Xenia

Portia was sitting on the back porch of her aunt's summer home. The door opened and Valentina stormed out on the porch. Val looked out into the Aegean Sea. Portia followed her gaze and saw a few guys out surfing. Portia got a smile on her face when the water started to get choppy. A large wave came up and crashed on one surfer. He surfaced and grabbed hold of his board and floated to the shore.

Portia saw her aunt walked to the door. She sighed and grabbed her sister's leg.s Steam erupted from the joining point at the sea calmed down. If looks could kill Portia would be stone cold dead, Valentina was seriously pissed.

"What did you do that for?" asked Valentina.

Portia pointed towards the door, their aunt was still standing there. Valentina had a guilty smile on her face and sat down in one of the chairs.

"So do you think Xe has the power?" chuckled Valentina.

"Who knows with this family," said Portia. "Watch this."

Portia stood up and walked over to the balcony. She smiled down at the gardener, who was about twenty. He smiled back up to her and went back to work. Portia winked at her sister and let out a sigh. Slowly it started to warm up. After ten minutes the gardener stopped and pulled his shirt off and went back to work.

Portia smiled and sat back down, "How's the view now?"

"Lovely," chuckled Val.

They all sat around the dinner table that night eating silently. No one had said anything about it being Xenia's birthday, no well wishes, nothing. Xenia looked up at the clock on the wall, it was 6:30pm. Her mother looked at the clock as well and sighed. They stood up from the table and walked outside into the garden. Their dad got up from the table and left the house. Portia shrugged her shoulders and walked up to the balcony, Valentina right behind her.

Both girls sat on the balcony and watched their cousin. Their aunt was sitting in the grass with a peaceful look on her face. The wind died down and the world around them became calm.

"Wonder what's going to hap-" started Valentina.

The rest of her sentence was drowned out by the wind picking up again. It blew their hair all over the place.s The furniture on the balcony started to slide across the floor. The looked down at their cousin she had a smile on her face.

"Guess we know what she is," chuckled Portia.

Valentina smiled as it started to rain. Portia started to steam and walked back in the house. Three down, two to go, she thought watching her sister.