Chapter 13

As we drove through the school gates, I suddenly felt something hit me; some sort of power wave. It hit me really bad, making me almost faint. When the car stopped in the parking lot, I was already feeling way better again. But sadly for me, my aunt Hanna stood outside the car, waiting.

She was extremely motherly, so every time someone was even remotely hurt, she would be there. It came in useful that her gift was knowing and feeling everyones pain, then. She could also take your pain away. Not completely heal, just take the pain away.

"Cinnamon, are you okay?" She asked me, hugging me. "Yeah, totally. There's nothing wrong, really." As I said this, both she and Xav wrinkled their nose. "I don't agree with that, cupcake." Xav said, getting the attention of Hanna. "Hi, I'm Xavier Benedict, Thomas' father."

"I'm Hanna Blue, Cinnamon's aunt." Hanna said back and as they shook hands, I managed to get away from my aunt's tight grip. "Well, if there's something wrong with me, what is it?" I asked them both, while I was starting to feel a bit light-headed.

"I don't exactly know, I only picked up that you're not well, but I'll need to touch you to know for sure, okay?" Xav asked before getting my hand. I nodded, and he sank away in what seemed to be a daydream, but I knew better. Aunt Hanna closed her eyes as well, looking for the cause of the pain I had.

I just stood there, a bit awkward. Thomas was hovering next to me, knowing not to touch me when his Dad was doing his thing. Crystal still stood on the other side of the car, examining the school. The moment we pulled up here, Luna had shouted "Goodbye!" and ran off. I looked at Crystal again, and she still hadn't moved. Not since we'd gotten out of the car, actually. Somewhere I noticed Xav had let go of my hand, and without listening to what he was saying, I walked over to Crystal.

"Crystal? Are you alright?" I asked her, but she didn't even look at me. Being tall came in pretty handy sometimes, and I stepped in front of wherever she was looking. "Crystal? What's wrong?" I asked again, shaking her a bit.

"Huh? Cinnamon? Why'd you want to know what's wrong?" She looked at me, a bit shocked. "Cupcake, you were staring into the distance quite dramatically. And not responding to us. What happened?" Xav was holding Crystal, still obviously in love with her.

"I… I don't know. I was just getting out of the car, when I noticed something weird and then Cinnamon standing in front of it." She frowned. I looked into her memories, which showed exactly that. She hadn't had a clue of the time passing by in between. "Cupcake, you were looking it for at least 5 minutes!" She looked shocked by this. "And you've got a dangerously low energy. You need to eat something, and sleep. I don't know what it was you were looking at, but it's safe to say it isn't good." He put Crystal back into the car, and got our bags. "You two okay? I think it's better if Crystal gets back home as fast as possible." We both nodded, and he gave us both a hug and a kiss on top of our heads, even though I was almost just as tall as him, and Thomas actually was.

We watched them drive off, before Hanna turned to us again. "Cinnamon, I think it's for the best if you and Thomas come along with me."

"What? Why? Is there something wrong?" I asked, looking over at her. I hadn't noticed until now, but her eyes were a bit swollen, as if she'd cried. She also had her hand by her stomach, which she only did if she was pregnant, or one of her kids was in danger. And pregnancy wasn't an option, as the complications by the triplets' birth made she couldn't have another kid, so they had only six, instead of the normal seven children you saw in Savant families. Meaning, one of my cousins was in danger. Great danger, judging by the look on her face. "Just follow me." She whispered, and turned around.

"What do you mean Kailey is missing?!" I shouted. We were standing in the living room from the giant house you saw in the front of the campus. During breaks, my cousins lived here. They could as well during school, but choose not to. After Hanna led us here, I saw my uncle. He held Hanna very close. Ric had also been in the room, looking really bad. They had been trailing around telling me. Until I asked where the hell Kailey was. That was when my uncle finally told me what was happening. Safe to say, my reaction wasn't really great.

They just looked at me, knowing I needed an outburst before I could reason with it. "Isn't she just upstairs, or somewhere around campus?" I asked, wanting to go upstairs. "Cinnamon." My uncle said, making me stop in my tracks. He only called me my full name when he was extremely serious. "She's been gone for two days now. We've looked everywhere, for at least three times." And then I broke. I sunk down of the floor, crying my eyes out. Thomas immediately came to me, hugging me to his chest, saying everything'll work out fine. I couldn't bring myself to believe him.

I've got no idea how long I sat there, crying into my soulfinders chest. Slowly I started to calm down, and finally wrap my brain around the fact that my cousin was missing.

When I finally came up from the floor, my legs were cramped, my head hurt and my eyes were red and swollen.

"Cin, are you sure you can go back to your room? You know you can sleep here if you want to, right?" My uncle asked me, as I was getting ready to go back. "Yeah, I know. I'll just think it's better to go back." I said back.

When Thomas and I walked our way back to our rooms, it was already half five in the morning, meaning the sun was rising already. Looking over the awakening campus, it was beautiful. I stopped walking to take all this beauty in and never forget it. This was definitely a plus from having a photographic memory.

"It's so beautiful," I whispered as we watched the sun come up. Thomas didn't say anything, but I knew he heard me. I was standing in his embrace, with his arms wrapped around me and his head resting on my shoulder. I leaned to his chest, wishing I could stay here forever. We stood there for a while, until I noticed it to be silent around me. What had happened to the birds? Looking up, I saw Thomas smiling.

"What did you do?" I said, narrowing my eyes at him. "Oh, nothing, really. Just stopped the time so we can enjoy this moment a little more." He said. I wanted to protest, until I realized what he had actually said. "Really? For me?" I asked, my voice dropping. "Of course," He mumbled into my hair. Without another word said, he placed his lips onto mine, sending even more shivers down my spine. I didn't know what number kiss this was. Just that every time he kissed me, my insides melt over and over again. But this time was different. My insides didn't just melt, I felt as if my entire body was on fire. The kiss went on and on, and he placed his hands in my hair.

I didn't pull away until I heard birds singing again. "Back to our lives, I guess." Thomas sighed. "Yeah, I guess."

AUTHORS NOTE

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