A girl with light brown hair and chocolate brown eyes watched as the storm
raged outside her classroom. How she wished she could be in it, dancing in
the rain.
But instead she was stuck learning boring trigonometry.
As she yawned she was drawn by the teacher's nasal voice. "Lorelei, Lorelei, please pay attention!"
Lori, as her friends liked to call her, rolled her eyes and sat up straight to hear the rest of Mrs. Connors lecture of paying attention. When it was done, Mrs. Connor said, "Is that clear, Lorelei?" "Yes miss," was Lori's monotone reply. The math's teacher went back to the trigonometry.
Lori felt something in the back of her mind and turned to stare intently at a tall gum tree outside her window. A sudden CRACK! filled the air as lightning struck the tree's tallest branch, causing it to fall and crash a car in the teachers parking lot. As the rest of the students swarmed around the windows to get a better look at what happened, Lori's best friend, Christy, looked at her in concern.
"Lori, are you alright. You must have burnt your vision out or something, because you were staring right at it!" she said, starting to panic. "Hey, it's ok, I'm fine." Lori smiled at herself. "In fact, I feel better than fine. I feel... charged up." Christy started to feel uneasy. "Well, we should get you down to the nurse so she can check out your eyes anyway. Just in case there's a delayed reaction." Knowing her best friend wouldn't give up unless Lori submitted to her examination she wearily got up as Christy cleared it with Mrs. Connor.
"Miss," Christy said. "Can I have permission to take Lori down to the nurse? She was looking right at the tree when the bolt hit it." Mrs. Connor nodded her approval absent mindedly as she tried desperately to get her all girls' math's class to remain calm as the storm raged still.
Taking Lori's hand firmly in hers, Christy marched her down to the nurse.
"Miss Bradleys, I have a patient for you." She called as she walked casually in. The young disorganized nurse popped her head around the corner.
"Ahh," she said smiling. "Christy, what's Lori gotten herself into this time?" Lori blinked. How did this woman, who she didn't even know, know her name? Then she remembered. Christy and Miss Bradleys knew each other, as the elder was friend with Christy's family.
"This silly idiot here was looking directly at a tree when a lightning bolt hit it. I think she might have done something to her eyes, but she says she's fine." Christy said rolling her eyes.
"Well, even if you say you're fine, we'd better check you out anyway." Miss Bradleys said to Lori. Clearing a space on the bench, she patted it, indicating that Lori should go sit down. Letting out a sigh of exasperation, she did as she was told and subjected to the examination.
"Amazing," Miss Bradleys said when she was done. "Logically, the retina's in your eyes should be burnt out by looking at something as bright as lightning so closely, but your seem to be perfect. Better than a normal persons, in fact."
Lori looked at the nurse suspiciously. "What do you mean, 'normal person?'"
The nurse looked at her gravely. "I think you know what I mean, Lori. You're a mutant."
(Dun, Dun, Dunnnnnnnn. Heh. My wannabe cliffhanger. Not all that cliff-y. No jagged big rocks or sharp sticks at the end of it. ( sigh oh well. I guess I'll have to survive with this hill-y thing I've got going now. Lol.)
But instead she was stuck learning boring trigonometry.
As she yawned she was drawn by the teacher's nasal voice. "Lorelei, Lorelei, please pay attention!"
Lori, as her friends liked to call her, rolled her eyes and sat up straight to hear the rest of Mrs. Connors lecture of paying attention. When it was done, Mrs. Connor said, "Is that clear, Lorelei?" "Yes miss," was Lori's monotone reply. The math's teacher went back to the trigonometry.
Lori felt something in the back of her mind and turned to stare intently at a tall gum tree outside her window. A sudden CRACK! filled the air as lightning struck the tree's tallest branch, causing it to fall and crash a car in the teachers parking lot. As the rest of the students swarmed around the windows to get a better look at what happened, Lori's best friend, Christy, looked at her in concern.
"Lori, are you alright. You must have burnt your vision out or something, because you were staring right at it!" she said, starting to panic. "Hey, it's ok, I'm fine." Lori smiled at herself. "In fact, I feel better than fine. I feel... charged up." Christy started to feel uneasy. "Well, we should get you down to the nurse so she can check out your eyes anyway. Just in case there's a delayed reaction." Knowing her best friend wouldn't give up unless Lori submitted to her examination she wearily got up as Christy cleared it with Mrs. Connor.
"Miss," Christy said. "Can I have permission to take Lori down to the nurse? She was looking right at the tree when the bolt hit it." Mrs. Connor nodded her approval absent mindedly as she tried desperately to get her all girls' math's class to remain calm as the storm raged still.
Taking Lori's hand firmly in hers, Christy marched her down to the nurse.
"Miss Bradleys, I have a patient for you." She called as she walked casually in. The young disorganized nurse popped her head around the corner.
"Ahh," she said smiling. "Christy, what's Lori gotten herself into this time?" Lori blinked. How did this woman, who she didn't even know, know her name? Then she remembered. Christy and Miss Bradleys knew each other, as the elder was friend with Christy's family.
"This silly idiot here was looking directly at a tree when a lightning bolt hit it. I think she might have done something to her eyes, but she says she's fine." Christy said rolling her eyes.
"Well, even if you say you're fine, we'd better check you out anyway." Miss Bradleys said to Lori. Clearing a space on the bench, she patted it, indicating that Lori should go sit down. Letting out a sigh of exasperation, she did as she was told and subjected to the examination.
"Amazing," Miss Bradleys said when she was done. "Logically, the retina's in your eyes should be burnt out by looking at something as bright as lightning so closely, but your seem to be perfect. Better than a normal persons, in fact."
Lori looked at the nurse suspiciously. "What do you mean, 'normal person?'"
The nurse looked at her gravely. "I think you know what I mean, Lori. You're a mutant."
(Dun, Dun, Dunnnnnnnn. Heh. My wannabe cliffhanger. Not all that cliff-y. No jagged big rocks or sharp sticks at the end of it. ( sigh oh well. I guess I'll have to survive with this hill-y thing I've got going now. Lol.)