Chapter 3
THE TEST
When Lain was seated across the room from us Trish asked her all the standard questions. I just stood behind Trish. I wasn't stupid enough to make her mad again. There was no way I was going to let her cut me off from sex. And I knew she had the power to.
"Lain, when did you first start noticing things out of the ordinary?"
"Um, when I was two." She replied. My eyes grew two sizes. I almost said something, but Trish said it first. "Two! What happened?" Trish leaned over; she was as shocked as I was. I was six when I first set fire to something by glaring at it. "Lain looked up at the ceiling, and squinted at something. "Well, I had a dream I was flying.and, I went outside. I was pretending I was still in the dream. Suddenly every thing was dark.
"When I could see again I was on the roof. I just somehow was there." Trish leaned back. I finally got over my fear of Trish banning sex and said something. "Were you scared?" Lain kept staring at the ceiling, but had stopped squinting. "No. I was happy." "Did that ever happen again?" Trish asked. Lain just shook her head.
The questioning resumed like that for almost an hour. Trish would ask questions, Lain would answer them in that distant tone, all the while staring at the ceiling. Then Lain's head came crashing down suddenly. Her whole head just thunked on the table. Trish and I went running over to her. It scared the shit out of me. When we picked her head up, there was no brown to her eyes, just black. Her eyes freaked me out.
We called her name for another minute. Then Alice just came in. "Lain!" She called. Then Lain's whole body shook. When it stopped she looked up, and her eyes were fine. "Alice? Is it time to go?" Lain stood up and thanked Trish and I and walked out. Trish had tears streaming down her cheeks from the fear.
"I need to explain that." Alice said. "Th.That would be nice." Trish said, sobbing. I stroked her back and pulled her to me. "You asked Lain about her parents, didn't you?" Alice started messing with her hair. "Trish asked were her parents were." I said, cutting Trish off. "Lain doesn't have parents. She's been living with her aunt, next door to me. When some one asks her about parents, she, uhh.goes berserk like that."
I really wish Lain hadn't come to us.
Chapter 3 complete. Ending transmission
THE TEST
When Lain was seated across the room from us Trish asked her all the standard questions. I just stood behind Trish. I wasn't stupid enough to make her mad again. There was no way I was going to let her cut me off from sex. And I knew she had the power to.
"Lain, when did you first start noticing things out of the ordinary?"
"Um, when I was two." She replied. My eyes grew two sizes. I almost said something, but Trish said it first. "Two! What happened?" Trish leaned over; she was as shocked as I was. I was six when I first set fire to something by glaring at it. "Lain looked up at the ceiling, and squinted at something. "Well, I had a dream I was flying.and, I went outside. I was pretending I was still in the dream. Suddenly every thing was dark.
"When I could see again I was on the roof. I just somehow was there." Trish leaned back. I finally got over my fear of Trish banning sex and said something. "Were you scared?" Lain kept staring at the ceiling, but had stopped squinting. "No. I was happy." "Did that ever happen again?" Trish asked. Lain just shook her head.
The questioning resumed like that for almost an hour. Trish would ask questions, Lain would answer them in that distant tone, all the while staring at the ceiling. Then Lain's head came crashing down suddenly. Her whole head just thunked on the table. Trish and I went running over to her. It scared the shit out of me. When we picked her head up, there was no brown to her eyes, just black. Her eyes freaked me out.
We called her name for another minute. Then Alice just came in. "Lain!" She called. Then Lain's whole body shook. When it stopped she looked up, and her eyes were fine. "Alice? Is it time to go?" Lain stood up and thanked Trish and I and walked out. Trish had tears streaming down her cheeks from the fear.
"I need to explain that." Alice said. "Th.That would be nice." Trish said, sobbing. I stroked her back and pulled her to me. "You asked Lain about her parents, didn't you?" Alice started messing with her hair. "Trish asked were her parents were." I said, cutting Trish off. "Lain doesn't have parents. She's been living with her aunt, next door to me. When some one asks her about parents, she, uhh.goes berserk like that."
I really wish Lain hadn't come to us.
Chapter 3 complete. Ending transmission