Gifted

Chapter 13

Clara's POV

My eyes snap open. Fudge nuggets how long was I out.

"SHE'S AWAKE!" someone screams. I turn over and see Diandra running towards me. She literally jumps on me. Along with Jose who was running wih her.

"Guys...to heavy...lights fading...again," I squeeze out.

"JOSE GET OFF OF HER YOU SICK BASTARD!" Di screams

"Hey this wasn't my idea?" Jose complains

"Hey you two, since I see you can't control yourselves I'm going to have to ask you to leave," a nurse says

"Awwwww," Diandra pouts

"C'mon, move along. I know you've got class Jose," she says. Jose sighs as the two leave. The nurse looks at me for a second and then her image changes. She looks exactly like Miss. R.

"H..how did you," I ask

"What? I don't only see the future," she says

"You can shapeshift?" I ask

"No. I create illusions. And before we go to off topic, Mark had told me you were wondering something," she explains

"Oh...well...I was wondering about your eyes. Why they were all...colourful," I ask

"They only go like that when I have a vision of the future," she explains

"Then you had one when we firat met. What was it about?" I ask excitedly

"That's confidential, there are only three students who are supposed to know about all this too," she says

"Who?"

"Also confidential,"

"Can't you tell me anything?" I ask

"You have a brother, right?" she

"Yeah. Why?"

"I think you already know," she says winking. She exit the room quickly. Why is everything in riddles?!?! I prop myself up onto my pillows. I catch a glimpse of my right hand. It's bright pink with blisters. I immediately look at my left which purple with frost bite.

"How are you doing Clara?" someone asks. I jump in my bed. I look up to see Jin's face.

"How did you get in here?" I shout

"The door?" he says looking at me like I'm stupid

"What do you want? I mean you've never actually talked to me directly before," I say

"I wanted to tell you about Mark," he says

"Seriously another 'Mark-talk' I really don't need another one," I say

"Who else told you about Mark?" Jin asks

"Let see Diandra, Jose, Darren-" I start to list

"All of the above were obviously guesses, they've barely even talked to him. Much less gotten to know him," Jin says. He looks really offended

"Fine, continue with your speech," I say in defeat

"First off Mark's came early. Dangerously early. He came here when he was eleven; after accidently killing his family and burning down the entire villiage he lived in," he explains

"He killed his parents?" I gasp

"Yes, I just said that you need to keep up," he says annoyed

"Ok continue,"

"Mark has gone through three times as much training just to control his Gift. Mark's Gift is linked to his temper, which unfortunately is fairly quick," he explains

"Is that why he's always grouchy," I say

"Is he just grouchy around you? He must like you a lot. Mostly he's just flat out cruel to other people," Jin says

"Anything else?" I ask

"Did you know that Jose's father is Governor Glory?" he says

"He is?! Really?!" I shout

"Shhhh," he hisses.

Our Governor Glory is sort of the 'King of the World'. They used to be elected but over the past few decades the title has just been passed down the family line.

"The Governor is a Gifted too," he says. That wasn't really a surprise though

"Wait, do you know anything about Miss. R's visions?" I ask

"She told you about that?!" He exclaims

"Yeah why?" I ask. He sticks the joint of his thumb in his mouth.

"Sit with me at lunch tomorrow," he says "I'll explain then." After the last sentence Jin disappears and I mean literally like out of thin air. Just 'POOF', gone.

I was just about go to sleep when (speak of the devil) Mark comes in.

"I see they all came in and talked to you," he says

"How do you know?" I say

"I sent them," he says looking down at the floor. Awkward

"Wow...I-," I start

"No it's okay, I know it's pretty wimpy," he says

"I was going to say sweet," I smile. He pulls a chair up to my bed.

"I'm...ummm...sorry for...this," he says holding up my blistered arm

"I'd say that it's okay but um...it's not," I giggle. He snickers, did he just laugh?! Man, I really need to see a therapist, with all this wacky stuff going on.

"I'm sorry, about my terrible attitude these past few days," he whispers

"Apology accepted," I say brightly

"How are you so happy?" he says angerly

"Woah...old habits die hard right, buddy?" I say

"Sorry, I mean I just burned half your body up. How can you be so forgiving and cheerful?" he asks

"Ever learned to not hold a grudge?" I shrug

"Sorry," he says hanging his head

"Don't be I know you have a hard time with your temper," I blush. Wait! am I blushing?! For Mark?!

"I guess I should go now," he says

"Wait, I wanted to thank-you for not taking for a fool. Most people generally do. Thanks for being one the first ones to not," I blush, then I lean in and kiss him full out on the mouth.

Mark catches on pretty quick and kisses back. He feels warm like a furnace instead of direct flames. But hing that intrigued me the most was the spark that we had, it felt like an electic current runing through us. I never thought my first kiss would be like this. In a hospital wing. Suffering from servere burns and frostbite. With a guy I really like but hardly know. Man, my life is messed.

Mark pulls away and I look deeply into his eyes. He set me down on my pillow, me yawning in response. He whispers good night and leaves. I turn over and fall asleep not knowing what I had gotten myself into.

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Author's Note

I hope you guys enjoy this chapter as much as I did writing it. I thought it was fairly long, interesting, and heating up! How do you guys like Clark? Plz

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