* * * In Emma's Bedroom* * *
Emma was meditating in her bedroom, different scents and shadows were surrounding her from candles and incense. Suddenly, her thoughts were broken as there was a knock at the door. "Come in . . ." Shalimar walked inside, almost immediately, Emma knew something was up.
"What happened?" she asked, skeptically. Shalimar didn't respond right away, Emma turned her whole body around. "What???"
Shalimar sighed. "I kissed Brennan."
Emma's jaw dropped, then was covered up by a grin. "You what?" She exclaimed. "No way! . . . When?"
"Just now . . . in the kitchen," Shalimar motioned outside, then she told Emma the whole story.
Emma frowned. "Well . . . that's the only kiss that I know of that happened after a fight over blueberry yogurt."
Shalimar laughed. "I don't what to do . . . I mean, after I got away, I've been feeling awkward."
Emma made a face. "Well, of course. I mean, who wouldn't be? After that happened, both of you are probably wondering how you feel about the other."
Shalimar pointed her finger and squinted her eyes. "See, that whole perception thing is creepy."
Emma grinned. "Yeah, well, it's about to be a whole lot creepier depending on what we're gonna do with Carli Connors."
Shalimar frowned and crossed her legs on Emma's bed. "There's something not right about her, I'm not saying I know anything, persay. But her clairvoyance is too overpowering. She knows things that no fourteen-year-old should know."
"I know exactly how she's feeling, when I was a teenager, I had to deal with knowing so much too. I remember not being able to tell anyone. And with her powers of just saying things outloud, that has to be extra difficult."
"Yeah? Well what about me, huh? I was a teen who could almost fly, imagine what gym was like! And highschool? Whoever pissed me off would get a whole lot more than what they were asking for."
"So, we all had a troubled adolescence . . . the only difference is; that when we were teenagers we didn't have a place like this to go to," Emma replied.
* * *Jesse's Computer Station* * *
Jesse's jaw dropped. "You did what?"
Brennan shrugged. "I kissed her."
Jesse stopped typing on his computer and swivelled his chair around to face Brennan. "Shalimar?"
"Yes."
Jesse sighed with relief.
"Why? What were you gonna do if I kissed Emma, huh, Jess?" Brennan asked.
Jesse recovered quickly from the let down of his guard. "Won't bother me."
Brennan raised his eyebrows. "Right."
* * *Down the Hall* * *
Carli and Adam walked down the hall. "According to the scan, your brain has a lot of untapped power, like Emma's. The only key is to controlling it, now, Shalimar and Emma are going to help you focus on controlling your powers, and maybe not saying your predictions outloud."
"Yay, will make going to school a lot easier if I stop talking about how my friends are gonna fail their algebra test next week," Carli joked.
"Do your friends know what you can do?"
"Nope, they think it's just coincidence," Carli replied, suddenly, Shalimar and Emma emerged from Emma's bedroom and joined them, Adam walked away. Carli was feeling a little awkward with them hanging at each side of her.
"I hope you know that I'm feeling very uncomfortable with you always sneaking up on me," Carli mentioned to Shalimar.
"She does that a lot," Emma answered. "It's part of her abilities . . ."
"The element of surprise," Shalimar finished, Shalimar and Emma led Carli to a spacious room that was only filled with a cart of weapons such as batons, Chinese throwing stars, blades, swords, and axes. "Now, unlike mine and Emma's abilities, you have to concentrate on your mind, while Emma concentrates on other people and I concentrate on my body."
"Okay," Carli agreed.
"So, what I want you to do is sit in this chair and focus. I'm not sure that form karate-ka will help you with your mind like I did with Emma."
Carli shrugged than nodded. "OK." She took a seat and stared up at Shalimar and Emma.
"I want you to close your eyes and concentrate," Shalimar instructed. Carli closed her eyes then raised her eyebrows. "Now, I want you to read my mind and tell me what I did earlier today."
Carli almost burst out laughing. "I can't do that!"
"Just try, it's OK if you can't do it immediately, just tell me what you see, hear, or smell, all your senses are attuned to your forsight."
"You did your homework---"
"Shhh, concentrate," Emma silenced.
Carli's eyebrows furrowed, her fingers touched her temple. "I smell . . . food . . . uh---cereal . . ."
Shalimar and Emma passed a glance at each other. "OK, what do you hear?"
Carli paused. "Uh---arguing, Shalimar and Brennan . . . about something, I can't hear all of it."
"Can you see anything?" Shalimar asked.
Carli paused almost a minute. Then her hands dropped and she stared up at Shalimar. "You kissed him! I saw it, as clearly as I you now! . . ." She stood up in joy. "I did it! I did it!" Shalimar grinned, Emma laughed. Carli jumped up and down. "I've never done that before . . . wait a second . . . you kissed Brennan? . . ."
