Everyone stared blankly at Sydney. Eight mouths and 16 eyes were wide open in shock. "Wow" said Michael blandly
"Cool" Kyle said in the same tone.
"So, everything we know is a lie?" Max asked quietly
"No." Tess answered quietly but determinedly as her moist eyes stared at her feet "NO!" she choked "HE WOULDN'T LIE TO ME!" she spun and ran out into the night.
The others all looked at each other before Kyle got up and followed her.
He ran out into the cold night air and looked around before spotting a mass of gold curls bobbing along in one direction. "TESS! TESS!" he shouted "WAIT UP!" he ran up to her and grabbed her arm "Hey!" he panted "what's up?"
Tess had tears running down her face. "She's wrong Kyle! She's wrong!"
"Huh?"
"Nasedo wouldn't lie to me he was my father! And I believe him." She broke into sobs.
"it's ok" Kyle soothed "don't cry. I know this must be hard for you but…it'll be ok."
Then to his shock Tess quickly embraced him. He slowly hugged her back and continued murmuring words of comfort.
"Do you know what this means?" she sniffed "It means my whole life has been a lie. My whole life I've believed I was and tried to be someone I wasn't. It all feels so worthless."
"Hey, don't say that." Kyle said "You know, Buddha says that we should cherish life for the journey and what we learn, not for what we reach in the end."
Tess glared at him then sighed. "I guess it kinda makes sense" she was calming down now "I mean, you know when I first met Max I didn't even like him but I thought I was supposed to love him and so I kinda made myself fall in love."
"Yeh, Max Evans is really not all that great."
Tess smirked at him "Why don't you like him?"
Kyle shrugged "I dunno, I just, IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Tess looked at him strangely.
He sighed "he stole Liz from me." He confessed quickly.
Tess nodded patronizingly "I see." She sighed "so you have a thing for Liz too; it seems to be contagious around here. What do guys see in her anyway?"
Kyle shrugged "I dunno. She's kind, loyal…"
Tess snorted
Kyle glared at her and she explained "didn't she sleep with you when she was supposed to be with Max?"
Kyle put his hands in his pockets and stared at his feet. All this time they had been walking around the yard in front of the pool and they sat on an old log. "Can you keep a secret?" he asked
Tess smiled, proud she was being trusted. She took his hand "Of course Kyle, I would never betray you and plus, I've kept some pretty big secrets my whole life haven't I?" she joked.
Kyle smiled "Yeh, I guess you have. Ok, here it is… I never slept with Liz."
"But I thought Max caught the two of you…in her bed?"
"Yeh, he did; but it was all a set up, he was supposed to catch us."
Tess gave him a weird look "Why?"
"I don't know. Liz planned it all. She didn't say why. She was pretty torn up afterwards."
"I wonder why she did it." Tess shook her head in puzzlement.
Kyle shrugged "Her and Max seemed to have made up, maybe she came clean and it would be ok to ask?"
"I don't think anybody in there would be keen to talk to me" she said sadly "but you could try talking to someone, maybe Maria, they're close."
"Yeh, or maybe our little kid knows. Hell, she seems to know everything else." The two teens outside shared a laugh.
The other six still sat and stared at Sydney. Alex decided to break the silence "So…um…what made you decide to speak up now?"
"Well, I'm a guardian, but I'm not supposed to reveal myself or interfere."
"Why not?" asked Michael
"I'm not allowed to reveal myself because you would become too dependant on me. Left to your own devices you will grow better. I'm not supposed to interfere because that would be interrupting the paths of fate."
"Well they're two crappy answers." Michael replied
Sydney stuck her tongue out at him.
"So why interfere now?"
"Well I'm allowed to interfere if something jeopardizes the future of Antar."
"What happened?"
"Nasedo. He came and told you all this rubbish which totally screwed things up. Now I'm hungry I'll have some strawberry ice-cream please."
The teens looked at each other "I'll get it" Maria sighed.
"Cool" Kyle said in the same tone.
"So, everything we know is a lie?" Max asked quietly
"No." Tess answered quietly but determinedly as her moist eyes stared at her feet "NO!" she choked "HE WOULDN'T LIE TO ME!" she spun and ran out into the night.
The others all looked at each other before Kyle got up and followed her.
He ran out into the cold night air and looked around before spotting a mass of gold curls bobbing along in one direction. "TESS! TESS!" he shouted "WAIT UP!" he ran up to her and grabbed her arm "Hey!" he panted "what's up?"
Tess had tears running down her face. "She's wrong Kyle! She's wrong!"
"Huh?"
"Nasedo wouldn't lie to me he was my father! And I believe him." She broke into sobs.
"it's ok" Kyle soothed "don't cry. I know this must be hard for you but…it'll be ok."
Then to his shock Tess quickly embraced him. He slowly hugged her back and continued murmuring words of comfort.
"Do you know what this means?" she sniffed "It means my whole life has been a lie. My whole life I've believed I was and tried to be someone I wasn't. It all feels so worthless."
"Hey, don't say that." Kyle said "You know, Buddha says that we should cherish life for the journey and what we learn, not for what we reach in the end."
Tess glared at him then sighed. "I guess it kinda makes sense" she was calming down now "I mean, you know when I first met Max I didn't even like him but I thought I was supposed to love him and so I kinda made myself fall in love."
"Yeh, Max Evans is really not all that great."
Tess smirked at him "Why don't you like him?"
Kyle shrugged "I dunno, I just, IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Tess looked at him strangely.
He sighed "he stole Liz from me." He confessed quickly.
Tess nodded patronizingly "I see." She sighed "so you have a thing for Liz too; it seems to be contagious around here. What do guys see in her anyway?"
Kyle shrugged "I dunno. She's kind, loyal…"
Tess snorted
Kyle glared at her and she explained "didn't she sleep with you when she was supposed to be with Max?"
Kyle put his hands in his pockets and stared at his feet. All this time they had been walking around the yard in front of the pool and they sat on an old log. "Can you keep a secret?" he asked
Tess smiled, proud she was being trusted. She took his hand "Of course Kyle, I would never betray you and plus, I've kept some pretty big secrets my whole life haven't I?" she joked.
Kyle smiled "Yeh, I guess you have. Ok, here it is… I never slept with Liz."
"But I thought Max caught the two of you…in her bed?"
"Yeh, he did; but it was all a set up, he was supposed to catch us."
Tess gave him a weird look "Why?"
"I don't know. Liz planned it all. She didn't say why. She was pretty torn up afterwards."
"I wonder why she did it." Tess shook her head in puzzlement.
Kyle shrugged "Her and Max seemed to have made up, maybe she came clean and it would be ok to ask?"
"I don't think anybody in there would be keen to talk to me" she said sadly "but you could try talking to someone, maybe Maria, they're close."
"Yeh, or maybe our little kid knows. Hell, she seems to know everything else." The two teens outside shared a laugh.
The other six still sat and stared at Sydney. Alex decided to break the silence "So…um…what made you decide to speak up now?"
"Well, I'm a guardian, but I'm not supposed to reveal myself or interfere."
"Why not?" asked Michael
"I'm not allowed to reveal myself because you would become too dependant on me. Left to your own devices you will grow better. I'm not supposed to interfere because that would be interrupting the paths of fate."
"Well they're two crappy answers." Michael replied
Sydney stuck her tongue out at him.
"So why interfere now?"
"Well I'm allowed to interfere if something jeopardizes the future of Antar."
"What happened?"
"Nasedo. He came and told you all this rubbish which totally screwed things up. Now I'm hungry I'll have some strawberry ice-cream please."
The teens looked at each other "I'll get it" Maria sighed.