Fire is Blazing

It's all out now

Angelo looks away from me as he looks for the right words. After sitting in silence for a few seconds it dawned on me. What if he says he has a girlfriend or that he just wants to be friend that he didn't mean any of this in the way I did? I start to panic not sure what to do if he really does say something like that I blurt out,

"If you want to tell me you have a girlfriend or something like that, that's awesome, but I hope we can still be friends and we can pretend this morning never happened EVER!" His head whips around to look back at me with a shocked expression then he smiles and shakes his head,

"No, I don't have a girlfriend and I could never forget this morning it has been the best morning ever." I sigh mentally as heat rose to my face at his words. I look away from him and stare at our hands. It became quiet again then he begins to speak when my phone goes off,

'Hey girl you better hurry to class less than ten minutes left! BTW me and Clay are going out yayyyyyyy! HURRY UP!' I look up at Angelo then down at my phone again. How long have we been talking?!

"As much as I want to continue this, we need to go we're going to be late for class you should get dress!" I say as I stand pulling him up with me and I looked at him up and down forgetting he only has on pajama pants until now my face gets warm as I look at him and his perfect, sexy, tan skin.... Snap out of it Apheina you can drool over him later! I remind myself that I was running late my face flushed harder as I turn.

“I'll wait out in the hallway." I say walking to the door quickly.

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Apheina walks out the door as I start to get dress with a smile on my face it is as if a larger bolder was lifted off my chest but there are still some rocks that are weighing pretty heavy in my heart. I'm glad I could finally get to tell her about my parents about my feelings. She thinks I have a perfect sexy body. I couldn't help but smile more she can't get me out of her head even underneath the fear of being late she had the picture of his body playing over and over in the back of mind and she didn't really mind it, I laugh silently to myself. About one or two minutes later I could feel her getting restless, so I finish getting ready quickly and we head to the school. As we reached the building in silence she finally speaks,

"So, are you still going to sit all the way on the other side of the classroom or are you going to sit by me?" She asked like she knew that I was thinking about it though that is impossible because the bond is one way at least that's what I heard and read.

"If you want me to, I'd love to sit by you." I say as I take her hand in mine.

"I'd like that." She says look down I can feel her embarrassment flutter in her stomach, and I couldn't help but smile. As we reached the classroom, we had three minutes left till the bell rings, so I stop before going in making Apheina stop as well. She looks up at me with a confused look, I bent so my lips brushes against hers lightly the feeling of her soft skin makes my heart race she is perfect. I look at her as I move away, her face turns a light shade of pink as she blushes and looks away from me. Damn she is so cute! I led her into the room hand and hand to an empty table in the back. I smile and nod as we passed Mr. Gabriel, I felt like I'm saying I won that she's mine, but I know my eyes say it all. He nods back with a smile, but his eyes betrayed his real emotions. I looked at Apheina as we reach our table, she had her head down replaying the kiss in her mind on repeat not even noticing anyone else or their stares as we take a seat still hold hands. We sat down and the bell rings.

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I sat down next to Angelo thinking of his smooth lips against mine wishing I could feel them again. The bell rings and brings me back to the real world. I focused on our lesson as much as I could, but it was nearly impossible when Angelo would place his hand on mine when he wasn't writing. Halfway thru class I remembered he didn't get to finish telling me something, I'll have to ask about it after class. Time passed and I steal a glance of him from the corner of my eyes, he was staring at me with his deep brown eyes that look almost red. She is so cute! I gasped at the sound of his voice in my head. His eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. She couldn't have heard that? His voice says in my head. Even though the question was meant just himself I nod and think yes, I heard that. His eyes widen, how? I shrug my shoulders. The bell rings and we start packing quickly and head to the door so we can talk but Mr. Gabriel stops me at the door.

