okay FINALLY! here it is! Chapter seven! i CAN'T wait until they leave for the trip! only...two more i think, this and the next then some awesome GODRIC! GAH! okay well dnt forget to REVIEW!
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Promise of a Lifetime Chapter Seven
It's morning; I can feel the suns rays on my skin. It caresses it and causes me to squirm. Ever since that night with Godric, I have been partial to the sun. I just took as something like "feeling what he feels". I turn over and look out of the window. Outside it's a beautiful day; three days have gone by since I found out that Godric was taken.
I let out a sigh; today I am going to meet the vampire Eric Northman. Sookie is taking me to see him once our shifts are done, and the sun goes down. Bill is insisting that he go with us.
I struggle to untangle myself from the blankets I had surrounding me, then I force myself to get dressed and eat. When I am alone I tend to use my powers more. I look at the cereal on the counter and with just a thought the box floats off of the counter and over into my now outstretch hand. I giggle, sometimes I see myself as a super fat person using just my powers to do everything. A tad worried, I pour the cereal myself and once I have eaten I make my way out the door.
I walk towards Merlottes, dragging my feet. I wonder about the vampire I will meet tonight. Will he be like Bill? Or will he be more like Godric? How old would he be?
I had been so lost in thought that I hadn't noticed that I was walking right into s parked car in the dirt parking lot of the bar. I shake my head and walk into Merlottes.
Once inside I can hear the few people that are in there at work. Lafayette is cooking, and Arlene is running around as per usual. Only difference is that Sookie is taking the order of a couple sitting at a booth.
"Oh Skye, thank the heavens! I need to go home; my kids are being my kids again!" Arlene grabs her coat and runs out of the front door, leaving me, to pick up her shift.
Today the hours go by slowly; I mean even for a small town like this, it's a slow day. I spent most of my shift wasting time by cleaning the same table for two hours. I watch as the over used cloth is pressed down against the countertop, and slowly I get lost in the memories of my past.
I remember the laughter that used to always be around me, the happiness that used to fill my home, my old home. I remember the beautiful, captivating smile that my psychotic mother had one possessed, and the way that my father used to make the house light up, and I remember how I ruined it…
"SKYE!" Sookie's voice pulls me from the memories and I look at her. I shake my head and realize why she had been yelling my name. The cloth on the table had been turned to dust, and was now sitting in a pile in the middle of my palm.
I look up at her, the only person that must have seen, "I-I-I'm so sorry Sookie, did I hurt anyone? OH man did I hurt you?" Frantically I drop the dust, and fly over to where Sookie is standing; I attempt to check her for any signs of pain.
"Skye, I'm fine, but that sure was something! You went all…your eyes they were…empty and then the cloth just, well turned to dust," the look on Sookie's face wasn't one that normally follow one of my episodes, no, hers was one of sincere worry.
This causes me to laugh, "You're okay though right?"
Sookie smiles, "I'm fine Skye, but you are going to have to start explaining, maybe on the way to see Eric, we can leave now," I nod my head; Sookie deserves some answers, maybe not everything, but the essentials.
"Okay, start talking Skye," Sookie says to me, she has parked her yellow car on the side of a deserted road, the sun is beginning to return to it's nighttime fortress, leaving the sky pink with longing for it to return. My skin becomes less agitated and I am thankful.
I take in a big breathe, filling up my lungs with the cooling air around me. I had known that I would have to tell someone about my powers, and if it had to be anyone, Sookie would defiantly be my first choice.
I look at the girl sitting beside me in the small car, her blond hair is pulled back into a ponytail and her brown eyes look sincere and caring. I smile at her, "okay, it's a long story, but I will share it with you. If you have any questions then just ask, and I don't care if you have the need to interrupt me or anything."
