Rebirth: The Awakening Of A Witch (31 page)

In the end, I realized I wasn’t alone anymore. Finding out I was a witch helped me
acquire back that missing connection I lost when my parents died.
Discover
ing that this side of me existed made me feel
even
closer to
them
, my mom in particular. Somehow I just felt rooted to the world
,
and I felt alive again.
I’m
still adjusting to my mystical side
right now
, but
I know I was going to get through it
because I had the Fields siblings with me
.

“Hey,” I
called out
when I reached the foot of the stairs. My eyes widened when I raked in his entire form. He looked incredible in a
shiny black
, form-fitted
tux
.
Oh my God! I thought my head was about to explode with my
inner
voice on constant scream
mode
, continuously crying
out
how gorgeous he was
.
He looked so polished tonight.
Polished
and
hot.
Something was different, though. “Did you cut your hair?” I asked after I finally
figur
ed it out.
He just nodded smugly.
That was another one of his traits that I
recently
discovered.
He has this fun, cocky side to him that he lets out when the occasion calls for it.
His hair was short now, stylishly tousled
in a fashionable way
, and I could tell that he put on some gel tonight.
Seriously,
e
ven
without
the knowledge of
that
prophecy, I was
so certain
that
I would be attracted to him.
Who wouldn’t be?
If he didn’t get mobbed by girls before, I’m sure he
would
be now.

I grinned happily as I dragged my eyes back to his. I immediately blushed when I saw that he was ogling me probably the same way as I did just a few moments ago.
Elise forced
the idea of us
go
ing
with each other tonight. According to her, it was only natural since
we were
, in a way, betrothed.
As always, Elise knew how to make things awkward. She was so like her twin despite her
firm
defiance
when I pointed out that fact.
We didn’t give in to her urging
and just let nature take its course. In the end, Adrien formally asked me to go with him
just
last week
. I was surprised at first, but I
was happy that he
didn’t give in to Elise’s
pushiness. It held more meaning
when he did
it
on his own free will
.

He slowly walked towards me and
gave me a single blue lotus flower. I frowned a bit, but
I
still happily accepted it.
It was unusual to be giving someone this kind of flower.
“Why a lotus?” I couldn’t
stop
myself from asking.

He shifted on his feet and placed his hands on his pockets
before answering
.
“I know you love l
ilacs
,
but I wanted to give you this
because it reminds me so much
about
you
,” he began, looking at the flower
as I twirled it
in my hand.
“
A lotus flower signifies rebirth because of its ability to
retract back to dirty waters each
night and still break the surface as
clean,
as
pure
,
and
as
fresh the next morning
.
”
M
y frown
only managed to
deepen
at what he
just explaine
d
. He
smiled
and continued
on
. “It kind of reminds me how
the other side of you just awakened
a
nd how
easy it
seemed
for you
to
cope with it
.
A
ctually
, the entire process
still baffles me,
” he
said softly, his
brows furrowing a bit
.
“Plus
a lotus with this color signifies
a deeper understanding
and success
o
ver
all
the senses.
Your psychic abilities
and
how you manage to be very
observa
nt
of everyone’s feelings and emotions
are
the
exact reason
s
why
people
like being around you
, Sky
.
”
He slightly blushed at that last comment.

“Thank you, Adrien. I love it.” I grinned at him
, again dumbfounded at his insightfulness
.
That’s been happening a lot recently.
He always manages to surprise
me
with
the complexity and depth of his thoughts
, adding another reason to
the already
numerous ones that
enthrall
me to
him
.

I
ushered him to wait for me outside as I went to the
kitchen. He didn’t listen to me, though. Stubborn guy. He accompanied me and patiently waited
by the kitchen counter
as I placed the flower in a vase
filled with water
and left
it
in the middle of the dining table
. I grinned as a thought struck me. I think I have a new favorite flower.

We left after saying good
night
to Nana.
And as we walked together towards his car, I couldn’t shake off that feeling that some
body was watching us
.
I shrugged that thought aside. I didn’t
sense any danger
accompanying that presence
, and I didn’t want Adrien to be bothered
with
unnecessary things
to
night.
I
beamed
when he opened the passenger door for me.
Yep,
I
am definitely not
going to ruin this night by saying anything.