"Alexia!" My mother yelled from the kitchen. I sighed and closed my laptop setting it on the coffee table.
"What?" I replied, hopping off the couch in the living room and walking to the kitchen. My mom was trying to crawl onto the counter to get the spaghetti from the cupboard above it. She turned to me and stopped.
"Help?" She said. I laughed and crawled onto the counter and stood to get the spaghetti noodles. I dug around and found a few boxes and handed them to her.
My mother is five feet and three inches. I am five feet and five inches. She's not exactly short but she's not tall. I hopped off the counter and offered to help make supper. She shook her head and I headed back to the living room. I reached for my laptop on the coffee table only to realize it was gone. My mom and I are the only ones home.
I swallow back my fear and ran back to the kitchen. How could this happen? My Mom was right behind me the whole time! She couldn't have taken it! I opened to knife drawer and pulled out the biggest knife I could find.
"Alexia what are you doing." She gave a worried glance. I put a finger to my lips and instantly all the color drained from her face. She also grabbed a knife from the drawer. I slowly walked back to the living room and looked around. Still no laptop. I turned to look at her and she was looking at the ceiling with a terrified look on her face.
I slowly looked up. My laptop was floating above the coffee table.
"What the-" The laptop fell and shattered the glass coffee table. My mom and I both shrieked. I looked at her with wide eyes.
"Oh my god," She said, her voice shaking with each word. "We have a ghost in the house." I frowned.
"Mom, There must be a more logical explanation. We've lived in this house for fifteen years and nothing like this has ever happened!"
She muttered something under her breath and went to grab a broom from the closet by the door. I sighed and turned to see if I could salvage my laptop. I opened it and discover the screen was cracked beyond recognition. I flinched. That's goodbye to a hundred and fifty dollars.
I silently thanked the world that I left my phone in my back pocket. I offered to help my mom clean up and she told me just to go upstairs so I wouldn't cut my bare feet. I sighed at jogged up the stairs to my bedroom.
I opened to door and tripped over a basketball. I frowned and checked to see if the window was open. Nope. I picked it up and returned it to my brothers room. I walked into my room and flopped on my bed. I pulled out my phone and texted my best friend Ivy.
'You won't believe what just happened!'
She texted back instantly.
'Wat?'
I groaned at her lacked of spelling words and texted back.
'My laptop floated above the coffee table and fell and smashed it!'
'...'
I sighed and looked at the time. Nine o' clock. I called her.
"I don't believe you." She muttered without even saying hello. I sighed.
"I'll send you a picture." I said. She laughed.
"You better! How did this happen?" I opened my mouth to speak and something hit me in the head. I looked around and found my old teddy bear. Chills ran down my back. I put it in the back of my closet months ago. I looked at the door and then at my open closet door. I swallowed and bolted for the door, ripping it open and running down to the living room where my mom was sweeping up glass.
I hung up on Ivy and called 911.
After the police searched the house and told us we were safe my mom told him about the weird things that had happened before.
I left and ran to Kala's house. She only lived a few blocks away.
I knocked on the door and she let me in and I followed her up stairs to her room. She texted Ivy and her brother drove her over. We hung out on Kala's bed and talked about the weird things that had happened.
"You know," I said, thinking back a few weeks ago. "In class an eraser floated over to me... And when I was walking in the park the other day a rock followed me..."
Kala gave me a weird look and Ivy stopped playing with her phone to stare at me.
We all turned towards the door as we heard three little knocks. The door opened a crack and Kala's cute six year old brother Ryder smiled at us.
"Tan I tum in?" He asked. Kala jumped off the bed and opened the door for him. He walked in and crawled onto the bed. Kala giggled and sat in her desk chair. Ivy and I hugged him and he left to go play. Kala shut the door and sat back in the chair.
"Maybe you have powers, Like the hulk or something..." Ivy muttered. I glanced at the both of them.
"You can't tell anyone about this conversation." I told them.
"Alexia." Kala gave me a look that said 'no crap'
"Okay... I better be heading home..." I muttered. "School tomorrow." Ivy nodded and texted her brother to came pick her up.
Kala waved as we left. I walked and Ivy hopped in the big red truck with her brother. I sighed and thought about what Ivy said. What if I do have super powers? What do I do then? I sighed and jogged the rest of the way home.