13 December 2012
Chapter 1 (part 11)
I parked in his driveway but sat in my car. Did I really want to go in there? What if he wasn't awake? Should I just drive away? Maybe he won't know that I ever came here. Screw it, I'm going in. I got out of my car and knocked on their door. His dad answered it. I don't think he knew who I was.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"Is Jared here?" I asked hopeful.
"You must be Morgan. Come on in. I'll go wake him up."
"It's fine. I can wake him up myself, if that's okay." I said a little harshly. His dad just chuckled. He seemed very amused.
"He's always getting himself into trouble. Go ahead, it's the third door on the right." He said and pointed up the stairs.
"Thank you." I said and scurried up the stairs. I heard Mr. Hatfield laughing behind me. He must know that I'm going to forcefully wake him up.
I knocked on Jared's door once and there was no reply. I walked in and he was asleep on his bed. His mouth was wide open and all the covers were at the bottom of his bed. He only slept in boxers and I was a little embarrassed at seeing him with no clothes on. I sat on the side of his bed and looked around his room. He had no water in here. I lifted my palm up and water started coming out of my palm. I shot it in Jared's face and he jumped up in bed. He wiped his face and look at me. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. He then shook his head and rubbed them and stared at me. He reached out to touch me. What's he doing? I don't want him touching me when he has no clothes on! I lifted my hand and made a wall of water in front of me. I heard his gasp and let the water go back into my hand.
"What the hell, Jared?!" I growled.
"How did you get in here?" He asked and looked down at himself. He snatched the covers up and pulled them over himself.
"Your dad let me in. How could you not tell me about this?" I asked and pointed to my body. He knew was I was talking about.
"It wasn't my place to tell. Your parents had to tell you. Can we talk in a minute? After I get dressed?" He asked and made a shooing motion. I stood up and walked out the door. I was closing the door and straightening my shirt when the door across the hall opened. I glanced up and Tony was standing there. My eyes widened and I couldn't stop staring. He glancing at my shirt that I was straightening then at the door.
"What are you doing here?" Tony asked as Jared's door opened and Jared came out putting a shirt on. Tony glanced at Jared then me, then the bedroom. I knew what it looked like to him. I come out fixing my shirt and Tony comes out putting a shirt on. "Oh." He said harshly and walked back in his room. He slammed his door and you could hear something breaking inside. I took a step towards the door but Jared stopped me. I glanced back at him and he shook his head.
"He needs to know!" I said.
"He broke up with you! Let it go." Jared said but I was pissed.
"I don't care if he broke up with me! If I broke up with him and found a girl in his bedroom, I'd want him to tell me nothing happened!"
"You need to let him go. There's a reason he broke up with you." He said softly.
"Then tell me the reason, Jared. I would love to know what it is!" My voice was getting louder and I could the piped rattling in the house. Jared glanced at the walls.
"You need to calm down." He said soothingly. It wasn't soothing my right now though. There's another reason Tony broke up with me and Jared knows what it is.
I took a deep breath and the pipes stopped rattling. Jared looked relieved.
"I'm going to tell him, no matter what you say." I said and knocked on his door. Jared squeezed his eyes shut. He leaned against the wall and watched me.
"Tony?" I called softly.
"What?" He asked gruffly from the other side.
"Can I talk to you?"
"Why?" He said but I could hear the answer in his voice. I smiled at the door. He opened it and looked at me. He looked behind me at Jared and smirked.
"Can I come in?" I asked and gave him a little smile. He completely melted under it.
"Yeah." He whispered and moved to the side and let me in. I looked back and saw that Jared had grabbed Tony and was saying something to him. I rolled my eyes.
I sat on the desk chair and waited for him to get done talking to Jared. When he did, he sat on the bed and looked at me.
"I really do want to tell you that nothing has ever happened between us." I said. He sighed and looked defeated. He didn't say anything though. "So are you having a sleepover with Jared?" I asked and giggled. It's weird to think that guys have sleepovers. Tony laughed too but it was a deep laugh. A laugh that I have missed the last couple of days.
"Actually, I live here." He said.
"Wait, you're Jared's brother? So, you're a..." I trailed off.
"A Tamer? No, I was adopted. I don't have the abilities or anything. I'm normal." The way he said normal made me think that he thought I was a freak.
"Oh." I said and stood up. "Okay." I walked to the door but his hand on my arm stopped me. I looked back at him and he looked sad.
"I didn't mean it like that. I've grown up in a house full of Tamers, I'm used to them. Morgan, I lo..." He trailed off but I desperately wanted him to finish that sentence.
"What?" I asked and gave him the sweetest smile I could muster.
"Nothing." He said and sighed. I raised up on my tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek. I gave him a little smile then walked out the door.
"I'm sorry I snapped at you. I wasn't really mad at you. I just wanted Tony to know that nothing happened." I said to Jared when I walked down the stairs. He was sitting on the couch, fuming.
"He shouldn't of let you in there."
"Why not? Is it because he broke up with me? I don't care if he broke up with me. He had the right to know that nothing happened. And why didn't you tell me that he was your brother?"
"Because he's not my real brother."
"So? One of you should of told me."
"Sorry." Was all he said.
"I've got to get going." I said and stood up.
"You basically just got here. Didn't you want to say something to me?"
"Nope. I actually feel a whole lot better now." I said and looked at the stairs.
"What did you and Tony do?" He asked suspiciously. I smiled and rolled my eyes.
"It doesn't really matter." I said and walked out the door before he could say anything else.
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