Awakening Book One of the Trust Series(61)
Declan casually sipped from his cup, before sitting down next to her. “You know all the meditation I have been putting you through?”
Caitlyn couldn’t forget. Practically every day for the past month, Declan had set aside at least an hour where they focused on meditation techniques. It was usually a mid-day break. Everything from Yoga, Chakra, Trataka, and Mantra meditations. When they began, Caitlyn could not help but scoff lightly at them; she had not taken Declan for the new age type and neither was she. She did have to admit after a while that she felt calmer; but she never achieved that Zen like status that Declan always strived for.
“The trick to Teleportation is to let everything go; you must balance your focus and contemplation. Caitlyn, you always have had amazing focus; you can focus on a task till you have mastered it; but at the same time, your mind goes a million miles a minute. You are always trying to figure out what the next move is, how to get there, how to get it done. Teleportation is very Zen like and it’s the balance that allows you to teleport. All this time, you have been thinking that I have not been teaching you how to teleport, when in actuality, I have been doing that this whole time.”
“Okay. So where do we begin?”
Declan stood up from his seat and walked to the middle of the room, where there was the large mat that they used for meditation on the ground. He motioned to her to sit down across from him. Caitlyn noted that this was much like the first time that Garrett had shown her Projectile Telepathy. Declan crossed his legs and she did the same.
Declan sat across from her, the look he gave her, Caitlyn could only describe as encouraging. She realized she suddenly felt nervous. What if she couldn’t do this? What if she did not possess the talent?
Declan, as if sensing her nerves, placed a hand on her forearm. “You will be fine. Even if you don’t do it the first time; I know you are capable of it. Caitlyn, you have never thought you could not do something; it is what makes you so talented. Don’t doubt yourself; not now. I have never been so proud of anyone in my life. Now, close your eyes, and just listen to the sound of my voice. Okay?”
“Alright.”
Caitlyn closed her eyes, letting the world disappear. The only thing that was present was the steady cadence of Declan’s voice. “Keep breathing. Caitlyn, I want you to picture the field that we found while hiking the other day. Can you do that?”
Caitlyn did not respond, but he paused for a moment, letting her remember the field. Caitlyn thought about the grass that was just beginning to brown slightly in the meadow, the gentle sway of the wind, the way that the trees on the outskirts shot up into the sky. She recalled the way there were several openings that led to obscure trails that were no longer maintained according to Declan.
“Good. Now, what I need you to do is forget about everything else but that field. Keep that memory in your thoughts.”
He gave her a moment to do so. “Now pick one spot on that field. Picture yourself there in that exact spot. I need you to imagine yourself traveling there. You need to let go, letting your body travel through time and space.”
Caitlyn felt a flutter within her. For a split second, she could have sworn she felt the familiar breeze of the wind against her back; the cool air hitting her cheek; but when she opened up her eyes, she was back in the white room, sitting cross legged just like before.
She couldn’t help but be disappointed with herself. She had thought for a brief moment she had done it and had done it on the first try. “Try and try again, huh?”
Declan grabbed her hands excitedly. “Caitlyn, that was amazing! For a split second, you disappeared completely! Try it again!”
Declan settled back into his spot and they tried again. And again. And again. For the next several hours, Caitlyn could not even get another flicker. The harder she pushed, the less she was able to accomplish. She walked out of the training feeling defeated. Declan placed an arm around her as they walked out of the building. “Caitlyn, I did not even come close to what you accomplished the first week, let alone the first day. You are too hard on yourself.”
Caitlyn wanted to believe that, she honestly did. But she felt like for the first time since she was here, she failed. She was quiet the entire ride back to his temporary house, unsure how to feel. And Declan, sharing such a similar background, knew what she was feeling.
They sat on his porch step, Caitlyn mindlessly stabbing her takeout. She pursed her lips, lost in her own thoughts until Declan reached out to her.
“It’s happened to all of us, you know. Something we thought would come naturally, something we thought when it came to it, we would just be exceptional. But what you don’t realize, is when you are able to finally to do it, the victory will be that much sweeter.”