"I'm a telepath," he said stopped moving when she did. "I hear... everybody's thoughts. Everyone. That's why I have a hard time concentrating at school. I hear things that I don't want to and can't focus because of it." He sighed. This was for the best. He had to be completely honest with her.
"I don't tell people about this because I don't want to make them uncomfortable. I didn't know that you felt the same and that this would happen eventually or I would have told you much sooner..." He pushed his hair out of his face.