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Chapter Two – Dinner with Family
"Whoa, Becky, your parents must have blown sky-high at your outfit!" Rebekah's best friend Delaney greeted her. Rebekah high-fived her and laughed.
"You'd think so, huh?" Rebekah giggled and looked down at her outfit. Rebekah was wearing a light pink tank top with a bare mid-drift. She had on light green short-shorts and black sandals that showed off her slim and pale legs.
"Nice tat by the way," Delaney said, spotting the small silver and black lightening bolt tattoo adorning Rebekah's right hip.
"You like?" Rebekah asked before the two girls cracked up. As their shoulders shook from laughter, Rebekah took note of how similar they looked. Delaney also had short black hair, although it was styled in tight pipe curls instead of just wavy like Rebekah's. Delaney also had very pale skin and lips as well as being tall and skinny. In fact, people often commented that besides the difference in hair styles, the two girls could have been twins.
"So you wanna ditch seventh period and check out the sales at the mall?" Delaney asked, recovering from their laughing fit. Rebekah shook her head.
"Can't. I have to be home by five," she said. Delaney looked surprised.
"Why the early curfew? What'd you do?" She asked.
"Nothing, silly," Rebekah said, shaking her head and trying not to laugh again. "My uncle's in town and he's coming over for dinner tonight."
"Does that mean that the amazing and totally adorable Orion is in town, too?" Delaney asked. Rebekah made a face that said she was trying not to gag.
"Why do you even care? He's my cousin, for crying out loud!" Rebekah nearly shouted, her face turning a nice shade of pink.
"But he's completely hot! And last I heard," Delaney said. "He's available too."
"Eww, Delaney. That's just gross. I don't even wanna picture my best friend dating my cousin," Rebekah said, shuddering at the thought. Delaney laughed loudly at her friend's reaction and Rebekah cracked a smile despite herself. Delaney's laugh had a joyous tone to it that always made Rebekah grin.
"You're being ridiculous Becky," Delaney said, still laughing hard.
"Yeah, I guess I am," she admitted, the wide smile on her face growing even wider. Suddenly a bell rang out and the girls resisted the urge to cover their ears.
"We'd better go or we'll be late for first period," Rebekah said, turning to leave. Delaney grabbed Rebekah's arm and turned her back around.
"Just promise me you'll mention it to Orion. Please?" Delaney pleaded. Rebekah nodded. "Okay, see you later, twin."
"You too." Delaney let go of her and they both went their separate ways.
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"Sue, are you ready yet?" Reed called up to his wife. He was in the kitchen putting the final touches on the dinner he had been preparing for the visit.
"I'll be down in a few minutes, Reed!" Susan yelled back.
"You said that an hour ago, Sue!" He screamed back. Susan didn't reply. Rebekah, who was setting the table, looked at her father and sighed. Dad should know by now that Mom will never be ready on time for anything. It's just how we women work. In fact, he's lucky I'm ready early enough to help him.
"Give it up, Dad. Mom won't ever be ready on time," Rebekah said, appearing at the doorway connecting the dining room to the kitchen.
"Well, you never know. Maybe one of these days she'll surprise us," Reed replied, his head in the oven checking on the meal. Rebekah tried not to laugh at her father's words. Dad will never get it. For all his scientific knowledge, he will never understand women. Reed came out of the oven and looked directly at his daughter.
"Did you set the table?" He asked and Rebekah knew he was running down his mental checklist for the evening.
"Yes," Rebekah replied with a sigh.
"Polished the silver candleholders?"
"Yes."
"Cleaned the sitting room?"
"Yes." Rebekah stressed her answer because her father was getting on her nerves.
"Took a shower?"
"Yes!"
"Put on clean underwear?"
"DAD!" Rebekah screamed, her face flushed red, and the lights in the kitchen flickered. Then the doorbell rang and her mother shouted "They're here!". Rebekah turned on her heels to go answer the door, calling to her Dad over her shoulder.
"Maybe you should go check the fuse box, Dad. Wouldn't want the power to go out." Reed heard her but didn't reply; he was too busy scrambling to finish preparing the food.
Rebekah reached the door and gripped the handle. She took a deep breath, preparing herself for what was to come, and flung the door open, letting it hit the wall.
"Hey, Rebekah!" Her uncle Johnny greeted her and ruffled her hair as he stepped through the door. She smiled at the tall, brown haired man as his eyes focused on her outfit.
"How ya doin' cuz?" Nuria asked as she wrapped Rebekah into a big hug. She nearly choked on Nuria's piles of auburn hair and was glad when her cousin released her. Then she turned with a dread to the last and unwelcome guest.
"What's up, powerless?" Orion walked through the doorway and stood in front of her. Rebekah's hand closed into a fist and, unbeknownst to Orion, she reared her hand back.
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Susan walked down the stairs just in time to hear her nephew's greeting. She quickly glanced at the scene and saw Rebekah's subtle preparations to hit Orion. She quickly got to the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey, you guys are here!" She shouted. Rebekah's eyes went wide and she unclenched her hand. I can't punch him in front of Mom. I'll punch him in front of Uncle Johnny, sure, but Mom would ground me for all eternity if she saw it. Rebekah almost groaned but kept it inside.
"Don't call me that," she told Orion, unhappy about settling. Orion grinned and she stuck her tongue out. Then the two glanced around them. Susan had greeted Johnny and the two were now talking up a storm. Nuria hadn't listened to either conversation and stood a little away from everyone, scrunching up her face in concentration with her right hand outstretched in front of her.
"What are you doing?" Rebekah asked. Nuria didn't reply, just shot Orion a look. Orion sighed and then turned to Rebekah.
"She's trying to conjure fire. I did it the other day and now she's determined to prove she can do it too," he said sighing again. Rebekah raised an eyebrow at him, confused. It had been awhile since their last visit and she didn't know everything about his powers. Orion sighed once more at her look and prepared to explain.
"Nuria and I are able to manipulate fires that are already lit. Like, if there was a match or a lighter around, we could control the fire it produces. But since Dad can also create fire, both of us have tried very hard to be able to do that too," he said.
"Wow," she said, impressed. "So you managed to create fire like your dad and now Nuria wants to." Orion nodded.
Suddenly, the room filled with heat and they all heard a snap. The heat faded rapidly and Nuria shouted.
"Yes!" They all looked at her and saw a small flame hovering above her hand. Susan and Rebekah's eyes widened, Orion pouted, upset that Nuria could create flame also, and Johnny laughed in surprise.
"I knew you could do it if you just concentrated," Johnny said running over to her. She closed her hand and extinguished the blaze just as Johnny hugged her.
"DAD!" She yelled, mimicking Rebekah's tone from earlier.
"Sorry, Nuria. I forgot that you're 17 and too old for hugs," Johnny said sarcastically as he let go and Reed came into the room.
"Hey you guys are here! Dinner's ready."
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"Wow. That was great, Reed," Johnny said, pushing his chair back and burping loudly. Susan shot him a look while the three teenagers snickered.
"Yeah, the food was really good, Uncle Reed," Nuria said.
"Thank you, Nuria."
"It's really nice to get together like this," Susan said. At her statement, Johnny thought of something.
"I just realized that I forgot to tell you the good news, Sue," he said, a grin crossing his face.
"What is it, Johnny?"
"We're moving into town!" All three Storms yelled happily. Susan and Reed were pleasantly surprised, but Rebekah felt her face drain of color and she started tipping over in her chair.
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