Gemini knows the truth about my past and she hasn’t condemned me. She’s even aware of how deep my feelings are for her. Fuck, I act like such a damn troglodyte around her. How is it possible that I feel this way? I need to stop overthinking this and push past it because the why isn’t what’s important. It just is and I need to be satisfied with that. The best thing about it is that I didn’t scare the hell out of her and she’s still sitting next to me, holding my hand. But then again, where the hell is she going to go? It’s not like she can bail out of the plane. Even so, as I rifle through my memories, I can’t remember feeling this relieved before. The ache in my heart has dissipated. Maybe Gem is right. Maybe I do need to tell my parents. To hell with that oath I took. When I think about how they’ve been torn to pieces, thinking the worst of me, the ache returns with a vengeance, but this time, the anger deepens. “What is it?”
