Chapter 65
Danny Pov
We looked on as the boys played together in the yard. They were trying to play soccer, but their little legs didn't have enough power to propel the ball far enough. So they resorted to picking up the ball and throwing it at each other.
Leilani bounced Sam in her lap as we sipped our sodas and looked at them. Keeping my eyes on them, I asked Leilani.
"You sure your husband doesn't mind that I'm over?"
She smiled at me and took a sip of her soda before answering me.
"He doesn't, he's awesome that way, and he knows that you're just a kid taking care of your younger brothers."
I fake scoffed at this.
"Rude, I'll have you know Ms. Leilani, that I'm 24 years of age, old enough to drink and vote."
She smiled at this and let Sam down so he could wander around. We both kept our eye on him.
"Ah yes, I forgot, however, I am not old enough for you to call me to miss."
I smiled and rose my eyebrow while keeping my eye on the kids, making sure that none of them went into the street.
"Last time I checked Ms. Leilani, you are only 5 years older than me."
She closed her eyes and sighed.
"Don't remind me, I'm due for a mid-life crisis soon."
I started laughing, remembering that I had my midlife crisis when I was 14. Or at least I thought I did.
"Well, here's hoping your midlife crisis will be what shoes to wear with what dress."
She lightly smacked the back my head before standing up.
"I'm going to go and get some more soda, want some?"
"Yes please."
I sat in silence as she went back inside her house to refill on our sofas while I kept on eye on all of the boys. I smiled as I saw them throwing the ball at each other and they would try their best to catch the ball. But it was so big, they couldn't get a grip on it so they struggled.
All in all, it was adorable. I turned around when I heard Leilani walking out. She smiled at me and then looked at the yard.
"SAM!"
I turned around to look at the yard. My heart stopped when I saw Sam running into the street chasing the ball, right in front of a car. I lept forward and literally flew towards Sam. I managed to get Sam out of the way by tackling him to the other side of the street. I sighed out of relief and picked up the crying Sam, shushing him to try to calm him down.
I walked over to Leilani but stopped on the sidewalk in front of her house when I saw her face. Her face was horrified and full of fear. I frowned at this. Ben and Rex came running up to me yelling.
"Daddy, take us flying! Pleaseeeee!?"
I felt my face growing pale as I realized how I was able to reach Sam in time. I looked in my hand to see the black glove that my ghost form has. I looked up at Leilani with fear. I set Sam down and turned invisible. I picked up Ben and Rex before flying back to my house at full speed. I have to pack up everything before Leilani thinks to come to my house. I flew into my house and set Ben and Rex down in my room before I started flying around the house, packing everything.
I flew room to room, packing all the clothes and toys, I set all the bags down in the living room before continuing to pack. When I flew back to the living room, Leilani was standing there with Sam and Abraham in her arms. I stopped completely, a lump growing in my throat.
"Igris."
I landed on the floor and began to walk away backward, away from Leilani. She put Abraham and Sam down and stepped forward with her hand outstretched.
"Wait, don't leave."
I looked at her before turning my head to the side.
"I'm a freak, I have to leave."
"You're not a freak Igris."
I looked at her, at her confused children.
"I saw the face you had Leilani, I've seen that look before, my parents have given me that look before they disowned me."
She was silent and so was I, I turned around to finish packing but stopped when I felt a hand grab my elbow.
"Please don't leave Igris, I was just surprised, I'm grateful you have these...abilities, you were able to save my little boy."
I stayed still and didn't say anything. Leilani moved her hand to my shoulder and gently pulled me to turn around. I averted my eyes, trying to not make eye contact with her.
"Igris, can you look at me please?"
I still averted my eyes. I heard Leilani sigh before wrapping her hands around me. I stiffened up when I felt her hand stroking my hair.
"You poor boy, you've been keeping this burden to yourself all this time."
My body tensed up as tears welled up in my eyes and my shoulders began to shake as I tried to hold back the sobs.
"Let it out Igris, just let it out, it's okay now, its okay."
