Claire and West
Costa Verde High School
California
"How do we get ourselves into these situations?" West asked staring into the crowd with eyes wide as saucers.
Claire just looked at him. In her face he could tell that she had gained a new confidence about herself and about what she knew she would have to do.
"Well. They want to see a show. Let's give them one... I'm tired of running" Claire said with determination.
Both Claire and West looked into the stadium and listened to the crowd shouting at them "JUMP! JUMP!".
"Do you want me to catch you?" West asked looking at Claire.
Claire looked at the people all around her, her classmates, her teachers. She took a few moments and contemplated this decision.
"No. I'll show them exactly what I can do. You just get out of here as quickly as you can. I don't need you to be brought into all this insanity."
"Claire, I'm already a part of this. I'm not leaving here without you."
They looked at each other and realized that there was only one way they could get out of this situation with the least amount of problems. Just do what comes naturally.
The big television screens of the stadium both showed their apprehensive faces as they prepared themselves for what they had to do. There was no point in hiding what they could do when the entire school and faculty had planned this little prank. Claire knew that she couldn't run away from this. She did think of playing dead. But how long would that last until everyone saw her breathing? Her dad took two bullets to save her from this kind of treatment and she screwed up. But there wasn't time for guilt now. She knew that she could handle herself if something bad happened. Her hope in society seemed to be in a state of desperation. What would she give to insure the people about to witness her ability would just accept it? Maybe if she believed it, it would happen. This was the only thought that gave her the courage to go through with this.
"STOP STALLING!" said Debbie, the girl who had initially started this chaos. She was standing behind them on the score board, two hundred feet above the ground. It seemed the grudge she had on Claire and West didn't seem to fade in the months she was suspended from school. "If you really can heal yourself Claire, you should be fine. I know there's something not right about you too" she said looking at West, "I guess we'll find out what that is right now!"
Claire was looking down at the ground below. Her face was magnified on the big screens in the stadium. Everyone was staring at her face when she looked up and gave them all a smirk. This is what made her special. The fact that she knew that she was better than all of these people. She looked at West and noticed he had a twinkle in his eye that she knew meant he wasn't scared of what was going to happen. They would go through this together.
Debbie and her crew moved closer to where Claire and West were standing at the edge. They ran forward, arms stretched out, coming closer and closer to pushing them off.