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Chapter 4

Sophie threw her hands up above her head, and time seemed to stop. She felt strength pull out deep within her, and she knew her telekinesis had kicked in. She looked up and the huge icicle was floating in mid air. Sophie threw her hand to the right. And the icicle crashed against her bedpost. Her hands were shaking. She couldn't do this anymore. No more weird powers or crazy experiences. She collapsed on her floor, which was still covered with ice. She started sobbing.

Alden ran over to her, "Are you okay?" It seemed like that phrase was commonly used around her. Sophie clenched her teeth together. She was tired of acting like everything was all right. "No, I'm not okay. Alden why did this have to happen to me? I didn't ask for any of this. The truth is I'm scared," she looked up at him, "I'm really scared. I don't know what to do. I don't want to live my life in fear all the time. I can't control it. I just can't." It felt like a relief to get that off her chest. For once Sophie saw Alden totally speechless. That did it for her. There was no helping the "power freak". Nobody could do anything . She. Was. Hopeless.

Alden quickly recovered from his shock. "Sophie, I'm so sorry. I know you didn't ask for any of this. And this burden shouldn't be put on someone such as young as you. But Sophie you are unique, and you can either look at that as a good thing or look at that as a bad thing. You are stronger than you think. Just remember I'll always be here for you." Sophie looked up at him with tears in her eyes. He was right and she knew it, but she couldn't bring herself to take his words to heart. Something just didn't seem right.

She got shakily to her feet. "Thanks, Alden. I guess I'm just overwhelmed with all these new powers." He nodded and smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Let's go get you some breakfast what do you say?" Sophie couldn't deny that she was hungry. She agreed. After she finished eating she came up to her room. Her eyes wandered over to the icicle she had smashed, and something bright yellow caught her eye. It looked like a piece of paper was stuck in the ice. Sophie grabbed the chunk of ice and slammed it against the floor. It broke into a bunch of pieces. The slip of paper was free.

The paper had words on it. They were smeared-probably because of the ice-but Sophie could still read them. "This happened for a reason". In the corner of the paper was a little image of a black swan. She stumbled back. Her heart was beating so fast, she wondered if it might burst. Should I tell Alden? Sophie decided to hold off a little while until she figured out more of what the note meant. What happened for a reason? Her new powers? So many questions swirled in her head.

She decide to go over to Dex's house. He always seemed to cheer her up. The door belched when she entered Slurps and Burps. Kesler waved to her. "Hey, Sophie. Haven't seen you in a while. Dex is in his room. I assume you came to see him." He winked at her. She winked back a little unsure of what he was implying. She didn't have time to think about that right now anyway. She entered his room. Dex was bending over a table working on some machince. "Oh hey Sophie, how's it going?" He said it so casually that Sophie assumed he hadn't been told about her fall. She decided not to tell him.

"Good, whatcha working on?" Her voice dripped with lies. She wasn't okay, but she wasn't going to let Dex know that. At least not right now. Dex motioned for her to come over. "It's a stirring machine my dad uses to mix medicines and things like that. It started malfunctioning and I can't figure out why." Sophie looked down at the machine. "Well isn't that piece supposed to be straight instead of bent? Oh and also that screw over there is missing." Dex looked up at her with wide eyes. Sophie could feel his emotions-mostly surprise and shock but a little envy was hidden in there.

"How did you-wait you're not- what is going on? Sophie turned away. Great, now I'm a Technopath. She had blown her cover. This was going to be hard to explain. Her eyes squeezed shut. "Oh, its not a big deal. Just luck maybe." She laughed nervously. Dex took a hold of her arm. "Sophie, whatever it is you can tell me." His emotions radiated through her body and made her head hurt. Physical contact had made them stronger. She winced and shook his hand off. He looked hurt. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" He looked down at her arm.

"No, it's okay. I just-well- Dex do you really want to hear it?" He looked up at her, sincerity in his beautiful periwinkle eyes. Dex nodded his head. He really cared. Sophie sat down and told him the whole story. She tried to leave as much "Fitz" out of the story as possible, but she couldn't deny that he had been there. Dex sat without speaking for a long time. Sophie turned to leave. "Wait don't go," Dex said. Sophie answered,"I've been here for quite a while. Grady and Edaline will start to wonder where I went. I know that was a lot of information to take in. I figured I let you think about it." She walked out the door. "Sophie!" Dex yelled. "Yeah?" "I'm so sorry. I just want to let you know that if you need any help I'm here for you." "Thank you." Sophie smiled to herself.

Sophie returned home and went up stairs to her room. She lied down on her bed. Something crunched under her pillow. Another note.

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