It wasn't a very romantic or long kiss. Just a chaste smootch on my lips, but I felt it down to my toes. Strangely enough it also felt as if I'd been waiting for it for eons, but with the same detached feeling as I had with the brothers when I was crying. It took me quite by surprise and was done before I knew it. Gabriel looked shocked by his own move. "Oh shit... Gwen... I didn't... I... I... Crap!" Feeling that he was about to vanish on me again, I reacted quickly. Grabbing his arms, I said: "It's ok, Gabe. I really don't mind." I looked at him shrewdly. "And I get the feeling you didn't either." He blinked. "Feeling... Right. You were going to tell me everything... So, come on. Spill."
Again his moodswing threw me off. What did this guy want? But this time I rolled with it. I was confused enough by my own feelings, let alone the fact that I seemed to be connecting to other people's feelings too. So I told Gabriel everything, like he asked. The more I told, the more serious his expression became. "I should have known." he said softly, once I was done. "The compassion, the sympathising... I should have seen this coming." He frowned, obviously angry with himself. "Why am I so blind sometimes?" He paced my room, all but oblivious to my presence, until he almost bumped into me. I had gotten up from my bed to stop him. I was confused as Hell and I wanted answers. Straight ones preferably. "Gabriel... What on Earth are you talking about?"
A fond hand on my cheek. "I'm sorry, honeybuns. I'm guessing I don't make much sense, do I?" I wanted to grab hold of his hand and press it to my face, but my instincts told me to let things fall as they may, so I simply answered: "Not really, no." He snapped his fingers and a sucker appeared in his hand. He popped it in his mouth and sucked on it thoughtfully. After a while he popped it back out and licked his lips absentmindedly. I couldn't help staring at the tip of his tongue, sliding over his lips. Oh boy... Things were getting complicated. Thankfully, Gabriel started talking, snapping me out of it. "You might wanna sit down, hotwings. This might come as a bit of a shock."