DIFFERENT (Different Series Book 1) by Erin J. Cross Page A

know.’ His hand was still behind my neck, and he moved his fingers against it.
                  ‘There isn’t anyone that I’d tell anyway. This town is full of people that are afraid of me and what I can do.’
                  ‘I’m not afraid of you, Celeste. You’re a good person with a gift. People don’t like you because you’re different and change scares them.’
                  ‘I’ve never viewed it as a gift before.’
                  His phone beeped in his pocket, and he moved his hand away as he took it out and glanced at it, a vacant expression on his face.
                  ‘I’ve got to go. I’ll see you tomorrow,’ he said as he stood up.
                  ‘Finn, it’ll be okay, won’t it?’
                  ‘Yeah, it’s going to be brilliant, just you wait,’ he smiled, before he turned around and headed out of the park.
                  I watched him go out of sight before I stood up, took one last look around the park, and then headed out.
                  Tomorrow would be my last day in Oakwood, a fact which I was glad and upset about both at the same time.
                  All I knew was that it wasn’t safe to stay there. All I knew was there was something about Finn that made me want to take a risk on him and never be too far from his side.
                  Instinct had kept me going for the last fifteen years, and right then my gut was telling me to trust Finn.
     

Chapter Eight
    Knowing it was my last night with the Prestons made me appreciate the little things that I had taken for granted. Sitting on the sofa next to Louisa and watching cartoons, having seconds of Gloria’s apple pie, hearing the birds outside my window when I woke up early for school, and feeling my freshly ironed clothes against my skin.
                  I had really wanted things to work out here in Oakwood, but I knew that, however much I longed for this, too much had happened now to ever make this possible. I wasn’t the kind of girl who could ever fit into a normal life. I’d tried, but I would always be different.
    I liked the way that, when Finn looked at me, he didn’t seem afraid of what I could do, but instead he seemed intrigued. I thought about him as I fell asleep and when I woke up. He fully occupied my mind, and there was no shaking him from it. 
                  I’d woken up an hour earlier than usual, and I’d lain in bed staring up at the ceiling as I listened to the birds chirp outside. I found myself enjoying the peace, knowing that it wouldn’t be for long. I didn’t know what today would bring, but I had a feeling that it would be eventful. I had to say goodbye to the Prestons and Leo without them realising what I was actually doing. I had to make the most of this day.
                  Eventually, I got out of bed and made my way across the handing towards the bathroom. I could hear movement from downstairs, and I knew that Gloria would be in the kitchen looking amazing as she prepared breakfast.
                  I stood in the shower and closed my eyes as I put my head under the warm water. There was something calming about the water covering me that instantly made me feel better, as if right then I could take on anything. After my shower I wrapped a fluffy beige towel around myself and went into my bedroom.
                  It wasn’t my bedroom, though, not really. It was the colour that Louisa had chosen that covered the walls; it was her old bed that I slept in and her old laptop that I used to type my homework on. My print hadn’t been put on this room, or anywhere else in this house. It wasn’t mine, and I wasn’t a part of this family, not really.
                  Still, there was a part of me that would miss it here. There was something secure about the Prestons and the