Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Chapter 21 - Gifts
Leah's POV
"Take a seat, Leah," a man in a lab coat ordered, pronouncing my name Lay-uh.
"Its Lee-uh," I corrected him. I climbed into the brown armchair, which was way to big for someone my size. I kind of sank in my seat.
"Anyway," he scoffed. I rolled my eyes. Normally, I wouldn't have been so agitated, but I do get a special reading on people, so I knew for a fact I didn't like this guy. His I'd-rather-have-my-pinkie-toe-cut-off-then-be-here attitude was making me irritable.
"I'm Dr. Lawrence," he informed me, he gestured to the lady sitting at the table next to him, wearing a similar lab coat. "And this is Dr. Roberts. We just want to ask you a few questions, okay?"
"Kay," I shrugged. That meant the more I tell them, the sooner I'm done.
He snapped his fingers, and a paper appeared in his hand. I forgot they were wizards, too. I'm still not used to everyone using magic all the time, since the only people I've been around that use magic are Justin and Hannah.
He scanned over the paper. "It's documented here that you're the offspring of a female former-wizard and a male werewolf. Is this true or false?"
"Matthew, she's six; I don't think she can understand-" Dr. Roberts began. I chuckled. Clearly the paper didn't say too much about me.
"I'm five, actually," I interupted, much to her surprise. "And I've understood everything that he's said so far. Its true. My mom was a wizard and my dad is a werewolf. But my nonna on my mom's side is human, so I guess I'm that too."
Dr. Roberts glanced at me with astonished eyes. She looked at Dr. Lawrence, then back at me.
"It also says that you phased for the first time and recieved your powers early. Care to explain that?"
"I phased into a werewolf the night before my fifth birthday, and I only change once a month, rather than every night, like normal werewolves." I told them, then added, "And I got my powers the next day."
"It is said that some of the world's most powerful wizards recieved their powers at an early age," he said.
I smiled. "I'm aware."
We continued talking for about twenty minutes, which was way longer than Adele's turn. Dr. Roberts grew more and more amazed with every one of my answers. Dr. Lawrence, on the other hand, remained unimpressed. That is, until one particular answer...
"So, you have the gift of Astral Projection, you can tell when you're being lied to, you have nightmares when bad things happen, and you recieve strong feelings if something happens to someone close to you. You speak with nearly flawless grammar, you can read and write on a seventh grade level, and you said that one time you litterally blocked the pain when your mother had to get blood drawn, correct?"
"Right," I replied. I thought for a minute. "And, I can sort of read minds."
Dr. Lawrence let out a loud laugh, much to mine and Dr. Roberts' surprise. "Okay, Leah, you've proved that all of these things are true, but really? Mind reading? Couldn't you think of something more original? You're just pulling my leg now."
"But it's true!" I told him.
"How does it work?" Dr. Roberts asked me. Dr. Lawrence glared at her.
"Well, I look into someone's eyes, and if I really focus, I can see pictures of what they're thinking. And it focuses on certain details that they're thinking about, like a mini movie." I shrugged. "It's kind of hard to explain. I like to call it my mind camera."
"Fascinating," she smiled.
"You're seriously buying this?" Dr. Lawrence demanded.
I folded my arms over my chest. "Its true! I'll prove it! Both of you think of something."
I looked at Dr. Roberts' eyes. She looked back at me for a second, then focused on something. I thought hard, then a fuzzy image faded into my mind. It took a minute, but the vision cleared. I saw a grassy field. Dr. Roberts was there with a man. They were smiling and holding hands. She looked into the man's eyes the same way Momma looked into Daddy's. The mind camera zoomed in on her hand, which had a diamond ring on her finger, almost as pretty as Momma's.
I quickly snapped out of it.
"Dr. Roberts, you're thinking of your fiancee`."I told her. A small smile grew across her face. She nodded.
"Are you serious?" Dr. Lawrence demanded.
"How else would you explain it then?" she asked him.