Tears started to flow freely now as sobs racked my body. I didn't realize how much I need someone to hold me like this and to tell me that it's okay. How much I needed to cry in someone's arms while whispering comforts to me. How much I needed someone to hold me like a mother would.
I wrapped my arms around her and held onto her as I buried my head in her shoulders, staining her shirt with my tears. I held onto her desperately as she still shushed me and whispered words of comfort to me.
I only let go of her when I felt a tug on my leg. I wiped away my tears to see who it was. I looked down to see Ben's and Rex's concerned faces. I Bent down and picked them up.
"Hey, guys, what's wrong?"
They didn't answer me. They instead put their small chubby hands on my face as they tried to wipe away my tears. I smiled at them and held them closer
"Thank you, guys."
Leilani put her hand on my shoulder, bringing my attention to her. She smiled at me, her blue eyes showing sympathy.
"Why don't you go and lay down for a little bit?"
I nodded my head, suddenly feeling exhausted. I set Ben and Rex down and walked to my room, where I collapsed onto my bed. I quickly started to doze off in my bed as I heard quiet shuffling around the house.
Time Skip
I sat up in bed as the smell of food wafted through the air. I rubbed my eyes with my hands and realized that I turned back into my human form in my sleep. I took off the blanket and stood up before walking to the door. When I opened the door, I stopped myself from taking a step before I stepped on Ben or Rex.
I looked at them in surprise as I saw them sleeping in front of the door. They must have been waiting for me to come out. I smiled to myself before gently picking them up one by one and took them to my bed, where I carefully tucked them into the bed. I closed the door behind me and walked to the kitchen where I could hear voices. One of them was Leilani, the other was a deep voice, probably a man's.
"Is your friend ok?"
"I thought he was ok, but after seeing how he broke down, I'm not sure, poor thing has been keeping everything to himself since we met. When I came into the house, he was running around trying to pack everything up. You should have seen him, babe, he looked terrified of me. He looked so scared, scared of me and what I was going to do."
"Where is he now?"
"He's in his room sleeping, I sent him to bed once he was done crying."
I peeked my head around the corner to look into the kitchen and saw a brown-haired, brown-eyed person sitting at the table with Leilani putting some food in containers. The man noticed me first and stood up to shake my hand. I started to shake when I looked at his face. I swear he looked exactly like the agents who helped Dr. Brown, Agent Q. images of my experiments started to invade my mind, especially his sickly smile
"Hi, my name is ch-"
I cut him off as I scrambled to get away from him, shaking in my boots. I went to the closest room and looked at him from around the corner, I must have looked like a child, but it's better than me curling up into a ball out of fear.
"Igris?"
I saw Leilani look around the corner and stand next to the man. She noticed my distress and tried to calm me down.
"Igris, this is my husband, Charles, he's not going to hurt you."
Charles tried to get closer to me and I retreated further back into the boy's bedroom, but I still kept an eye on him
"Igris, what's wrong?"
I shook my head frantically, scared to speak in front of Charles, no matter what I did, I just couldn't convince my brain that it wasn't agent Q that was standing in front of me. I kept on shifting my eyes between Leilani and her husband, quickly looking down whenever we made eye contact, Leilani quickly noticed this.
"Charles, can you go to the kitchen for a bit."
Charles took a glance at me one more time before walking to the kitchen. I relaxed a little bit once I couldn't see him. Leilani looked at me with a caring and confused look.
"Igris, why are you so scared of him?"
I swallowed, trying to get the lump out of my throat before talking.
"I'm sorry, he just looks similar to someone I know, way too similar."
She nodded her head, understanding my point but not my fear.
"Did that person hurt you?"
I nodded my head slightly before speaking, my voice trembling.
"He didn't exactly leave a good impression on me, he left scars more than anything"
Her face paled slightly, her mouth opened and closed like a fish, but she continued.
"I promise Charles will never hurt you, I'm going to be right back, are you alright with that?"
I nodded my head, she stood up and walked into the kitchen, disappearing around the corner. I leaned against the doorway, keeping my eyes on the kitchen doorway as I waited for Leilani to return.
