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Emily/Five POV
It was a stupid idea to go to Stan's house. Just plain stupid. I guess I wasn't thinking when I said to Kate, 'I'm going to a friends house'. I don't even know Stan and he's not my friend.
I wait in the elevator, it is very slow. Some crappy music is playing through the overhead speakers, I'm shaking and quite nervous. I'm not sure why, I guess it's one of those nerve-racking times. The elevator has a nice fresh smell, it goes with the wooden coloured walls and the dark blue carpet. I'm just here to retrieve my pen, I'm just here to retrieve my pen. You probably wondering why I'd go to great lengths to get my pen back from Stan; well let's put it this way, I just don't like people taking my sh*t. But you let him borrow it because he is hot, right? What… No! well…
"Argh!" I sigh, kicking the wooden-coloured wall angrily, I pause and take a few deep breaths. The elevator dings to a stop at the ninth level. I take a few more deep breaths.
This was a bad idea. This was a terrible idea. As the silver elevator doors open I'm met face-to-face with Stanley Worthington. His dark hair is lengthening a bit and his eyes are the magnificent shade of dark brown. I stare at him for a few more seconds before he clears his throat,
"Um, uh, hi" I say a bit too quickly, putting my hand out to him. I can feel the heat rising in my cheeks. He gives a small grin,
"Uh, hi" he says, shaking my hand. He walks into his apartment, I follow him, feeling rather small in the massive penthouse floor. It's the first time I've been in someone else's house other than Kate's and my grandparent's.
"Um, do you want a drink?" he asks, going over to the kitchen. I doubt he knows how to open a fridge, let alone know where drinks are kept. But for some reason I blush,
"No thanks, I-I'm just here to, um, ask you something" I say, getting to the real point of why I showed up at his house, unannounced. He nods, he seems nervous; pretty weird for a guy whose one of the most popular, and I hear, cocky, guys in the school. He sits down on the white and cream sofa, he motions for me to sit. I do.
"So what did ya wanna talk about?" he asks, leaning forward a bit and making direct eye contact with me. I shift uneasily from his sudden gaze, but I feel something else as well…
"Um, I was actually wondering if you could tell me how your number got into my phone" I say, pulling out my phone and showing the screen to him, he gets up to get a better view, sitting next to me. I feel a certain heat rise in my cheeks.
"Uh, that's weird, I don't remember giving my number to you…" he says, frowning in confusion. That just sends my stomach dropping,
"W-what do you mean? It had to be you… I mean, who else could it be?" I say, now getting a little bit worried and scared. Stan looks at me, his expression calms me down slightly before I start getting more worried,
"Um… I dunno. Maybe someone was trying to prank you?" he says, his expression turning into one of confusion and worry. Why would someone want to prank me?
"Hey don't worry, it's probably just some stupid prank... Did you wanna stay for dinner?" he asks so suddenly, I'm surprised normally I wouldn't be even within 10 metres of Stan outside of school, but here I am.
"Um, sorry, I already ate, um, I should go" I say, getting up, he looks saddened by this, I feel bad for leaving, I really want to stay, but I just don't feel right yet. He nods and walks me to the door,
"Um, see you later then" I say, stepping outside the door, he gives a small smile, I smile back,
"See you at school!" he says, as the elevator doors close. The last thing I hear is his voice say something like,
"Dammit I forgot to give her pen back!" he says.
I smirk.
Joe/Eight POV
I wake up surprisingly refreshed and happy. I just can't get this grin off my face; probably because… I kissed Marina!
I jump out of bed and quickly jump in the shower, after that I pull on some dark blue jeans and a dark grey, long sleeved shirt – I feel amazing!
"Joe honey, breakfast is ready!" grandma shouts from downstairs, I quickly collect up my unfinished homework and stuff it into my bag, along with my stationery. I shove my phone into my pocket and head for the stairs. As soon as I reach the bottom of the stairs, the fresh smell of breakfast hits me instantly. Normally I'm not a breakfast-type person, but my stomach rumbles continuously until I reach the table.
"Hey Ma, what's all this?" I ask, gesturing to the range of breakfast foods laid out in front of me; bacon, sausages, toast, eggs, fruit, hash browns and other foods I've never even seen before. She grins,
"It's for you! You got your first Legacy yesterday!" she says, hugging me, I laugh,
"Wait so for every Legacy I get, you make food like this?" I ask, a slight smirk making it's way to my mouth, she grins,
"I was exactly your age when I got my first Legacy" she says, returning to her coffee and leaning on the kitchen counter. I start to dig into my breakfast, still listening.
"What was it exactly?" I say, with a mouth full of bacon, she roll her eyes at my table manners,
"It was Precognition. I received the ability to see the future" she says fluently, almost as if she had recited it before, I raise my eyebrows,
"So if you can see the future… you would've seen what happened yesterday…" I say, swallowing my food and blushing hysterically from just remembering my kiss with Marina. My grandma smirks, I blush harder and put my head in my hands. She laughs, she knows what happened.
"Let's just say a little birdie told me"
I make my way into the school doors, I'm still nervous in meeting Marina, even though we did kiss and I did ask her out. As soon as I walk in I see John at my locker, Maren is next to him. They're laughing at something; I smirk when I see John blush for what must be the millionth time today. I walk over to them,
"Hey, hey, hey" I say, walking groovily up to them, Maren laughs and John just face-palms – hey that's my thing.
