More Gemini work. I don't like asking for reviews, I feel that you should only comment if something you read moves you to do so. Therefore, I'm not asking for reviews, although I would appreciate hearing something from someone.
Jared felt it, the way his brother reacted to the Amaranth and he couldn’t help but wonder why. Out of the entire universe, his brother had apparently chosen an Amaranth to be his partner. He watched, even if there wasn’t much to see, just two young men staring into each other’s eyes with slight smiles. Even psychically, there wasn’t much beyond the shock that reverberated down the twin bond to him to show that something was going on beyond a staring contest.
The girl coughed, and Jared looked at her in surprise. The girl looked from Jordan and the unnamed Amaranth to him, “So,” she said, “are staring contests an alien thing? Should I start practicing?”
“No,” Jared said, “I’m sorry, but I didn’t catch your name.”
“I didn’t throw it,” the girl replied with a crooked grin. “I’m Jessie, Jessica Grover, of Earth.”
That, Jared thought, explains more than it doesn’t; “Well, Jessie Jessica Grover,” he smirked at her, “I am Jared, and what’s going on between Jordan and the Amaranth is that they’re bonding.”
“Bonding, do you mean like the Javor do, with soul brothers and everything?” Jessie asked, apparently ignoring the play on her name.
“Something like that,” Jared said, “except it more like, soul mates, I believe you would call it or love at first sight.”
Jessie looked at the pair, “Huh,” she said, “I guess that cuts down on the cheesy pick up lines.”
Jared frowned, “I’m sorry, I think you lost me on that phrase, ‘cheesy pick up lines’?”
Jessie giggled, “Sometimes when a guy sees a girl he likes, he’ll use a line to get her to pay attention to him. It’s called ‘picking up’ a girl, although it’s not literal.” She adjusted her seat and pulled her blanket close to her, “It’s something stupid, usually, like ‘Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again’ or ‘I lost my number, can I have yours?’” She fiddled with the blanket a moment and Jared realized she wasn’t actually wearing anything underneath it. “I think the saddest part is that it actually works.”
Jared shook his head, “I don’t get it either.” He studied her for a moment, “So if you’re from Earth, how do you know about Javor?”
“My brother,” Jessie said, “he was a refuge from Javor who somehow ended up on Earth. He taught me some of what he remembered.”
“You’re very lucky,” Jared said softly.
“Whatever,” Jessie replied, “it doesn’t mean he’ll put the seat down on the toilet when he’s done with it. How did you end up here, anyways?”
“Us?” Jared glanced at his brother reflexively, who was still caught up in Alex, although they were now talking quietly. “Our journey to here started six years ago. We were captured by a Capellan witch and used in her experiments and recently, she traded us to the Vyperans for their science studies.”
“Fascinating,” someone said, and a dark figure dropped lightly through the ceiling.
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