Chapter 11 The Carnival

AN: This is going to be a two chapter update this is the second chapter.

I own nothing; the characters are under the ownership of Stephanie Meyer, and Kyle XY Creators Eric Bress, and J. Mackye Gruber

Italics are thoughts

Italics and bold are Kyle's thoughts

The month before school started was almost torture for Kyle. He couldn't wait to go to school, and see what other people are like. He was so hyper to meet others that the family broke their habit of keeping to themselves, and went out to town whenever they could. Daily they went to visit a different store. All of the cashiers thought Kyle was cute, and all the females in town fell in love with Carlisle. The same with the males when they saw Esme. Any activity that came up they went to; such as the town's annual carnival. It was every year the week before school stated, and the only time the small town had hundreds of outsiders at once.

Normally the Cullens stayed away from large groups of people, due to the intensity of blood in one area, but Kyle was so excited to hear about the carnival and what would be there. Whenever Kyle wanted to do something really badly, Rosalie tended to give in first, and the rest of the family followed. It was a cloudy day as usual, and the crowds had already arrived by the time they pulled up to the carnival. The Cullens bought a large row of tickets, and Kyle made sure to try every game and ride they passed.

"this is fun; can we do this next year?" Kyle asked. The whole family smiled at his excitement.

"Of course we can son." Carlisle answered, "You're starting out as a freshman this year so you have at three more times to do this." Kyle was glad of this news. One of the reasons Kyle liked this carnival so much was that not as many people stared at them. Everyone is only focused on their own fun; so for once they were almost normal.

"I think Jasper and I are going to go home." Alice said suddenly. Jasper had a look of extreme concentration on his face. Kyle had forgotten that Jasper had a harder time controlling his thirst than the others.

"Oh. Its ok we can go now." Kyle said accepting that it was for the best. The others were surprised that Kyle was willing to leave. "It's not fair if he and Alice are the only ones to leave, and we already did a lot today." It's true. Every employee at half the park stations knew the Cullens. Some rides Kyle wanted to go on three times. Jasper could feel the calm of Kyle's understanding of their need to leave, but underneath that was his hidden disappointment.

"No its okay Kyle. You guys stay." Jasper said quickly. "I need to go hunting anyway."

"I'll come too." Edward offered, "There are too many thoughts around for me."

How could I forget all of these things? There are too many people around for jasper, and all these thoughts must be giving Edward a headache. How could I be so selfish? Kyle thought letting his guilt sink in.

"Kyle." Edward spoke seriously after hearing Kyle's thoughts, "Never feel guilty for wanting to get out of the house, and having some harmless fun."

"Sorry."

"Don't be sorry either. Now you go have fun with your parents and grandparents. We'll see you back at the house ok. "Edward gave him a hug goodbye to make him feel better, and Jasper and Alice followed suit. As they left for the front gate to take a car back, Kyle felt sad that they couldn't have fun with him.

"Come on son." Emmett said giving him a smile and an arm around his shoulder, "I'll teach you how to win at all the rigged games. There was a basketball game in particular that Emmett wanted to beat.

"I think me and Esme will see you guys later too." Carlisle said before they walked off. Kyle's mood started to fall again. Carlisle clarified what he meant, "We're not leaving too Kyle."

"Me and Carlisle want to go on the Ferris wheel." Esme said putting her arms around her mates' waist, and Carlisle moved his arm around her shoulder.

"Okay see you guys later." Rosalie answered them, and they split up.

Rosalie and Emmett continued to entertain Kyle throughout the rest of the Carnival. This was the first time in a while thieve been together with just quality parent and child time. Emmett won a few bears for Rosalie and Kyle; Kyle even won a few himself. Usually these games Kyle won the big prizes on were ones that required precision such has darts and archery. Emmett was so proud of him at the perfect scores Kyle got for these.

"That's my boy, a natural hunter, just like his father."

"Oh my fearless men." Rosalie said next to them. Emmett and Kyle got on each side of her and kissed her cheeks at the same time. They did this often because it always made her smile; no matter what mood she was in. this was no different since she was already in a happy mood. "Stop it." She laughed, "I was going to ask, Kyle do you want to go on the carousel with me." He didn't know what that was, but agreed. Emmett was left on an empty bench to guard their prizes.

Kyle's POV

This ride looks like fun as Mom took me to the line I watched it go around. It looked majestic. Horses of different colors, hopping up and down, with big carriages behind them. It was really big. It looked as if fifty people at a time could ride. It was turning slowly so I knew I'd be ok on this ride. We went on a roller coaster before, and I didn't like it. The speed didn't bother me, I loved that part, it was when we went upside down that made me feel sick. Jasper had a hard time getting me to go on a fast ride for a while after that.

When our turn came up to pick a spot on the ride, "This one." She said and ran us to one of the horses. Rosalie picked a large magenta one to sit side saddle on. I didn't want to get on one of the horses and just stood beside her. The music started and the lights flashed as the ride started to move. It was slow for a minute, and soon picked up speed. I didn't mind the effect of spinning around so much. I was watching my mother smile and having fun. Everything else disappeared in a blur as we spun. She looked like a princess on her horse, and I couldn't stop smiling as she gave me one of her true happy smiles.

Something felt strange though. As we spun around I couldn't stop feeling watched. As we spun around I kept noticing someone in the crowd. I couldn't be sure, but it looked like he was staring at me and mom. As we spun around a few more times, I focused in on him, and saw that there was a man watching us.

Why do I recognize him?

The man was wearing grey hoodie that was starting to fall from his face. He pulled something from his pocket, and made to move forward, but was bumped by a passing couple. The hoodie fell from his face.

It's the man from mom and dad's graduation. Why was he here?

He looked me right in the eyes. I started to panic and couldn't breathe.

"Kyle what's wrong?' Rosalie asked, putting a hand out to his arm. She had been watching him the last few moment waiting for him to say something. "What is it, what are you trying to see?"

She turned around to look at Emmett. Emmett saw Kyle's scared expression, and scanned the nearby crowd to see what was bothering him.

The man fumbled with something in his pocket until he was able to reveal it. It was a gun. He steadied it to the level of his pocket to keep it concealed from the crowd. My breathing was getting more shallow and labored. Rosalie was shouting at me but I couldn't hear anything she was saying.

He's going to kill me!

Then everything went black.