Bloom by A.P. Kensey

Author:A.P. Kensey [Kensey, A.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult adventure, young adult fantasy, young adult action, ya fantasy, teen novel, superpower
Publisher: Silver Cadence Press
Published: 2012-11-29T06:00:00+00:00

16

The engines were already warming up when Colton stepped into the plane, their high-pitched whine slowly building to a loud roar. The twins were seated in the very back, their heads leaning in opposite directions as they slept.

Alistair sat in the chair closest to the door and nodded at Colton when he entered. He settled back into his seat and closed his eyes. Shelly was halfway down the plane, sitting in one of the oversized leather chairs that lined both sides of the cabin. She smiled at Colton and motioned for him to join her. He smiled back and walked down the aisle, then stopped when he passed Reece, who was slouched down in his seat with his face close to the window.

“Hey,” said Colton.

Reece shifted in his seat to twist farther away from the aisle.

“Come on, Reece.” Colton didn’t like the tension between the two of them and he wanted to clear the air so things could go back to the way they were before they left New York.

“Go sit with your girlfriend,” said Reece without looking over.

“Don’t be like this, man. What’s going on with you?”

“Pffff,” Reece sneered.

“Fine,” said Colton, shaking his head. He walked down the aisle and sat next to Shelly, sighing in frustration as the leather chair formed around his back.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“He’s being stupid, that’s what’s wrong.”

Shelly looked at Reece, who had propped one of his feet on the seat in front of him and still sat staring out the window.

“It’s a lot to get used to,” she said. “Especially if he feels like he isn’t, you know, one of us.”

“Why doesn’t he just leave, then? Bernam said he could stay, but why stick around if he’s miserable?”

“He’s your friend, Colton. Maybe he wants to stay here with you.”

Colton sighed again. “He should get over it. I’m doing just fine.”

“Well,” said Shelly with a smile, “you’re special, aren’t you?”

She leaned over and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

Colton blushed.

The door to the cabin closed loudly, sealing them inside. Bernam stepped from behind a partition at the front of the plane and looked around.

“Everyone here? Excellent. We should be at our destination in a little less than an hour. If you need to rest, I suggest you start now.” He paused when he saw Alistair and the twins. “Ah, good. I see some of you beat me to it. Very well, then.” He turned and went back through the partition.

The jet engines whirred to full power and the small plane rolled across the hot pavement next to the black-windowed building.

Shelly rested her hand on Colton’s leg as the plane picked up speed and the wheels lifted off the ground.

“You don’t like flying?” asked Colton.

“I love it, actually. Why do you ask?”

Colton looked down at her hand on his leg, then into her eyes. She looked back, her gaze steady and inviting.

“No reason,” he said. “Do you want to tell me now, or later?”

“Tell you what?”

“The thing you wouldn’t tell me in the meeting. What did Bernam promise everyone?”

“Oh, that,” she said.

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