So the day it came out I got The Power of Six and I read it. In 4 hours. I defiantly was NOT pleased with a lot of it. Let me tell you why (IF YOU HAVENT READ IT THEN SKIP THIS PART):
1. The author makes Sarah look like the bad guy (which I'm hoping becomes some misunderstanding?)
2. John/Six action= BLAH :(
3. John looks like a man whore
4. It sets John/Six up more than John/Sarah and Sam/Six (which I prefer hehe…)
So in short, I got very angry and threw the book at a lamp. I've done that twice now… Well, I'm gonna make Sarah more like how she was in the first book cause I dislike her choices in the second one. Enjoy!
The next two weeks go by slowly, without anything but boredom and studying. Our exams are coming up shortly which leaves me no time to be with Sarah. It's breaking me inside because I know she's probably freaking out right now. It's not every day that you find out your boyfriend's an alien, he's being hunted down, and he's going to have to leave at some point.
I try to talk to her in between classes, but she seems to always avoid the hallway my locker is on. During home economics we only talk when we need to discuss anything pertaining to class work. Sarah rarely looks up at me and it's starting to worry me.
Two and a half weeks go by before I finally lose it. During home economics we're making brownies and Sarah is mixing the ingredients together. A bit of flour puffs onto her cheek and use that as my chance.
"Sarah, you have a bit of flour on your cheek," I say. She doesn't look up, but instead mixes the bowl with one hand and wipes her cheek. She only touches part of it so I lift her chin up and wipe away the rest with my thumb. "There," I say and she bites her lip.
"Thanks, John," Sarah says and goes back to mixing. I saw a glint in her eye before she turned away that looked as if she was sorry, but it wasn't enough. As soon as the bell rings I pull off my apron quickly and approach Sarah from behind.
"Here," I murmur quietly. I untie the string on her lower back then lift her hair and untie the one on her neck. My fingers brush against her neck and it makes me remember the second day we spent together. How we laid in each other's arms and how we were so comfortable together.
"Thanks." Sarah's quiet for a moment then turns to me.
"I have to get to ninth-period class. I'll see you tomorrow," she says. She kisses my cheek quickly and walks out of the classroom. I'm so tempted to run after her, but I'm afraid it'll make matters worse. I decide to talk to Henri about it. When I arrive home he's checking the news, like usual.
"Henri, can I talk to you?" I ask.
"Sure. What's wrong?"
"It's Sarah. She's been avoiding me ever since I told her everything." When I told Henri about Sarah finding out he wasn't very mad. He said he knew that it'd come out eventually and the fact that I could float meant more Legacies were coming my way.
"Hmmm… well have you tried to talk to her?"
"Today in home ec. But it wasn't a very long or detailed conversation."
I throw my bag down the hall so it skids to my door. I jump on the couch and groan into the cushions. Bernie Kosar barks and jumps on top of me.
"Well, maybe you should go see her tonight. Maybe if you catch her off guard then you'll be able to talk to her."
I take the thought into consideration. I lean up and check the time on my phone. 2:00.
"I'm gonna go see her right now. I'll be back in an hour or so. Order pizza?" I say and Henri nods.
"Good luck."
I grab my jacket and walk out the door. I start running on the sidewalk. Then I start to sprint. I'm running faster than the human eye can detect and I'm not even breaking a sweat. When I reach Sarah's I'm not even sweating or out of breath. I walk up to the door and knock on it. I pray that her mom answers the door and not her.
"Hello, John. How are you?" Mrs. Hart says. I sigh in relief.
"I'm doing well, Mrs. Hart. Is Sarah home?" I ask.
"Yes, she's in her room. Would you like me to call her down?"
"Actually, I'd like to go see her if that's okay with you."
Mrs. Hart smiles. "Go ahead up."
"Thank you."
I walk up the steps slowly and reach her door. I knock softly a couple of times before I hear her voice.
"Come in."
I open the door and she looks up from her desk, surprised. Sarah had been looking at photographs before I came. I glance over and see the picture she took of me the first day of school. I slowly shut the door behind me.
"Hey."
"Hi."
She looks down at the ground and I take a step towards her.
"I need to talk to you," I say and she looks up.
"Well, I really need to study for exams so maybe I can text you or-"
"Sarah." I stare at her intently. She puffs her cheeks out then sighs.
"I'm sorry, John. I've been a real bitch haven't I?" Sarah says. She bites her bottom lip and stands up. She sits on her bed and holds her hand out. I walk over to her and take her hand in mine. I've missed the feeling of her warm, soft hands in mine. Twisting my fingers in hers and placing my palms against hers. I sit next to her on the edge of the bed and can almost smell her strawberry shampoo.
"No, you've just been distant. I understand that you're probably scared or freaking out because I told you I'm an alien, but I just wish you'd talk with me instead of avoiding me. It's okay if you want to break up you know." The second the words leave my mouth she gasps.
