One Is A Lonely Number [James]

[burnzy]

James smiled at Bex. She had guessed it. She was really smart, but James kept quiet not wanting to give away the grand finale. He watched as Bex used her gift to walk through and climb up the stone water break. "Thats amazing!" James said waving back to Bex.

He then crouched and jumped towards Bex. He used the wind to push him up to her. "You are one talented girl!" He leaned in a little just to see her reaction. With a smile he leaned back with a chuckle, "Element Control sounds like a good way to describe it."

As he said this he pointed out into the distance and let loose a stream of fire. He let out a lot and started twisting it into a circle around Bex and James on the rock. He started to move his hands making a small sphere and the line of fire around then copied, turning itself into a sphere around then. Not long untill the only thing they could see was the fire that sorrounded them.

"So what do you think?" He said with a wide grin.

[rebekah]

Rebekah kept smiling at James from the top of the water break jut as he was smiling at her. When he said it was amazing, she grinned all the more. "Yeah it's pretty awesome, but I can do so much more than that, not all of it good" she said as her eyes darkened a little. Thinking of the other day, she shuddered slightly.

She grinned when James used his power to get to her on top of the water break. "Very impressive" she said, and "Thanks" she added when he said she was very talented, and blushed slightly. When he leaned in, she gasped in ever so slightly, wondering if he was going to kiss her, she wouldn't have minded, but he didn't. He pulled back again and her face fell slightly in disappointment.

"Well aren't I the clever one to come up with the name then?" she said with a grin, as she continued to watch him play with his powers. This time using the fire control. It was nothing short of a miracle what he could do, it was totally amazing. As the fire circled around them, she felt herself lean in ever closer to James and her hand absentmindedly leaned on his chest.

"It's pretty amazing James" she replied with a grin.

[burnzy]

James looked down at Bex' face. It looked like he had acheived his goal, to impress her. As she put her hand on his chest James felt his heart race. He waited till her gaze met his, and he knew what he had to do. He lent down and started kissing her.

As he was kissing her he let his fire sphere come closer and made the wind blow a little pushing there bodies closer. He finally pulled away a bit stunned. " Didnt we only meet only a little while ago?!" He smiled at her and kissed her quickly before she could answer.

When they stopped kissing James let the fire sphere drop. "So can you phase people with you?" He said out of curiosity.

[rebekah]

Rebekah kept looking at James, lost in the moment, the next thing she knew he was kissing her. It felt good, and as he did so, she allowed her tongue to explore his mouth, enjoying his sweet taste.

When his powers pulled her closer, while the fire grew nearer them, Rebekah was completely lost and stunned. It was like they had an immediate bond, an instant attraction.

When he asked about them only meeting a short while ago, she was going to reply, but she didn't get a chance as he continued to kiss her some more. So she just continued to kiss him back. When he finally stopped kissing her, he asked her a question about her power.

"I can phase someone with me, I actually did it only the other day, I killed them" she said as she looked down at her feet and wondered what he would say, what he would think of her.

[burnzy]

James stared at Bex, "You killed him?!" He was stunned. Bex seemed so sweet and innocent, and yet she just admitted to killing somebody. "So you have a dark side?!" James said with a chuckle.

James wanted to see her dark side but thought that this wasnt the place. So he jumped down to the ground leaving the somewhat near romantic setting and starting walking.

"Cmon! I wanna see what else you can do." He winked while saying this. He started walking towards town.

[rebekah]

She knew he would think she had a dark side, when she really didn't. Well when she didn't think she did. Maybe she did, what if she did? What would that make her? But no, no, Henry had said it was self defence, hadn't he?

"Well, yeah I killed him, but it was an accident" she began, who was she kidding, she knew fine well what would have happened to that guy when she did what she did.

"I mean, I was attacked James by this horrible man, at first my powers refused to work because I was in total fear, then this young guy, same age as me, came along and helped distract him, and I just got this rage from somewhere, and phased him into a wall and I came back out leaving him in there" she rattled off. Then looked at her feet again. She still hadn't been proud of the moment.

"So yeah, I killed him, but Henry said it was self defence and I shouldn't feel bad" she finally finished explaining. She didn't want James to think she was an evil sort. She was anything but, well if she could do that to someone knowing it would kill them, maybe she was an evil sort.

"Yeah, alright then" she replied, giving up the sadness and smiling at him, as she followed him into town. She'd do some phasing, and pull him with her.

[burnzy]

James listened closely to Bex' story. "Accident?" James wasn't buying it. He waited patiently though for her to explain. He was horrified with what could have happened. He was very thankful that this guy had come along. For all he knew he had saved her life.

But thankfulness was not the only kind of emotion he got. He couldn't quite put his finger on it and it bugged him. He had a strange feeling he knew what it was though. Jealousy, Jealousy that somebody else had saved her.

Bex started saying how Henry, obviously the man that had saved her, said it was self defense.

"Oh, Henry is right. If it was me in your situation I would have done a lot worse." James said trying to reassure her. He meant his words. Growing up on the streets had made him tough. He rubbed her on the back thinking it might help.

Even so James felt a lump rise in his throat, he had something to ask her. "You and Henry close?" He said a little shyly staring at his own feet. What if they're going out?

The atmosphere changed in a second for James suddenly. He really wanted to see her phase him and her together, he wondered what it would feel like. "So where would you like to go?" He said asking Bex.