"Apheina may I talk to you alone? " He asked, I stopped and so does Angelo when he didn't leave the room Mr. Gabriel looks at Angelo his left eyebrow raises slightly. "I said alone I'm her teacher I won't hurt her." He gives him a look as Angelo squares his shoulders and holds onto my hand tighter. Angelo looks at me and I nod, it's fine. I could see the worry in his eyes but it's just Mr. Gabriel so there shouldn't be anything wrong he lets go and went to the door and to wait outside. I turn back to look at the young teacher who is staring between the two of us closely I get a strange feeling in my stomach, but I brush pass it as he looks directly at me and says,

"Apheina you seemed to be very distracted today." Try to make it quick we need to talk. Angelo voice echoes in my head at the same time. I nod,

"Yeah, I know look Mr. Gabriel I'll do my best tomorrow but right now I have something really important to take of." I say moving to the door however he calls my name in a serious tone keeping me in my place.

"I don't think making out with your boyfriend is really considered an important thing." My face turns red as I shook my head that catches me off guard,

"Mr. Gabriel it's not like that honestly, I have to go also I don't think that is the right way to talk to a student. Bye." I say practically running out to the hall. Being so shocked all through classes Angelo hadn't try to communicate until after the bell making me think it was my imagination but then he did it at the end and I know I heard him this time. I don't stop moving as I leave and pull Angelo along with me down the hall. What's wrong? I look at him through squinted eyes the feeling of worry rushes over me and then anger he was worried Mr. Gabriel did something to me he really didn't trust him. I get slightly confused but don't focus on that too much I have bigger fish.

"Can you stop that is freaking me out!" I shout as we walk outside a few people look at us I roll my eyes. I pulled him towards the edge of the forest where no one can see or hear us. I let go of his hand and start pacing back and forth my mind racing a mile a minute. OK so I can hear him in my head, and he can hear mine what the hell! My eyes widen and I stop moving to face him embarrassment washing over me,

"How long have you been able to get in my head?" I almost shout again it is hard to keep my composer as my anger overtakes my embarrassment. I stare at him when he didn't say anything I start to pace again not able to look at him in his eyes anger filling me to the brim, "HOW LONG?" He looks away shame written on his face,

"Since my powers awaken." He whispers his tone apologetical he takes my hands in his making me stop moving but my body feels like it's about to explode he was about to say more but I cut him off. Feeling embarrassed all over again I shout and throw my hands up ripping them out of his, the heat around me ignites small orbs around me my emotions become too much, and I have to walk away. Two almost three freaking years he's known all of my emotions he must have known that I missed him he knew everything, but he couldn't even bother mentioning anything to me when I was leaving for school. My face heats up.

"So, for years you were in and out of my head and you couldn't tell me. Talk about a huge lap of privacy, did it ever accrue to you that I would need to know this? You had a whole year before I left to tell me, why didn't you tell me, we would have never been separated if everyone knew, we could have been together this whole time but you, you let me leave alone I..." My voice trails on and I pause to breath but not giving him enough time to answer, "How many times?" He takes a step towards me,

"Bunny this is what I wanted to tell you this morning. I had told my parents when I first experienced it," His face whines at the mention of his parents, "But they didn't want to let anyone know until after you got your powers, I wanted to tell you right away. I wasn't even supposed to have gotten my powers when I did so we kept is a secret and then you were leaving earlier then we all thought because of your parents' jobs along with my parents not wanting to come back at all so it was hard to get them to leave right after you did. When I got my powers and felt the connection for the first time I couldn't believe it. I spent the whole summer at my grandmother's house researching reading anything I can find about it, from what I learn we're bound together ever since you were born through ancient magic, I knew I was meant to be with you, to protect you, the legion has a few different versions so I'm not sure w I wanted to tell you everything for such a long time that I didn't want to keep it from you. And yes, I was in and out of your head to check on you I was worried this whole time, so from time to time I would make sure you were ok." He quickly adds, "Oh but I never seen anything I wasn't supposed to I swear."

