The truth

I sat on the edge of my hospital bed and tried to persuade myself I was still asleep. That was the best explanation for what happened yesterday… I could also chalk it up to delusional, But I preferred dreaming. Aunt Emily sat besides me, holding my hand. My eyes went to the nurses gliding past in the corridor. She followed my faze, rose and shut the door. Through a glaze of tears, I watched her and pictured mom instead. Something inside me crumpled, and I was six year old, huddle on the bed crying for my mother. I rubbed my hands over the covers, stiff and scratchy, catching at my dry skin. The room was so hot every breath made my parched throat tighten. Aunt Emily handed me my water, and I wrapped my hands around the cool glass. The water had a metallic taste, but I gulped it down.

"Where am I?" she looked at the door for a second and sigh then at me.

"Your in a group home…" I frown.

"You hurt one of your classmate…And they had a zero-tolerance thing…" I nodded. I was in a home for crazy kids…

I woke several times that night. The second time, my father was in the doorway, watching me. The third, he was sitting beside my bed. Seeing my eyes open, he reached over and awkwardly patted my hand.

"It's going to be all right." He murmured. "Everything will be alright." I felt back asleep.

My father was still there next morning. He been up all night flying back from Europe.

"A guy over step his limits and you send him to the hospital." He said in a joking way, but there was worried in his voice. "You'll be here only for a couple of weeks…I tried to get you out.. But your aunt and teachers."

"I understand dad." I told him quickly. My dad left me there reluctantly, and I talked to a couple of doctors and adults, but they wouldn't answer MY questions…It would have to wait…

My father and aunt Emily drove me to Lyle House on Sunday afternoon. They also gave me some medicine before I left the hospital and it made me sleepy. A huge white Victorian house perched on an oversized lot. Yellow trim. A swing on the wraparound porch. Two men came in to greet me. One was a doctor, the other one was a sort of guard. They took me to my new room, and gave me five minutes to say goodbye to my dad, and Aunt. After a set of awkward and sad goodbye I was alone, in my horrible room as I threw my self in bed and cried my self to sleep. An alarm clock woke me up and I went to breakfast in my pajamas, one of the things they explain to me was that breakfast would be girls only, that I would have lunch and dinner with the guys, there were only six kid seven with me at this house. I stopped at the kitchen and looked at the tables three girls were sitting in them already one of the nurse saw me.

"Come on Julie, lets introduce you." I met the girls they seem nice except for this one. But I shrug her off. School here was a drag, we woke up at 7:30. Ate, showered, dressed and were in class by 9:00, by in each class we did independent work… Lunch was at noon. Then class would finally end at 4:30. But for 4:30 to 6:00 we had free time… Lights out were at 9:00 I was starting to really miss home… Before lunch I was told by one of the teachers to peel carrots.

"Peeling duty already?" A voice whispered. I wheeled around. A guy, maybe a year older than me, a half foot taller and slender, with high cheekbones and dark blond hair worn in short, messy spikes. His almond-shaped brown eyes danced with amusement. "You must be Julie. I'm Simon by the way." He was cute, but he must be in this house for a reason… I stayed quiet looking at him like an idiot. I notice a dark shadow behind Simon and yelp, he came more to the light and he was six feet tall, with shoulders as wide as the door. I could see his muscles thru the shirt and he had dark hair with green eyes, if Simon was cute, he was HOT. I looked at the carrot I was working at. "That's my brother Derek." Simon explain.

"Brother?" I turned despite my self. Derek ignored me and kept walking towards the dining room, and Simon followed him with a sigh.

"Anyways welcome." He said when he passed me. After I finished the carrot I had free time, so I went to the living room, grabbed a book and started reading. I read until lunch time arrived…

There was a girl that had a crush on Simon and when he paid too much attention to me than her asking question about me…

"Oh you didn't hear. Julie, electrocutes people…" I looked up, about to tell her off, when Derek's fork was stopped halfway to his mouth, green eyes piercing the curtain of hair as he stared at me, his lips curled, as if to say. What kind of freak electrocutes people…

"Is not of your business." I snap at Victoria. Embarrassed by Derek's reaction. She smirk at me.

"Well it's the truth."

"No one was suppose to know that."

"I got my ways…" I stood up about to tell her off.

"Stop being such a bitch Victoria." Simon snap at her. She froze, mouth open, a still shot of humiliated horror, Derek returned to his lunch. She stood up and walked away… I sat back down, but couldn't finish eating. Victoria friend followed her.

"Here we go," Derek grumbled. After a while I disappeared to my room. Thanks to that… everyone now knew why I was here… But I wasn't aloud in my room. I was stuck doing laundry. I started sorting the clothes of the kids into color, whites etc. I walked up the stairs to get some detergent I smacked into a wall of solid flesh and for the second time that day gave a girlie yelp. I looked up to see the same face that made me stare the last time. I stumbled back and would have fallen if the door wasn't right behind me. Derek made no movement to catch me, just stood there, hands in his pockets as I recovered.

"What are you doing here alone?" I shrug.

"The other girl had class."

"Now, if you'll excuse me…" When he didn't budge, I sidestepped to get around him. He moved into my path.

"Can you show me your power?" I laughed.

"I don't know what your talking about." He watched me, curiosity all over his face. "You really want to see?"

"Yeah." I chewed my lip, then lifted onto my tiptoes, he bent to listen.

I just touched his big shoulders as if I was going to use my power. But pushed him back to get him out of my way. He didn't bulged.

"Now get out of my way." I expected him to sneer. Cross his arms and say, Make me, little girl. His lips twitched and I steeled myself, then I realized he was smiling. Laughing at me. He stepped aside. I swept past him to the stairs.