"Ben!" I yell as I job up to the boy that is wearing a Nike sports top and tight shorts, that are very short.
"El!" He pulls out his head phones and looks at me.
" how are you today? Stopping for a break we are! I tell you what it's about time" he says whilst play pushing me, I laugh at him, remembering how much he can talk sometimes.
" I'm doing good, foot still hurts but Clay is really helping me with all these different physio and stuff ya know", I take a breath, " what's up with him?" I ask while looking at the floor kicking a rock. He raises and eye brow, " I'm guessing no ones told you", he looks at me waiting for an answer, I just give him a blank stare. Told me what? He clears his throat, " Clay was the fun one. Probably very hard to believe with how you met him, I knew him before he was offered a position here. His mum was a very respected woman and Brett, the head guy, assumed he would be the same. So after his mums funeral he was offered a position here, no one, I don't think, has regretted it. Jane regrets liking him and I think he feels the same. After a very important mission failed cause his feelings were in the way, Brett talked to him. I know it's bad to ease drop but whatever. Now I quote,' do not, and I mean do not get to close to anyone here Clay. We don't have favouritism around this place because that's how accidents are caused'. I couldn't listen to anymore so walked away, but that was enough of an explanation to me about who he now is. I miss who he was, but please El. Please, don't get to close. If anything happened to you he would die from the guilt", I looked at him, shocked. Someone told him to be this way? That makes my blood boil! If I ever meet this Brett, I would have my words to say to him.
" woah", I mentally kicked myself for only saying that, I found out more about Clay now than I had before, " I better let you keep running". I force a smile and then walk away.

At the hotel I look in my room, bed has been made which means the cleaner has been and Clays room is open, meaning he's awake. I don't want to talk to him about everything Ben just told me, if he wants to talk about it, one day he will. But I've been told not to get that close to him. I hear a knock on the door and turn to get it,
"Peter!" I quietly shout as I welcome him in. He smiles in return.
"Clay up yet? Gotta talk to him about something"
"Um I think so. His doors open", I point to his room and then I see Clay walk out of the bathroom, toothbrush still in his mouth. A towel the only thing covering him.
" Peter." He says, voice flat as if it's inconvenient for him to be here.
"Got a sec?" The look on both their faces makes sense. What arnt they telling me?
"Eh- yeah sure" he pauses," let me put pants on" he runs into the room and I go into mine.

CLAY P.O.V
Peter's face says it all. He's not what you call normal, he has always been able to- well- read minds. He doesn't talk much about what he sees or hears. He's a pretty private person but obviously something has come to his attention.
" I don't think we can trust Jane." He says in a matter-of-fact voice. I shake my head and look out over the view the balcony offers. We can trust her, I've known her forever.
"No. I heard her on the phone today, I heard what she thought of El. We can't have them together" he pauses and looks at his room where Jane, Ben and he are staying," she's associated with them" he says. Flatly, and by the look in his eyes, he's not lying.

Peter is what you would call a best friend for me. Don't tell anyone this, they would flip - especially Bett- but I trust him, I know him and he knows me. Enough to know now what's going through my mind.
"We have to find a way to get her away." He says again hurriedly. I start thinking of ways, I have a very strong feeling he is telling the truth. There's no way to Rions would have found us before, and they did. We were well hidden. It's a thought I've had before but pushed it aside.
" during the night, when she's asleep" I say looking out at the lights reflecting on the water.
" we have to find a way for El's powers to blossom. We need her to have them. They should come out soon, I can give her some training, but it's something we should think about", again a pause," for not only her protection but ours". I sigh as I know he is correct. No matter what happens we are going to need her, so I nod and then turn away into our room. El's not in sight so I start singing. Something I always did when I was stressed, writing originals of the top of my head and just singing them. Until I feel better.
" that's lovely" a very familiar voice says, I turn to see El standing at the door frame of the bathroom," I didn't know you could sing".