"So, you're telling me that you and your parents have been keeping it to yourselves about this bond link and the fact that you could get into my head for a whole year before I even left, why didn't they tell us or at least my parents. Maybe you guys should have been outright about this everything would have been different. Then to make matters worse you knew I missed you; you knew how I felt about you this whole time, but you never said anything about it, it felt as if my feeling didn't matter. If I knew I could have been there for you. Do you just hear my thoughts or is there more?" I wanted to shout again but it came in a low whisper. Tears struggled to stay in. Why do I want to cry? I look away trying to calm down. I hear him take a step forward.

"Yes, there's more to the bond but Bunny you have to understand I thought I couldn't... I shouldn't be around you. I... I can feel what you feel and when I connect with you, I can see what you see it's part of the bond, but I never heard of both mages being able to use the bond, in the stories they say that the one with the most power is able to link to the one who is their other half the one born for him/her. Do you just hear my thoughts, or can you feel what I feel?" I shrug my shoulders. "Concentrate on me think of only me think what I'm feeling." I close my eyes and do as he say then overwhelming feelings of sadness, fear, and hope flood through me. I open my eyes and look at him the feelings changes a little sadness still there but was slowly going away, fear was gone replaced with a little shocked and proud. I open my mouth, trying to wrap my brain around this I knew of the bond from classes, but we are never told about the people inherit the power, why didn't I know that I was going to be connected to him till now, why is he the one telling me? Why didn't his parents what to tell anyone? Do I tell my parents? What happens if the council finds out? What does that mean for us? Why was I the one that got this bond and why with him? my head gets a little dizzy, but I ask him,

"Why?"

"I don't know I've never heard of this happening before for." I shake my head,

"No, why me? Why you? Why bother even asking you when you can just read my mind and know what I'm thinking." He finally puts his arms around me.

"I can't just read you mind I have to actively focus on what you are thinking, and I don't do that too often because like you said you deserve to have the privacy of your thoughts I would never try to invade your mind like that I have never been in your mind more than a few minutes just to make sure you were never in real pain. Yes, I felt the sadness of us being apart that was something I felt all the time as well, so I didn't really think I was invading to much since we felt the same way. Clearly, I was mistaken, and I am very sorry about that. I promise I will never enter your mind unless you reach out first." He pauses them asked, "Hey Bunny remember when I asked you about the magi's who have a guard who shares bond with?" I nod it was a long time ago when my mother told me stories about them, "it's said that they are rare and one of the most powerful magi, so that means you must be one of them, however the fact that you hear me is new what we've been told and learned about has never mentioned both being able to do so." I shrugged I never really cared about how much power I had before it's never been important.

"Okay so we could be very strong magi's so we can do this bond like a two-way call." He nods,

"But that doesn't explain how you can communicate to me telepathically, there has been many strong magi's throughout history, but this never happened with them." I move in closer to him soaking in his body heat. I look up and ask a dumb question,

"Does this mean we don't really like each other?" He shakes his head and wraps his arms around me,

"No, I know for a fact that I love you and you love me." He could feel it. Then I realized something,

"If you can get into my mind does that mean when you hurt Mr. Gabriel and got mad at him that you were jealous?" I look into his eyes and feel his body stiffen,

"Well yeah he made you smile and laugh, and it was annoying to hear your thoughts about him, so I got a little jealous. Plus, I didn't like how he would make you feel warm..." His words fade one of my eyebrows rose as I asked,

"Why? It's not like he did anything wrong just got rid of all my negative feelings."

"I know but when he did that our bond would waver, it was as if there was a barrier place on you and when you let it in for so long, I couldn't connect with you I start to worry." I wanted to say sorry and was about to when the bell rings I look down at my phone and noticed second hour was already over along with several text messages from Rea. Then my phone goes off again and it's Jason saying that he covered for us as a thank you to Angelo. Then he says out of nowhere,

"I think we should go see my grandmother she doesn't live to far from the school."

"What, why?" He takes my hand, and we start walking deeper into the forest.

"I think she can give us a few answers plus it would be nice for you to meet her and tell her about us." He looks down with a grin on his lips. I look away and blush, there's a us.

"As long as you want there to be a us." He says I nod, and we went silent as we walked further from the school.