sister a little perfect angel.
Ugh!
“ Okay honey let me just rest for
five minutes.” was mom’s tired response.
“ Fine!” called Jane loudly as she
stormed up the stairs, a scowl fixed on her face.
Meanwhile, I sneaked out of the room, with the
salsa and chips in hand, and headed to my bedroom. I silently
thanked God for helping me convince my parents that a soundproof
door would help with studying. This meant that I wouldn’t hear them
yelling and they couldn’t blame me.
Now you may be wondering how come I heard
footsteps and my sister’s voice. Well wonder no more! It appeared
that I had gained a super hearing and vision! Either that or my
room isn’t as soundproof as I thought!
But one thing I knew for sure was that
everything was louder and brighter.
I could hear my sister on the phone
complaining to her best friend Rachel, a gossipy slob. I hated
her.
I could even make out the individual strands
of hair on my comb.
I lay on my bed pondering these new powers.
Unconsciously I ran my hand through my mop of hair. I wished I
could talk to someone about these newfound powers. But since even
the thought of Harrison brought bile to my throat I didn’t exactly
have a lot of options.
I narrowed the list down to those who had and
knew about powers. That left Darryl and Carly. I decided against
Darryl as the kid kind of freaked me out with his big brain. And
that was before he got super smart. That left Carly. At first I was
like no! Not her! You just tried to ask her out you idiot! Then I
realized that she never knew that I’d been about to ask her out. I
tenderly grabbed my phone and called Carly. After a long time she
picked up. “Hey Jake!’ She said. I let go of the breath I hadn’t
realized I was holding.
“ H-hey Carly.” I silently cursed
myself for my voice sounding so high-pitched and shaky.
“ Is everything okay?” She asked. I
could clearly hear the concern in her voice.
“ Yeah! Why wouldn’t it be?” I
responded.
“ Okay?” She said
uncertain.
“ I just wanted to let you know
that I discovered a new set of powers.”
“ Really?” She couldn’t keep the
tone of jealousy out of her voice.
“ Yah! I have some lamo power of
super vision and hearing.”
“ Oh. Well, uh…bye?”
“ Bye.” I replied.
To sum it all up I didn’t feel any better. In
fact if anything I felt a lot worse!
Carly
VII
I couldn’t help the envy that was currently
bubbling up my stomach. It wasn’t fair! Jake had four powers,
Harrison had three and I’m pretty sure Darryl has three to. That’s
if invention and super smartness are two different things. I only
had my double combo of water and electricity. Now I know you may be
thinking that’s a wonderful combo, because water is a brilliant
conductor of electricity. But still it wasn’t fair!
Mumbling my displeasure, I made my way towards
the dining room. Laid out on the mahogany table, was a large
platter of pork chops with a bowl of roast potatoes and cabbage and
gravy.
I wasn’t American in the slightest. With a
strong Norway background, my family moved to America in the late
twentieth century. From Maine, to San Francisco, to Washington. My
family has seen enough famous monuments to last a lifetime. I’ve
been to Norway a couple of times, but that was to see my
grandparents, usually in Easter. Every other national holiday was
spent in America with papa. I never met my mother, she died when I
was but a few months old. I’ve heard I look like her and from the
pictures I’ve seen I can’t deny it. We had the same light blond
hair, startlingly ice blue eyes and high ivory cheekbones. The only
difference, was the lack of smile wrinkles surrounding her eyes.
For someone who seemed so nice she certainly didn’t smile a lot.
Or, at all.
Not that I have wrinkles!
OMG that would be disgusting!
I sat down at the table and waited for Papa
and my cousin to fill the seats