"She obviously saw your ring and guessed!"
That hit me hard. It wasn't hard to get to his mind. "I'm not buying this."
The frustrating words haunted my mind. I darted my eyes at him. I didn't know why I didn't like this guy, but his thoughts were making me mad. And just so you know, it's never a good idea to make a werewolf mad. Even a half-werewolf.
WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME? I growled angerly to myself.
"Because it's rediculous!" He replied. I snapped out of it.
"Huh?" I asked.
"You just asked me why I didn't believe you," he told me.
"No, I didn't."
"Are you okay, Matthew?" Dr. Roberts asked, "She didn't say a word."
"Then how did I hear her?" he demanded.
"What did you hear exactly?" I asked.
"You just asked me why I don't believe you! Are you mad?"
"I didn't say that!" I thought for a minute. "I...I thought that.."
Dr. Lawrence remained silent for a minute. "No matter, we're done here. Send in Ignatius Keaton, please." He snapped his fingers, making his clipboard change papers.
"Alright," I agreed. I slid out of the brown chair and started towards the door. I turned back around. "And, by the way, he likes to be called Ink."
I walked back to the play area, still shaking and confused from the previous series of events. Ink was at an empty table, coloring on his are with a green marker.
"What took you so long?" He asked curiously.
"Nothing," I replied shyly. I glanced at his arm. "Why do you draw on yourself all the time?"
"I dunno," he shrugged.
"Hmpf," I sighed. Something was just funny about him. "Well its your turn now."
"Great," he sighed. He closed his markers and pulled a black wand from his back pocket. He pointed to the markers scattered on the table, whispered a few words, and with that, they were gone.
"Hey!" I called out in surprise as he stuffed his wand back into his pocket.
"What?" he asked.
"You're a kid wiza-" I tried to announce, but Ink quickly covered her mouth. I slung his hand away and folded my arms over my chest.
"Ink! It's time for your questions!" Ms. Janine called.
"Coming!" He replied. He turned back to me. "Do you want everyone to find out?"
"You mean," I lowered my voice, "nobody knows?"
"I'll explain later," he hushed me.
"Pinkie promise?" I asked, offering him my pinkie finger.
He hesitated, but squeezed it with his own. As he turned a way, I caught a glimpse of his drawing. It was a gold and green dragon, wrapped gracefully around his arm and to his hand, where the tail was wrapped around his finger. He used a skinny dark green marker for detail, and a black for the shadowing.
"Ink! This is incredible!" I told him, twisting his arm around to get a better look.
He began to reply, when he was interupted by an angry voice.
"INK KEATON!" Angele snapped, "Get your marker covered butt over here! I am sick and tired of hearing your name being called!"
"I'm COMIN'!" he yelled back at her. "Time for the silent treatment," he whispered to me. And with that, he was gone.
I marched up to mine and the twins' room and locked the door.
"How did I do that? What did I do?" I asked myself as I paced around the room. "Okay, recap. I told him I could read minds. He didn't believe me. I thought really really hard, and he heard me. But how?"
I thought back to a few minutes ago. How did I do it? "Maybe its another gift!" I smiled excitedly. Lets test this out. I thought. I thought hard. I thought deeper and deeper and closed my eyes. I pictured mom. I thought about how much I missed her. It took a few minutes and a lot of effort, but I tapped into her mind.
Wednesday is too far away, I heard her think, I need to see my baby.
I concentrated, and called out to her. Mommy, Mommy, I called. I waited.
Who said that? Great, now I'm hearing things!
I wanted to reply, but all the effort really wore me out. That always happened whenever I used magic, or my gifts. I laid down on my pullout couch and yawned.
"I'll just try again tomorrow," I told myself. I let out another yawn and fell asleep.
Helloooooo Summertime! School is OUT! :D-
What happened in the interview? Why did Alex think she was hearing things? What is Ink hiding?
Your questions will be answered ASAP! Watch out for Chapter 22! :)