I had just finished packing when I heard the doorbell ring. My mom went to answer it, while I jumped onto my bed exhausted from the previous day. I was just feeling the drawing Kyle had left when I heard his voice. My mom was talking to Kyle , he was at the door. She was trying to shoo him away, but I was up and at the door in record time, grabbed Kyle's hand and started walking away from our house. Finally when we were alone in the garden I turned to look to him. He looked completely broken, all I saw was devastation. I went and hugged him, grabbing him close, and that's when I heard him cry. I had never seen him cry before, but it broke my heart.
I held him close as he continued to cry. He was having hard time breathing, and I just held him closer. When he finally calmed down and his breathing had slowed, I asked him what was wrong. "Jesse …(sniff…sniff…) jumped into the falls, I lost my only sister." I was momentarily silenced, as a single tear fell down my cheek. Jesse was dead? Wait did he just say sister? "What do you mean by sister, did something happen to Lori as well?" Then Kyle told me everything about Zzyzx, Madacorp, Adam Baylen, and how he was born. He even told me about Tom Foss. My mind was reeling. Kyle was not only a test tube baby, but a test tube child. He didn't have any real parents, and now the only person who was like him was dead.
I clung to him tightly and cried with him. I always knew Kyle was special, but never knew why. God he had to suffer through all of this. All those times he was so nice to me, and did all those things for me, he felt bad for me when I should have felt bad for him. We continued to cry together until we both were exhausted and had no tears left. Oh god, I got angry at him for caring about his sister. I felt even worse. Kyle was staring at me with those blue eyes completely red from all the tears we shed. I got lost in his eyes, and before I knew it I was kissing him hard. There was something primal about it, like I needed to kiss him just like I needed to breathe. His lips felt soft, and tasted so sweet.
Somehow we found ourselves on the ground and we just laid there, holding each other close. I just wanted to stay there forever, holding on to him. We didn't move from that spot for a whole 6 hours. Finally as my teeth were starting to chatter Kyle got up, and helped me up He didn't say anything, but he knew I was cold, and he started to lead me back to my house. As we got closer to my house I saw a lone light on in the Trager's house. Josh was looking out his bedroom window, staring at both of us. I turned to Kyle, who had also noticed Josh, "we have to tell them Kyle, they deserve to know". With a short nod from Kyle, I lead him to the front door of the Trager's house.