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The next time I woke, sunlight was streaming through my window and I could hear people talking downstairs. Pulling myself out of bed, I stumbled into the shower and was out again a few minutes later. The hot water did a good job at waking me up and by the time I had gotten dressed and dried my hair, I only felt slightly out of it.
I had slept with the ice pack all night but it hadn't done much to reduce the swelling and the bruises were much darker now. That's when I remembered that Benedic- uh, Victor, had said he would call his doctor brother. That was probably why there was so much noise coming from downstairs.
When I got downstairs, the living room was empty so I moved towards the kitchen. From outside, I had the advantage of listening to their conversation without being seen.
"How did she do it? People don't just wake up with busted hands, you know." A voice that I didn't recognise. Xax?
"No! Don't they?" Another voice I didn't know but this one was female and very sarcastic. My curiosity got the better of me and I poked my head around the door. A quick head count told me that there were six new people here. The size of this family was starting to get ridiculous.
I waited for what seemed like forever until one of them looked up and met my eyes. It was Karla.
"Sweetheart! Come in, don't be scared. These are my other sons and their" she paused to look at Victor who nodded at her "soulfinders. Don't worry, Victor told us that you're a savant. That's just wonderful isn't it, Victor."
"I guess." I doubted that he knew why it was 'wonderful' anymore then I did. I stepped further into the kitchen and smiled. I wasn't small on any account but I felt like at any minute, these giants would forget I was here and accidentally squish me.
"What's funny, cupcake?" I looked around for the source of the voice and my eyes landed on a tall, willowy guy who had way better fashion sense then me - that wasn't really hard to achieve though. He could have worn a black bag and still looked more together then I did right know.
"Cupcake?" My question received a few smirks but no answers. "I, uh, it's just your all so tall. Kind of scary." He laughed at this but before he could reply a tall girl with curly hair stepped I front of him.
"Don't mind that idiot. I'm crystal and that is my sister Diamond, Trace, that one over there is Will and... Uriel." She pointed out three men and an average sized - finally- woman which meant that beauty queen in the corner was Xav. I gave a small wave as I was guided over to a chair in front of the doctor.
"How may I be of assistance, my lady?" I smirked at his behaviour and raised my hand for his inspection.
"And how does one get an injury like this, may I ask?" I thought for a moment before replying. I desperately wanted to say something sassy and Jane Austen-y but I decided not to seeing as this guy was going to be in charge of fixing my hand. I looked over to Victor who was staring back, waiting for my answer as well. Time to confess, well at least to some things.
"Well, last night I couldn't sleep, you see, so I came down here to get a drink. Then I ended up punching the table which was a bad idea because its marble and marble is, like, really hard and my hand is..." Get to the point, River "not. Oh and I walked into a wall." I pushed my hair back to show him the bruise that had formed next to my hairline.
"Okay then..." He cast an amused look at someone behind me before continuing. "Lets get you fixed up." I nodded and watched as he closed his eyes and wrapped my hand in his. There was no pain at first but after a few seconds my hand felt like it was on fire and I couldn't help but wince. Victor saw this and tried to distract me.
"Uri's taking forensic science in collage." This got my attention and I turned to look at the guy in question. He was as tall as Victor but he had lighter colouring then the others -hazel eyes and gold shot hair. "Maybe he would like to hear about your CSI t-shirt." He smirked and I shot him a glare. He should be thankful his chair was properly on the ground or I would have sent him flying again. I decided to ignore him and turned to Uriel.
"Is it a good course?" He smiled at me and moved closer, taking a seat next to Victor.
"What do you want to know?"
Victor
When Xav had finished healing River and she had run out of questions for Uri, we all went our separate ways. I was about to follow Will into the living room when I was cornered by Crystal.
"Can I speak to you for a minute, Vic?"
"Sure." She lead the way to the front of the house so we were near the front door and away from everyone else.
"What's up?" Crystal looked nervous as she began to speak.
"When I met River this morning, I got this feeling that I had met her before. How do I put this... Her presence felt familiar. So I did a bit of telepathic digging and I think I know why I felt that way." What is she talking about? River presence was familiar?
"Have you met her before?" That was the only logical reason I could think of as for why we were having this conversation.
"No." She took a deep breath and looked me in the eyes, words coming out in arush. "Victor, I'm 99% sure that she is your soulfinder. I mean, I would be 100% sure but this is my first time doing this and im not really sure on how acurate I am with it yet. But I would bet my life on River being your soulfinder." I stared at Crystal for a good minute before I could speak again and when I could, I only managed one word.
"What?" She rolled her eyes at me and started jumping on the spot.
"Are you happy? I didn't know when to tell you but I figured you would want me to tell you first before everyone else found out. This is awesome. I have to tell Xav!" She was about to turn around when I stopped her.
"Don't. Not yet. I should tell River first." Crystal sighed but shrugged and nodded before bouncing back to the living room.
Once she was out of sight, I let the news hit me. I had my soulfinder. She was in this house with me right now and had been for a few days! River was my soulfinder. Now I had to tell her. What if she didn't want to be with me? What if she did? I managed to stop myself from jumping on the spot out of happiness by reminding myself that I was a 23 year old FBI agent in a house full of people that would forever use it against me.
I tried to look calm as i made my way to the kitchen, ignoring the little happy dance Crystal was currently doing in the corner of the room. I stopped at the door and looked in; River and Xav seemed to be having some sort of competition to see who could fit the most marshmallows in their mouth and I guessed that the strange, mumbling noises they were making were supposed to be words.
I waited for them to finish the game and took the time to look at my soulfinder. Just look at her. The way her hair was thrown up in a loose ponytail. The way her eyes crinkled at the corners when she laughed. She was wearing a too big t-shirt and she had marshmallow on her face but she was the most beautiful person I had ever seen. And she was mine.
She chose this moment to look up and meet my eyes. She smiled when she saw me and waved me over.
"She," Xav leaned over and took the last marshmallow out of her hand "is a cheater! You think I didn't see you! Cheater!" River laughed and took the marshmallow back from him and shoved it in her mouth.
"Just because you lost to a girl." I laughed at how angry she sounded and decided to give her some dirt on Xav.
"That's not the first time he's lost to a girl. A couple of years ago, he was bragging about how good he was at skiing and he challenged this girl to a-" An orange flew from the fruit bowl and I ducked just in time to avoid being hit in the face.
"Crystal!" Xav shouted "Vic's being mean, come save me!"
"Save yourself you idiot! And get out of the kitchen, Victor has work to do!" Xav raised an eyebrow but I shook my head.
You'll find out later.
I don't doubt it. He left us alone in the kitchen and shut the door.
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