Sookie just nods, "okay well as you know I have powers. Well I have always had them, but they were never really strong enough to do much. When I was thirteen I had a slipup, and it ended my family. My mother grew to hate me and she turned to god. She was sure that I was possessed, or that it was some malevolent force that was making me do the devil's bidding…" I pause, thinking of how my mother used to act, and then remembering the horrors I have done. Then I thought about him and how much my whole body ached for his touch.
"So when you say slip up…" Sookie asks the question I never want to answer.
"Let's just say I got really mad, and lost control, see my power is emotional. If I lose control, like I get really upset, or angry, they are…set free I guess. It's hard to explain. I…I am constantly holding it back, constantly fighting to keep it buried. Fighting to make sure I never lose control again."
Sookie nods, "it gets tiring though right?"
"Yeah, over time I start to feel it escape, I get so tierd of holding it back, that's when I feel weird, I start to feel pressure in my gut, my head, and then I have to let some of it go. That way it doesn't overflow, you know?"
"Like when you fill a glass with water? If you take a little sip then it doesn't flow over?" Sookie's analogy is exactly what I am talking about and it makes me smile to know that she understands it.
"But I have no idea why you can't read my mind; I guess I have this barrier up or something? Or maybe the power itself is in the way?"
"Last time, when you tried to let me in, I don't think you did, I think you pushed your thoughts into my head, and a little too fast. There was so much stuff in there I couldn't take it!" Sookie exclaims.
I nod, it makes sense that I would do that, I remember once with my father I had…
"So can I see you use it?" Sookie asks me, not sure how I will react.
"Okay, but you have to get out of the car, and do EXACTLY as I say. Just in case I can't hold it back or something…"
When Sookie agrees, we both make our way out of the car. I make her stand beside the yellow hood and I walk out into the middle of the road. Then I smile, I am excited to use my powers.
I stretch out my hands, and close my eyes. Suddenly I can feel it, the feeling of it surging through my veins and across my skin, simultaneously the tingling spreads, consuming my body. The last time I let my powers go like this was in my clearing. I open my eyes and I can see that the dirt that had lay on the road now surrounds me, the small pebbles began to orbit me and I looked towards Sookie, she looked completely shocked. I let out a laugh, the feeling was magnificent. Deciding that dirt wasn't enough I let it drop, returning it to it cold earth, and lift my hand up with the palm facing the sky.
I had only done this a couple of times but I wanted to show Sookie what I was capable of, so I forced everything to go into the palm of my hand. I felt the tingling, magnificence leave my body and creep across my forearm reaching the center of my palm. Slowly I could see a ball forming, the light glow emanated from it. Whips of light circled the small shimmering ball, making me giggle, but I shouldn't have. The small outbreak, the tiny mistake causes the light to expand and the ball explodes in my hand. This causes Sookie to scream and I close my eyes, trying to regain control.
As fast as it had showed up the tingling sensation extinguishes, and I grab my hand feeling the pain radiating from it. Before I worry about myself I yell over to Sookie, "Oh my god, Sookie are you okay?" I yell over towards the car.
"Oh my stars, Skye, that was amazing," clearly she was.
I look down at my hand; the skin was sliced but not too deep. The blood slowly dripped onto the dirt road and I cringe, "glad you are okay, sorry. I lost control, that's why I wanted to make sure you were far enough to not get hurt."
Sookie runs over to me and looks at my hand, "You need to get that looked at Skye, it's bleeding real bad," this makes me laugh.
"Real bad?" I giggle, but cut them short, remember how I had just lost control, "don't worry, a little bandage and I'll be fine, besides I wanna meet this Eric guy."
"Well, not with that, we can meet Eric AFTER you get that looked at," Sookie protests.
"How about we drop by your place, I get a cloth, wrap it up, and then I can meet this vampire that is paying for my trip?"
Sookie laughs, but I know that she is worried, "okay, fine, get in the car, but if it doesn't look better tomorrow, I am taking you to the hospital."
"Yes mom," I say to my friend, as I climb into the car, happy that she is still just that.