"What are you so excited about?" he asks, leaning against the locker, I grin,
"Well a certain someone might've asked a certain Marina out" I say, giving a goofy grin, John's eyes widen,
"Dude! That's amazing, I'm so happy for you!" he says, clapping my back, Maren shares his same expression and gives me a quick hug,
"Well whatcha got first?" I ask, opening my locker and shoving my bag in,
"Gym class with you" he says, I pump my fist,
"Yeah well, while you guys are having the time of your lives, I'm gonna be stuck in Astronomy" she says, glumly, John mocks a sad,
"Aww, poor Maren doesn't like Astronomy" I say, giving puppy-dog eyes, she laughs as well as lightly slapping my arm, John laughs.
"I guess it's interesting, right? Don't you learn about other planets and stuff?" John asks, sobering up,
"The only planets we're learning about now are Mogadore, Earth and Lorien – it's so boring" she says, putting her head in her hands, John grins, then blushes from their sudden eye contact; I smirk widely, now it's my turn to tease John, Mwuhaaaa. I'm about to ask Maren where Marina is, but the ringing of the bell interrupts me, I grab my gym gear and head to the PE Centre with John.
"OK listen up nim-wits. My name is Mr. Pratt, you will call me Coach, you will not call me Mr, Sir, Mr Pratt or any other messed up name you pathetic teenagers make up!" Mr Pratt, I mean Coach shouts.
"Dude isn't Mr Pratt his name?" Stan asks from beside me, I nod,
"Yeah that's kinda weird… he's kinda weird" I say, John grins, Stan just shakes his head, a mocking grin planted on it. He showed up to school late today; I'm not surprised.
"I'm your Gym teacher this semester. I want you wusses to line up two straight lines. GO, GO, GO!" Coach yells at us. This is going to be something. Everyone quickly shuffles unevenly into two lines, I stand in the first straight line, John next to me and Stan on my other side.
"OK, step to this side of the room if you have developed your first Legacy, Mind mojo included!" he shouts, even though he's about 5 meters from the first row and this 'Mind mojo' is actually Telekinesis. I look at John and Stan, they both have clueless looks on their faces, I step out of the line and go straight for the other side of the room. I stand there and turn around, a few other students follow and stand next to me. And for the first time I get a good look at my gym class. I blush and feel my chest flutter and zing when I see Marina walking towards me; she has a wide smile planted on her face, she hurries and stands next to me; I quickly slip my hand into hers and she squeezes it in return. I feel much better now.
"OK you dropkicks go to Miss Lerner" Coach says, pointing to the assistant gym teacher. Wow, she's actually quite pretty; I think I hear Stan whoop in celebration as he bounds over to her, John is shaking his head the whole time, grinning but shaking his head at Stan's 'eagerness' to "learn". As the other group goes the Coach lumbers over to us, his face morphed into a frown. Actually, I think that's his general facial look.
"OK newbies, let's get started. I want each of you to state your name and Legacy as we go across, you, Blondie, you start!" he shouts;
"I'm starting to think that this guys eardrums are broken or maybe he's just really angry all the time" I whisper to Marina, she giggles in return, I love her laugh, it's really cute.
"Um, I'm Britney, uh, I can make earthquakes and stuff" she says, putting her hands on her hips – typical cheerleader. The Coach doesn't even bother, the next person steps forward,
"Uh, um, I'm Hannu, I don't know what it's called-"
"Boy, what did I say?!" the Coach shouts at him, he flinches in fear – I'm starting to really dislike this 'Coach'.
"B-but I d-don't know w-wha-"
"Well then show ME!" Coach cuts him off. Everyone in the line looks to Hannu, he nods innocently and steps towards the middle of our area. He looks at the Coach who throws his hands up in annoyance. Suddenly the boy zooms to the other side of the room, he's moving so fast he comes across as a blur, he stops in front of our line speedily, then zooms back and then sideways until he's cut off by the Coach blowing his whistle, some of us wince at the sound.
"Speedy, go to the Detector!" he says, pointing to the small room next to us, through the glass paned window I can see a white floor, and cushioned walls on the other three walls. It pretty much looks like a fancy padded cell. The boy, Hannu runs again; the room floor shifts a bit, then suddenly he's not moving forward but he's still a blur – it's like there's some super-charged treadmill underneath him, he runs faster and his pants start to smoke. Coach suddenly blows the deafening whistle and the treadmill stops abruptly, sending Hannu flying forward into the cushioned wall, he bounces off and lands on the floor with a loud groan. Marina flinches beside me, still holding my hand. There's a pause then the Detector's computerised feminine-like voice turns on,
"Supersonic Speed. The ability to move at far greater speeds than a Garde with Super Speed. Although very fast, air resistance could burn away clothing and anything else carried with the user. Whiplash will occur when carrying a passenger. Top speeds have not been recorded yet; due to damage to Lorien's natural environment-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, kid get outta there!" the Coach says, Hannu shakes a bit nervously, rubbing his head and arm from where he fell, he slowly jogs out. I smile,
"That's a pretty cool Legacy" Marina whispers to me,
"Yeah, but I reckon yours is much cooler" I say, pecking her cheek quickly, she blushes a tomato red and rests her head on my shoulder. For a second during gym, I feel very happy and at peace; but then Coach spoke, or rather shouted,
"Alright, next!" I realise that I'm next, so I step forward releasing Marina's hand, I turn to face the rest of the small group. I look to Marina, she gives a small flying kiss and smiles at me, I smile back. I'm not that confident, I don't know if I can even teleport again! Last time it was out of reflex and Marina was about to get run over. I shiver at the thought.
"Alright pisspot, show us whatcha got"
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