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Chapter 19
General POV
Dranzer enters the bedroom again and sees that the curtains are on fire.
"Why didn't you put them out?" she asks Kai who's sitting up in his bed.
"I tried," Kai says. "But I think I made them grow."
Dranzer sighs then as she flicks her wrist, says, "Dissolve."
The fire disappears into thin air.
"I don't know why you're trying to teach me magic," Kai says looking down at his lap. "I mess up everything."
"You'll learn, young one," Dranzer says. "I should fix those curtains so no one asks any questions."
"You go do that," Kai says and tries to stiffer a yawn.
"Maybe Driger can handle this," Dranzer says.
"Yeah," Kai says lying down. "Get him to do it."
"Just go back to sleep, Kai," Dranzer says.
Kai nods and closes his eyes.
"Driger, honey, could you come in here a minute?" Dranzer asks.
Driger walks into the room.
"Yeah sweetie, what is it?" the tiger asks his mate.
"Could you fix the curtains?" Dranzer asks. "I would but Kai is too tired as it is."
"Ok," Driger says and raises a hand to the curtains. "Repair."
The curtains fix as though there was no fire.
"Thanks," Dranzer says.
"Why don't we leave Kai to sleep?" Driger says.
"Ok," Dranzer says.
They walk back into the living room.
"What was that about?" Ray asks.
"Magic backup," Dranzer says then seeing Ray's confused face adds, "Don't asks."
"Well I'm hungry," Tyson says.
Max stands up and says, "You just ate at 2."
"Yeah but that was 2 hours ago," Tyson says and walks into the kitchen.
"I'm surprise he lasted this long," Max mumbles under his breath then says out loud, "I have a head ache. I'm going to lie down for a while."
"Alright, Max," Michael says.
Max walks into his room closing the door behind him.
"They'll never get together," Dranzer says.
"Well if you give up on them, then they are doomed," Dragoon says.
"I never said anything about giving up," Dranzer says. "I only meant that it will be hard."
"Anything hard is worth it in the end," Driger says.
"How do you know it is worth it?" Emily asks.
"I don't but they should have the chance to be happy," Dranzer says and looks over at Ray. "Like everyone else."
Stupid bird, Ray thinks. Why doesn't she just mind her own business?
"Maybe we should go," Emily says.
"You don't have to," Ray says.
"I think it's for the best," Emily says getting up.
Emily and her teammates walk out.
"Dragoon. Try and talk with Tyson," Ray says.
"Ok," the dragon says and walks into the kitchen.
"What about us?" Driger asks.
"We wait," Ray says. "That's all we can do now."
Max's POV
I close the door.
As I walk past Tyson's bed, tears threaten to fall from my eyes.
Flopping down on my bed, I turn on my side so that I'm not facing Tyson's bed.
He'll never change, I think letting a few tears escape.
'Especially with you in here hiding like a coward,' the girl's voice in my head says.
"I'm not hiding like a coward, Draciel," I say in a strain voice that says I've been crying.
'Yes you are and you know it,' Draciel says. 'Why can't you just tell him how you feel?'
"Because… I don't know how I feel," I say.
'Want help?' Draciel asks.
"Please," I say.
'Ok. Here I come,' Draciel says.
And cut to Tyson.
Tyson's POV
I walk straight to the table and sit down with a sigh.
I am so stupid.
Max will never want to be with me.
And now after this…
We can't be like we were before.
We will be either more than friends…
Or nothing.
I don't think I could survive being nothing with Max.
If that happens, I'll leave the team.
I couldn't be around Max like that.
It would hurt too much.
Standing up, I make my way to the fridge.
I open the door and find nothing I want to eat.
Slamming the door shut makes me feel a little better.
"Don't take your anger out on the fridge," Dragoon says walking into the room. "It did nothing to you."
"Leave me alone, Dragoon," I say in a harsh voice as I close my eyes. "I'm not in the mood."
"Well get in the mood because I'm not going anywhere," Dragoon says sitting down at the table. "So tell me who you are mad?"
"Ok, Dr. Phil. I'm mad because things won't be the same between us," I say opening my eyes and trying to hold back the tears. "I'll miss him."
"He's not going anywhere," Dragoon says. "Well not yet."
"What am I suppose to do?" I ask.
"TELL HIM HOW YOU FEEL!" Dragoon says.
"I can't!" I say back turning towards him.
"So you're giving up without a fight," Dragoon says. "I never thought of you as a quitter, Tyson, but I guess I was wrong,"
"I'm not a quitter," I say.
"Sure look like one to me," Dragoon says.
"You don't know me to know that," Tyson says.
"I've been in you head, Tyson," Dragoon says. "I know that you're scared but you have no reason to be."
"How do you know?" I ask.
"I see the way you two look at each other…" Dragoon says. "You shouldn't be scared of rejection."
"So how do I tell him?" I ask.
Back to Max.
Max's POV
"So you like being with Tyson?" Draciel asks sitting at the foot of my bed.
"Yeah," I say. "Like with all of my friends."
"You sleep in the same room everywhere the team goes," Draciel comments.
"Because no one else will," I say.
"You are with him most of the day," Draciel says. "And when you're not, you're thinking about where he is."
"I wonder if he has gotten in trouble yet," I say. "And usually he has."
"You worry about him," Draciel says.
"He's my friend," I say. "Friends worry about other friends."
"You've had dreams about kissing him," Draciel says.
"One. I had one dream about that," I say. "And besides that was because of a high fever."
"You have justified everything that I've said," Draciel says. "If you didn't feel anything more than friendship for Tyson, you wouldn't be talking yourself out of this with such force."
"What if I do like Tyson… what do I do about it?" I ask.
"Tell him," Draciel says.
"I couldn't," I say.
Back in the living room.
General POV
"I'm bored," Dranzer says laying down on one of the couches. "Let's do something."
"Like what?" Ray asks sitting on another couch with Driger.
"I don't know," Dranzer says. "You pick."
"Watch some TV?" Ray says.
"Sure," Dranzer says sitting up and picks the TV remote up off the coffee table.
Turning the TV on, Dranzer begins to flip though the channels fast.
"Slow down," Driger says. "Can't see what's on."
Dranzer smiles big at Driger as she slows down.
"Stop!" Ray says. "Go back one."
Dranzer does as she is told.
/ 'I drove them back to their hotel from the hospital,' says the taxi driver on the 5 o'clock news.
'And what were they doing at the hospital?' Ask the girl reporter.
'When I asked, Kai who in my opinion wasn't looking so good said, "No comment." and that there was a big tip for me if I didn't tell anyone,' the taxi driver says.
'So why are you telling me now?' The reporter asks.
'I got my money and I don't mind more," the taxi driver says. 'Just like everyone else.'
'Sounding like a true American,' the reporter says. /
Dranzer turns off the TV.
"That's not good," Ray says.
"That son of a bitch taking advantage of Kai then betraying him just like that," Dranzer says. "I should go down there and give him a piece of my mind."
"Don't bother, Dranzer," Kai says walking into the room. "Karma will get him in the end."
"Kai, why are you out of bed?" Ray asks.
"I'm bored," Kai says.
"Turn around and go back to bed," Ray says.
"Brat," Kai says but does as he is told.
Ray, Dranzer, and Driger follow him back into the bedroom.
End of chapter.
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