[h1][color=silver]Nathan Maddox[/color][/h1]___________________________________________________


[color=teal]“Do you need some more time? Or do you have classes to get to?”[/color]. Allison asked him caringly. He actually hadn’t memorized his schedule yet, but knew that he wasn’t supposed to have another class today until around lunch time. The other part of her question would be much harder to answer. He did need more time, in fact he didn’t know if he was ever going to get over what had happened...what he had done. He wanted to explain to her why he was so screwed up, everything that had gone down during his early years, and the events that happened the night that his “powers” were awakened… At first he had perceived them as more of a curse than a gift, because SHE had used his abilities as the sickest form of blackmail to brainwash him into doing whatever she demanded of him. The she that was referring to was his mother, his sick and vile human being of a mother. He was losing it again, but only on the inside. Thankfully he realized in time to pull himself back together. That bitch was dead anyways, even though no one but him knew that it was by his hands. 

[color=silver]“No I think that I’ll be alright...eventually.”[/color] Nathan answered with an obvious honesty, finally gathering the courage to look Allison in the eyes for more than just a millisecond. Her eyes were a soft green, as stunning as could be. She was honestly one of the most beautiful girls that he had ever seen, far too beautiful for someone like him; he understood that and so he didn’t even fantasize about that possibility...even though in this moment of vulnerability he was wishing that he would. Her kindness had truly meant a lot to him and he hoped that she could sense that. [color=silver]“I don’t have  class for a few hours so I guess I have a bit of free time ahead of me. I hope that I’m not causing you to be late for anything Ali. I appreciate everything just now and I’ll go ahead and stop wasting your time and let you get back to it.”[/color] He smiled at her, this time genuinely with warmth. [color=silver]“And don’t for one second discount what you did in there. You were great. I don’t blame them for throwing us into the fire like that, it was test…an example of what we might be up against one day. Given the circumstances I think that we did as good as we could have, and you were a part of that.”[/color] After finishing his words he smiled at her again. [color=silver]“I’ll let you get back to being amazing….see you later.”[/color] He backed up against the fountain and took a seat on the side. He didn’t really have anywhere to go and the running water was very tranquil to him. He assumed that she was probably wanting to get back to her business and he felt like he had wasted enough of her time.