I sat on the edge of my bed, strumming on my guitar. When I started to play terrified by Kara DioGuardi and began to sing.
"And I-I-I'm in love, and I-I-I'm, I'm terrified." I had my eyes closed while I sang the beautiful lyrics. I'm normally not into music like this. But, it has a very beautiful meaning. When I finished and put my guitar back on its stand, I turned to find my twin brother Mitchell, and all of his friends – Jack, Matt, Chris, Shaun, Andy, Bradie and another Shaun(but everyone calls him Jumpnow.) - standing in my door way. "What do you want, Mitchell?"
"Just checking to see if you were okay. I thought I heard a cat getting killed. But, it was just you singing." he smirked, as his 'crew' stared to laugh.
"Ha ha. Very funny." I said with a sarcastic tone. I walked over to them before pushing them all out of the way and walking down the stairs and to the front door.
"Hey, Shadow! Where do you think your going?"
"Park!" I said before walking down my driveway. When, I realized I forgot to shut the front door. So, I turned around quickly and waved a hand over the air in front of it and it shut.
Oh, I forgot to mention. I have telekinesis. I was born with it. Yet, no one knows I have it. My parents never knew, not my brother, not even my one and only friend, Stephanie.
Also, I have mood eyes. Yes, mood eyes. They change color with my mood. Like, blue represents peace and calm, black represents mourning and fear, green represents jealousy and inexperience, orange represents warmth and vibrance, purple represents mystery and ignorance, red means violence and anger, white is purity and innocence, while yellow means imagination and happiness. Though its rare I feel that. Everyone thinks I wear color contacts. Ha, not even close.
You may be wondering how I found my powers. Well...
Flashback:
I sat on my couch on a lazy Saturday night, watching movies and eating popcorn as usual.
"Where are you going?" I asked my brother who was walking to the door with his friends following closely behind him.
"Out. And you can't come, cause' your only 9." he smirked.
"Your 9, too. Were twins remember? Dummy."
"But, I'm still older then you!" he said, sticking his tongue out.
"By three minutes!"
"Whatever, dork." he said, walking out the door. I just sat there for a few minutes before I wanted to change the channel. But, the remote was on the other side of the room. And like I said, I was lazy that day.
I reached out hoping that it would just magically come to me. And it did.
I have spent the last few years practicing when I was home alone, and I have learned to master them. Its never been hard for me. It comes naturally.
Present:
I took my Ipod out of my pocket and turned on the flood by escape the fate. The volume turned on as high as it would possibly go. I did what I normally did to calm down a little. I climbed one of the smaller – but still quite large – trees and went to one of the lower branches. Steph sometimes called my a monkey child because I'm always climbing.
I stayed in that tree for a few hours. Just listening to music, not keeping track of time. When I left I hopped that all of Mitchell's friends would be gone. Nope.
"Hey, Shadow? Where have you been?" Mitchell asked again when I walked through the door.
"The park. I told you that earlier."
"No, you didn't."
"Yes, I did."
"No, you didn't." he said trying to piss me off. It was working. His friends just stood there, staring at me.
"YES, I DID!" I almost yelled, clenching my jaw. I closed my eyes so no one would see them change from a peaceful blue to a rage filled red.
"Aww. Is the wittle baby gonna crwy?" he asked babying his tone. My eyes snapped open and they all gasped. "How did you get those contacts in so quick?"
"Magic." I whispered, waving my hands around like a gypsy. I pushed him out of the way to get to my room. I got in and slammed the door. Trying to use my powers as little as possible.
I mean, its not like I wanted them. The way I look at it, if I ignore them long enough, maybe they will go away. I looked in my mirror to see my eyes change from red to blue. I had calmed down a little.
I lay on my bed, and though it wasn't late. I fell asleep.
I woke to my mother pounding on my door.
"Shadow! Wake up, now! You need to get ready for school!" she yelled at me. She wasn't really the best mother. My father passed before I was born. So, I never knew him.
"I'm up! God!" I whispered the last part. I hopped out of bed and pulled on my black, ripped skinny jeans, an Andy Sixx shirt and a bright green hoodie. Might as well add some color, right? I did my makeup as I usually did. Thick black eyeliner.
I grabbed my skateboard and backpack and headed out the door. I skated up the street and to the school. Once inside I put my board in my locker and closed.
"Shadow!" I heard Stephanie yell from up the hall.
"Steph!" I smiled as she hugged me when she approached, we walked to class together and took our seats next to each other. My brother and his friends walked in and came right up to us.
"Hey, baby." Mitchell said leaning over Steph's desk. She just rolled her eyes at him. He winked at her before walking to his desk.
"Your brother is such a dork." She laughed.
"I know, right?"
"I love your white contacts. There so cool." she smiled.
"Thanks." they were white for innocence. For now anyway.
