A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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I quickly found out why Momma and Dad weren't talking while we ate. They were saving their lectures and disappointments until after we were done eating. All their questions, everything that they wanted to say, I knew that it was coming now that we were done eating. And I was very, very, very afraid of it.

Makai moved up to sit right beside me on the bed. It was a bit of a tight fit, but we managed to make it work. Well, we only managed because he was practically pulling me into his lap so that we were sitting on top of each other. Actually, I was sitting on top of him, but that didn't matter. We were sitting intimately close to each other.

Once Makai and I were seated, not so properly, Dad and Momma pulled their chairs closer to the bed and turned them so that they were looking right at me. They were both looking so serious. I think I would rather have the joking Reef back than this serious one. I don't know if I was going to like him now that he was being so serious.

"First off, Ocean, how are you feeling? Honestly. Don't hold anything back from me." Momma asked the question with her arms crossed in front of her in what should have been an angry stance but the concern on her face ruined the whole scheme of it.

"I'm fine, Momma. Really, I am. I was confused yesterday and in some pain. But I am doing a lot better now, I promise." I did my best to let them know that it was all over with now and we can move on.

"When Makai texted us to tell us what had happened to you, we were both very worried. I can just imagine how your parents felt when they heard about it from him. We may not have known you for very long, Ocean, but you're a son to us now. You're going to marry our son after all. We're family." OK, I had never heard or seen Makai's dad acting so serious before today. This was definitely a new one for me.

"I know, Dad. I am sorry for worrying you both like that." I felt ashamed, like I had done something wrong.

"Don't apologize." Makai put a finger under my chin and pulled my head back up so that I wasn't looking down anymore. "Don't ever feel sorry for what someone else has done to you. This is not your fault, Ocean. This was beyond your control."

"Now that you bring that up, Makai, who should we lay the blame on? Ocean has chosen not to press charges against Justin for what he did to him so who is going to be punished for this crime?" I hadn't expected that Momma would want someone to pay like this. This was not what I wanted when I told the cops to let Justin go. He didn't deserve to go to jail for what he did. He didn't know what he was doing.

"Why does someone need to pay for this? Can't we just let it go? It wasn't something that any of us wanted to have happen, it was an accident."

Dammit. I was trying my best to make this all go away. I was ready to forget that it all ever happened. I could convince everyone at school that I had amnesia and didn't remember what happened so that I didn't need to talk about it. I could even tell my siblings that as well, but I knew that Makai's parents and my parents knew better than that.

"You were nearly killed, Ocean. Do you not understand that?" Momma didn't seem all that happy with me right now.

"I know. But if anyone was at fault, it's me. If anyone needs to be punished, it's me."

"Ocean, it wasn't your fault. You were the vic-."

"NO!" I interrupted Makai as he tried to take the blame from me. "No! Just stop it. It was my fault. I did this, but I didn't know that I was doing it at the time. I didn't know that I was able to bespell Justin like that. And I don't even know when I did it. I don't remember singing at school recently, but he had to have heard me and that is what caused all of this."

"Well, actually Ocean, there is something that I found out today." Makai looked like he was having a hard time. He was avoiding my eyes as well as his parents. "I ran into Justin this morning and when I was talking to him, I found out that he has actually been under your spell for about three years now. I think that the sheer length of time that he was under the spell is what led to the violence. I don't know what song he heard you sing either so that could have something to do with it."

"Wait a minute! Makai! You didn't say anything about this earlier when you were explaining things to us. Why didn't you tell us that he had been under the spell for so long?" Makai had just earned the wrath of his mother and I could tell that she rivaled my own mom too.

"I didn't want to tell you vital information before I gave it to Ocean. He is the one that is the most important here. He needs to know this stuff and make the decisions. No matter how much the rest of us want to control the outcome, we can't make the decisions for him.

"Yes, I know that, you are right." Momma hung her head now as if she were ashamed of herself for having gotten angry. "I am so used to being in charge of things, I guess it's dictating my life now." She laughed nervously now.

"It's fine, Momma. I appreciate you being here to help me through all of this."

"I am still more concerned with why he needed to be here in the hospital in the first place. He is an 'other', he shouldn't need to be helped by doctors and have life-saving things like this unless it is a very serious injury." Dad was looking at me with his eyes filled with curiosity now.

"Well, to be fair, I had been hit in the head a lot. That is what led to all of this. And now that the head issue is taken care of, I am healing a lot quicker than the humans. The nurses and the other doctors are going to get suspicious of me."

"Yes, we understand that, Ocean." Momma nodded her head at me. "We are making arrangements to get you taken home as soon as possible. From there Dr. Malachi will take care of your recovery personally."

"Don't you mean he will study him like a guinea pig? He seems more interested in studying him than helping him." Makai must have heard something from the doctor that I hadn't, or that I don't remember hearing.

"He will take care of Ocean. You do not have to worry about it, Makai. And if he happens to learn a little bit more about Ocean and why he is so different, then is that really a bad thing?"

"I would rather you put Ocean first, Mom." Makai looked a little angry at his mom. "Still, let's move on from this topic. I want to go back to the one about punishments."

"Makai?" I was floored by what he said. He really wanted to talk about that right now?!

"It's fine, Ocean, just listen to me. I have a plan. I am going to make sure that no one needs to be punished and that Justin won't remember anything at all."

"And how do you plan to do that, Makai?" Dad asked him with his eyes widened. He was clearly curious.

"I have already put the plan into partial play. I am going to have Dr. Malachi tell Justin that he found something on his medical records from yesterday. We're going to convince him that he has a brain tumor and that Dr. Malachi will take care of it. He will be hypnotized by Ocean and made to forget all about this whole incident. We can make him forget a few other things as well so that his amnesia will not look suspicious. That is basically the entirety of the plan. In the end, no one will be left suffering because everyone can move on with their lives."

I was listening to Makai's plan with my jaw slowly dropping. He really had put some thought into this. And it might actually work out. Now we just needed to get everyone else on board with it all.

"Are you sure that is a good idea? I mean, having Ocean sing to him a second time?" Momma raised her brow as she brought up her concern.

"It would actually be the third time. I had to sing to him to release him from the spell." I blushed, not wanting to admit that to them.

"OK, so singing was what it took to break it. Well, if that is the case, then he might never break the hypnotism if Ocean sings to him again." Dad was ready to agree to it. Momma, however, needed more time to talk it out.

After about an hour or so, we had all figured it all out and it seemed that both of Makai's parents agreed with how to go about this process now. That was good. Now that we had a plan all we had to do was put it into motion.