, our whole lives was built on lies."

That last statement had so much more truth in it than Rebecca realised and even me too. There were so many things that even I had yet to realise about the world we live in and me myself. No one really knew a thing about themselves and as it turns out reality was a bitch and it had so many more slaps to give out.