"Oh, God no! John, I didn't want it to seem that way. I really don't want to be with anyone else except you. You're all I think about. I was just scared because I didn't want to feel so much broken when you have to leave. I thought if I distanced myself from you then it wouldn't hurt as much, but really I've been dying inside," Sarah says. She reaches her hand up and places it on my neck, my hair in between her fingers.
"I promise you I'm not going to leave anytime soon. The Mogs haven't been seen or heard of so far. The only problem that's going on is you and me. And I swear I'll do everything I can to stay here as long as I can, with you," I say. I look straight into her eyes that are blue like a river.
Sarah cups my cheek in her hand and strokes my eyebrow with her thumb, her other hand still on my neck intertwining her fingers in my hair.
"I believe you." She leans her forehead against mine and the minute our lips touch it's like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I put my hand on the bed just to make sure we're not actually floating then place my hand on the small of her back. My other hand rests just above her neck, the same place my fingers grazed earlier today. She pulls back, but I pull her right back into me and hug her tightly. I kiss her neck up to her head and close my eyes. It feels like my body was made to fit the exact shape of hers.
"I'm sorry," Sarah whispers into my ear. Her breath is warm and it sends tingles down my spine. I stroke her hair and position my face on her shoulder. I place light kisses all up her neck, jaw, and face. I kiss almost every inch of her face except her lips.
"I forgive you."
I lean in and hesitate. Sarah leans in to kiss me, but I pull back, teasing her. She smiles and slides her hands to my neck.
"Now I've got you," she says, grins, and winks. I smile slightly before she closes the rest of the space between us. My head is in a million different places, but my heart is right here and it belongs to her. My pocket vibrates right as we're about to go any further. I sigh and lean back to check my phone. It has a new message from Henri. Get home, now. An icy feeling creeps up into my chest and I feel as though something's not right.
"You okay?" Sarah asks and runs her fingers through the hair on the back of my head.
"I don't know. Henri just texted me to come home immediately and I have a bad feeling about this. I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Okay. Call me if you need anything."
"You know I will."
"Bye handsome."
"Bye gorgeous."
And with that I kiss her on the top of the head and run down the stairs. I say goodbye and thank you to Mrs. Hart quickly then sprint home as fast as my legs will carry me. I bolt through the door and Henri is pacing in the kitchen. When he hears me come in, he glares at me and shakes his head.
"Downstairs. Look at the computer," he says. Henri follows me down to where his computers are and I sit down on the street. YouTube is pulled up and the title is Halloween Trick or Freak? I gulp and click play.
The picture is fuzzy, but you can see movement in the darkness. Someone is fighting off about three other people. Then, their hands start glowing. Sweat breaks out on my forehead and I hit pause.
"Seen enough? When did you plan on telling me about this, John?" Henri asks. I can tell he's pissed off by the way his right eyebrow is slightly raised. All I can do is look down.
"We have to leave. They're going to find us because of your stupid mistake. Pack your things," Henri says and starts to walk upstairs. My heart drops. Finally, finally I've found a best friend, a girlfriend, a good dog, a home, a school that I like, and a town that makes me feel like home, but he wants to leave? Not this time.
"No."
Henri stops dead in his tracks and turns around.
"What did you say to me?"
"No. I'm not leaving."
"Yes, you are. I'm your Cêpan and what I say goes so get your stuff."
I stand firmly on the ground and don't move. Henri Stares at me intently and breathes out much too heavily.
"Look, we didn't move here to stay. We move from place to place to keep you safe. To keep Earth safe. It's not your choice. We're leaving tomorrow," Henri states. "And that's final." I lose it and storm upstairs with Henri following behind me.
"I never asked for this! It was never my battle and it shouldn't be! I want a normal life, Henri. I don't want to be on the run 24/7 like a fugitive. Hell, I even feel like one. We have fake ID's, passports, birth certificates… fake everything! I don't even know my own age! And we haven't even seen any Mogadorians yet so why do we have to leave when it's not necessary?" By this time my face is red and my hands are clenches so tight my knuckles are white. Light is peeking out through my fingers.
"John…" I can't even stand his voice anymore.
"Not even that, but finally I have a good friend and an amazing girlfriend who wants to be with me regardless of what I am. And if you think I'm leaving that behind then you better think again."
"John, listen to me," Henri says. It infuriates me even more. I reach out with my mind and make him float up to the ceiling. My eyes are probably piercing holes through his skin like daggers.
"John… I want you to stay focused and angry, but look around," Henri says. I focus all of my energy on him, but I slowly glance to the left. The doormat, the table, chairs, and everything was lifted off of the ground. Suspended in the air. To my left the couch and the television are floating.
"Now, I want you to carefully and slowly retract your power back inside your mind."
I take a deep breath and lower my hands slowly. Everything touches back down on the ground except for Henri. I wasn't letting him off so easy.
"That's good. You can control more objects which means your Legacies are becoming stronger. Now put me down," Henri says.
