*Chapter one**

She's back, baby

*Hailey*

I kept bouncing on the backseat of my mother's car, while repeating "I'm coming home," like it was my mantra. I'm coming home. I'm coming home. I'm coming home.

"Hailey, stop that!" my mother snapped from the driver's seat.

I rolled my eyes, but didn't stop. Not even she could kill my buzz right now.

She glared at me through the rearview mirror with hatred in her eyes. Shrugged to myself, it was no secret my mom and I didn't get along. I tried, for so long I tried to be the daughter she wanted. But once I realized it was no use, I stopped trying.

It was moments like this that I missed my dad. He would always diffuse the tension between my mom and I. he was the caring parent, the one who loved me unconditionally like a parent should.

God, I missed him.

We moved to California two years ago, when he died in a car crash. I didn't want to, I wanted to be with my friends, and stay in the only place I had memories of him. But the royal bitch herself made us move, and since she had custody of me, there was nothing I could do about it.

But now we're back. I'm so happy to be back.

I couldn't be happier; I finally got to see Elena, who I haven't seen in a year. She was like my sister, and the last place I saw her was at her parents' funeral. But now I'm back, and I plan to launch a sneak attack on her.

But the one thing I didn't like about moving back was that it seemed too good to be true. There was something fake about the whole thing, but I couldn't think about that, I was just glad that we were back.

We finally got into town, and I watched as all the stores and shops that were part of my childhood fly pass the window. I saw people walking about the quaint little town. I recognized some people, but didn't see Elena among them.

My bouncing started up again, the excitement gnawing at me. I was so glad to be away from California, from all those blonde clones that deemed me an emo whore because I didn't look like them. But now I was with my real friends. I was home.

"Hailey Anne Ellis, if you don't stop that, I will ship you back to Los Angeles faster than you can say 'I'm sorry!'" my mother suddenly shouted at me.

I stopped at glared at my mother with fury. I bit back my retort, knowing she would send me back to California, and instead focused my gaze on the coffee next to her. The coffee cup next to her started to shake as we stopped at a stop light. Suddenly, it exploded all over my mom, and she shrieked, while I laughed.

My black onyx ring glowed for a few short moments, as my mom calmed down, and I stopped laughing. I had the biggest smirk on my face as we kept driving.

I'm physic, I have powers. I'm telekinetic, and I have visions of the future. I'm now the best at controlling my powers, and my emotions get the best of me sometimes.

No one knew about my powers. If anyone found able to out, I'd be shipped to the loony bin. I started getting them around my fifteenth birthday. I started predicting things right before my dad died, and my powers got stronger after he died. I barely knew anything about my powers. I don't know why I have them, only that my ring helped me control them.

My onyx ring was given to me on my 15th birthday by my dad, right before he died. Sometimes, I wondered if he knew more about my powers than I thought he did.

We turned on to the street where I used to live, and I smiled when I saw the old house I grew up in. it's been in the Ellis family for generations, and I loved it.

I jumped out of the car, even before it stopped moving, causing my mom to yell at me. I ignored her, and grabbed my black and white kitten named Ellie, who was sleeping on the seat next to me. She meowed at me, annoyed that I woke her up from her nap. I grabbed my purse and my bags and ran into the house, slamming the door.

I looked around the house, and it looked just like the way we left it. All the plastic covers over the future was gone, and there was no dust, or cob webs in sight. Mom must've had the movers clean everything.

I ran upstairs to my room, and burst through the door. It looked just the way I left it.

The walls were still neon green, and had posters of my favorite bands like Cobra Starship, and All Time Low, along with pictures of me, Elena, my dad, and Elena's family on them.

I looked at the walls one more time, before dropping my bags on the ground, and Ellie clawed her way onto my bed, before falling asleep. I ran a hand through my hair, before walking to the garage, where my prized possession, my baby, waited.

My car was my child, and I loved it like she was. She was a restored 1956 red mustang. It was my dad's before me, and my favorite memories were just of him and me driving around town.

I got in the car, smiling indulgently at the purr of the engine, before pulling out of the garage, driving toward Elena's.

I reached Elena's house within minutes, I was driving so fast. I jumped out right away, and practically sprinted to the door. I knocked on it so hard, I probably could have broken it if Jeremy haven't have had answered it.

"Chill, I'm coming, I'm coming." he mumbled before looking down at me. His eyes almost popped out of his sockets when he saw me.

"Hailey!" he shouted, before enveloping me in a hug.

"Hey, Jeremy!" I said, beaming.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, as we broke away from each other.

"I'm back, baby. I hope you didn't miss me too much." I smirked.

Jeremy rolled his eyes at me, but continued smiling. Jeremy was like my annoying little brother, and Elena had been telling me he was going through a tough time. I would lecture him later, though.

"Is Elena here?" I asked him, praying she was. It would be just my luck if she was out of town. So much for my sneak attack.

"Yeah, upstairs." He said, moving out of the way. I smiled once last time, before bounding up the stairs. Excitement kept gnawing at my stomach, like it was going to crawl out of me.

I didn't knock on Elena's door, just slammed the door open. A huge grin was on my lips, as I shouted. "I'm back, baby!"

My grin fell for a second, when I realized Elena wasn't alone.

"Oh, shit." I said, slamming the door shut.

My Elena, sweet, innocent Elena, was on top of a boy, half naked.

I guess things did change while I was gone.

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