Enchantment ch 10

Tyler heard the shower door and half turned. He was greeted with a sight he had only dreamed about till now. At first he thought he was dreaming, or that Reid was playing a joke on him. "Hi Tyler, I just wanted to talk to you" said Xandria "ah Xandria, you shouldn't be here" he said and immediately wanted to kick himself. "Why not don't you like what you see?' she said teasingly.

His mouth dropped open in shock when she took a step closer. "Of course, but if you get caught in here" he started to say in protest. She stepped forward. And put her hand on his arm. He nervously swallowed he had never been this close to a naked girl before. "What did you want to talk to me about?" he said nervously trying to distract his decidedly dirty thought. She slowly caressed his arm moving slowly up near his collarbone.

His lower anatomy was starting to react to her presence. "Are you mad at me Tyler" she said his name in such a wistful tone. That his heart wrenched in his chest. "No, no of course not, why do you think that?" he said. He grabbed her hands as they started to trail down his chest. "Because you never seem to want to be alone with me anymore" she said softly. He looked guilty for a second though he didn't know why. "Is it me? Do I scare you?" she asked softly.

"No no of course not and I want to spend time with you, really I do" he answered "then what?" she looked down for a second, and then back up at his face, she barely suppressed the grin on her face. Tyler flushed deep crimson "ah, I" he stammered. Hoping she wouldn't be offended. "Tyler how many girls have you dated?" she asked he groaned, he wanted to brag and say a whole lot but he couldn't lie to her. "Just one other and I was a lot younger and it only went as far as a kiss," he blurted out.

Then he closed his eyes and called himself an idiot. He had his eyes closed so he didn't see her lean forward. He opened them in surprise when he felt her lips close on his. She smiled at him and he looked like he wanted to faint. "It will be more than that I promise you" she whispered into his ear. "I'll let you finish your shower now see you later" she said grinning wickedly.

She stepped out of the shower and pulled her dress off the rack. Pulled it over her head and walked out. She released the glamour as she left and sauntered down the hallway a shit-eating grin on her face. Reid watched her head to the stairs and headed for the shower room himself. He was grinning a wicked smile himself.

Tyler was leaning against the tile wall. He was still in shock and his body felt like it was on fire. "Wow you can see it through the glass" said Reid. Tyler opened the door, "Reid!" he hissed. "Well do I even need to ask how it went?" said Reid. Tyler's answering blush and towel grab answered for him. "You knew she was coming in here and you didn't stop her" hissed Tyler. He climbed out of the shower wrapping the towel around his waist. It did nothing to hide his predicament. Tyler grabbed his shower supply bag and stuffed his shampoo and stuff in it. Reid was trying not to laugh at him "so you gonna take care of that?' he teased. Tyler blushed again and held the bag in front of him to hide his condition. Reid walked back towards the room. Trailed a few minutes later by a very embarrassed Tyler.

Tyler pushed his way past a grinning Reid and headed into the bathroom and closed the door. He came out a few minutes later problem solved and got dressed. Reid still had that smart ass grin on his face "what?" said Tyler when it finally began to unnerve him. "Well how did she look man?" said Reid. Tyler sank into a chair with a stupid dazed look on his face "like a playboy model" he said grinning. "You little shit, your kidding right?" said Reid

Now it was Tyler's turn to grin like an idiot. Tyler let his words hang as he returned the towel to the bathroom. "She stood outside the stall the whole time you didn't see shit" said Reid. No way had baby boy seen her naked no way. Tyler was grinning still when he exited the bathroom and pulled a shirt out of his drawer. "Come on your lying what did you really see?" said Reid.

Tyler ignored him and pulled a pair of clean socks from his drawer. And sat on the bed. Then he looked at Reid with the same cocky grin Reid usually wore and said "I saw enough to know she's natural" Then Tyler pulled on his socks one by one slid his shoes on and grabbed his keys. Reid stared at him utterly speechless for the first time in his life "no way" he said at last. Tyler opened the door and started to walk out but before he left he said "way" then closed the door.

Reid stared at the closed door in shock. Shook his head to clear it then headed for the door "hey where are you going?" he yelled to Tyler's' retreating figure "out with Xandria don't wait up" Tyler yelled back before heading down the stairs. Reid watched thoroughly shocked "no way" he said again and closed the door. "No bloody way" he said again.

So she wanted to spend time with him alone, Tyler thought. He walked down her hallway to her dorm room. She would get what she wanted as much as he could give her. He knocked on her door as he reached it. He was grinning ear to ear. She opened the door and smiled at him. She was still wearing the little dress and he noticed for the first time how see through it was. "Hold on a second let me change," she said She still motioned for him to enter.

He did hesitantly, she pulled something from the closet and pulled the dress she was currently wearing up over her head. Tyler stared at her in shock for the second time today, only now he had no shampoo dripping into his eyes. She was rummaging around in her dresser seemingly oblivious to the effect she was having on him. She pulled out some undergarments and put them on. Then pulled the other dress over her head. "Okay lets go," she said

He was staring at her in open-mouthed shock. She grinned when she approached him and put one hand on his chin. The closed his open mouth Tyler?" she said when he didn't blink. "You hoo" she said waving a hand in front of his eyes. He blinked like he was coming out of a daze. "What? Ooh sorry" he said embarrassed by his lapse of concentration. She grinned at him. "Shall we go, love" she said and kissed his cheek. He nodded and followed her out still slightly dazed but grinning ear to ear nonetheless. He walked out with her and they got in his car. She was starting to get used to his vehicle, the amount of iron in the frame no longer bothering her as much.

