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Eight

Chapter Eight (Elizabeth's)

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I feel a slight tingle in my fingers.

I've been feeling it two days ago, but I just balled both my hands into a fist and the feeling escapes for a while. After 30 minutes, back again.

I took a bus ride today, preferred the back seat where I completely belong. And I closed my eyes and seated unnoticed.

Then this unfamiliar sensation flows inside me, I can feel the whole bus moving, the number of person sitting inside, the engine, everything. Like I'm a device connected to a server.

I want to let go but the intensity pulls me even more, my balled fists' all sweaty.

And it happened so fast, in just a mere blink of an eye, all I ever remembered was the bus almost falling from the bridge to the riverbank, and I immediately broke the connection off, and the driver reversed the engine. The screams are inaudible, like the world has shut its sound for me to realize what I just did.

I almost killed them, is all I can think about.

I'm still lost in thought when I entered my first class, I seem to forget how the time started and how it ended, Alex who stared at me every 5 minutes, my English Professor who does not care of my troubled state, the uneasiness in my palms, my ragged breathing.

I almost killed them, is all I can think about, again and again.

"Hey," I stood up and turned my back at him. I cannot talk to anyone or anybody else.

I need to be alone.

I walked out of the room and collided in the hallway.

My palms are now trembling. God, I can't think straight.

Before I can realize it, someone grab ahold of my hand and gave me a calm, comforting, icy feeling.

"Feeling better?" of course, it is Millie who did that. Surely, yes, she can heal. She can also ease a troubled burner.

"Never better," I said in my most sincere and silent voice. And I closed my eyes.

"What happened?" she asked, still holding my hand.

I shook my head and sighed. "Nothing, Millie," I almost killed them, Millie.

"You're a really bad liar, Liz. You can tell me," she said.

Yes, sure. "Nope, all good," and I looked at her and saw a concerned look.

I gave her hand a squeeze before I let go. Somehow, for less than a minute, I feel that I'm at peace.

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Without touching the knob, I opened the door and get inside. On cue, Aunt Renee came rushing to meet me.

"Someone's waiting for you," I should be scared by that sentence but by the way Aunt looks at me, I know it's not my parents who visited me. Normally, they visit me once a month, but they have tasks to do and if I'm lucky enough. They'll visit me twice. My sister and brother on the other hand, only visit me whenever they want to.

"Who is it?" I asked her, now following her in the living room.

"Wait 'til you see," she gave an assuring smile.

Maybe, it's the Grim Reaper, they must figure out what I did earlier. Maybe, Caesar already decided to send me to hell for an inappropriate action. That thought gave me a thousand shivers in the spine.

I'm beyond surprised when I saw her.

Her wings are glowing like the brightest shade of starlight, she has something I'll never have.

"Elizabeth," she said and her voice sounds like the sweetest melody of a love song.

"U-Uhm, Laine," I never thought she'll visit me. My cousin that is reaped by an angel. A saver of our family. Ellaine Collins.

"Sweet harp, you grew up so fast," and she hugged. She feels so warm.

"Yeah, I guess so? Time flies so quick, look at you, you're... You're never been so beautiful," and I smiled, I can't tell if it is a real one or not.

"It's in our veins," and we both giggled.

"Why did you visit me?" I said out of nowhere.

"I missed you Liz. Isn't it so wrong to visit once a while?" she said and she pouted, she's so cute, no one will ever notice that she aged double than she looks.

"Nope, not at all, Laine. I'm not really accustomed on having visitors you know. Not socially fit," she laughed afterwards.

Talking to a completely opposite person with different perspective from yours is a really good exercise for the brain. Today, I'm a step away from sanity but an angel brought me back and made me believe that I haven't lost the plot.

I need to control myself, especially, my cursed ability. I have to be sane as them.

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AN: Tinry ko lang na gawing pure English yung dalawang chapters. What d'you think?