We are Infinite

Chapter 1

We are still running. I feel tears streaming down my face. Everything is going wrong. Everything I love is taken away from me; a normal life, a stable home, and freedom; not just from the government but from my parents too. My parents have been a little over protective ever since this started. The government wants the potion so they can control everything and so no one can defeat them.

We are now in British Columbia in Canada. My parents checked us into our hotel and walked up to our room. We always get hotels now because they are easy to check into and check out. We have never been able to rent a house because it is a lot more money than a cheap hotel room that we always stay in.

The only bright side to all this travelling is getting to see different places and cultures.

I look down at my room sheet and say, “This is our room.”

“And this is ours.” My dad said as they swiped the card on the door and opened it. Their room is across from mine and Amanda’s room.

Amanda swipes the room key on the door and opens it once she sees light flash green. Amanda walks in first then I do and throw my suit case on the bed farthest from the door and look around. There is not much to see. It is a small room; it has one closet and two beds. There is not much to see and not much colour. Everything is grey; grey sheets, grey walls, and grey floors. There are only three things that seems out of place is the white closet and Amanda and I.

There is a knock on the door and Amanda runs to answer it, which only takes a total of two steps. I sit on my bed. The door opens and my parents walk in, I stand.

“I know we just got here... But...” my dad starts.

“But... We have to leave soon, don’t we?” I frown, I am so annoyed.

“Yes, don’t bother unpacking your suitcase. I don’t plan on us staying here for too long.” My dad finishes.

“But why can’t we stay for a longer time period? It’s not like the government knows where here, right?”

“Yes,” he sounds like he is getting impatient with me. “But I don’t trust you to keep us a secret!” His eyes widen like he didn’t mean to say it, but he still said it. My heart sinks, my parents and I have never had a close relationship ever since the day when I got out of the hospital. But I still love them.

“I’ve only said anything once! It won’t happen again, I swear!” He doesn’t even apologize; he just stands there as stiff as a board, just like when I saw him after he killed that man for the potion. My eyes start to water and he reaches out to me and I swat his hand away, push past him and run down the hall to the elevator. I hear footsteps behind me, probably my dad’s. But once the elevator doors open my face is wet with tears because my father doesn’t trust me. I step inside the elevator and press the close button before I see who is following me. I wipe my cheeks with the palms of my hands then rub my hands on my jeans.

I told someone about one-hundred years ago who was unfortunately the daughter of a governor. It was a big mistake. That was when I was in school. I told one of the most popular girls in school in hopes that it might make me popular, to have people think that you have special powers and that you would want to be just like that person. I wasn’t thinking, but when it came out of my mouth I immediately regretted it. The girls just stared at me like I was weird, like I was an alien from space. My parents got so mad at me and that we had to move the next day. That was the last time I was allowed to go to school.

I walk out the front door of the hotel. I have no idea where I am going. My family is behind me, they probably are heading back to their hotel room. I don't look back to see if they are still following me. I'm tired of being on the run, tired of being treated like a child, I’m seventeen and I have learned from my mistakes. And being on the run... It's pointless. They are going to find us eventually. I'm not doing it anymore, I need a break.

Everything around me was blurry from the tears in my eyes. I blink them away and find myself on a beach. The cold winds and sand brushing against my face but I don't stop, my long brown hair blowing in the wind. I see a person, sitting down on a beach towel facing the wavy water. I walk over to him. He has this blank face. He was wearing black shorts and a black shirt. His short blonde hair is messed up because of the wind, and his blue eyes staring into space. Somehow I recognized him, but from where? I sat down.

"Hi," I say, as he jumps, obviously wasn't expecting me.

"Hi, umm... who are you?" He asks.

"My name is Sophia; I haven’t been here for long. My family likes to move around a lot."

"Oh. Well, my name is Shane. It’s nice to meet you." He said it gloomy. I didn't feel welcome; I stood up and said, "It’s nice to meet you too." I turned around back to face the way I came.

Shane stood up, and grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "Please, don't leave."

"Okay, I won't." I said a little bit of shock in my voice. We sat back down on the sandy towel, my hands behind my back holding me up. I extended my legs and kicked off my shoes, I sunk my feet into the sand in front of us. It was then when I realized that this is the first time I was away from my parents and best friend. As much as I love them, it felt so good to be away from them.

They are probably waiting for me back at the hotel. Amanda is probably sitting on the bed waiting for me to come back. My parents hoping that I was careful enough not to get caught, to get killed. What would happen if I were caught would they move on? Would they keep running? Or would they sacrifice themselves? Amanda and I share everything. I couldn't leave her ever.

She is a hopeless romantic. I've had three boyfriends in my entire lifetime. She likes to push me to get one. She's also had a couple but then asks what happened and gives advice to me that she's never tried herself. I haven’t really wanted a boyfriend for a while because of the fact that we keep moving around from place to place, it is not fair for the guy if I can only see him for five to seven days. I feel that there is no point unless I really like the guy, then maybe just maybe if the government doesn’t know or find us we can stay here for a while.

Then I felt a jolt on my shoulder and I snapped back to reality.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Sorry. I was just thinking about..." and my voice trailed off.

"About..." Shane asked.

"About my parents, this is the first time that I've been away from them, it's so different," I said looking down on at my feet. We didn't say anything for a while then Shane broke the silence...

"Listen, I know this is kind of sudden but I-I feel like I knew you forever. Or I mean..." His voice trailed off. The truth is, is that I did feel like I knew him somehow, like we've been friends forever. It wasn't just a coincidence that we met each other on this beach... It was fate. I do really like him, but I don't think I can make that commitment. He reached for my hand, I pulled away.

I could feel the heat from his body in embarrassment, and I could feel my cheeks reddening.

"Sorry." Shane said still looking down at his feet.

"No, don't apologize." I said still feel the heat move from my cheeks to my ears. "Do you want to come back and meet my friend Amanda? She's great."

"Eh... Umm... Yeah sure," he replied.

We both stood up and raised our heads and looked into each other’s eyes. I realized that his eyes weren't just blue; they also had bits of what looked like emerald green in them too. They were so beautiful. I felt like we were the only people in the world...

‘No, I don't like him,’ I told myself, ‘I can't, it'll be impossible to be together because of my past and present.’

The only problem was that I wasn't able to convince myself.