Of course we all have to be in the same damned class. Bonus, I have to sit right next to the person who hates me even more then my brother. More then every one in this school. Andy freaking Clemmenson. He hated me and I had no idea why.
The teacher walked in and told everyone to quiet down and pay attention. After a few more classes, came lunch. Steph and I sat at our empty table.
"Hey, emos!" Nick – the schools biggest, most popular jock – said, while throwing a apple slice at the side of my head.
Frankly, I don't know why Steph stuck around me. She could be popular in a heart beat if she wanted to be. She had brown hair that came just passed her shoulders, which she always wore a flower in, and she was one of the prettier girls in the school.
"You don't need to sit with me, you know?" I said, smiling at her.
"What do you mean?" She asked, taking a bite of her pizza.
"I mean, you don't need to be one of the 'emos'. You could be popular if you chose to be." I hated to see her get picked on just because she hung out with me.
"Don't talk like that!" she snapped at me. "I'm not ditching you to be like," she looked around for a second. "That." she scoffed as she pointed at Roxie. The most popular girl in school. She was thin and blond with dark green eyes. I smiled at Steph and she smiled at me before hitting my in the side of the head. I laughed.
"Ouch. What was that for?" she just shrugged.
"Trying to get that thought out of your head." she laughed. I looked back at Roxie's table to see Mitchell and his friends sitting there. Roxie was sitting on Andy's lap, giggling like an idiot and twirling her hair in her fingers. I turned quickly to get away from that image. "Why do you change your contacts so much?"
"Huh?" I asked, confused.
"Yeah. Why did you change them to green?"
"Oh." I understood. They changed colors. But, green? Jealousy? No way. I am NOT jealous of Roxie. "Green. Cooler then white. For contacts." she nodded.
When the day was over Steph asked if she could come over and hand out.
"Kay. But, be prepared for my brother." I shuttered at the word brother. She laughed at me reaction to my own words. I grabbed my skateboard from my locker and we stared to walk to my house. The closer we got, the quieter Steph became. "Whats up?"
"Uh. When we get to your house I need to tell you something."
"Okay?" I said it like a question. We got to my house not long after and walked up the stairs and down the hall. When, I ran into someone. I look up to see Andy staring down at me with a disgusted look on his face. He must have been coming out of Mitchell's room.
"Move, emo!" he said before pushing me against the wall.
"Sorry." I said, sarcastically. My eyes growing a fiery red, again. We got to my room and Steph sat on my bed quietly. I grabbed my guitar and sat on my window seat. I started to strum random cords. "So, what did you want to tell me?"
"I...uh..." she started. "Well, I kinda...have a crush."
"On who?"
"Bradie." she whispered just loud enough for me to hear, knowing he was in the next room over. I almost dropped my guitar as she said his name.
"Webb?" I asked, shocked. She nodded. "Woah." my eyes were no longer red, but a warming glow of orange.
"You think its stupid." she said looking at her feet.
"No, I don't." I put my guitar down and walked over to her. "I just find it...odd." she looked up at me with hope in her eyes.
"You don't think its stupid?"
"Of course not. You should ask him out. I bet he would say yes."
"No. he'll think I'm crazy!"
"Why?"
"Cause' I'm out of his league."
"Don't even say that." I said trying to boost her confidence. "Just try. The worst her could do is say no."
"Yeah. I guess your right." she said with a smile. "Maybe I will, tomorrow at school."
"Shadow! Shadow!" Steph yelled running down the hall with a huge grin on her face.
"What? What?" I said, putting both hands on either side of my face. "The suspense Is killing me." I said as if I was in pain. She punched me in the arm.
"Not funny." She said with a laugh.
"Then why are you laughing?"
"Will you shut up and let me talk?" I closed my mouth and motioned for her to continue. "Well, I took your advice." she was nervous to tell me whatever she needed to tell me.
"My advice being?"
"I asked Bradie out. And he said YES!" she screamed the last part. Everyone in the hallway stopped what they were doing to look at us. I threw my hand over her mouth and told her to quiet down.
"Thats great. But, don't make a scene! Smartie!" I chuckled.
"Oh, sorry." was muffled by my hand. Then I felt something warm and wet touch my hand. Her tongue. She always did that when I had my hand over her mouth to shut her up.
"EW! You licked me!" I said with a grossed out face. While, she looked triumphant and smug. "What did I tell you about doing that?"
"Not to." she shrugged.
"So, where is he taking you?"
"I don't know. But, it will be fun. He could take me to a grave yard and I will still have the time of my life." she smiled. The bell rang right after. "Meet back here after class?"
"Fersure. We will talk more about this later." I said walking off to the school auditorium. My guitar hanging behind my back. It was my free period. So, I didn't care if I got caught. I started to strum the cords to I will follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie. I closed my eyes and started to sing. "Love of mine. Someday you will die. And I'll be close behind to follow you into the dark. No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white." I sang. When I finished I heard someone clap. My eyes snapped open in shock to see Bradie standing in front of the stage. I stood and walked over to my guitar case at the far end of the stage without saying a word.
