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"Open it already," Del a shouted from behind Kylie
Kylie looked over her shoulder, fro a deep breath, Kylie looked back at the e- I wasn&039;t born at eleven o&039;clock, it was ten pm Ten twenty-three to be exact Your dad was born at nine forty-six a Neither of her parents was born at ht Emotion did cartwheels inside her chest Heavy emotion Was this relief? It should be relief
It uys I&039;m not one of you" Her chest clutched with a heavy emotion that didn&039;t feel like relief She didn&039;t want to be one of them, did she? Orin Again Wasn&039;t that the story of her life?
Deep down, you&039;ve always known you were different Holiday&039;s words played in Kylie&039;s head And for the first tiht Kylie had always felt different Always felt like the outsider But she wasn&039;tdifferent Wel , she ht be different She just wasn&039;t a supernatural
This was the proof
"I don&039;t believe it" Del a spoke up first
Then Miranda piped in "Holiday enerations"
"Only in rare situations," Kylie said
"Maybe your ," Del a added
Kylie looked back at the vaed "Maybe she&039;s just in a pissya divorce I don&039;t know"
"Your parents are getting a divorce?" Miranda asked
"Yeah," Kylie said, not even the tiniest bit upset at Del a forit She may have only known them for a few days but she trusted these two
"Sucky" Miranda pressed a hand on Kylie&039;s shoulder and squeezed
"Yeah" Kylie stared back at the e-?" Miranda asked
"I don&039;t know Mom&039;s so"
"Bitchy" Del a tossed out the word
Kylie almost nodded, then stopped "No She&039;s not real y a bitch, she&039;s justcold, distant About as warm as a popsicle I actual y heard my dad tel her that a while back"
"So your dad&039;s having an affair," Del a said matter-of-factly
Kylie turned in her chair and stared at Del a "No"
Del aa popsicle, he&039;s found so to screw"
"He&039;s not like that," Kylie said with conviction Right then she realized what she said about hercold
"And by cold, I meanteo thinking you&039;ve got to tiptoe around s" But her eyes said differently Kylie knew al about pretending to be tough She&039;d had a crash course in it these last feeeks Kylie looked back at the screen "Mom, she&039;s justhard to live with so her"
"So are you going to live with your dad?" Miranda asked
The question took Kylie back to the day she&039;d stood in the driveway, begging her dad to take her with him As much as it hurt to reh when he decided to leave her mom, he&039;d also decided to leave her
"It&039;s late and I&039;ot up and went to the bedroom and unlike earlier, this ti Kyliewith Holiday and placed a copy of her mother&039;s e-mail on the table in front of the camp leader
"See, I told you so," Kylie said "Now maybe you can just calback ho as it had felt a few days ago There was even a part of her that didn&039;t want to go-but considering she wasn&039;t supernatural, she real y didn&039;t belong here, either
"What&039;s this?" Holiday glanced back at the note, and her eyes widened when she read it Looking up, she aze "Okay, I ade the facts"
"Why not? You told eneration"
"What about the fact that you see ghosts? That you were born at ht? Or that your brain doesn&039;t read like a human?"
Kylie dropped into the chair across from Holiday "I could be crazy Or like you said the other day, just a freak of huhost"
Holiday nodded and then leaned forward "Ormaybe the people you think are your parents aren&039;t real y your parents"
Kylie&039;son at hoht now, I&039;d love to believe I was adopted, but I&039;ve seen pictures of ue and then shook her head "Like I said earlier, this is your quest"
"Was my quest I completed it I found the answer I&039;ht elbow on the table and rested her chin in her open palun to think of it as the camp leader&039;s trademark manneris into one of her "Is this how you real y feel?" speeches It reminded her of her shrink, Ms Day, who did pretty much the same except hers was to lean back in her chair and nod The worst part was that tactic alorked on Kylie, too
"Are you real y sure of that?" Holiday asked "Do you real y want to leave Shadow Fal s Camp?"
"Yes No I don&039;t know" Kylie dropped her face into her hands for a second "I ht now, everyone is with their own kind Miranda&039;s with the witches, Del a&039;s with the vampires And I&039;" Kylie felt like a total outsider-ayou feel unwelcome?" Holiday asked
"It&039;s not that," Kylie said
Holiday let out a deep breath "I saw Fredericka last night If there&039;s a proble the she-wolf to think Kylie had tattled "This has nothing to do with her" And that much of it was completely true
Holiday looked back at the paper "Look, I&039;l ive yourself teeks to think this over, Kylie If you stil want to leave then, I&039;l personal y talk to yourforward to going back home to her mom-or, more likely, because she knew she&039;d miss Miranda and Del a-she decided teeks wasn&039;t such a big deal
"You got it," Kylie said
"Great" Holiday stood up "And since I et serious"
"Serious about what?" Kylie asked as Holiday pul ed two yoga mats from the closet
"Ghosts" Holiday spread out the mats on the floor and then motioned Kylie to sit down "You have to learn to deal with your ghosts, Kylie"
"I just have one," Kylie said
Holiday arched a brow "It starts with one But believe me when I say others wil come As a matter of fact, they already have coan to twist into a knot "What are you talking about?"
"I read in your files that you&039;ve been having night terrors"
Holiday&039;s words sank in "You&039;re tel ing hosts?"