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    Perhaps something fell off the mountain? She scanned the area one more time. A few feet away, nestled in the tall grass she spotted a cell phone. Could that be his phone he dropped while watching her from on top of the mountain?
    She proceeded toward the phone, scanning the area for anyone close by, but no one appeared, even when she bent down and picked up the phone. Miraculously the phone had remained intact. The screen had been cracked, but she could power it up.
    Whoever owned the phone hadn’t bothered to customize it. For that matter, there were no phone numbers, history or any other information entered into the phone except for the incoming text message from an SMS messaging site.
    “So it has started. Her powers are growing stronger than we imagined. Keep watching her 24/7. If you think she’s dangerous call me, father.”
    The phone had to be the boys. She read over the message a second time and shivered. He was working with his father to keep an eye on her and knew her abilities were growing stronger. But why did he care? Better yet, why had he tried to carry her away on the beach after she’d transformed or broke into her house the next morning? Did he want to take her somewhere or did he want to do something far worse?
    Well, she wasn’t going to stick around and find out firsthand why. She dropped the phone and sprinted across the meadow toward her Chevelle.

 
     
     
     
7 THE TALK
    A couple of hours later, Lexi slid her knit tank top over her wet hair and kept her back to the window, just in case the boy was watching her.
    The doorbell rang and she ran down the stairs to the front door and opened it. Angie strolled inside, wearing a green T-shirt with her father’s company logo on it.
    “Okay,” Angie said. “I came over as fast as possible. I hope this has something to do with you deciding to stop avoiding Tyler and go out with him.”
    “This has nothing to do with him.” Lexi scanned the street, eyeing every spot where someone could be watching her, before closing the door. “Come on, I’ll tell you in my room.”
    Lexi walked up the narrow stairs to the small landing, hooked a quick left and entered the first door. Angie followed and sat on her queen-size bed.
    “Give me a second,” Lexi said, sliding the television out of the way and climbing on top of the oak dresser. The entire time, she could hear Angie’s curious thoughts, but she didn’t say a word. It would be better if Angie saw it for herself.
    She closed her eyes and focused on levitating. P lease let this work. I don’t want to fall on my butt in front of Angie . She lifted her foot and stepped off the dresser.
    “Oh, my God, you’re floating now.” Angie squeezed her hands together. “How is that possible?”
    “I don’t know.” Lexi landed on the plush-carpeted floor. “Something is changing about me again. I have a bad feeling this is only the beginning.”
    She recalled the message on the cell phone, “It has started. ” He must’ve meant she’d continue to develop more abilities and change, but into what?
    Scenes from alien science fiction movies flashed through her mind with various characters experiencing something similar to what was happening to her. All of the characters eventually transformed into hideous monsters. “I sure hope I’m not becoming a monster.” She cringed at the thought.
    “You’re not turning into a monster.” Angie scoffed. “There has to be a logical reason for you changing.”
    “I haven’t found one yet,” Lexi said. “I spent the past half-hour surfing the web and I wasn’t able to find anything about what I’m going through online except in fictional stories or comic books.” She walked to her desk and grabbed a stack of paper. “The only real information I found discussed the theory behind paranormal abilities. See.”
    Lexi handed Angie a stack of paper.
    Angie scanned the first page and then the next. “Wow, that’s a lot of abilities.”
    “Yeah, I