In Frost

Chapter 9 Icy Child

"What do you mean?" I asked, "I've been out shopping with my friends. Mum looked up, "I already told you this Dave, I don't understand why you need to-" Dad looked at Mum harshly, "Shut up Jane" He snapped, "I want to hear it from her!" He looked back at me, still glaring.

"Why we're you shopping?" he demanded. I sighed heavily as I threw my bag onto the floor.

"I got asked to prom and I went dress shopping with my friends" I said angrily. Dad looked even more furious, like his head was about to explode. "Your not going!" He said sternly.

I groaned, I was going to prom and I wasn't going to let my dad stop me.

"I already said yes!" I yelled, "And I'm going!" Dad let out a horrific laugh, "Who would go out with a freak like you? Your too ugly to go" He continued to laugh, I saw mum get up from the chair and stared hard at him.

"Shut up you disgusting pig!" Mum shouted pointing at dad. My god, I never saw mum so angry before in her life. "I have had enough of this!" she continued, "We've had enough of this Dave, You hear me, we've had enough!"

Dad had a sudden smoke of rage across his face as he slowly turned to mum. She didn't look angry anymore, she looked petrified.

Dad then hit his hand on the table, clutching his fist. "I'm the man of the house Jane, I am!" he barked.

Dad's gonna hit mum again I though suddenly, I have to do something But what? Then I remembered, My powers, I can stop him.

Slowly, I walked over and gently placed my hand on the table. Instantly, the ice began to freeze over, eventually making its way to dad's hand.

The ice began to climb dad's clutched fist, he didn't seem to notice. Dad tried to raise his hand, but he couldn't, the ice was holding it in place. I could see his face start to tense up. He finally looked down at his hand.

Both of my parents looked, speechless, lost for worlds. They both turned their heads to me. "Leave mum alone Dave" I growled, I was surprised myself, I never called him Dave.

"H-how did you, how did you do it?" Mum stammered. "That slushy that Chloe gave me, It gave me this gift" I explained proudly. Finally, my own dad was afraid of me "Your not gonna hurt me or mum ever again" I continued.

I placed my hand of the table, grabbed my bag and went upstairs to my room, I placed my bag with my dress on my bed and my school bag on the floor. I went onto my laptop and began watching videos on YouTube.

A couple of hours later, mum called me to dinner. I went downstairs and found mum and dad we're already in there. I saw that dad had managed to get the ice of his hand, but it was bright red.

We ate dinner in an uneasy silence. Mum and dad kept glancing at me, but I wasn't bothered. I mean, if you found out that your daughter had ice powers, I would keep looking at her.

After I finished eating, I excused myself from the table and went back up to my room and continued watching videos. An hour later, I was beginning to get tired. I turned off my laptop, got changed into my pjs and went to bed.

Next morning, I went downstairs and found mum in the kitchen making her breakfast. She barely looked at me when I said good morning to her. "Mum, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my powers" I said, "I didn't know what you would think of me."

I heard her let out a sigh. "Just.... don't use it for bad stuff" she said. I chuckled. With great power, comes great responsibility.

After I ate my breakfast, I went upstairs and got changed into some jeans and a black T-shirt. I put my hair into a plat and put on my sneakers. I grabbed my backpack and went back downstairs to the lounge room.

I sat on the couch and began watching some Pretty Little Liars. After half an hour, I turned the TV off and headed of to my bus stop.

As I waited for the bus to come, I began to think how boring today was going to day. Little did I know that today would take an interesting turn!

Author's Note: Thanks you guys for reading Chapter 9 of Cold Hearted, please feel free to comment and vote on the chapter. Again, thanks for reading and have a nice day 😄