I sat tensed in my lunchroom chair, waiting for the unexpected disaster Alice had warned me about earlier this morning. My fate had not been decided yet, but it had something to do with a new girl arriving today. I took extra precaution by looking into everyone's minds for any reference. I knew her name would be Isabella from the constant gossip surrounding her arrival since the beginning of the month. Apparently she was extraordinarily pretty. I wondered if that had anything to do with the impending disaster.
Alice had seen a look of confusion on my face when I saw her, but there didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary about her as I stared at her across the cafeteria, except perhaps a look of fragility about her. I looked into her mind for answers.
Nothing. Maybe I was too far away? I strained to hear her mind, but I was not very experienced with this. Grappling in the field of...what? I had no idea how it was that I was able to hear people's thoughts, but I'd always thought of them being passed the same way as sound: in waves. The closer I was to someone, the smaller and more concentrated the waves. Whenever I got closer to someone, I could hear more depth. Not just their thoughts but the emotion to go along with it. I couldn't feel the emotion, but I usually experienced it as colors. I was pretty good at interpreting what colors went with which emotions by now (having had a while to practice). Colors with a lot of white were felt less strongly. I didn't often come across people feeling black, but when I did I was extra careful to say "hi" to them in the hall.
I was about to get up and go closer to the girl to try and get some input from her mind, but as I turned around I found that she was staring at me. That was odd. She must be thinking about me if her eyes were so focused on my face as they were, and yet I always heard people more strongly if they were thinking about me. I still heard nothing. Maybe she was just staring off into space? Then I thought better of getting up to go close to her. Alice had warned me about a danger surrounding this mysterious girl and I didn't want to know it sooner than I had to. If I stayed away from her, maybe I could avoid the danger altogether. Still, the not knowing what she was thinking was very weird. And that look in her eye as she continued to stare in my direction. Her big brown eyes looked limitless from across the cafeteria, probably just because I, for once, had no idea of what was going on on the other side of them. This was so confusing. Confusing...hmm...I realized that my face was now probably exactly how Alice had imagined it and now I knew why. This strange girl was so confusing. Of one thing I was certain though, I would not let whatever danger lied in store affect me or my family.