Sorry for taking this long to update, my laptop did not work the entire weekend at the shore.

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Chapter 4: Secrets

Evelyn found herself sitting in the garden under the white entranceway. Flowers and vines climbed the white lattice and flowers bloomed in the dirt behind her, still damp from the previous nights' rain. Evelyn still wore the black dress pants and button down shirt that was given to her that morning. She figured she would find out later in the evening where the nearest shopping center is located. As she sat on the cement wall admiring a beautiful butterfly that had landed on a flower beside her sandal-clad feet, she did not hear someone approach her.

"I'm glad you're feeling better," Shawn came up behind her, causing Evelyn to scream and jump in surprise.

"Oh my God! You scared the shit out of me!" Evelyn laughed, resting her right hand over her heart.

Shawn laughed and sat in front of her,

"I'm sorry," he laughed at her facial expression, "but I thought you heard me coming."

"Don't worry about it, but from now on I think I need to put a bell around your neck so I know for sure if someone is behind me."

Shawn smiled, and then laughed at her corny joke.

"Come on, you didn't need to laugh! The joke wasn't that funny!" Evelyn smiled.

"Sue me," Shawn smiled.

"I just might," Evelyn laughed.

Quickly she changed the subject,

"So, how long have you been here?" she asked, fiddling with the yellow flower hanging by her knee.

"About two years," Shawn replied without hesitation.

"Why did you come here, if you don't mind me asking," Evelyn looked up at Shawn, but only for a moment before looking back down at the flower.

"No, it's alright, it's nice to be able to talk to someone," Shawn smiled for a moment before he looked down at his folded hands, "When I got out of quarantine, nobody really wanted to be around me. Every time someone saw me, they would call me a freak. I went home and my mom even seemed a little unnerved by the situation and my brother…"Shawn paused for a moment, "my brother didn't even want to be around me," he smiled sadly.

"Is that when you came here?" Evelyn asked.

"It was actually a little while later that I came here. Once things went back to 'normal'," Shawn made quotations with his fingers, "everyone stopped calling me a freak because they saw that I didn't have any powers. My brother's girlfriend, Nikki, started talking to me more and more then one night we slept together. My brother was furious and he attacked me when he found out and when I touched him, I started to drain the life from him, but not purposely," Shawn looked terribly sad.

Evelyn did not know what to say.

"My brother told everyone that I had tried to kill him for absolutely no reason and that I really was a freak," (A/N: I did not see Season 1) Shawn said sadly, looking up at Evelyn.

"I'm sorry," was the only thing she could think of to say.

"You're not the one who told him to tell everyone I was a freak, are you?" Shawn asked.

"…Nooo…" Evelyn replied, confused by the question, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Then there is no reason to apologize," Shawn smiled at her for a second.

Evelyn smiled, turning a little red.

"So, enough about me, what about you? Why are you here?"

"Oh, God," she touched her forehead, gently shaking her head, "where to begin."

Shawn watched her the entire time, smiling at her.

"It took me until now to discover that I was given 'powers'. Things were fine until about three months ago. I came home from school and one of my friends had hidden in my closet, deciding to try and scare me when I got home from school. When she jumped out to scare me, the door flew closed and a picture frame flew across the room and almost hit her," she frowned, "after that I tried to play it off like nothing had happened, but we both knew something was different, something was wrong. Then yesterday my parents and I got in a fight and things started exploding all around us and they kicked me out and told me never to come back," she was on the brink of tears, "so I left and here I am."

Shawn pulled her into a hug as the tears fell,

"I'm really sorry," he rubbed her back.

She composed herself, then looked up at Shawn with a smirk,

"Did you tell them to kick me out?"

"No," he laughed, knowing here it was going.

"Then don't apologize," she laughed once.

They sat there for a few moments in silence, then Evelyn asked,

"Where'd you go earlier, Jordan told me you help people."

"Oh, a few days ago this young woman, Liz, and a friend were almost thrown out. They are homeless and they were hungry, so they came here to grab some food during one of Jordan's speeches. I insisted on letting them stay, so we started talking. I took them shopping earlier for new jackets," Shawn told her.

"That was very nice of you," Evelyn smiled, "if you did not say that you just met them, I would have thought you knew them for years."

"I couldn't let them leave without food and I couldn't sleep knowing that they were out there without proper clothing."

Evelyn smiled at how kind he was, she really liked him.