I looked closely at the bruised area of my arm, stroking it confused, not knowing what it was, but being aware that it was related to CADMUS, which the thing that hit my arm before fleeing.
I sighed putting my jacket on top to prevent it from being seen, from being discovered, for the truth was that I was afraid of worrying my sister, so I planned to hide it for as long as possible.
I walked over to where they were sitting, noting that Alex was angry, so, despite not asking about it, I looked for the answer I needed.
"You're Guardian?!" I asked looking at James, genuinely surprised.
"You're going to keep the secret, aren't you?" Alex looked at me, making me nod in confusion.
"But I can't stand it any longer," Winn commented as my sister sat next to James, staring at us.
"What can't you stand any longer?" Kara asked.
Winn went to answer, however, he was interrupted by the doorbell, since my sister got up to open the door, making me look curious, wanting to know who was waiting on the other side, forcing me to bend my head the moment my look met his.
Alex stood up to approach Kara at the same time as Mon-el, on the other way, was approaching me, smiling at me as he watched me.
"Just friends," he whispered, closing his eyes before looking back at me. "I like your hair, it was your sister, right?" He said.
"Thank you, I have seen that you have brought stuffing," I said, unable to laugh, for he had not understood what we meant.
"Hey, I'm new to this," he complained, accompanying his laughter with mine.
"Me too, the truth is that I don't understand half of the things" I affirmed between laughs.
"Umm, can I ... umm ... hug you?" He questioned to my astonishment.
"Yes, sure," I answered in surprise.
He hugged me carefully, placing his head on mine, making me fit on his chest without being able to avoid it, knowing that it was not convenient for either of us.
"I'm so glad you didn't decide to die in my arms," he said kissing my hair, hugging me with greater strength. "I don't know what I would have done?
"You would be bored," I replied, pulling away from him, smiling at him.
"Yes, of course," he laughed. "Today we're supposed to say to why we're thankfull, don't we?" I nodded at his question. "Well, I'm thankfull because you're well and have you here," he said, causing me to respond, seeing me interrupted by the comment that my sister had made, because even though anyone had not listened to it, that was not my case.
"Seriously, do you think she's right? Or are they just friends?" My sister asked Alex, watching us.
"Just friends, yeah ..." Alex laughed, so I approached both of them wanting to prevent her from releasing something she should not have. "Hey, why don't you answer her?" she smiled at me.
"What do I have to answer?" I asked my sister expecting her to ask about it, but she did not, just nodded at the thought of starting to eat, as if she did not want to hear my answer.
What had just happened had surprised us all, but the dinner had to go on, so after understanding what my sister was referring about being thankfull, I stood up.
"Anything?" I asked.
"Yes, Kaelah," she replied.
"Okay," I sighed. "I'm grateful to be here, because Jor-el gave me the life I longed for ..." I paused as I felt a lump in my throat. "I'm sorry ..." I apologized, wiping away my tears at the same time that my sister was getting up to hug me, getting my face buried in her shoulder between sobs.
"Oh, my little one," she hugged me tightly. "Calm down, hey, it's okay," she tried to calm me down, but the truth was that I could not stop crying. "Do you want me to say it?" She brushed the hair off my face, I nodded, burying my face back on her shoulder. "Okay, tell me what you want me to say," I whispered. "Kaelah is thankfull for being here with all of you, for each of you means something important to her and she wants me to tell Alex, that she considers her an older sister and that she loves her a lot, right? "She pulled me a little from her and made me nod.
"Ohh, now who wants to hug her, it's me" said Alex rising from the chair to get closer, causing my sister to pull away to allow her to hug me. "Hey, sweetie, you're burning" she said placing her hand on my forehead. "Are you feeling good?" she asked me making me nod.
That theme stayed there, but the truth is that I was feeling okay, I did not have the sensation of having a fever, although maybe I was skipping a part, as for example would be my arm.
However, when the meal was over, the way Alex looked at me helped me to understand that it was not like that, because she grabbed me until she took me to my room and closed the door.
"I want to see your arm," she ordered, as I shook my head. "The arm, now," she looked at me seriously.
I nodded, taking off my jacket, showing her my arm, making her to look at it, getting me to complain at the contact of her fingers in the area.
"Since when do you have this?" She asked as I ducked my head in confusion. "Kaelah, what is this?Since when?" She asked again, pressing harder, making me sob.
"From CADMUS, I ..., they shot me and hit my arm ..., I don't know what it was, "I sobbed.
"And you didn't say anything?" She shouted.
