Hues of Purple

Chapter 2

I drag myself to first period, history. Ethan is in this class with me. I love him a lot, but he just gets on my nerves. And of course, he sits right next to me. Ethan has powers, he's an orange. He comes in, messing with an electric orange orb in his hands. And he sits next to me and lets the power fade. "Hey babe" he says and reaches for my hand. I let him take it and hold it for a bit. It's warm, probably because he just summoned his energy. "Hey, how're you?" I smile at him. "Good, tired though, you?" Before I could answer, his friends come in and he's distracted. But Emma walks in, she's one of my friends. She sits next to me and smiles. "Hey Steph, I'm assuming Ethan is being a jerk again?" I exhale, "not necessarily a jerk, but he's not being the greatest," I gesture towards him and his friends messing with their electricity. I'm so envious of people that have those abilities. "Hm I see, you could do so much better, didn't he cheat last month?" He did, he went to a Halloween party, and a girl he had been talking about for a little bit that was 'his friend' hooked up with him. I forgave him though, it still hurt a lot. "Yeah... I don't know Emma. I'm kinda scared of leaving him because he could hurt me really bad." Ethan had anger issues so that thought worries me. She touched my arm and said, "well I could just hurt him if he touches you. Anyways, are you going to the party this weekend?" I smile, "yeah, you?" Mrs. Matthews comes into the classroom and tells everyone to be quiet because she's starting the lesson. Emma whispers back to me, "yeah I'm going."

History flies by, we talked about the founders of the Obsidian Corps, the organization that brings us new knowledge about the mysterious abilities so few of us possess. It was interesting, but the entire time Ethan was trying to rub my thigh, I kept moving his hand off me but he didn't get the message I guess.

I hate my second period. It's 'training,' what we do is learn to harness our powers and control them. Except, I don't have any. I was put in the class because both of my parents have abilities so I was eligible. It's a homework period now. From the classroom I can see my peers practicing their abilities. Mr. Wilson was showing them how to make a straight, controlled beam of their electrical energy. He's a blue, those are very rare. I can see him summon the energy and mold it into a beam and send it towards the wall. In the training rooms the walls can absorb the energy, and it ends up powering the school. I wish I could just do something like that.

The bell rings again and I head to lunch. I pack my own lunch because I don't dare try the cafeteria food. I find an empty table for my group, but then I see Ben and Mackenzie. They think that they are so cool because they were assigned blue. I hate them, and they hate me. I sat down and immediately saw Mackenzie just glaring at me, Ben was wearing a smirk. They walk over and start tormenting me. "Awww it's the powerless baby" Ben cried, "what ever will she do?" Mackenzie mocked me. "Can you guys just go away? We're seniors! Grow up." I start to get my lunch out and then Ben struck me. He was gripping my arm a little too tight, forcing his energy into my body. "Don't talk to us in that tone" he growls. I'm screaming in pain and my skin feels like it's burning off. "Let go of her!" Ethan said enraged. He ran at Ben and summoned his energy, orange sparks erupted from his hands and flew towards Ben. He fell to the ground, but since he's a blue he can take a lot more than that. Ethan got close enough to punch Ben and keep him on the floor. Mackenzie just ran off, scared. Mr. Wilson separated the two and sent Ben and Ethan to the principal's office. My arm was burned badly.

I spent most of third period in the med bay, which sucks because I love English. I have that class with Grace and Anthony, poor Sophie doesn't get to hang out with us. The nurse keeps applying and reapplying new bandages to help the burn not swell and become infected. I hated this. "It's gonna hurt for a little while, but you should be okay. Do you know why they attacked you?" I sigh, "yeah they've been bullying me for awhile now, since ninth grade. This is the worst thing they have done though." She looked at me sympathetically, "well I'm sorry dear, no one deserves this treatment. You're free to go to class now."

Third period was a blur, my arm hurt so bad. Soon enough it was fourth period, thank goodness. I didn't like my fourth period, but it's something. Mr. Harris really likes showing off his ability, he has red lights that are charged on his energy everywhere. They looked cool, but it made me feel worse about not having any abilities. I did my assignment and afterwards, I just fell asleep. Surprisingly no one woke me up, it must've just been a work day. But when the bell rang I just got up, got my things, and left.

I got home and just crashed in my bed, didn't even eat dinner, just slept. High school is just too exhausting for me. 

A/N: Thanks for reading! I'm going to post new chapters every Monday and Friday!