A/N those who are reading my other stories, I have not had a chance to update. I broke my arm and it's a lot hard to type with only one hand.
Gifted (a flashback and intro to Jasmine's gift)
Everybody has something different about them. Whether it's being ambidextrous or having the ability to control other people with your mind. When I was a little girl, I discovered when I looked you in the eye and told you to do something, you did it. No matter how utterly ridiculous you may look, you did it. I learned about this gift when I told Doug to wear one of Clair's skirts to school. The entire second grade class had a field day laughing at him. Also to my pleasure, it was picture day. So now we still have photos of Doug's most embarrassing moment.
The thing is when I tell you to do something, unlike hypnosis; you don't go into a trance like state. I make it so subconsciously you want to do what I want you to do. In a word I have control over peoples subconscious. It also works when I ask you a question. You have no choice but to tell me the truth. I have also learned that great power comes with big responsibility. Like the time I told our baby-sitter to leave early so we could have the house to ourselves. I was seven at the time and I didn't think it was a big deal. Or so I thought; until I got my head caught in the banister. Not only big I have to get my head buttered down, but I got grounded for two whole weeks.
Mama laid out three main rules for me to follow at school:
No using my gift on teachers or staff to get out of work or punishment
No using my gift to make students do anything illegal.
No using my gift to get students to give me there allowances, paychecks, personal belongings….
The rules were pretty much the same at home, too. However Mama has learned to block my ability. She learned after I got her to give me and Clair a fifty dollar weekly allowance (each). However the fifty dollars got bumped back to five, after she'd already given us two allowances. We put our money together and bought Goldie, our golden retriever. The names not very original, but we were eight at the time. Goldie still sleeps in the room me and Clair share. She alternates between the two beds. She lays one top of your feet. It makes your feet feel warm and toasty. Mama fell in love with Goldie too.
It's also using this incredible gift of mine that I found out that Mama and Papa had, had another baby long before I was born. Mom found out she was pregnant with me when my brother, Jasper went off to war. I never got a change to meet him. He died during the war. He was only twenty.
I practice my gift a lot. My favorite lab rat is Doug. I make him do some many crazy things, within the limitations of my rules, of course. Even though he can never really prove it's me telling him to do these things. It helps that he is so gullible. Well, that's my crazy family.