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hundred percent. We were huffing and puffing by the end of it, and our faces were red. I felt bad, as I rarely get winded or tired, but today I was exhausted.
    ‘O k, let’s wrap things up,’ the coach called to us, meaning next point would win. A new girl, Annabelle, served it over, but it came back. When I hit it over, it got through their line. We shook hands with the other team and went over to the coach.
    ‘O k, ladies and gents, I will post the team and reservations on the wall tomorrow.’ We were dismissed to clean up.
    ‘Nice work , Summer! For once we see you tired!’
    I laughed with Perry and took a huge swig of water. ‘Well, last time I checked, I was not invincible,’ I said with a hint of sarcasm.
    Perry went off to change , and I went to congratulate Annabelle on her work. ‘Hi Annabelle, I just wanted to say great work on the court.’
    S he turned around to face me with a huge smile on her face. ‘Thank you, but I am not as good as you.’ she turned back to her friends, who were talking about how hard tryouts had been. I looked at my phone and saw that Amanda and Ethan would be waiting. I grabbed my bag and ran into the car park, not bothering to have a shower.
    When I reached the school parking lot , I beat Amanda and Ethan, who were walking out of class. I looked at my phone. ‘Not again,’ I said out loud. I never meant to stop time, and I hated when I did it accidentally. I made a mental note to ask Lauren how to keep myself from doing that.
    ‘What’s not again? I hope it’s my nose.’ Amber walked past me.
    ‘Amber , I am really sorry about your nose, but what you said made me mad.’ I looked at her, hoping for an apology, but I knew I would never get one.
    ‘W ell, I am glad you are sorry, but that doesn’t mean we are not going to sue you for every penny you and your mum have,’ she said, giving her evil smile.
    ‘No , please don’t do that. I will do anything- please do not sue. My mum is just coping as it is.’ I felt tears well up in my eyes, but Amber was laughing.
    ‘O h my god, you believed it!’ She walked off, laughing with her friends.
    ‘Amber , you don’t joke about things like that!’ I yelled to her as she walked away. I felt two pair of eyes looking at me.
    ‘Summer , what did you do?’ Ethan’s voice was firm.
    ‘N othing! She was joking around about suing my mum and me, and I told her it is not funny!’  He looked at me with pity, which I hated.
    ‘Ethan , please! Don’t look at me like that!’
    I looked at Amanda , who seemed to be in a world of her own. She looked up. ‘Was someone talking to me?’
    ‘U mm, Amanda, are you going to move?’
    S he turned around to see a car waiting for her to move. ‘Oh, sorry.’ She stepped aside and let the car drive past. We stood there for a few seconds before we all got in Ethan’s car.
    ‘W ait, I need to tell Amy I don’t need a lift.’ I got out my phone and told Amy I did not need to stay at her house anymore, and thanked her for having me.
    ‘S o you were at Amy’s the whole time?’ Amanda asked.
    I sat silent ly.
    ‘So I assume that is a yes,’ Ethan muttered.
    ‘O k, I was at Amy’s! So what? I needed space, and her place is safe.’
    Amanda shift ed in her seat as Ethan spoke again. ‘So what? I thought you had been caught, or worse, killed! Do you realize how special you are?’
    ‘H ere we go again,’ Amanda said, like she had heard this before.
    ‘ This is part of why I left! I am sick of special treatment. Why can’t people treat me like anyone else?’ The sun was now covered by clouds that had appeared out of nowhere.
    ‘B ecause you are not everybody else.’ Ethan did not look at me, keeping his eyes on the road.
    ‘Y ou think I don’t know that? I have sudden power bursts that come from nowhere. For once I would like people to just stop thinking of me as special, and turn around and say, “Hey, Summer, how are you doing?”  Because if anyone in that house had a