"It's still sort of new to me," Lauren admitted. "I pushed a lot away while I was still figuring out my powers. I was too afraid of hurting someone."
She reached over, placing a hand over his shoulder. She was anything but intimidated by him. Which was really the mistake she made with any other guy she had given her attention to in the past.
She smiled, "yeah, it feels good to just be myself. You wouldn't have even recognized me when I was out with Ben." She rolled her eyes with a sigh.