"Not until you agree to stay."
"Put me down."
"Fine, until you at least let me stay. You can leave and go have a happy life. They'd never go after you."
"Put me down, now!"
"I can do this all day."
"PUT ME DOWN DAMN IT!"
"Oh, so you finally corrected your profanity. Congratulations."
Henri sighs in defeat. He shuts his eyes and breathes in deeply.
"John, put me down and we'll discuss conditions of staying." I lower him to the ground, but still keep a slight hold on him.
"Number one, we need to start training. Your Legacies are becoming stronger and training will help them. And training will come before Sarah or Sam or anything else. Number two, you tell me the truth from now on. Don't hide things from me anymore. We have to trust each other. Number three, at the first moment we catch sight of them in Paradise, we're gone. No pinning me up against the ceiling. Deal?"
I smile and release him completely. "Deal. Now can we go get pizza? I'm starving. All of that made me lose a lot of energy."
Henri and I drive into town and walk into a local pizza place called Planet Pizza. We walk in and sit in a booth in the far corner of the room. I make a quick check of my surroundings and exits before my eyes fall upon the bar. I see Sam back in the corner drawing on a sketch pad. Probably more aliens.
"Hey Henri, can I invite Sam over to sit down? He's alone in the back corner of the bar." I feel bad for him being alone all the time and maybe it would be a good thing for him to meet Henri. It could make him feel like I care about him as a good friend.
Henri glances over at him. "So that's Sam, huh? Sure, invite him over. I'd love to meet him," he says. I get up from my seat and casually stroll over to the bar and sit next to him. Sam looks over at me with wide eyes.
"Hey Sam. My dad and I are sitting over there and I wanted to know if you wanted to have dinner with us," I say and nod my head in Henri's direction. Sam gulps. I get the feeling that he's not himself, and he's being odd. Odd for Sam Goode.
"Uh, sure I guess. Thanks," he says and grabs his back pack. He puts his sketch pad in his bag and I catch a glimpse of what he was drawing. There's a drawing of a boy with his hands out in front of them. They look like they are supposed to be glowing. Then I swear I see the words, 'John Smith?' below. I feel like someone's punched me in the stomach. How does he know?
We walk to the booth and I slide in next to Henri while Sam sits across from us obviously feeling uncomfortable.
"Uh, Sam this is my dad, Henri. Hen- Dad, this is Sam," I say. Henri reaches across the table and shakes Sam's hand. Immediately after Henri let's go of his hand Sam slinks back into the booth. Henri catches my eye and raises his eyebrows, but I just sip my drink.
"So, Sam, how 'bout this weather, huh? You might find this stupid, but I've heard that aliens are causing these storms so that they can land on Earth unnoticed. But that's just me and my stupid hobby," Henri says. I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that this'll keep Sam interested and loosen him up. Sam looks at me with a crooked grin and I realize that he's been reeled in by Henri.
"No I've heard that, but I've also heard that they send tornados to anywhere that they've inhabited so that everything's destroyed. And that thunder is a ship taking off, but lightning is one landing."
"Well, did you know that the Great Wall of China wasn't built as long as it is now? The Ancient Chinese paid aliens to replicate the wall and make it longer."
"Did you know that pyramids were built by the aliens and if you look under any stone they have markings on them?"
Their conversation went on for a half an hour until Sam said something neither of us suspected.
"Did you know that the Mogadorians are coming to take over our planet after they conquer the one they're taking over at the moment? They want to kill all of the humans and use our resources."
All of the color drains from my face and Henri's mouth drops. Our eyes are wide and Sam looks at us suspiciously.
"Does this mean I win? I also remember them having to do with something hunting down nine kids with powers, but that could be a completely different story."
I reach across the table and grab his shirt. "Where did you hear that, Sam?" I ask and stare him down. Sam puts his hands up and wrinkles his brow.
"From the magazine I Want To Believe. It started off as a X-Files fan club, but then they started writing articles and stuff. Why does it matter so much?" Then, reality hits him. The article, the fight in the woods, his drawing, my temper as he said that. His eyes go wide and he utters the words as a whisper: "You're one of the nine."
I release him and he falls backwards on the floor. He scrambles up, grabs his bag, and backs out the door before sprinting home. I sigh deeply and massage my temples. Well, that's two people that now know my secret. Oh joy.
Alright so sorry for not updating, but we were out of power cause of the stupid hurricane Irene. And so I had left off with John and Henri at the pizza place and I really just couldn't write at all. So I might just do a lot of Sarah/John scenes and him fighting like a pro cause these other scenes are boring me. I'll start adding some training and stuff, but I have to warn you that I won't be updating as quickly soon cause school is starting and I have travel soccer and a lot of homework. BUT I WILL TRY TO UPDATE ASAP. And let me know what you think about The Power of Six cause it was a love/hate thing for me… anyhow give me feedback people!