The front gates however still caused a shiver of dread. She instantly scooted closer to Tyler as they drove through them. He sensed her momentary brush of fear and put his arm around her. "So what would you like to do?' he asked. "I don't know what haven't we done?" she said, "Well we could catch a movie," he said. She started to ask what a movie was but instead "sure why not that sounds like fun" she hoped it was anyways. So Tyler drove towards the movie theater. Parked the car and they walked up to the front.

Gazing at both the posters and the show times. It took them a while to decide. Finally choosing a comedy, over the chick flick Sarah had been talking about all week. It had something to do about a museum and it sounded funny. They paid for the tickets and went inside. "No movie experience is complete without popcorn," said Tyler as he paid for a large bucket and two sprites.

They walked towards the pimple-faced kid who took their tickets and pointed to the door at the end of the hall. They walked into a semi dark room and her eyes adjusted quickly to the lack of light. She led Tyler to seats near the back corner. A few rows from the speakers up on the walls. Tyler held the strange folding seat down for her and she sat down. He climbed into the chair next to her and set their drinks into the armrest cup holders. He leaned back stretching out and put an arm around her shoulders. The theater slowly filled up with people and Xandria tried the popcorn. Realized she liked it and had a few more cautious bites.

She was unwilling to risk another bad episode like the last nights disaster. She finally got him away from the group and she intended to keep him for a little while. The room was finally full enough and the lights went down farther. Plunging them into almost complete darkness. Tyler hugged her close when she jumped a little at the lights suddenly going off. If he didn't know any better he would have thought she had never been to a movie before. The ads for other movies came up on the screen and Xandria bit her lip in anticipation. This did look like fun, and a few of those looked interesting enough to see too. The movie came on and she settled back to watch it.

A few hours later it was over and Xandria was still laughing so hard her sides hurt. They talked about the film all the way to the car. Laughing an clinging to each other the whole way. It was almost dinner so Tyler opted for something quick and easy. He took her to a fast food restaurant and she suggested a picnic. He agreed not really wanting to sit inside on such a nice day. "Ok, but where?" he said. "I know a place," she said and he followed her directions.

Parking Off a dirt road she directed him to. He drove further in so his car wasn't visible from the road. Not entirely sure if he should be here. He didn't want some highway patrol officer spotting his vehicle and having it towed while he was out here having fun. "Are you sure this doesn't belong to anyone?' he asked before shutting off the car. "It'll be all right, if you're that worried use your talent to conceal it," she said calmly reaching for the door handle. The door locked on its own "how did you know?" he asked calmly. A small lump of fear was forming in his stomach. Please don't let her be another Chase please. "I didn't not for sure at least until now," she said softly. She saw the fear in his eyes. She scooted closer and he drew back a little.

Then set his hand on her arms when she moved close enough to kiss him. "Don't" he said "we need to talk" he said sounding really serious. "Ok" she said. She was suddenly worried if she had said the wrong thing. "I know you saw Reid use the other night" he said "yeah, I saw him use his talents to try and help me cheat, that's partly why I went to talk to him" she said "why?" he asked. "Because I didn't need his help so I blocked him" she said, "you blocked him? How?" he asked, "I warded the table" she said softly.

"So you can do much more than move objects," he said biting his bottom lip. "Yes" she answered hesitating. His tone was making her nervous and it was slightly scaring her. "Show Me," he said. She glanced at her surroundings. "I can't, not in here," she said softly. "Why not?' he asked. He sounded almost angry and hurt; she wasn't sure what one it was. Humans were so blasted hard to read sometimes. "I have limitations," she said. He was glaring at her "what limitations?" he asked she hesitated not quite sure if she should trust him with something like this. Essentially he could kill her with that knowledge.

He saw her hesitate and wondered why. "Why are you hesitating?" he asked "because, I don't know how much I can trust you?" she said. He looked mad for a second "and we don't know if we can trust you" he answered. "Do you want to trust me?" she asked. He sighed "that's irrelevant I'm dating you I have to trust you, the guys don't" he said. "Why not?" she asked. He frowned at her, part of him wondering how much to tell her. "They had a bad experience last year with a guy named Chase, it shook them pretty bad" he said. He didn't give her any details beyond that but she could guess who in the group had born the blunt of that bad experience. "Oh, I see" she whispered

"And I just came in and now I know your secret and your worried I'm a repeat performance?" she said softly. He nodded yes when she glanced at him. She sighed realising where the tension between his friends and her was really stemming from. She looked at her lap trying to come to a decision. It was by no means a light thing he was asking her for. Essentially her people would see her as a traitor for telling it. However they probably already did for disobeying the high kings commands and fleeing here. She swallowed the lump of fear that was rising. "I can't use my talents around certain metals," she said at last. He was biting his bottom lip "which ones?" he asked "anything with iron in it" she answered at last. "Why not?' he asked

She swallowed, in for a penny in for a pound she reasoned. "It warps it, sometimes dangerously so," she answered. "Oh, I see" he said looking at his hummer. "Why did you hesitate telling me that?' he asked. "For the same reasons your friends fear my knowledge of their abilities, it can cost them their lives" she said levelly. He looked at her funny for a moment. "I promised Reid I wouldn't tell, but I need the same promise from you," she said. He pursed his lips for a second momentarily looking way older than his years. "You have my word so long as I have yours," he said at last meeting her gaze as he said it. "Then yes you have my word, I'll guard your secret as long as you guard mine," she said. He nodded seemingly satisfied.

"So are we going to eat or what?" she asked. He smiled at her and unlocked the doors.