Aura colors.
Red: Anger, fear, jealous, mean, stress, annoyed, startled
Orange: Thoughtfulness, courage, confidence, curious, determination
Yellow: Optimistic, happy, friendly, kind
Green: Peaceful, compassion, down-to-earth
Blue: Sensitive, moody, concern.
Violet: Benevolence, conceited, self-absorb
Pink: Love, friendly
Gray: Depression,sadness, exhaustion
Black: ill/sick, imminent death
White: Normal, calm
"Hm... are you sure he's not playing dead?" Logan ask.
"I'm sure." I say.
"It's been three hours." Carlos says softly.
"Well, I stayed a ghost for three weeks! It feels like a few minutes."
"Wait, you can hear us?" Logan ask shockingly.
"Yeah, most of the time."
We're all staring at James unconscious body, who's on his side, now on the orange couch. Mom thinks he's just taking a long nap. Wonder what's keeping him hanging? What is he doing with Shane?
"I made Snicker Doodles!" Mom announce and all heads snap to her direction in the kitchen. I shot up off the couch. Ooh, Mom's famous Snicker Doodles. Carlos and Logan burst up running to get them. I usually go with, but I stay put. I see their auras are yellow.
"Ooh, I smell Snicker Doodles!" I jump at the voice behind me. I glace over my shoulder and find James up. He's grinning. He's happy. But his aura is still dull, but I swear I just saw a glimpse of yellow in there somewhere! He starts running to the plate. My eyes follow wherever he goes. For the first time in my life, I guess, I didn't care at all about the Snicker Doodles. No matter how delicious and spectacular they are, with their sugary sweet taste and whatever else my mom adds in the batch.
"Oh, Katie, you want some?" Carlos ask with a mouth full of cookies. I just noticed she was standing next to him and Mom in the middle of the room.
"Sure, it's not like I have these everyday." She says. She sounds sarcastic. Does that mean she does have them everyday? Mom shot her a stern look.
James walk back to the couch with each cookie in hand. I turn around and face him as he sits down. "Snicker Doodle?" He offer me one. I take it from his hand and take a bite. As I chew, I keep staring at him. At his energy. At his expression. I'm trying to think of a way to get him back to normal, but first...
"What did Shane tell you?" I ask.
He looks up at me and whispers, "Tell you when your mom's gone." Okay. I glance over my shoulder again to see my mom. She put the plate of Snicker Doodles on the table and went to the bathroom. Carlos and Logan are sitting at the table, feeding each other the sugary treat. I then face James. "You want to know everything that happened?"
I nod and say. "In chronological order. As in time travel. Where do you go and all that little detail."
"Okay first, after Carlos hit me with a hockey stick," He pause and give Carlos a quick glare and face me. "I found Shane in the room, yelling something at you."
"Like what?"
"Does this give you a hint?" He points his middle finger at me. Then stop. How rude of him! Of Shane I mean.
"What else?"
"After he noticed me there, we had a brotherly talk about how we miss each other. Then I told him how stupid he was for killing himself!" I know, right? I wait for him to continue, but it looks like he stopped there. His face matches his energy perfectly. He look down and glare at the wooden floor. I open my mouth, about to say something, until he proceeded with his story. " 'I had a reason to.' he said. 'You push me away. You left me. Left Dad!' Then I told him, 'You were scared of me. You wouldn't let me apologies. You keep ignoring me.' "He pause, but I want him to continue. Shane never told me why he was planning.
"And then what?"
He take a deep breath and exhale with a long sigh. " 'I was scared, because you hit me.' He said. 'But I wasn't anymore after I learn the reason'." Then he scoff. "He thought that only adults get drunk and hit a kid or whoever. But no. Then he said, 'I wasn't scared of you anymore and came and try to find you and talk to you, until you scared me again when I saw you cut yourself.'" Yeah, that scared the crap out of me, too. "So, I came back to Minnesota without Shane because of his fear of me. Dad has to stay behind because, pfft, someone needs to take care of him. There was more to our conversation, but I can't remember."
"So, what's the real reason why he decided to kill himself?" I ask.
"He thinks nobody loves him." Okay that's just crazy. " He drove me away because he was scared of me. He then regret it and wanted to see me again, but my dad says no, not enough money to go back to Minnesota. And, I was busy with Gustavo by the time he felt the regret. Plus, he needed to finish school there first. When they finally saved enough money, Shane fell in an elevator shaft and that money for the ride home is now his medical bills. Seriously, he regrets leaving me go. If I was with him, I would have taken one of the girls so he doesn't have to fall in an elevator shaft. If I was there, I would have stop him and he will have no reason commit suicide."
"So, in other words, he decided to die, because of his regret?" I ask.
"Yeah, you can say it like that." He looks up at me.
"And you decided to kill yourself by stepping on the road, just because of guilt?"
"Yep." He nods. I can't believe this.
"You Diamond twins are retarded." Carlos says from behind. I didn't know he was listening, I guess Logan, too.
"Then he did his time traveling thing." James says.
"Where did you go?" I ask.
"To where and when the murdering/suicide happens." He says and shutters. "God, I wanted to pass out. I feel like I had a heart attack when the gun went off!"
I nod. And that's why I didn't go when Shane asked me to.
"So, do you still feel guilty?" Logan ask. I turn around and face him. I give him a smile. I was just about to ask him that, but I guess it didn't enter my mouth from my mind yet.
"Now that you mention it," James says and I face him. My eyes widen and my jaw dropped at what I'm seeing. " I guess not." James smiles. And that was a real smile! How do I know that's a real smile? Well, first, his aura, it's white! It's really white! No more boring gray! I rub my eyes, just in case I'm really seeing things. But when I stop and look at him, it's not a dream. My powers are not malfunctioning. I can't believe what I'm seeing! And after month of seeing gray, it's finally something else! I am so happy!
"It's all in the past." James says. "Even though it's kinda my fault, but it's his fault for not facing his fear." Then James look at me and frown. "Why are you smiling like that?"
"Because, James!" I exclaim enthusiastically. "You're back! Your colors! They're back! I can see you're colors! No more gray!" I tackle him in a hug. After a few seconds of embracing, I pull myself apart from him and pull him up I look around and see him completely yellow. "Turn pink for me." I say.
He chuckles. "How?" He grins at me.
"Kiss me!" I say and pull him in and our lips connect. He close his eyes slowly as I see him glowing pink! We play a little and break away. I grab him by the shoulders and stare into his eyes. "I love you."
"I love you, too." He smiles and kiss me again.
"Uh, what's this about seeing colors?" I hear Logan ask and we break again and I turn around at him in shock, but he's not the only one who I can see behind me. There's Mom in her bathrobe and towel, Carlos and Logan, still at the table, and Katie standing next to the kitchen counter. All giving me skeptical or suspicious looks.
Oh no.
Done. How was what? Aw, now Kendall has to explain everything. People will be doubting him, or maybe not. Well, James is the only one who knew. Let's see what will happen next in the next chapter. Just one more or two chapters left 'til the end! But don't worry, there's going to be a sequel. See ya! Review!
