Hiding in Plain Sight (Slowly Updating)

The Dinner "Date" (WHAT!!!)

  Sang's POV

    Erik had a strange smile on his face as I followed him to the table at the Chinese restaurant he chose in town. I was not usually allowed to go outside the house except school so this was all new to me.  I am scared I will do something wrong and embarrass myself or worse.  What I should have been scared of was being around so many new people.

  "Erik, did you forget that there was going to be other people here? Or are you being intentionally cruel?"

    "Oh baby bear, you wound me to think I would do something to intentionally hurt you. You are a part of myself,"  as he takes my hand.  Erik holds my hand and looks down at me lovingly. "This is all apart of the plan, love just follow my lead if this works here we will try it wherever it is we end up.  It can be the answer to all our problems if it works."

    "Well are you going to tell me what the plan is," I whine.  He shakes his head and laughs that deep soft laugh that I sure caused girls to follow him anywhere. 

   The waitress takes our silence as a cue to ask us what we would like to drink.  I let her know i would like a water with lemon just as Erik says the same thing.  We look at each other and start to laugh.  The waitress comments about what a cute couple we are.  WHAT!!!!  Erik doesn't seem phased by this as he drapes his arm over my shoulder.   "Yeah, we've been together forever haven't we baby?" He asks me in a husky voice.

     In my head I send him "Okay who are you and what have you done with my brother? Seriously you think we can pull this off? What if someone we know walks in? I am so going to kill you when we get home!"  Out loud though I look at him lovingly (or as lovingly as I can with as mad as I suddenly am) and say "Yeah some days it seems like since birth, honey"

    As soon as I say honey I get that wrong feeling about it like again its the wrong person I'm thinking about.  I shake off the feeling and walk toward the buffet intent on enjoying my first time out in public in a LONG time.

    As I finish putting the coconut shrimp on my plate I feel a rush of power wash over me.  "Great a bunch of powerful people just walked in,"  I could feel each individual ability as I assimilate each one into my being. 

   "Erik, we have a bit of a problem.  From what it feels like at least 20 people with strong abilities just walked in.  I can't sense any ability that will sense or gauge us but I already have that so if one of them can I don't know if I will sense it or not.  What do we do?"  I know I blasted that to him when I see him flinch as he looks behind me as I sit down at the table.

    I have my back to the door so don't know exactly what's happening so I do what I normally do and trust Erik.  "Nope your wrong baby bear it's only 9 guys who walked in and not surprising they haven't taken their eyes off you yet. We have to kick it up a notch because this is the test if we can convince a group of teenage boys that we are a couple and keep them from approaching you then we can do the same at this new school.  Which in turn will keep me from getting too stressed out worrying about you."  To anyone looking at us all that happened was him gazing into my eyes lovingly while reaching towards my hand.

    I smile at him as I blast him back, "I cannot believe I'm doing this.  Where are they anyways?  I haven't seen them all I know is they each have multiple abilities and I actually can't wait to play with them.  Oh my one can.... please hurry up and eat I'm not sure I can hold all these abilities in.  Unless I actually use one my body is itching inside.  What do I do? Help me damn you!!"

    Erik doesn't flinch at that blast which is surprising.  He finally takes my hand and looks at me from across the table as he calmly and softly says, "They are at a table a couple down from us, is there an ability you can use that isn't obvious to try to take some of the strain off your body.  I am trying to eat as fast as I can.  In a few minutes I've got to go to the bathroom that's when we will know if the ruse worked or not.  Just relax that little brain of yours and trust your elders."

    I ended up giggling at that and reminded him he's only older than me by 14 minutes.  "Wow, your giggles must be magic because now they are all giving me the dirtiest looks you could imagine.  Okay just stay calm I'm only a blast away if you get scared let me know I am going to go to the bathroom now." 

   Erik lets go of my hand, stands up and places a soft kiss to my forehead.  I try not to visibly flinch, since I'm not used to affection like that even from him.  I look up to him and say in a strong voice, "Hurry back baby, I am suddenly in a hurry to get to my house before my parents get home if you get what I'm saying."

    "Perfectly baby," is what anyone listening would have heard, in my mind I heard "That was perfect, even though in a lot of ways that was very disturbing to hear you say that. I feel like a pedophile or something.  I need to go scrub my hands and really wish I could do same to my ears and brain. I will be forever scarred."

     I giggled at that thought as he walked toward the bathroom behind me.  It was taking every ounce of willpower not to turn around and look at the boys behind me. Instead I started to pick at the food on the plate in front of me.  I could start to feel a prickle on the back of my neck as if I had multiple sets of eyes on me.  I could feel the urge to do something what I'm not sure but something.  Like being covered by a bunch of bugs my skin started to crawl. 

     I knew I shouldn't but I looked over my shoulder toward the bathroom in hopes of seeing either Erik headed back or one of the boys that were making me feel uncomfortable.  As I looked back my eyes locked onto a pair of brown eyes.  I screamed, "Erik!!!!," as the napkin I had picked up burst into flames.

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Okay I know that was a cliffy but I do have my reasons. I didn't edit very well so if you find any mistakes please let me know. Hope you liked this will have next one up hopefully tomorrow or next day at latest.