"I'll watch her for tonight, but only so you and Derek can go out and have some peace and quiet," said Liya over the phone.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Selena replied. She put another spoonful of carrots into Sierra's mouth.
"Uh huh, you owe me."
"All right, what do you want?"
"Umm...I don't know yet. I'll have to think about it."
Selena rolled her eyes. "Fine. Dammit!" Sierra had gotten her hands in the food she was supposed to be eating and was making a mess. "Look, I got to go. I'll see you in about an hour."
"All right, see you then." She hung up.
Selena put the phone down and started cleaning up Sierra's mess. "You know you're not supposed to play with your food little girl," she said, scolding. Sierra just laughed.
"Fun, fun," she said.
"Fun for you maybe, but not fun for Mommy." Sierra laughed again. Selena reached for the bowl that the carrots were in, and it jumped just out of her reach and floated in midair. "Sierra..." Selena warned. The bowl fell to the ground, let loose from the telekinetic force that had been holding it up. "That's better." She put the bowl in the sink and proceeded to let her daughter down from the highchair.
Once she was free, Sierra ran to her room. Selena shook her head and hurried to wash the dishes so she could get ready for her date.
An hour later, Selena was knocking on the door to her old house. It was Jordan that answered.
"Hey Selena, Liya's...somewhere. Come in, and then I'll go and find her."
"Don't bother," said a voice behind Jordan. It was Liya. She took Sierra from her mother and led the way to the living room. Selena put the baby bag down by the door and followed her friend.
She sat down in a chair across from the TV, which was off.
"Where's Aaron and Lyndsay?" she asked.
"They're both out."
"Oh." A few minutes passed before she spoke again. "I need to leave or I'll be late. I'll pick Sierra up in the morning."
"The morning?"
"Who knows what time I'll get back."
"If you don't fall into bed with him first," Jordan said to herself quietly, though not quietly enough. Selena gave her a look.
"It's none of your business as far as I'm concerned." She went over to kiss Sierra goodbye and tell Liya thank you again. Then, she left.
She made her way to Derek's house, which was only a street over and walked into the house without knocking. She found him in his bedroom, laying on the bed, thinking.
Hey she thought, so as not to startle him.
He had been thinking so much that he hadn't heard her come in. "Hey."
Selena knew something was wrong, she could sense it. "What's the matter?"
"It's just..."
Selena read his mind and sighed. "I knew this was gonna happen."
"That what was gonna happen?"
She went over to the bed and lay down beside him. He immediately put his arm around her.
"That you were gonna be scared of losing your innocence." She turned to look at him, but he wouldn't meet her eyes. Don't be scared she thought to him. She reached up and brought his head down to kiss her. She felt him melt into the kiss, his fear ebbing away. No more words were said, as they got lost in the passion.
Meanwhile, over on the other street, where Selena's friends lived, a shadow crept through the dark. It stopped at a window and looked through, watching the people inside. It moved a little, and the moonlight showed it for what it really was, a man. He crouched under the window, waiting for the right time to make his move.
A half hour later, he was sure they were all in bed. He crept quietly up to the porch and put his hand on the doorknob. A few seconds later, the lock clicked open, giving access to the entire house. The man slipped in unnoticed and made his way to the back of the house. He opened a door to a bedroom with a baby bed, and walked over to it. Looking over the rail, he saw a baby girl with dark brown hair. He picked the child up and very gently put her into the basket he was carrying, and then slipped out of the house.
The next morning, Selena woke up to the sound of water running. It took her a moment to realize where she was, in Derek's bed. She hurriedly slipped out from under the covers and collected her clothes, which were strewn all over the room from the night before. She dressed herself and climbed back in bed, just as the water was turned off. She quickly closed her eyes.
A few minutes later, the door to the bathroom opened and Derek emerged with a shirt and boxers on. He knew she was awake, but decided to act like she wasn't. He went lay down on the bed behind her and stroked her bare back under her shirt. He ran his hand down her spine and felt her shiver beside him.
You can't fool me he thought.
I know. I just thought it might be fun to try to be normal for once she thought back. "If you wouldn't use your powers all the time," she laughed. She rolled so that she was on top of him.
"What? I'm not the one that can read minds!" he shot back, laughing.
"So not funny," she said.
He opened his mouth to protest, but Selena shut him up with a kiss. He responded by rolling them over so that he was on top, never breaking their contact. They finally broke away from one another, both breathing hard. Derek moved so that he was lying beside Selena again.
The sound of the phone ringing broke the silence. Derek reached over to the table beside his bed and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Liya, is Selena there?" said Liya on the other end.
"Yeah, hold on." Derek handed the phone to Selena, who questioned him with her eyes. He shrugged.
"Hey, what's up?" Selena said.
"I don't really know how to tell you this without just coming out and saying it."
"Spit it out," Selena said, annoyed.
"Sierra's gone," Liya said quietly.
"What do you mean, Sierra's gone?"
"She's gone. I went to check on her this morning and she wasn't in the baby bed."
"She can't have just disappeared. Did you check the house? She might have been playing with you."
"I did. She's nowhere."
"Hold on, I'll be there in a minute..." Selena looked at Derek. You wanna come?
Yep.
"With Derek. Bye." She hung up and jumped out of bed. "I can't believe this is happening," she said, venting her stress. She started rambling about how she shouldn't have left her daughter and all kind of other stuff. Derek just let her talk, listening, but not really listening at the same time. When she was done, he took her into his arms and held her. She took a few deep breaths and immediately felt better.
"All right, we need to get over there," she said, moving out of the protection of his arms.
"Let's go then," he replied.
Selena waited for Derek to get dressed in some appropriate clothes while she pulled on her jacket.
When they finally got to the house, Selena got out of the car and inside so fast, Derek wondered if anybody saw her feral eyes. He went more slowly, knowing that before he even stepped foot into the house, Selena would have searched the whole thing already.
Well? He sent to her telepathically.
Nothing. She's not here. Somebody was here last night though. There's a scent I don't recognize.
Derek let his eyes turn feral, and he sniffed the air. He nodded at Selena, telling her that he could smell it too. That let her know she wasn't imagining it. She closed her eyes and did a telepathic sweep of the area.
"Yep, someone was definitely here last night besides the usual crowd."
"You have any idea who it might be?" asked Liya who had just walked into the room.
"Not a clue," said Selena. She sat down on the sofa and put her head in her hands.
Liya snuck a glance at Derek and saw him itching to go comfort her. So something did happen between them last night Liya thought to herself. If Selena heard her, she didn't show it.
"Wait a minute, I do remember that scent, from a long time ago. My parents and twin were still alive and we'd been hiding out at this old factory, and this guy had come in. He was drunk and smelled like tobacco, I remember because it was so strong. But this time, it's not," said Selena.
"Yeah, but a lot of people have that scent," said Liya.
"But he had another smell to him that I never could place. And the guy that was here last night had the same smell."
"It could be him," said Derek.
"I think it is him," said Selena quietly.
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