Conversations, Dinner, and Basements

Lash and Speed stood in front of me with my arms crossed. Naturally, Zach would be at the bus stop with me, but he, along with the others, rode to Will's house to work on their Hero-Support homework. I started to laugh.

"Oh, come on guys, it was just a little thing to prove I could freeze time. No big, right?"

"Listen, I can just kill you when I get home, but Lash can't, so be prepared for the worst." James ran to their house. I stood there on the sidewalk, with Lash, and no one else was outside. Great, no witnesses.

"Listen, I'm not going to hurt you, I don't hit girls, so I'll just smack you."

"I thought you said you don't hit girls?"

"Smacking and hitting are two totally different things."

"No they aren't. They are the same thing."

"Okay, you know what? Never mind about the smacking/hitting thing. Let's just say, if you ever make me mad again, I'll make something so bad happen, rumors will start."

"And what are you going to do to me to cause rumors to start."

"You'll see, if you make me mad." With that last word, he started walking to his house, well he stretched to his house. I walked back to my house. James was about to yell at me, but I told him that Lash made everything perfectly clear, and he did serious damage to me. Wow, I'm such a good liar. I went up to my room, and sat on my bed, with my backpack. I picked out Mr. Medulla's homework assignment, seeing as it was the only one I really had. I had to explain, in serious detail, the step-by-step process on how to build a ray that can shoot both fire and ice. I finished in about an hour. I picked up my pink Dell laptop and got on AOL Instant Messaging. When I got off the bus, I also gave my friends my screen name.

(Glwzachglw- Zach, Natregrl- Layla, Strnghld- Will,Popsclboy- Ethan, Prplegineapg- Magenta)

Fr33znPink has signed on

Glwzachglw has sent you a chat room invite. I accepted.

Fr33znPink: hey guys

Glwzachglw: hey

Natregrl: hey Alexa

Popsclboy: hi

Prplegineapg: hello

Strnghld- hey

Fr33znPink: the weirdest thing happened today when I got off the bus. Lash told me that if I made him mad again, then he would do something to me that would spread rumors

Natregrl: I wouldn't make him mad then if I were you

Fr33znPink: I kinda want to see what he'd do though

Prplegineapg: he guys I gotta go

Glwzachglw: me too

Popsclboy: me three

Strnghld- me four

Natregrl: I gotta go too

Fr33znPink: okay I'll see you guys later. Bye

I was about to sign off when someone sent me a message.

Accept message from disslvedcay? I clicked yes

disslvedcay: I think you're pretty cute

Fr33znPink: who are you

disslvedcay: why would I tell you, it would ruin the fun. I'll give you a hint though, im your secret admirer. Not so much of a hint I know, but your cute, and nice, and funny, and im rambling online. In time you'll figure it out.

Disslvedcay signed off. I logged off, and shut my laptop. That was weird. I waited until my mom called me for dinner. I went downstairs for dinner, and Lash was there.

"Look, Alexa, your brother finally decided to invite Lash over for dinner."

"Joy, oh I got the weirdest instant message from someone that said they liked me."

"Really? Who was it?"

"I don't know, they wouldn't say."

"Who would like you?"

"I don't know James, the guy that sent me the message." By brother really was an idiot. We sat down at the table. My dad sat at the head of the table, while my mom sat next to James, and I ended up sitting next to Lash.

"So Lash," my dad said, "what class are you in?"

"I got placed in hero, Mr. Hill."

"What's your power?"

"I can stretch my body, legs, neck, and arms."

"I'm impressed, In all my years I haven't met a person that could stretch."

"Thank you Sir." This was unbelievable. Lash was actually acting like a person, but that was only in front of my parents. I just sat there, hoping no one noticed how quiet I was, but someone did notice.

"So dear," my mom started to say, "how was your first day?"

"It was good, I'm in Hero. I met a kid named Zach, he glows, a girl named Layla, she can control nature, a boy named Will, he doesn't have any powers yet, a boy named Ethan, who melts, and a girl named Magenta, and she can shape shift."

"Sounds like you had a good day."

"I did." After dinner, we all sat in the living room, while my dad told stories about when he went to Sky High. Either Lash really likes the stories my dad tells, or he is really good at acting.

"Put your hand on my shoulder," I whispered to James.

"Why?"

"Because I'm saving us from boredom." He put his hand on my shoulder, and I grabbed Lash's arm. I closed my eyes and pictured the basement. When I opened my eyes, we were in our basement. When James and I still could stand each other, we begged our parents to turn the basement into a place that we could just hang out in. It was carpeted with black carpet, and it had white couches. We had a big screen TV, and a pool table. There was also a stereo, PS2, and a DVD player, with a cabinet of our collection of games and movies. I sat down on the couch, while James sat at the computer desk, and Lash looked around.

"So, you guys want to do something?"

"Yeah, I want to go back to my room because I really don't want to hang out with my brother and his best friend." I started to walk towards the basement stairs, but Lash's arms stretched and wrapped around my waist, pulling my back.

"Why you leaving?"

"I told you before, I don't want to hang out with my brother and his friend."

"But it's no fun when just two people to hang out."

"Fine, but I'm not going to talk to you guys." I went and grabbed some paper and started to draw. I was so focused on my drawing I didn't notice that James left.

"Where'd my brother go?"

"Speed went to the bathroom, and he wanted to talk to your mom about something."

"Oh."

"What are you drawing?" I looked down at the drawing of Magenta, Ethan, Zach, Will, Layla, James, and Lash's head.

"Sketches of people I met today." He walked over to the couch and sat next to me. He glanced over at my drawing.

"That's pretty good, even though you messed up on one thing." I looked back at my drawing.

"What?"

"I'm am so much cuter than that." I tried to hold in a laugh, but I couldn't. I started to laugh, then Lash joined in. After our fit of laughter was over I asked him something.

"How come your acting all nice?"

"No one else is here. I have a nice side, believe it or not." I smiled at him. I could get used to this side of him.

"You should act this way more often, it's nice." He smiled at me, and just shook his head.

"It's not that easy." We just stared at each other, but my brother's footsteps descending down the stairs broke our gaze.

"Hey, my mom said you can stay the night if you want." Was it just me, or was James's face sad looking.

"Thanks," Lash whispered. Speed walked back upstairs, and told Lash to come with him, so he could give him a tour of the house, cause all he saw was the living room, basement, and dining room. Lash slowly walked up the basement stairs.

"You know," he said to me, "your really lucky." I had a look of confusion on my face while Lash closed the door to the basement. Maybe there was more to him then I thought.