CHAPTER TWO: FLOATING H2O
It's noon, and time for lunch. I really don't like to eat, which makes up for my, umm.physique?
I walk towards my table. MY table. No one else's. M I N E. It's only because I usually don't communicate with people.
I had something on my mind then. That's why I wasn't able to go to sleep. I was thinking about my mom.
Maybe of she hadn't kissed me, she'd still be here. Maybe if I hadn't had that nightmare, I wouldn't be here.
"Hiiiiiii," someone speaks in my ear. "Earth to Sierra, come in."
I wake up to see Aqua there, right in my face. I jump and recoil trying not to have her touch me.
"Hi.um.Aqua, right?" I asked. She nodded. "So, what's up?"
"I needed help with my Algebra," she tells me. I look around her and see that she doesn't have her book.
"Is that all you could come up with?" She bowed her head, as if she was hiding something.
"It's just that there's no one else that I know."
I somewhat chuckled under my breath. Wow, I thought. What else do we have in common?
"OK, sit down." She does so. I pull out my CD player. "I'm going to sleep. Don't wake me."
"Hey," she started.
"Yeah?" I answer impatiently.
"What was the real reason you didn't shake my hand earlier?"
I didn't answer. I didn't want anyone to know.
"Heloooo?"
I closed my eyes, pretending to go to sleep. She groaned. I cracked my eyes open and I saw Aqua's hands over her cup of water, and, all of the sudden, the water in the cup floated out of its container.
"Are you teleki - telekin - telelekinny." I started to stumble on my words.
"Telekinetic?" she finishes my sentence. "No, not really."
That's right, telekinetic means she would be able to move things with her mind, but the cup didn't move, that must mean she's-
"Hydrokinetic."
"Hydroki-what-ic?"
"I'm hy-dro-ki-net-ic. I control water."
"Ah." I lean back and I almost fall out of my seat. "You're awfully calm about me knowing."
"That's because I'm benefiting from this also." She smirked. I knew that smirk, I saw it on people's face before, it meant there were about to do something mischievous.
"What?! Why?!" I snap.
"'Cause I know that you're hiding something!"
"OK, go get me an apple." She does so. I grasp the apple with my hand and it slowly dissolves into my hand.
"Wow, you're just like Rogue!" she jokes.
"Hey! I resent that!"
We both laugh for a couple of minutes and it's time for third period.
I get up and leave and then she stopped me.
"Hey, um." she started. "I still haven't gotten a room, and I was wondrin'. can I room with you?"
Yeah, well, in each room in the dorm there are two beds, two KING- sized beds (and you're probably thinking we got pretty big rooms, huh?). I usually liked to be left alone with, but still I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I replied nicely.
"Sure."
"Yay!" she started skipping around the table.
"OK, number 1: NO SKIPPING once so ever, and 2: no bothering me at night."
"OK, OK, grouchie."
And I got up and left for third period.
It's noon, and time for lunch. I really don't like to eat, which makes up for my, umm.physique?
I walk towards my table. MY table. No one else's. M I N E. It's only because I usually don't communicate with people.
I had something on my mind then. That's why I wasn't able to go to sleep. I was thinking about my mom.
Maybe of she hadn't kissed me, she'd still be here. Maybe if I hadn't had that nightmare, I wouldn't be here.
"Hiiiiiii," someone speaks in my ear. "Earth to Sierra, come in."
I wake up to see Aqua there, right in my face. I jump and recoil trying not to have her touch me.
"Hi.um.Aqua, right?" I asked. She nodded. "So, what's up?"
"I needed help with my Algebra," she tells me. I look around her and see that she doesn't have her book.
"Is that all you could come up with?" She bowed her head, as if she was hiding something.
"It's just that there's no one else that I know."
I somewhat chuckled under my breath. Wow, I thought. What else do we have in common?
"OK, sit down." She does so. I pull out my CD player. "I'm going to sleep. Don't wake me."
"Hey," she started.
"Yeah?" I answer impatiently.
"What was the real reason you didn't shake my hand earlier?"
I didn't answer. I didn't want anyone to know.
"Heloooo?"
I closed my eyes, pretending to go to sleep. She groaned. I cracked my eyes open and I saw Aqua's hands over her cup of water, and, all of the sudden, the water in the cup floated out of its container.
"Are you teleki - telekin - telelekinny." I started to stumble on my words.
"Telekinetic?" she finishes my sentence. "No, not really."
That's right, telekinetic means she would be able to move things with her mind, but the cup didn't move, that must mean she's-
"Hydrokinetic."
"Hydroki-what-ic?"
"I'm hy-dro-ki-net-ic. I control water."
"Ah." I lean back and I almost fall out of my seat. "You're awfully calm about me knowing."
"That's because I'm benefiting from this also." She smirked. I knew that smirk, I saw it on people's face before, it meant there were about to do something mischievous.
"What?! Why?!" I snap.
"'Cause I know that you're hiding something!"
"OK, go get me an apple." She does so. I grasp the apple with my hand and it slowly dissolves into my hand.
"Wow, you're just like Rogue!" she jokes.
"Hey! I resent that!"
We both laugh for a couple of minutes and it's time for third period.
I get up and leave and then she stopped me.
"Hey, um." she started. "I still haven't gotten a room, and I was wondrin'. can I room with you?"
Yeah, well, in each room in the dorm there are two beds, two KING- sized beds (and you're probably thinking we got pretty big rooms, huh?). I usually liked to be left alone with, but still I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I replied nicely.
"Sure."
"Yay!" she started skipping around the table.
"OK, number 1: NO SKIPPING once so ever, and 2: no bothering me at night."
"OK, OK, grouchie."
And I got up and left for third period.
