I Don’t Like Being Watched

The sun was close to being completely gone. I peaked out my window and saw that the street was completely clear. My parents are in their room doing whatever the hell they do. So now is the perfect time to leave. I check for my phone, keys, and wallet. Once I'm sure that I have it all I make my escape. Ray told me that his flying saved him from falling in the living room. So, by that logic mine should do that too. Or at least it better, or this is gonna hurt. I open my window and climb out. The ground is a good 10 feet drop from here so if my flight doesn't kick in then I could possibly break something. Is this a good idea? No. But it's for science and morbid curiosity so it's fine.

I take a deep breath and fall out of the window. The ground comes closer for a few seconds before I stop about halfway down. The air moves around me as I hang in the air. I start laughing. It begins as a chuckle and slowly transitions into cheering. I flip onto my back as I thrust my arms into the air in victory. Then suddenly I'm no longer hanging and I fall onto the ground on my back. Pain surges through my body but not too much luckily. I wasn't too high up and I fell on the grass. I hate it here. I take a breather then stand back up slowly. Before I could walk away I realize I left the window open. God fucking damn it. I try and concentrate on my flight as I jump for the window. The first jump felt a little higher than normal. The second was definitely pretty high. The third put me right at the window and allowed me to pull it down and float back down to the ground. Now that all that is handled I can go to Ellie's house.

I've been walking for a few minutes and I can't shake the feeling that I'm being watched. Every once in a while I would look around behind me and the feeling would stop. Not for long though. It keeps coming back. It's alright tho because we'll drive away and leave whatever that is behind. It's gonna be fine. It's not like I'm getting stalked by a demon or something. At least I hope not because I know nothing about combating demons. I need a magic manual in my life right now. Something to tell me what it is I'm supposed to do exactly. But no because fuck me for wanting to be able to use my powers. I continued until Ellie's house was in sight. It was quiet around and as I waited on her porch. The watching feeling was still there and when I turned around I swear I saw something move in a bush close by me. I used my speed to go around to check but I slipped on some grass because it had rained earlier. I looked up and whatever was in that bush is gone now.

"Shit," I whisper to myself. The sound of the front door opened behind me. My head turned as Ellie stepped out of her house. She looks around before her eyes settle on me.

"Why is your dumbass on the floor?" I consider telling her about what's been going on. My weird-ass being watched feeling. She might be able to help.

"I just slipped you know? You are very much aware of how clumsy I can be." She eyes me up and down before accepting with a shrug. She's a little too perceptive sometimes. She opens the door to her chevy and tosses her bag in the passenger side. I approach my side as she gets in. When I open my door I throw her bag to the back and hop inside.

"Don't just throw my bag like that. How dare you? Don't do that fuck shit again." I rolled my eyes at her and put my seat belt on. She has a joking tone and is laughing a little so I know she's not legitimately mad.

"I make absolutely no promises because I probably will do it again. Ellie starts the car and throws it in reverse as she peels out of her driveway. As I looked out the window I swear I saw something glowing in the distance. We passed by too quickly for me to figure it out though. "Do you think we're doing the right thing? That we can be trusted to keep these powers and do whatever we choose to do after we get better at using them? Like maybe we're getting ourselves involved in something that we shouldn't be anywhere near?" She's silent for a few minutes and I wonder if she even heard me. Maybe it's for the best that she didn't. I'm probably just being paranoid. I mean, this is a gift, right? Normal people can't freeze things by touching them or run at super-speeds. They can't fly or teleport or control the wind. So why do I feel so afraid of going down this path? Like I'm getting myself into something dangerous. Getting all of us into something dangerous. I don't know what I'd do if getting them involved in all of this gets them hurt.

"I think that we were supposed to get caught up in this. I feel like we specifically were chosen for this. What are the chances that you move here, get the book, meet us, and give us all powers. Maybe it's fate or something like that. I don't know, I try not to think about destiny or the future and stuff. Whatever happens, happens. And sometimes we can change it and other times we can't. But we have to live on and keep moving. And hey, we have each other. And for now, I think that's enough for now. Trust me, I had to do a lot of hard things alone in my life. Being here and doing this with all of you will be a lot easier." She stretches her free hand out to me with a small smile on her face. I graciously accept it and it gives me some much-needed comfort. God, I don't know how I survived without friends for so long. Having these people in my life will never be negative. I don't care how scary the future is, because I won't have to do it alone. With her hand still in mine, I pull it to my mouth and bite her. She likes to bite me a lot so this is revenge. Ellie gasped, more so at the fact that I did it than in pain.

"You fucking bitch." She screamed. I just laughed in amusement at her.

"Revenge is cold bitch." I channeled my ice powers just enough so frost came off of my index finger as I twirled it around. "Real cold." She smacked my hand and returned both hands to the wheel as we dissolved into laughter.