One in a Million Ch.4

I woke up the next day floating out of my body, which by the way, is a very strange way to wake up. I settled back into my physical self before getting up and stretching, enjoying the feeling of my bone popping and cracking. I looked at my alarm clock and was surprised to see that I had waken up an hour before it goes off. I shrugged and went into the shower, when I had a nice idea I thought about a slide spiraling around my body. I opened my eyes to see that the water was no longer touching me, but was instead circling around my head all the way down to my feet and emptying back into the drain. ‘I’m a freaking water bender!’ I thought. I tried moving it as though I was controlling where it was going, but it ended up splattering on floor. Looks like i’m no avatar.

I got out the shower and increased my body heat, evaporating all the droplets on my skin until I was completely dry. I put on my clothes and walked out my room. As went down the hallway, I stopped in front of Jo’s door. I didn’t hear anything on the other side, so she must been sleep. I opened the door just a crack and peaked inside to see her laying on the bed still asleep. I felt my heart pound again, but this time, I knew the reason why. She was beautiful in the sunlight gently resting on her head, turning her hair slightly golden and seemingly giving her halo. She was still wearing her clothes from last night, but took off her shirt and was laying there in her T-shirt.

My breath caught in my throat as I stared at her, wishing I had a camera, then had a great idea. I made the settings change and kept that memory hidden in my mind. Jo suddenly shifted in her sleep. I panicked thinking she woke up and closed the door before leaning against it my heart beating against my chest wildly. I cursed at myself. ‘She’s your sister! She probably doesn’t even love you back and you keep setting yourself up for a major hurt.’ I scolded myself. I decided right there that I should probably avoid her a bit until she forgets.

I made my way down the stairs and started breakfast for everybody. I used to do this in middle school, when dad was still around, but now it seemed I never had time. I made pancakes, eggs and sausages with coffee for mom and orange for me and Jo. I was scarfing down my plate when mom came down, still trying to get dressed for work. She was about to go to the fridge to start making breakfast, when she noticed me at the table already eating and two other plates, steaming in the air. “Oh what’s this? You made breakfast for us?” She kissed my cheek and sat down at the table.

I was just putting my plate in the sink when I heard Jo coming down the stairs. I quickly kissed mom on the cheek on was heading for the door. “Oh sweetie when you get back can you make sure to do the dishes please?” Mom said coming around the corner. “Uh, sure.” I said edging towards the door. “And you put them away as well?” Mom continued looking for her car keys. “Yes, mom.” She suddenly stopped looking before look up at my face as if searching for something. I heard Jo step down into the kitchen. I grabbed the doorknob and yanking it open. I put on a smile and showed it to mom as I exited the house. “By mom, love you, see you later, peace!” I said as I practically ran out the door.

My mom continued starting at the door after I had left. Jo came into the living room a few minutes looking like she had lost something. “Mom have you seen J.P? I need to talk to him.” She asked her mother. “Yeah, he just left…but he seemed kinda…strange.” She answered still staring at the door. “Really? How?” Jo asked pausing to her what her mother had to say. “Well when I asking to something when got home, around the same time you came down the stairs, I had looked up from trying to find my keys and looked at his face and I saw something there…” Jo stopped what she was doing and walked to her mother. “Mom, what did you see?” Jo’s mother mused the question for a bit before answering in a low voice, “I saw fear, he was scared of something.”

For the rest of the day, my time was spent avoiding both Derrick and Jo, not excatly eager to meet up with either, leaving class early and coming in late. This continued for about a week.