Green, White, and Blue ~ A KotLC tale...

˗ˏˋ58: Dex'ˎ˗

He knew. She told him before me. He knew all this time. All this time, she'd been going through this and I hadn't known. He had.

I wasn't even mad at Sophie for not telling me. But she told Keefe. Not her cousin, her best friend, the person who had always been there for her. No, the guy she just met not too long ago and "loved."

Superpowers. It was superpowers. My cousin has superpowers. Some creepy psychos ran experiments on her and gave her superpowers. And she didn't tell me.

It was so major, such a big secret to keep. And to tell someone she hasn't known for that long over her family, over her closest friend. She even told him she was Moonlark when they hadn't even been dating that long! I liked Keefe well enough, he was a good guy, but when did she get so trusting? When did she decide that he was loyal enough to tell her biggest secrets to? I've never done that to her, never blabbed a secret like that to someone without her permission. Without talking with her about it first. I trust her judgment of character, but it felt like betraying my trust when I found out she told him and didn't even think to tell me about it.

Betrayal and hurt raced through my body, clouding my mind as I walked through the halls of the Vackers' house, trying to find my way out. I told Sophie everything, and anything I didn't tell her, I made it so obvious for her to figure out herself. I thought it was the same for her, but I guess not. I guess she just didn't trust me as much as she trusted the guy she's only known as long as she's lived here.

And he gave up on her! When she was just missing, he could've done so much more to find her. He has all this power and he didn't even try to use it. Then when she was "dead," he completely gave up. He didn't try to find out what truly happened. He just let it go and cried about it, then he acted like he didn't even care about her. I always show that I care about her.

She was supposed to be my person, the one who picked me over everyone else and I picked her. I still choose her, but she hasn't chosen me. It hurts to consider someone that way but not have them think the same, feel the same. I just wanted everything to go back to normal, back when we were in America. Everything was so much simpler and easier. There was less pressure in school, Sophie hadn't been kidnapped, and we only had each other.

We were all we had after Jolie died. Grady and Edaline were devastated, the triplets were too young to understand, my parents didn't get how it felt for me. They lost a niece, I lost my sister who had taken care of me all my life. It felt like no one understood. But Sophie did. We had become infinitely closer after, but it was like all that was disappearing. Like she was forgetting about me in favor of her new friends, people I introduced her to. People who she hadn't even cried in front of until now, but she cried in front of me more times than I could count.

I wasn't dumb enough to believe it was the trauma of the kidnapping that caused the rift. It had been happening before, when she had started hiding things from me. Noah. Threats. Now unnatural superpowers caused by her two month long kidnapping?

I just wanted my cousin back, the one who put me before everything else. I don't care if it's insensitive to feel that way after everything she's gone through. It's how I feel and I'm not going to hide it.

"Dex! Please slow down!" I sped up, not wanting to talk to her. I could hear her panting, and I knew she was getting dizzy. I felt bad, she was injured and her lungs were weak, and I was walking away. I couldn't face her though, not after all she hid from me.

"Dex, please talk to me!"

"Not right now, Sophie. I need space from you. Just leave me be." I heard her steps falter, and heard her stumble in shock. I had never been so harsh with her, and I regretted it immediately. I was being selfish, making her think her cousin hated her right after she got back.