Emma was meditating in her bedroom, different scents and shadows were surrounding her from candles and incense. Suddenly, her thoughts were broken as there was a knock at the door. "Come in . . ." Shalimar walked inside, almost immediately, Emma knew something was up.
"What happened?" she asked, skeptically. Shalimar didn't respond right away, Emma turned her whole body around. "What???"
Shalimar sighed. "I kissed Brennan."
Emma's jaw dropped, then was covered up by a grin. "You what?" She exclaimed. "No way! . . . When?"
"Just now . . . in the kitchen," Shalimar motioned outside, then she told Emma the whole story.
Emma frowned. "Well . . . that's the only kiss that I know of that happened after a fight over blueberry yogurt."
Shalimar laughed. "I don't what to do . . . I mean, after I got away, I've been feeling awkward."
Emma made a face. "Well, of course. I mean, who wouldn't be? After that happened, both of you are probably wondering how you feel about the other."
Shalimar pointed her finger and squinted her eyes. "See, that whole perception thing is creepy."
Emma grinned. "Yeah, well, it's about to be a whole lot creepier depending on what we're gonna do with Carli Connors."
Shalimar frowned and crossed her legs on Emma's bed. "There's something not right about her, I'm not saying I know anything, persay. But her clairvoyance is too overpowering. She knows things that no fourteen-year-old should know."
"I know exactly how she's feeling, when I was a teenager, I had to deal with knowing so much too. I remember not being able to tell anyone. And with her powers of just saying things outloud, that has to be extra difficult."
"Yeah? Well what about me, huh? I was a teen who could almost fly, imagine what gym was like! And highschool? Whoever pissed me off would get a whole lot more than what they were asking for."
"So, we all had a troubled adolescence . . . the only difference is; that when we were teenagers we didn't have a place like this to go to," Emma replied.
* * *Jesse's Computer Station* * *
Jesse's jaw dropped. "You did what?"
Brennan shrugged. "I kissed her."
Jesse stopped typing on his computer and swivelled his chair around to face Brennan. "Shalimar?"
"Yes."
Jesse sighed with relief.
"Why? What were you gonna do if I kissed Emma, huh, Jess?" Brennan asked.
Jesse recovered quickly from the let down of his guard. "Won't bother me."
Brennan raised his eyebrows. "Right."
* * *Down the Hall* * *
Carli and Adam walked down the hall. "According to the scan, your brain has a lot of untapped power, like Emma's. The only key is to controlling it, now, Shalimar and Emma are going to help you focus on controlling your powers, and maybe not saying your predictions outloud."
"Yay, will make going to school a lot easier if I stop talking about how my friends are gonna fail their algebra test next week," Carli joked.
"Do your friends know what you can do?"
"Nope, they think it's just coincidence," Carli replied, suddenly, Shalimar and Emma emerged from Emma's bedroom and joined them, Adam walked away. Carli was feeling a little awkward with them hanging at each side of her.
"I hope you know that I'm feeling very uncomfortable with you always sneaking up on me," Carli mentioned to Shalimar.
"She does that a lot," Emma answered. "It's part of her abilities . . ."
"The element of surprise," Shalimar finished, Shalimar and Emma led Carli to a spacious room that was only filled with a cart of weapons such as batons, Chinese throwing stars, blades, swords, and axes. "Now, unlike mine and Emma's abilities, you have to concentrate on your mind, while Emma concentrates on other people and I concentrate on my body."
"Okay," Carli agreed.
"So, what I want you to do is sit in this chair and focus. I'm not sure that form karate-ka will help you with your mind like I did with Emma."
Carli shrugged than nodded. "OK." She took a seat and stared up at Shalimar and Emma.
"I want you to close your eyes and concentrate," Shalimar instructed. Carli closed her eyes then raised her eyebrows. "Now, I want you to read my mind and tell me what I did earlier today."
Carli almost burst out laughing. "I can't do that!"
"Just try, it's OK if you can't do it immediately, just tell me what you see, hear, or smell, all your senses are attuned to your forsight."
"You did your homework---"
"Shhh, concentrate," Emma silenced.
Carli's eyebrows furrowed, her fingers touched her temple. "I smell . . . food . . . uh---cereal . . ."
Shalimar and Emma passed a glance at each other. "OK, what do you hear?"
Carli paused. "Uh---arguing, Shalimar and Brennan . . . about something, I can't hear all of it."
"Can you see anything?" Shalimar asked.
Carli paused almost a minute. Then her hands dropped and she stared up at Shalimar. "You kissed him! I saw it, as clearly as I you now! . . ." She stood up in joy. "I did it! I did it!" Shalimar grinned, Emma laughed. Carli jumped up and down. "I've never done that before . . . wait a second . . . you kissed Brennan? . . ."