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shrugged.
He shook his head. “No way, I would never let you do that. Whatever your dad did, he did it for a reason.”
“I guess you’re right,” I sighed.
I didn’t want this mess. I just wanted my not so great life back, because at least then, nobody wanted me dead. Then, I was just a normal seventeen year old girl, dreaming about the future. Now, I’m a freakish non-human one, who can break stuff with her mind.
“Do my… umm… powers only work when I get mad?” I asked curiously.
He laughed. “No. They’re just enhanced when you get mad.” He picked up a pillow off the couch. “Think about lifting this pillow with your mind.”
I looked at him curiously, but I didn’t question. I focused on the pillow and imagined it floating. At first, nothing happened, but then suddenly the pillow floated just inches above his head.
“I did it!” I said excitingly, breaking concentration. The pillow came down and hit him in the head. I laughed.
“Good thin g we weren’t practicing with a brick,” he joked. “It’ll get easier the more you practice.”
“What if I don’t want this?” I asked. “What if I want a normal life?”
“Normal isn’t an option,” he answered. “I mean, you can continue your life as normal, but you’re immortal. You will eventually stop aging, and people will notice. You will continual ly be uprooting your life. It’s just easier to be alone.”
Always alone – well that sound ed terrible. Maybe death would be better by comparison.
“Of course,” he cleared his throat, “you always have me… If you want me, that is.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “The question is could you put up with me forever .”
He laughed. “Oh, I don’t think I will have a problem.”
I shrugged. “I don’t know. After the first few hundred years I might get annoying.”
“Trust me, you won’t.”
“What a bout my dad? He married a human. Did he think my mom wouldn’t notice he wasn’t aging ?”
“Honestly, I have no clue what he was thinking. He must have really loved her,” he answered the best he could. “I’m sure he would have eventually had to share his secret, or leave. I can’t believe he kept it as long as he did, honestly.”
“So how old will I get? Before I stop aging?”
He shrugged. “I stopped at 19, but you could stop anytime from now until your early 20’s.”
“Shouldn’t I be more excited about eternal youth?”
“It’s not all it’s cracked up to be,” he said bitterly, “especially when you have an evil brother whose goal in life is to torture your every moment of existence .”
I couldn’t help the small giggle that escaped my lips . I could tell from the look on Jason’s face that he didn’t think it was that funny, but even he smiled a little.
Eternity with him didn’t sound all that bad. The idea w as definitely grow ing on me.
At 4 o’clock , as promised, Jason took me to my house so I could check on my mom and get some clothes. She was lying on the couch , as usual. This time I got her a glass of water with her migraine medicine. I needed her to know that I would in no way support her drinking habit … at least not anymore.
She eyed me evilly. “Where’s my beer?”
“It’s Monday, and you have work. You shouldn’t be drinking before you go in. You could lose your job.”
She grumbled under her breath, but took the pills anyway.
“I was just letting you know I will be staying with a friend tonight, and I won’t be home. I just came to get some clothes,” I explained.
She nodded, not even asking where I was going. “Sounds good, I may have company tonight anyway.”
I felt myself stiffen. I didn’t ask who, I didn’t want to know. I just walked to my room and packed everything I could. Jason was waiting for me in his car.
My mom was a completely different person today than she was only a few days ago. She instantly turned cold and bitter.
She didn’t even ask who I was staying with , I thought
He shook his head. “No way, I would never let you do that. Whatever your dad did, he did it for a reason.”
“I guess you’re right,” I sighed.
I didn’t want this mess. I just wanted my not so great life back, because at least then, nobody wanted me dead. Then, I was just a normal seventeen year old girl, dreaming about the future. Now, I’m a freakish non-human one, who can break stuff with her mind.
“Do my… umm… powers only work when I get mad?” I asked curiously.
He laughed. “No. They’re just enhanced when you get mad.” He picked up a pillow off the couch. “Think about lifting this pillow with your mind.”
I looked at him curiously, but I didn’t question. I focused on the pillow and imagined it floating. At first, nothing happened, but then suddenly the pillow floated just inches above his head.
“I did it!” I said excitingly, breaking concentration. The pillow came down and hit him in the head. I laughed.
“Good thin g we weren’t practicing with a brick,” he joked. “It’ll get easier the more you practice.”
“What if I don’t want this?” I asked. “What if I want a normal life?”
“Normal isn’t an option,” he answered. “I mean, you can continue your life as normal, but you’re immortal. You will eventually stop aging, and people will notice. You will continual ly be uprooting your life. It’s just easier to be alone.”
Always alone – well that sound ed terrible. Maybe death would be better by comparison.
“Of course,” he cleared his throat, “you always have me… If you want me, that is.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “The question is could you put up with me forever .”
He laughed. “Oh, I don’t think I will have a problem.”
I shrugged. “I don’t know. After the first few hundred years I might get annoying.”
“Trust me, you won’t.”
“What a bout my dad? He married a human. Did he think my mom wouldn’t notice he wasn’t aging ?”
“Honestly, I have no clue what he was thinking. He must have really loved her,” he answered the best he could. “I’m sure he would have eventually had to share his secret, or leave. I can’t believe he kept it as long as he did, honestly.”
“So how old will I get? Before I stop aging?”
He shrugged. “I stopped at 19, but you could stop anytime from now until your early 20’s.”
“Shouldn’t I be more excited about eternal youth?”
“It’s not all it’s cracked up to be,” he said bitterly, “especially when you have an evil brother whose goal in life is to torture your every moment of existence .”
I couldn’t help the small giggle that escaped my lips . I could tell from the look on Jason’s face that he didn’t think it was that funny, but even he smiled a little.
Eternity with him didn’t sound all that bad. The idea w as definitely grow ing on me.
At 4 o’clock , as promised, Jason took me to my house so I could check on my mom and get some clothes. She was lying on the couch , as usual. This time I got her a glass of water with her migraine medicine. I needed her to know that I would in no way support her drinking habit … at least not anymore.
She eyed me evilly. “Where’s my beer?”
“It’s Monday, and you have work. You shouldn’t be drinking before you go in. You could lose your job.”
She grumbled under her breath, but took the pills anyway.
“I was just letting you know I will be staying with a friend tonight, and I won’t be home. I just came to get some clothes,” I explained.
She nodded, not even asking where I was going. “Sounds good, I may have company tonight anyway.”
I felt myself stiffen. I didn’t ask who, I didn’t want to know. I just walked to my room and packed everything I could. Jason was waiting for me in his car.
My mom was a completely different person today than she was only a few days ago. She instantly turned cold and bitter.
She didn’t even ask who I was staying with , I thought
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