A/N: I've been a little busy Spring Break. No, I was not in Florida hitting beach balls for no reason. I was at home taking care of my little neice. Haven't uploaded in a while. Hope you enjoy this new chappie!
It took me quite a while to notice I wasn't going blind. After all, I couldn't see anything. But it was my hands that were covering my eyes.
I saw what he was doing. Ian was choking Lissie.
I must've not been thinking straight. I tried running up to Ian. I couldn't make my feet move.
"STOP! IAN, LET GO OF HER!" I screamed.
Suddenly he was airborne. He landed on the floor next to me with a thud.
Burns was standing in the same place Ian had been only a second ago, leaning protectively over Lissie. Lissie was making frightening gagging sounds.
I quickly scampered to where Ian was lying. I turned him over and saw the red bruise on the right side of his cheek. I gently stroked it.
Before I knew it, tears were streaking down my face and the words were out before I could stop them. "How could you?" my voice sounded dead with accusations, not anger. I turned to face him--to face the both of them. "How could you, Burns? I'm not really mad at you Lissie; I already know what bothered you. But Burns…you hurt Ian." My voice was shaking.
He didn't even look at me. Lissie stared at me--her eyes wide with surprise. Burns only stared at her. "That is unforgivable! Burns…just get out of here. I want you to leave." My voice was firm with no doubts.
He looked at me for the first time. He didn't look sad; he looked almost relieved. "I, too, think it's best we leave." he said quietly. It was at that point that I noticed all the other human rebels that had visited were gathered behind Lissie and Burns.
I'm pretty sure there was a lot of people staring. I turned down to look at Ian. He was knocked unconscious. That bruise looked so frightening on his face. I wish I could stroke my hand across it and some magic would come out--making the bruise and the pain disappear. I tried it--with no luck.
I heard their silent footsteps. I didn't even bother looking. I knew they were out of the room when I heard Melanie's soft voice say "Wanda, are you alright?" She then got a good look at me and gasped.
I wonder what my face looked like. It doesn't matter.
"I'm completely alright. But Ian…" my eyes lingered down.
"It'll be alright, Wanda," said a different voice. It was Doc. Kind, friendly, and gentle Doc. "This is not a major bruise. He'll recover in a few days. He just needs some time to wear it out, okay?" He looked at me tentatively--waiting for a response. I slowly nodded.
"Wow. 'Never knew Lissie had such a hard punch," Jeb said, earning him a good deal of glares. He quickly waved his hands in front of him, as if in apology. "I'm just saying. Hey Jared, help me take this big guy back to his room." I heard their feet making their way next to me.
Tears simply continued streaming down my face. I knew they wanted me to move now, but I would not leave Ian's side. No matter how small the injury.
Besides, another thought frightened me. What if they were mad at me? Because I drove the other humans away. They were probably super mad and they just didn't know how to let me down easy. My own family…
The tears were turned on full. They reminded me of a sink turned on. I knew I had to stop crying, or else I would start sobbing--that would seriously be embarrassing. But they just wouldn't stop.
"Wanda." Even Jared's voice couldn't make the tears stop. "Please get out of the way. We need to get Ian off the floor and back to his bed." He put a hand on my shoulder. I shook it off.
"Wanda." I turned to look at her. Was Melanie against me, too? "We're just going to get him back to his room. There's absolutely no need to panic. Although they are humans…we're not going to let them stay here if they hurt someone from our family." My eyes widened. Did that include me, too? "Yes. Of course it includes you, Wanda. No one hurts our family."
I smiled hugely at her. "Thank you, Mel." I sniffed and got up. "I want bread." I gasped. Why had I just said that!? Stupid, Stupid!
Mel sighed hugely. She looked at me with a tiny smile. "Wanda, when are you ever going to get over the fact that you're part of this family? If you want something, there's no reason to hide it anymore. No more hiding things, okay?" she said as she softly patted my head.
I nodded with a blush.
"Now that that's settled, let's go eat some bread," Melanie said while walking off.
"Let's," I said and quickly chased after her--after my big sister.
A/N: Mel and Wanda time. That was just so sweet, I had to write it. Problem was: I had no idea where to fit this! I just pushed the Wanda/Ian big day to a later time…um, you'll see later…Anyway, back to Wanda and Ian next chapter! Please send me your reviews! They always make my day!