The biznitch capital of the world

Raquel walked into her room after school early Friday after noon it had been snowing so much, that school had let out early. Good thing too, she was sick and tired of sitting in the center of all those biznitches and pretending to be one of them. Especially when Katie tried to get her to talk about all the latest gossip flying around the school. Her mind instantly flipped to Steve. Steve, the only other person who seemed to hate this life as much as she did. Although, his ability to hide it was almost as good as hers was. Steve was on the football team, he was one of the most popular guys in the 9th grade, and he was dating none other than Katie herself.
But he and Raquel were actually really good friends. To tell you the truth, Raquel liked him although she would never admit it to herself or anybody for that matter. She almost automatically fell into a flash.

Raquel POV
My flashes are getting worse now. I zoned out twice in Spanish class, and Steve had to poke my with his pen to snap me out of it, now I have to worry about ink poisoning or something. I used to be able to control these things like the first time. I remember it perfectly, I was six and I had just found this picture of a blonde girl about three years older than me in my parents' room. She looked so familiar, but I couldn't place her. I concentrated really hard and BOOM! My first flash.
Sitting around a table were four people I was one of them, I was sitting in a high chair and we were all eating borsht. The pretty lady was speaking in Russian, the blonde girl was laughing at her father who was quizzing her on the 12 deadly pressure points. Then it was over I used to be able to pick up another flash by remembering the end of the one before it. But now... now they come and go as they please. OH GOD! Am I going crazy? Is this all real? What about my family? I have a weird feeling that I'm going to find out soon, and when I do, I just know that life as I know it will never be the same again. Don't ask me why, but I think there might be more to this than an overly active imagination. If I told my parents about this I know they would send me to a shrink in 2 seconds, but I will NOT let that happen! I WON"T!

Raquel ran down the stairs, through the family room and into the kitchen. She got her coat of the bag if a chair and pulled her gloves off the counter. "Mom I'm going out!" she yelled down to the basement where her mom was yelling at the maid for not doing the laundry the RIGHT WAY. "Ok, but take your cell phone and come back before it gets dark around 5:00" her mom yelled back. "Screw you" Raquel retorted under her breath. God could her mother be any more unreasonable? 'Is she even really my mother'? Raquel thought as she slammed the door behind her. She jogged down to mike's house 4 houses down. Mike could be an asshole sometimes, but mostly he was an ok guy. He didn't seem to care much for the biznitch lifestyle thing, but then again, he wasn't exactly against it either. Raquel had known mike since kindergarten when she had chased him under a table and kissed him on the cheek. He loved to joke about it and say that she scared him for life, but they both knew that it was history. Mike was also the only one who knew about her flashes, she had told him when they were 8 and she spaced out while they were watching the most boring basketball game ever. She smiled when she heard the familiar thumping of his basketball. Mike was ALWAYS shooting hoops, no matter what time or season it was. The only reason that he was popular was that he was on the basketball team. They both knew that.
"Hey" she breathed; " I had another one of those fla-" she stopped short realizing that someone else was shooting hoops with mike. That someone just happened to be Steve. "You had what?" Steve asked looking from Mike to Raquel with a killer grin that made her stomach practically go up in knots. "Uh... nothing its not important" she said staring at Mike hopping her expression said what she needed. "Code red" Mike mouthed to her. Translation: ill come over later, stay over, we'll talk about it. She nodded. "Ok I guess I'll see you guys later" she said turning to leave. "Hold on" Steve said giving up on the best friend secret language thing Raquel and Mike were dishing out. "You want to play? I mean you always say you can take me to school when I brag about my skills". Raquel smiled Steve actually knew her. Really knew her. He knew how to make her laugh; he knew exactly what to say to piss her off. Even though they had only meet in September when school started. "You got it" she smirked at him. "You two versus me?" "Come on rocky don't get cocky" Steve smirked back using her nickname everyone called her. But he only used when he wanted something from her.
They played, first to 50. Half way through Mike's sister stuck her head out the door. "Mike mom wants you in here." she yelled. Mike called a time out and went
inside. Raquel and Steve sat on the driveway and waited. Steve broke the silence "so... how long have you and Mike been going out?" he asked. Raquel turned to him with wide eyes "huh?" she asked startled. "Well you two are obviously VERY close." "Cuz he's like my best friend. "I've known him since like kindergarten, and believe me we have NEVER gone out." "Sorry" Steve said and he actually looked sorry, not like every other guy Raquel knew. "Don't be," she answered. Just then Mike came back. "Hey I got to go to my aunts house, I forgot all about it" he said "code yellow" translation: I'll be calling in the middle of the night leave your cell on we'll talk about those flash thingies or whatever. Steve just looked at the amused. "Ok" Raquel answered. "I got to go anyway" she said glancing at her watch " you know who queen Cruella gets" She and mike both started cracking up, they totally agreed about her mom. Steve and Raquel moved to the sidewalk as mike's mom pulled out of the driveway. "Have fun" Raquel shouted "that's likely" mike yelled back sarcastically making a face.
After the car pulled out of the driveway, Raquel turned to Steve " listen I really do have to go. See ya later." she started to walk up the street to her house. "Wait" Steve jogged to catch up to her fast pace walking. "I'll walk with you" she turned her face to him and smirked "I'm a big girl I can take care of my self" she told him. "Don't I know it?" he answered rubbing his cheek, referring to the month before when she punched him for calling her princess prissy bitch. "I want to talk to you any way," he added as an after though. "Fine talk away" she answered not looking at him. "What's up with this code red code yellow thing you and mike were doing?" he asked "secret language" Raquel answered. He laughed, "that much I figured, but you want to tell me what you were saying." Raquel smiled "nope" "oh... I bet you were talking about how hot you think I am" " yea sure that's it" Raquel replied sarcastically. "hmmmmmmm... I'm going to figure you out Antonietta." he was using her middle name; he knew it pissed her off. But she just looked at him, not saying a word. They made it to her house. "I got to go in," she told him. "Yea" Steve answered. He reached put and tucked a piece of her hair that had fallen out of her ponytail behind her ear. She raised one perfectly sculpted eyebrow at him before slipping inside.

Steve POV
I think I'm falling for this girl. She's the only one who sees through this facade that I have created for myself. She knows that I hate the lifestyle around here. She knows I really don't love Katie, she knows popularity and sports mean nothing to me. She's amazing...but she believes that I moved here from North Carolina, she doesn't know that they sent me here to watch her to protect her. Hell Gaia and Jake were right she doesn't NEED protection, but Tom and Vance wouldn't hear of it. The girl is not stupid she knows that she is special. And if I'm not mistaken she is remembering her old life more and more everyday. But when she finds out I'm not Steve Romano, I'm Steve Montone, I work for the CIA, and that she is my assignment she is going to be pissed off as hell. She punched me when I called her princess prissy bitch. Imagine what she's going to do now. This girl has a dangerous destiny one where only being reunited with her sister Gaia will she get through it. I have to take her to Gaia. I have to reveal my true identity. But when I do she's going to hate me and that's going to break my heart. I've fallen for this girl. I've fallen and I can't get up.