Max has a power, a strong power indeed. But with this power places her directly in the infamous Golden Mount Academy. Once she's there she finds a group of teens similar to her, who has a vase plan to escape. Will this escape go as planned or will s...
I was nervous to think anything because now I know his power. He could read minds. But seeing Daniel laugh made my heart skip a beat. It almost made me want to jump up and give him a huge. But I stayed seated and watched his breathing slow.
"I was out because I fell asleep in class," I told him but I will never admit my dream to him. Not only was it a nightmare but he was also the main character in it. But now he probably knows.
"I have insomnia." He said, "Usually I stay in my room but something made me come out today, maybe it was you?" His eyes stared deeply into mine and I looked away nervously. I could also tell he regretted saying that, but little does he know I will be thinking about those words until the day I die.
"Can I ask you something?" I was worried about bringing up his mind-reading thing because I saw the way he views so I asked with cautiousness, "Can you read my mind?"
He shook his head, "When I try it sounds like the volume of a television six rooms away, no matter how close to you I am." His voice was still soft.
I exhaled in relief. I have never been the most outspoken person and the thought of someone reading my mind made me worried especially when I'm sitting in front of someone like Daniel.
"That's probably a good thing," I spoke without thinking. His lips turned up in a smile that only lasted a second.
"I'm s- sorry," he shuddered, "if I scared you when I pulled you into the room." He said after my embarrassing remark.
"I wasn't scared of you, I was scared of that lady." I replied, "What do you think she would have done if she found us?"
"Miss Dabria isn't much of a threat, it's who she works for we need to look out for."
"Threat as in when we escape?" I asked he nodded, "Who does she work for?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "We have been trying to figure that out. It's not easy when you don't have access to anything outside of the institute."
"I mean you all have superpowers, why can't that teleporting guy go somewhere?"
"We have tried, there is a barrier between us and the regular world, people are allowed in when they have permission and the same thing for when they leave." I sat back in my seat and started to think, "What are you thinking?"
"I don't know if it would work. But maybe I can open the barrier." I was thinking too ambitiously, I can hardly pick up a pebble two feet in front of me. But maybe with time, I can become stronger, but I'm not sure if we have much more time.
"Your powers are the only one that could." He spoke calmly. His leg bounced anxiously but he didn't seem to notice. His hand was placed on his leg and I couldn't help but gaze at his long fingers as his pointer finger ran circles over his denim-covered leg thigh.
We continued to sit quietly in the room as the trees tapped on the windows and the light illuminated the room between us. I sat wondering if Daniel talked like this to anyone else? I looked at him curiously as his eyes were turned down. His lips were parted slightly as he breathed in softly. Cold chills went up to my spine and in return, I rubbed my arms for some warmth.
"We better get going." He broke the silence. I had to admit I was a bit irritated by this statement. I could sit here and speak to him for hours without getting tired of his voice.
We both stood at the same time, I stretched my arms out above my head. I've been sitting here for way longer than I have expected. Seeing Daniel standing this close to me made me realize his height. He had to be 6'2 maybe even 6'3 he towered over me. Another reason I'm glad he cannot read my mind.
He took a deep breath before opening the door to the classroom and waved me ahead of him. I peeked my head left and the right but nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
"Follow me," he whispered but it just sounded like his regular tone. I continue to follow him down the hall, he took one left and one right and we were back at the dormitories. I could swear it was a never-ending maze of circles just a couple of hours ago.
The dorms were the nicer half of the building. The halls were lit yellow by the hanging fluorescent lights. Daniel and I walked side by side until we hit the crossroad between the male and female dorms. I stared at my feet not sure what to say.
"I will see you tomorrow, Max." My name slid off his tongue like butter. I smiled and nodded and that's all I could seem to do. I watched as he faded deeper and deeper into the hall until I could no longer see.
Once in my bed, I stared up at the ceiling. I didn't have to bother to cover my emotions because my roommate was off somewhere I didn't care about. So much but so little Was running through my mind. I had questions about Miss Dabira, the barrier, and the group's massive escape. But only one question forced me to stay awake that night and that was simply Daniel.
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That night I gladly slept dreamlessly. It was one of the best periods of sleep I've gotten in a while. I woke instantly after one alarm and didn't even feel tired, but that meant it was only 5:30. This wouldn't have happened if I didn't take a six-hour nap in class yesterday.
I decided it would be best to get up instead of marinating in bed thinking about my feelings until my next alarm went off. I stood and stretched my arms over my head looking over Joy's nicely made bed, she hasn't slept in since I've arrived. I looked nervously over her belongings. I knew I shouldn't because she asked me not to, but she didn't ask me nicely.
I ran my fingers over the pictures stuck on her wall, some of them were selfies of her in the mirror or pictures of her with her friends. I didn't see any of the group or even her boyfriend Seven. I looked back through the pictures possibly missing one, but still nothing. My eyebrows furrowed and went on with the rest of my snooping. I looked at the desk next to her bed and slowly opened one of the drawers. I found nothing out of the ordinary. Old homework assignments and some drawings. I sighed wishing to find something maybe to help me understand Joy.
I went to shut the drawer but as I was pushing it in something sounded as if it fell. I pulled the drawer out all the way this time and set it gently on Joy's bed reminding myself to smooth out her sheets before I'm done. I looked through the hole of the desk and within its exterior, I saw a yellow Manila envelope that was lying on the bottom of the desk. I stared at it for a long moment. Longer than a decision should take to decide. I grabbed it.
I sat quietly on the floor and inspected the envelope, it seemed new. It had no dust or folds. I glanced over at the door and took a deep breath and began to unhook the clamp.
I looked inside and saw prints of paper. It was too dark inside to envelop to see what was on the paper. I pulled one of the prints out and instantly regretted it.
There were pictures upon pictures of Joy and Seven in bed. Naked and on top of each other.
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