I awoke to the sound of a noisy house. I groaned and looked at the clock. It read 3:30. I sat up and looked around my room. It was messy. Clothes were everywhere, jewelry was tossed willy-nilly on the dresser, Max's dog bed was littered with crumbs, and my closet was crammed to the point where things were flooding out. A knock sounded on my door and without waiting for an answer Aiden walked in, "Hey. How was the freak show?"
Starting to pick up some clothes I answered, "Alright, I guess. I mean the kids are nice and so are some of the teachers, but Dr. Bloor wants control and a lot of it." Aiden nodded. He was an extremely handsome guy. He had thick black hair that could be tamed, eyes that seemed gold but were really brown, a nose that fit his face, and a melodic voice. "You are so lucky not to be going there," I added. He just shrugged. I finished picking the clothes off the floor and sat down on the bed next to Aiden.
Aiden was endowed with telepathy; he got that from my mom. I got mine from my dad. The twins each have a different one. Kyle has telepathy and Charlie has superspeed and healing. Rousing me from my thoughts was a grumble. "Jeez Kate, you still have a huge appetite," Aiden said shaking his head. We both walked downstairs and rummaged around for something to eat. Jack walked into the room, "Aiden, I'm hungry." Aiden made a big bowl of macaroni and all three of us shared it.
When we were finished Brandon and Jake came charging through the kitchen nearly knocking Jack right out of his chair. "Hey, wait for me," Jack called. The three boys went flying out the door as Danny walked though it at the same time and all four of them went down in a heap. Danny got up and yelled at them in a playful manner then walked through the door muttering to himself. Then he noticed me and Aiden sitting at the table, "Hey, Kate. How was school?"
"Alright I guess." He merrily laughed. "Tommy!" a voice screamed from the living room, "Get over here!" Tommy came charging down the stairs mumbling something that sounded like, "What did I do now?" We all followed Tommy into the living room. "Look! Clean this up now!" Mud was all over the floor and sofa. I raised my eyebrows, "What makes you think Tommy did that. Are you sure it wasn't Kyle?" Grace ignored that and continued trying to pick the mud up. "It's no big deal you know, especially if it's one of your stuck up, ugly 'friends' who aren't really your friends, they just like you because they think Charlie and Kyle are hot," I said casually. Grace lunged but never got to me because Danny stepped in between us.
"Grace calm down, it's just mud and don't listen to Kate, you decide who your friends are, not Kate," Danny said trying to calm her down. "My friend will be here at any minute and she already thinks were a bunch of slobs, this will send her over the edge," Grace said breathing deeply, still glaring at me. "Maybe you shouldn't be friends with her," I put in. Grace looked ready to lunge at me again, "For your information she just happens to be the most popular girl in the whole school, she could say anything about me and the whole school would believe it." I backed off and anyway me and Grace don't get along that well as you can see. "Look I'll just get Kyle to clean it off," Tommy offered.
"You know, I'm right here," Aiden said. He furrowed his brow in consecration. The mud came off the sofa first and then the mud on the floor came after it and formed a ball. Tommy opened the window to the right of me and Aiden threw the mud out the window. At that minute the doorbell rang. "Oh my God! That's her!" Grace ran to the door. "Can I go now?" Tommy asked. Danny nodded. He always seemed frazzled when one of us used our endowments. Tommy turned and went to the back where the other boys were playing.
Grace came back into the room grumbling, "Kate you have guests." I went to the door with Aiden right at my heels. "Hi," Lysander and Tancred said in unison. I smiled, "Hey, guys. Come in." Me and Aiden stepped back and let the two boys enter. Jack, Brandon, Jake, and Tommy chose that moment to charge through the living room getting it muddy once again. Grace screamed and started to cry in frustration, while Danny yelled the boys, Aiden was called over to get rid of the mud, the twins came thundering down the stairs wondering what all the fuss was, and the doorbell rang again.
Everyone froze. "I'll get it," I offered. I opened the door and Grace's friend came breezing through. She looked around and wrinkled her nose in disgust. Aiden dropped the mud he was levitating and it had gotten all over Danny, the four boys were covered in head to toe with mud, Grace's make-up was smudged from crying and that gave her an ugly appearance, I was a mess after just waking up from my nap and the twins weren't wearing shirts.
She glanced at the twins twice and smiled, "Hi. I'm Ashley." Kyle shook her hand and Charlie nodded. "I'm going to leave now. Come on guys," I said and breezed through everyone and went upstairs to my room. "Sorry it's such a mess," I called over my shoulder. "Hey, this is nothing compared to what my room looks like after a storm," Tancred said shaking his head. When we were all settled in my room Aiden came in and I introduced him to Tancred and Lysander.
Tancred looked from me to Aiden and back to me again. "Whatever you need to say to me you can say to Aiden," I said looking at him right in the eye. God, those eyes were to die for I could look in those for hours, was the thought that just ran through my head. I shook my head and felt my face go hot, where did that come from? I looked at Aiden and he smirked. I glared at him and continued listening to Tancred, "So, anyway, long story short, is this yours?" As he put in my hand a gold ring I blushed again and heard Aiden stuffing his fist in his mouth trying to stifle his laughter.
I took the ring and studied it. It read, "Amare sempre..." Love always. "Aiden look at what this says," I said as I passed the ring to Aiden. He studied it and looked confused, "What does 'Amare sempre' mean?" "In Italian it means love always," I told him quietly. "But wasn't that..." I nodded.
"Is it yours?" Tancred asked. "What does 'love always' have to do with this ring?" Lysander asked confused.
"It's sort of mine," I answered and stole a look at Aiden, he nodded very slightly. "Our sister Lucy had a...problem. That problem became very fatal when she lost control," I continued, "This ring was made to help her control her problem. It was enchanted with a powerful spell that protected her from herself. The Italian words were a symbol of that enchantment. One day Lucy grew over confident and decided to take off the ring and see what happened. For most of the day she was fine and very happy for the ring made her feel restricted. Anyway, towards the end of the day Lucy grew more remote and didn't talk to anyone. She decided to go for a walk by herself. She never came back. We had search parties for months. On the first day of the fifth month someone found her body. There was a print of a ring on her left ring finger with those words etched into her skin," I finished.
Lysander issued a low whistle, "So you have no clue how she went?" Aiden shook his head. Tancred remained silent looking at me. I pretended I didn't know and Aiden smirked, again. "Let's go for a walk, I want to show you all a special... place," I said and walked out the door.
Sorry this chapter is not as eventful, and sorry I haven't updated in awhile it's been pretty hectic. Anyway the next chapter will be better! -irishchick919