“Anyways. I’m glad you’re here. I wanted to tell you some things.” She breathed and my focus narrowed on her.
“Wedgie underwear was a huge hit, huh? You can keep the royalties.” I joked to blow the serious thoughts in my head away. She laughed for a few seconds, then set her food down. This wasn’t an easy conversation if she chose to only talk over eating and talking at the same time. “You can trust me, E.” I reached out and set my hand on the table, palm facing the clear sky. She instantly placed her hand in mine and nodded.
“I know. So here goes.” She inhaled and on her exhale, my gut tensed.
“I just found out the other day that I’m one of those people with powers. I don’t exactly know what they are. I mean, I help calm people. It’s always been my thing, but now, it’s a real thing from ancient gods and such. But I don’t know who they come from because the man who knows them is out of town, and the leader won’t divulge right now. But technically, I’m part of the Hero Society now.” Her gaze scanned my face as she waited for my reaction. Thoughts about why I hadn’t seen her in the future at headquarters flashed into my head, then I wondered how hard that was on her to find it out. Why hadn’t Phillip given her more answers? Usually all heroes got a spiel and were told where their powers came from. I found that odd, but more than any of those thoughts, I knew I couldn’t keep my secret from her any longer. She shared something big with me. Something that most heroes have learned not to share with anyone: their identity. Heroes faced backlash for being in the open sometimes. You never knew who’d betray you.
But here she was, trusting me.
“I’m with them too.” Her eyes widened and her hand gripped mine.
“You are?”
“Yeah.” Her fingers loosened around mine, but she didn’t retract her touch.
“Can you tell me more?” She breathed as her lips tilted up. My shoulders relaxed as she accepted this first wave of news ok.
“Yeah. But not here. Somewhere more private.” I glanced around, wondering if we could slip into a closet or something similar. Telling Emily wouldn’t be enough; I had to show her.
“Ok, let’s go.” She released my hand, packed up her food, and stood without giving me a second glance.
“Let’s finish eating first.” I pointed to my two remaining tacos. She shook her head, and I relented. I’d take her to my favorite spot in time, then we could finish our food and conversation.
“Fine, we’ll bring it with us.” I packed up my food despite my stomach growling for me to devour the rest.
“Follow me.” She leaned close as we entered the hospital. She led me through a series of halls and stopped at a nurses’ station to whisper in an older woman’s ear, then grabbed my arm with a big smile. The nurse winked and Emily pulled me away to a room filled with bunk beds.
“Ok, we’ve got about ten minutes. Shirley will keep people out of the room.” Emily sat on a lower bunk and waited for me to explain. I smiled, knowing what happened with the other nurse, but the need to hear her say it was too good to pass up.
“What did you say to her?” Emily’s cheeks turned red as I asked. She pushed pink strands away from her face, and I enjoyed every second of her fidgeting.
“Gah, I know you know. But fine, fine. I told her that you were my long-distance boyfriend who surprised me and I needed to climb you like a tree. So you’ve got nine minutes now to talk privately, and I’ll make myself look thoroughly fucked when we leave.” She huffed, and I groaned, images racing of her hair messed from my fingers gripping it tight, her cheeks red from the delicious ways my tongue lapped at her sex. We’d need more than ten minutes, that’s for damn sure.
“Are you ok?” She moved, stopping a foot from me to scan me for issues. Without thinking, I closed the distance, feeling her breath caress my neck. Her eyes widened, then those heavy lids dropped as her tongue snuck out to wet her lips.
Kill me now. I had this beautiful woman in a room, which I was supposedly fucking her in, and I wasn’t doing exactly that?
“Your… uh… powers.” She trembled and I snapped out of it.
“Right, right. Powers. Hold on.” I wrapped my arms around her shoulders and visualized Seahill before man. I closed my eyes but heard her gasp as the orange flecks stuck to us before we jumped time.
Chapter Sixteen
Emily
My eyes ached from the bright orange lights, but I fluttered them open. What happened?
“V?” I gripped his body to make sure he was still there.
“I’m here, E. Right here with you.” He breathed against my head, and goose bumps rolled down my neck to my chest, hardening my nipples. Oh boy.
When my eyes adjusted to the light, I blinked three more times just to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. A beautiful landscape billowed in the summer breeze. Tall grass around us tickled my legs as I stood there with my mouth wide open.
“This is Seahill before, well… Seahill.” Vincent took a step back and held his hands wide.
“I need more details,” I managed to say as I took a step forward. The whole scenery looked like something out of a magazine. Seahill was gorgeous, especially when you hiked out in the parks, but this looked nothing like that.
“My power is time travel. This is a moment in time before Seahill had people. It was just nature and nothing more.” His powers. Time travel.