I nodded between tears, not wanting to turn the subject over, shaking my head at the moment that she warned me that we should go to DEO, I refused, I didn't want to go there.
"You can complain all the time you want, but I don't give you an option," she threatened.
I bowed my head still sobbing, afraid of having to leave, of having to tell what was happening to my sister, although if we were sincere, I was sure she already knew.
"I would take the teddy," she warned me, holding it against me as I followed her into the living room, feeling as if everyone's gaze was on us, but especially on me. "We have to go to DEO," she told to my sister, who seemed to be trying to understand the information. "I'll explain later, but it will be worse if we don't leave now," she said, grabbing me so I would not stop.
She took me to the DEO despite my complaints, because I did not understand why it was so important.
She led me into a room, forcing me to lie down on the stretcher, having my sister's gaze fixed on me.
"How can you not say anything?" She asked me. "Kaelah, it could be Kryptonite, you could be dying and we wouldn't know it," she scolded me as Alex pushed the path into my arm.
"You may be a little stunned, even you may fall asleep," she warned.
I nodded, closing my eyes, wanting to fall asleep, because I could not stand my sister's gaze anymore, I could not do it any more, a fact that I got in a few minutes.
"I don't understand," she shook her head as she watched her sister. "Why didn't she say anything?" She questioned herself.
"I don't know, but she had it embedded in the arm," Alex replied, showing her the little needle that had been on her sister's arm since then. "I have to see if there were something inside," she explained shortly before leaving.
She stroked her sister's hair as she sighed, still not understanding why she had not said anything, for she honestly did not understand.
She turned toward the door when she heard it open, somewhat surprised to see him there, yet after the scene she had seen in the meal, it should not be.
"How is she?" He asked.
"She has a fever, and we didn't know that she was injected with a dart," she replied.
She watched as the boy nodded at the information he had just received, without asking anything else, so she looked back at her sister, stroking her hair.
"It was Kryptonite," said Alex, who seemed to want to continue speaking, but she could not help interrupting her without understanding why it was not affecting her like the other times. "I know, it's because it's modified, I still don't know how, so the only thing that I can do for now is to put it the usual antidote, "she explained." It's going to be okay, I can assure you, "she said, approaching Kaelah.
She nodded, wishing with all her might that she would actually get well.
When he entered the room, he did not expect to see the girl sitting, much less writing in the dairy, because the truth that with the fever she had, she should be lying down, asleep.
However, he approached her, getting her to look at him carefully, but not keeping the diary out of his reach, keeping it there, with her, so he made an attempt to catch it, watching as she stood still, without moving.
"Get it," she said, hoping he would.
"This is a trap, isn't it?" He asked.
He did not receive a direct answer, just a serious look on her part, which made him choose not to take it.
She narrowed her eyes, watching him, rising to stand in front of him.
"Kaelah, no," he denied, her intentions were clear. "You don't want to-"
He was forced to leave the sentence in the middle, for she had thrown herself to kiss him without giving him time to react, answering without being able to avoid it, but thinking the words she had addressed him only a week ago, those that indicated that they only could be friends, they could not go any further. However, there he was, kissing her, breaking that deal they had made, so that, no matter how much it cost him, he pulled away from her, watching the indignation in her eyes, so he would bet she had followed.
It was only a couple of seconds before she ducked her head as she closed her eyes, revealing the tears in them as she looked back at him.
"Forget what happened, Mon-el," she asked in a whisper.
"That's not the solution," he complained, causing her to bend her head. "Look at me, Kaelah," he said, but she stayed the same, so he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. "I can not resist, and if you let me, I will do it..., I know, I hope, that what happened today is because you have a fever and you feel bad, but if you really don't want to break our friendship, don't do it again," he explained, watching as she nodded at his words, crying, so he hugged her in an attempt to comfort her.
"Maybe it's better if we're not together," she whispered, getting him to look at her, she could not be supposed to be saying that. "I hurt you, I don't want to hurt you, or Zyan," she explained, consuming herself in tears.
"You're not serious" He looked at her, still unable to understand.
"I am, this is not going to end well," she replied, finally separating herself from him. "I think you should go," she looked at him.
"Are you sure?" He raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"I can not help it." She ducked her head.
"Then you're not sure about you're feelings," he said.
"Yes, I am," she defended herself.
"You're not" he was annoyed."Kaelah ..."
He stood in the middle, as Kara entered the room, watching them both, trying to figure out what was happening.
He sighed, walking towards the door, he did not want to break the moment of sisters, so, once more, he gave her up.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin