"So what colors do we have to use?", Lash questioned.
"On the form, it said white, black, and purple."

I lied on my bed, biting on my pencil, as I continued sketching down costume ideas. I had gone through about twelve since the first day of school.

Lash sat in the floor, legs sprawled out, back leant against the side of the bed.

"Have you drawn yours yet?", I asked, looking over at the clock to check the time. It was 2:19.
"No, I'm a terrible artist."
"So?"
"Just do mine."

Lash stood up on his knees and leaned over onto the mattress, just to watch me sketch mine.

"No, it's a team effort."
"Exactly, you draw and design, I model."
"Trust me, no one wants to see you model," I sighed, picking up a purple colored pencil.
"Please?"
"Why?"
"Because if mine sucks, I get a low grade. And since this is a team effort, you'll get a low grade too."

I just let out a harsh groan, and flipped the page in my notebook to a clean sheet. I started outlining his build, which I guess he wasn't too fond with.

"I'm way more muscular than that."
"Uh, no. You're like a bean pole."
"Look at these guns!"

I could see him flexing out of the corner of my eye, but I refused to give him the attention he wanted.

"What do you want your shirt to look like?"
"I want stripes."

There's a surprise.

I drew black and white stripes down the arms, and ended them in fingerless gloves on the hands.

"I want a cool alien looking skull on the front."

I put what he asked on the middle of his chest, surrounded by a circle.

"What color do you want the shirt?"
"Purple."

I picked up my purple pencil and began coloring. I had a bad habit of making sure there were no mistakes when it came to filling in the spots. I hated seeing messy drawings. I bit my lip and held my feet in the air as I did so, only to stop when I noticed Lash staring.

"What?"
"You make weird faces when you color," he smirked.
"If it bothers you, quit looking."

...

"Lash, why don't you stay for dinner?", my mother smiled, as she began setting plates out on the kitchen table.

Lash was just about to walk out the door, when she had to ask that agonizing question.

Three hours of pure hell. Three hours of only Lash. Three hours of him being an absolute arrogant, perverted idiot. And I was just about to be freed from those three hours, but no. My mother had other plans.

"I think I should get going," he smiled, opening the front door.
"Yeah, he has to go home. Probably to annoy some more sidekicks," I nodded, muttering the last sentence.
"Actually, I don't think my dad would mind."

I quickly turned around and watched him close the door and do one of his signature smirks, as he walked past me and towards the kitchen table.

I ruined it.

"Oh, that's just great! How do you feel about chicken and rice?"
"Sounds great."

Since everything was already set out, Lash went ahead and sat down while my mom passed the food out onto all of the plates. I just stood by the table and steamed with frustration. Why couldn't he just leave?

I've only known him for a week and he was already having dinner with my mom? What is this? A movie?

I felt Violet rub up against my leg and purr loudly. I looked down and smiled, seeing she was sitting at my feet and looking up innocently.

"Is this Lash?", she asked.

I nodded.

"And you're having dinner with him?"

I nodded again, but then quickly shook it.

"Against my will."
"What?"

I looked up and spotted Lash and my mother staring at me.

"Who are you talking to?"
"Violet," I spoke nonchalantly. My mom knew about the whole power stuff, so it wasn't that big of a deal. It just caught her off guard at times.

"Who's Violet?", Lash questioned.
"My cat."

I went to sit down but realized the only seat open was next to the stretchy teenager. My mother had this thing where she always tried to set me up with boys, since I wasn't really popular with the dating business.

I let out a frustrated sigh and planted my butt into the open seat. I could see Lash cockily smile, but keep his attention on the chicken and rice on his plate.

"This is very good," he nodded, shoving a fork full of meat into his mouth.

I lazily picked at my food, obviously not pleased with the dinner arrangement.

"So, Lash," my mother started, as she wiped her mouth with a napkin, "What's your power?"
"I stretch," he said arrogantly, yet nicely. He wiped his mouth too and leaned back into his chair, since he was done with his food.

He was a quick eater.

"You do? That's very unique!"
"I like to think so, nobody else in the school has the same power."
"Same," I spoke bluntly.

The two ignored my comment, and continued on with their conversation.

"How far can you stretch? Do you have limits?"
"Well of course I do, everyone has limits!"

I couldn't believe that Lash was being actually nice. He hadn't squeezed in a dirty joke or made any innuendoes. He was being tolerable for once.

"Enough about me, what's your power?", he smiled, before standing and taking his plate in his hand. He began walking towards the sink, and set it inside.
"I went inactive a few years back but I could control the weather."

I could just hear the excitement in my mother's voice. She loved talking about her 'saving the world' days, especially to strangers who didn't know that much about her.

"Wow! That's awesome!", Lash smiled, coming back and sitting down in his originally seat.

"I just don't understand how that can transfer into talking to animals. I mean, I thought Kim would surely be able to control the weather too."

I let out a disgruntled sigh and stood up. I didn't like it when people talked about my powers and how useless they were.

"I'm going up to my room," I mumbled, walking towards the stairwell.
"Aren't you going to say goodbye to Lash?"

I didn't even bother replying. I simply continued to the second floor of our house and into my bedroom. I fell down onto my mattress and moaned out of annoyance.

"I apologize for her behavior, she's not usually like this," I heard my mom's muffled voice come from downstairs.

If only she knew how big of an ass Lash really was.

...

I'm terribly sorry for such a late update! My town's water has been shut off since some sort of chemical leak was spilled into it. So, it's been a bit hectic recently, it's like the zombie apocalypse down here! Hopefully, I'll be able to update again soon.

-Hannah-