I pull up to our house with dad right behind me. He rushes me into the house like we're being followed.
"Don't worry Kodi. We'll fix this," He tells me.
"I don't want this fixed Dad! I want answers. I'm tried of lying to myself. Telling myself that they're just daydreams, when clearly they're not! Don't keep me ignorant anymore. Please," I plead. For years I had been complacent about his silence, but not anymore, because now I have information and I will use it.
"Sweetheart, Ты not knowing is the safest place to be right now. Until Ты have full control."
"Control of what Dad? I can't control something I know nothing about!" I sigh in frustration and plop down on the couch.
"Can Ты tell me exactly what Ты know?" He asks, sitting Далее to me.
"Not anything, apparently,"
"Kodi, please."
"Okay." And I tell him about the very odd conversation with Rachel. When I'm done, he sighs.
"So what aren't Ты telling me?" I ask.
"Rachel was right about jumping being a family trait. Both your mother and I were jumpers."
"Were? Ты Остаться в живых your ability?"
"Well, no. I haven't jumped since Ты were born. I couldn't leave Ты and then eventually Jo. So I quit my job and ran the Магазин full time."
"Dad, what killed Mom, and is so dangerous that I can't know?" I ask him.
"Your mom and I worked for what is essentially the police force of dimensions. She was on the task force and I was worked for Inter-dimensional relations. The government of dimension-jumpers, if Ты will. Your mother died from injuries after an encounter with a rouge," Dad said.
I knew there were others from what Rachel told me, but I never realized that there would be enough to have a whole society.
"Okay. How does that deal with me, and how is a rogue dangerous to me?" It sounds like a Болталка job hazard to me.
" Well, as far as we know, you're the only jumper to start so young. Normally Ты don't know your a jumper until after Ты turn 18. People in this reality call it adult ADD. Since we don't know what your capable of, keeping Ты ignorant of your ability protected Ты from rogues like the one who killed your mother, who could use Ты for God knows what," Dad explains.
"We?" I ask.
"Your grandmother and I."
"Awww! Her? " I groan. My Grandmother was my least Избранное person in the world. Her and Papi used to constantly visit after Mom died. Grandmother and I had a fall out and I haven't spoke to her in four years.
"How do Ты think your mother got the ability? It's inherited. Kodi, you're going to have to get over this because she is going to be giving Ты lessons for this," Dad tells me.
"Why can't Ты teach me?" I groan.
"Kodi, I haven't been jumping in sixteen years. She still keeps it up for her job."
"Is it a requirement for all d-jumpers to have a job for d-jumpers?"
"No, but its the family trait on both sides for you. My dad did work for them too."
"I still don't understand why I have to deal with her," I complain.
" Because she is your grandmother and Ты will Показать her respect. I've tolerated this silence long
enough. Ты will get over this hissy fit and that's final."
"FINE!" I shout and storm off to my room.
I lie in my bed, fuming, and all of a sudden, I'm in a completely different dimension from any I have ever been before. And this isn't as friendly as my field.
"Don't worry Kodi. We'll fix this," He tells me.
"I don't want this fixed Dad! I want answers. I'm tried of lying to myself. Telling myself that they're just daydreams, when clearly they're not! Don't keep me ignorant anymore. Please," I plead. For years I had been complacent about his silence, but not anymore, because now I have information and I will use it.
"Sweetheart, Ты not knowing is the safest place to be right now. Until Ты have full control."
"Control of what Dad? I can't control something I know nothing about!" I sigh in frustration and plop down on the couch.
"Can Ты tell me exactly what Ты know?" He asks, sitting Далее to me.
"Not anything, apparently,"
"Kodi, please."
"Okay." And I tell him about the very odd conversation with Rachel. When I'm done, he sighs.
"So what aren't Ты telling me?" I ask.
"Rachel was right about jumping being a family trait. Both your mother and I were jumpers."
"Were? Ты Остаться в живых your ability?"
"Well, no. I haven't jumped since Ты were born. I couldn't leave Ты and then eventually Jo. So I quit my job and ran the Магазин full time."
"Dad, what killed Mom, and is so dangerous that I can't know?" I ask him.
"Your mom and I worked for what is essentially the police force of dimensions. She was on the task force and I was worked for Inter-dimensional relations. The government of dimension-jumpers, if Ты will. Your mother died from injuries after an encounter with a rouge," Dad said.
I knew there were others from what Rachel told me, but I never realized that there would be enough to have a whole society.
"Okay. How does that deal with me, and how is a rogue dangerous to me?" It sounds like a Болталка job hazard to me.
" Well, as far as we know, you're the only jumper to start so young. Normally Ты don't know your a jumper until after Ты turn 18. People in this reality call it adult ADD. Since we don't know what your capable of, keeping Ты ignorant of your ability protected Ты from rogues like the one who killed your mother, who could use Ты for God knows what," Dad explains.
"We?" I ask.
"Your grandmother and I."
"Awww! Her? " I groan. My Grandmother was my least Избранное person in the world. Her and Papi used to constantly visit after Mom died. Grandmother and I had a fall out and I haven't spoke to her in four years.
"How do Ты think your mother got the ability? It's inherited. Kodi, you're going to have to get over this because she is going to be giving Ты lessons for this," Dad tells me.
"Why can't Ты teach me?" I groan.
"Kodi, I haven't been jumping in sixteen years. She still keeps it up for her job."
"Is it a requirement for all d-jumpers to have a job for d-jumpers?"
"No, but its the family trait on both sides for you. My dad did work for them too."
"I still don't understand why I have to deal with her," I complain.
" Because she is your grandmother and Ты will Показать her respect. I've tolerated this silence long
enough. Ты will get over this hissy fit and that's final."
"FINE!" I shout and storm off to my room.
I lie in my bed, fuming, and all of a sudden, I'm in a completely different dimension from any I have ever been before. And this isn't as friendly as my field.
It’s the color of you
Ты always wore it
It’s the color we shared
As we hid form them
With it we showed our true selves,
Though no one cared
Our оранжевый book bags
Saved us from some pain
We protected each other
But it wasn’t enough
We were like two оранжевый crayons
When everyone else was green
Then Ты left me alone,
All I had was our color orange
As they hit me
I took peace in knowing
Ты were in the оранжевый field in the sky
Ты always сказал(-а) was there.
The оранжевый of the sun set
Is your smile
Even though Ты left too soon
Orange…
Now it’s my color
My way of remembering you
Now I am the lone оранжевый in the rainbow
Without Ты here
I protect my own
Though I wish Ты were here
Now оранжевый is my color
A color for Ты bravery
A color for my survival
оранжевый will forever be our color
Even though death took Ты away
Forever оранжевый for you,
Sweet Cassidy.
Ты always wore it
It’s the color we shared
As we hid form them
With it we showed our true selves,
Though no one cared
Our оранжевый book bags
Saved us from some pain
We protected each other
But it wasn’t enough
We were like two оранжевый crayons
When everyone else was green
Then Ты left me alone,
All I had was our color orange
As they hit me
I took peace in knowing
Ты were in the оранжевый field in the sky
Ты always сказал(-а) was there.
The оранжевый of the sun set
Is your smile
Even though Ты left too soon
Orange…
Now it’s my color
My way of remembering you
Now I am the lone оранжевый in the rainbow
Without Ты here
I protect my own
Though I wish Ты were here
Now оранжевый is my color
A color for Ты bravery
A color for my survival
оранжевый will forever be our color
Even though death took Ты away
Forever оранжевый for you,
Sweet Cassidy.