"Your really good, you know?" I heard him say.
"Thanks." I said with a bit of spite in my tone. He was one of the sweeter people that my brother hung out with. Normally they were idiots. But Bradie was a sweetheart. So, why was I being rude?
"Um... do you think I could talk to you?" he was looking at his feet when he said it. But, looked up when I didn't speak. I walked over to the end of the stage and sat down, patting the place next to me. He hopped up and sat next to me. He looked nervous, before he cleared his throat. "I'm pretty sure you know that I'm going out with Stephanie on Friday, right?"
"Yes, Sir." I smiled at him, hoping to get him to relax a little.
"Well, I don't know where to take her or what to do or anything. And I need your help." he looked up at me with shyness clear on his face.
"You could take her to the beach. Yeah, thats it. Take her for a moonlit walk on the beach. OH. Or better yet, take her for a moonlit walk to a SURPRISE PICNIC at the end of the beach!" I was shouting out ideas like I was a lunatic. I was waving my arms around like a fool. I looked at him to find him suppressing a laugh. "You can laugh you know. I'm not going to bite your head off." I laughed a little at my own remark. He burst into a fit of laughter. And when he calmed down a little, he said,
"You know Shadow, your not as bad as a lot of people think." he smile at me.
"Thanks? I think." I said, confusion on my face.
"Oh, no. I mean it as a complement. Don't take it the wrong way!" he started to panic a little.
"Bradie, Bradie, Bradie! Calm down a little." I smirked at him.
"Sorry. Over reacted there." he smiled back at me. Just then the last bell of the day rang. I hopped off the stage with my guitar on my back, wave bye to Bradie, and ran to the hallway. I met up with Staph in the hall and we started to walk toward my street. We talked a little about Bradie, again. Well, she talked and I listened. She didn't really let me get a word in.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Shadow." she smiled and turned onto her street. I walked the rest of the way to my house in silence and when I was about to open the door, it opened for me. Mitchell pushed me out of the way ad walked across the lawn to the house next door. Which, just so happened to be Bradie and Andy's house.
Yes, they live next door. And the worst part. Andy's room is right across from mine. So, I had a clear view into his window as well him having one into mine.
I walked to my room and put my Ipod on the dock before turning on save it for the bedroom by you me at six and starting to dance.
"Save it for, save it for the bed room. Well, save it for the, save it for the bed room!" I yelled the lyrics, while dancing around my room like a fool. I opened my eyes to see Andy, standing in his room, staring at me laughing. Great. I quickly dropped to the floor and crawled over to the window to close the curtains. I stood and brushed myself off before walking to the kitchen. I grabbed a glass and filled it with water when I heard the door open. I walked into the hall to find them. All of them, just laughing.
"Hey, Shadow. Nice dance. Maybe you can dance for me sometime. And we can save it for the bedroom." I heard Andy say while swaying his hips and winking at me. Everyone else just laughed. Except for Bradie. He just stood in the back, silent. I turned on my heals and walked back to my room. I looked in my mirror to find my eyes red again. I sighed.
"Loser." I muttered to myself.
"What did you call me?" I heard him say. How the hell did he hear me?
"I said your a loser." I was back in the hallway and walking toward him now.
"You need to learn to shut your mouth." Shaun said, crossing his arms trying to look tough. I heard Andy scoff. I turned back to him.
"Yeah. Like thats going to happen. That big mouth of yours is going to get you in big trouble. Move!" Andy said, pushing me. I fell to the ground. Jeeze. I've already got a mark on my side from when he pushed me against the wall. And now I'm going to have on on my shoulder, too? Great. They all walked toward Mitchell's room. But, Bradie just stood there. They shut the door and when they did he bent down and grabbed my hand. He pulled me up from the ground.
"I'm sorry about my brother." he smiled before he walked into Mitchell's room. I walked back into my room and lay on my bed. Damn you, Andy.
How can one guy make me so damn angry in so little time? I think he does it just for the satisfaction of making me angry.
I try to calm myself when I heard my cellphone ring.
"Hello?" I said.
"Why, hello there." I heard Steph laugh. "Shadow, we need to go to the mall!" she emphasized 'need'.
"Nope. Theres only one thing we need to do in life..."
"Die." we both said in unison.
"Okay. Well, can we go to the mall?"
"Sure. I'll be there in a few." I hung up and shoved my phone in my pocket. I grabbed the keys to the car my parents got me. I got in and stared to drive. I pulled up to a normal sized house, light blue in color. I honked the horn.
A few seconds later a frantic Steph came running out of the house with a huge grin on her face. She hopped in the car.
"Lets go! Lets go!" she laughed pointing in the direction of the mall. I shook my head, laughed, and started to drive. We made it to the mall in no time at all.
I sat in the school auditorium with my guitar. It was my free period. So, I didn't care