[rebekah]

"Well I say accident, but I knew what I was doing really, but self defense I have to keep thinking that's what it was" she replied, still feeling slightly down about what had happened that day she wished she could stop thinking about it. Everytime she thought about it she felt bad.

"Well I'm glad you understand and feel the same way about it being self defense, because I still get very upset about what I did" she responded, and thought she might cry, but his soothing rubbing of her back calmed her and stopped them from falling.

Rebekah wasn't too sure what to say when he asked if she and Henry were close. It really depended on what he meant by that, but then they lived in different states, so they could hardly be close, could they?

"We're just friends James, we don't even live near each other" she replied softly, looking into his eyes. Now here was one guy she wouldn't mind being close to.

"Anywhere you want to go James" Rebekah said smiling at him, "Somewhere with plenty of walls if you want me phase you, somewhere secluded as well" she added with a grin.

[burnzy]

James let himself smile in relief at the fact that Henry and Bex were only friends, even glad that they lived no-where near each other. "I must thank this Henry if I see him. It seems like he saved your life!" James said seriously.

"Any where? With a lot of walls?" James tried to think of a spot. "What about an abandoned warehouse?" James couldn't think of much, he was having a mental block.

"Ill let you lead" James said to Bex letting her decide where to go. He realized why he was having a mental block. Well it was really a mental block but more like he was blocking his mind from thinking. But as he let the block drop he started to wonder if Bex did have anyone close.

"So do you have anyone close?" James asked Bex, Hoping she didn't.

[rebekah]

"I guess he did save my life, I mean if he hadn't distracted that guy, I'd never have got my powers back enough to phase him through the wall, so yeah Henry did save my life really" Rebekah explained a little sadly, but also smiling, because well she was alive and well and she had a lovely handsome guy by her side, so why should she be sad?

"An abandoned warehouse is pretty much perfect" Rebekah replied with a grin. They could do plenty of mischief in there without being caught by anybody. Perfect.

"Alright, well I know just the place, since you mentioned an abandoned warehouse, so just follow me" she said with a bit of a giggle as she made her way to the place she was talking of. It would only take them a few minutes to get there.

Rebekah's face fell slightly when he asked if she had anyone close. "No James, I've never really known proper love" she began, and then looked up into his eyes for a brief second before continuing her story.

"My parents died when I was very young, I got sent out to foster family after foster family, nobody liked me, they couldn't cope with my ability, which was quite out of control as a child, and then when I finally found a foster family I loved and who loved me, they were murdered, so now I live by myself in my flat, just me and my little cat Snowy" Rebekah finished telling him her sad little story, now he would probably think she was just doing it to get more attention, when in fact it was the truth.

[burnzy]

James was happy that Bex knew the perfect spot for her to show of her powers. James thought he could show her more of his potetial. He tensed and untensed his mucles in preparation.

When Bex answered his question it sounded like she was sad. But when he heard the rest of her story he found out why. "Thats really sad, Bex. And hey to them other families! They dont know what there missing out on." James bent over to give her a quick peck on the lips.

"Now!" He said loudly,"Where is this place? Im getting all titchy with excitment." James said jumping up and down.

He started moving the Elements around him. Not much. Just a small ball or water, earth, fire, and air.

[rebekah]

"Well thanks James" she said still a little sadly, but when he kissed her quickly, she smiled again. It seemed she found someone who might actually care about her.

"Well you can stop getting itchy and excited, we're at it" Rebekah said as the turned the corner and the empty warehouse was in front of them. "In here" she said, as she ran in and looked around, yeah they could have so much fun in here she thought.

"What do you want to do first? Show me yours, or do you want me to phase you with me?" she asked, looking around at the vastness of the warehouse they were now standing in.

[burnzy]

"Ok Bex, show me your stuff!" James said watching her, "Oh dont forget me!" He added. He squeezed her hand emphasizing his point that he wanted her to phase him through something.

"Can you phase into the ground. I saw that one a movie once." He said with a grin.

[rebekah]

"Actually I've never even phased myself into the ground, always through walls, people, furniture, never the ground, but I guess there's a first time for everything" she said with a grin.

"But I think we'll do wall for a start" she said grinning, as she held onto his hand tightly. She walked toward the wall and then stopped.

She wrapped her arms around him tightly and grinned, "I kind of have to make sure you're close to me" she said and winked. Then she pushed herself and James through the wall until they were on the outside of the warehouse and then she pushed them both back through again until they were back on the inside.

"Encore?" she asked and not waiting for an answer she closed her eyes, and thought deeply about her ability and then the next thing she knew they were both falling down through the ground, having nowhere to go however, she immediately brought the two of them back up again, until the ground was solid beneath them once again.

[burnzy]

James wrapped himself around her. He had a strange feeling in his stomach as he went through the wall and back. But when he went through the ground thats what really scared him, he could only feel Bex who was wrapped around him.

Once he felt solid ground under his feet he opened his eyes. "OK never do that to me again! Well maybe not for a while at least." James said trying to stop himself from spewing.

"Ok well do you want to see my powers? I've just learnt this one." James let go of Bex's hand not wanting to burn her. He concentrated hard and started to feel the heat rise from his inner core.

Soon enough his skin was all prickly and hot. Finally he felt himself light up. He was on fire. He looked over to Bex, "What do you think?"