Everybody Has 1 Power

Chapter 3 | The Death

It was exam day, I had been studying for this day for months and months and it was finally here. Most teenagers would hate exams and absolutely dread them, but when you've studied for 4 months straight, why wouldn't you not dread it? I wouldn't say I'm excited but I think it will be pretty easy. My first exam of the day is Maths. I walk into the classroom and sit down at my desk. I realised that John was behind me, he was in the seat behind me. That is one thing I did not want to happen to me today. I suddenly felt like I want to cry. After my exams, I walked outside of school. I was expecting Stacy to run up to me and chat my head off about her exams and her expectations, but no footsteps. No voice. I look confused until I get home, and there was Stacy's mum and my mom. Stacy's mum was crying and my mom was comforting her. I look confused, ''What happened, mom?'' My mom jumps in suprise, she didn't know I was there. I look so confused, and I AM confused. Has something happened to Stacy? Did she die? Did she go missing? WHAT'S HAPPENING?! My mom answers, ''not right now, hon. Go to your room.'' I listen and go to my room. I could tell something bad had happened. She's never that stern with me. Later that night, I was sketching in my book and watching Grey's Anatomy. My mom walks in with a somber expression, I suddenly dread what she's going to say. ''She's gone, hon.'' Suddenly, all thoughts go out of my head. The thoughts of John, my exam results, my power, school and I feel tears fill my eyes to the brim. I mumble, ''how?'' My mom shrugs, ''We don't know, they found her dead in her sleep.'' I shake my head, not admitting it. I feel like I want to scream and shout and sob and just CRY! God, I don't even care that I have no friends. Her not liking me anymore would've been better than this. She was 16! She was young! She didn't deserve it. I start to cry and my mom wraps her arms around me in a hug, comforting me. I guess she was used to this, with her being a surgeon. She probably has to comfort people a lot. ''I miss Stacy.'' I mumble. I'm not going to accept it, she's gone! My mom grabs my hand and leads me out of the room. She leads me to the living room and hands me a book, a surgical book. I look confused. Is this her trying to distract me? I think so. I mean it would distract me a bit, but I'm still going to think about her. My mom says, ''do you wanna watch Grey's and read this? I picked it up from work. It'll distract you a bit.'' I nod, finally agreeing because I needed to be distracted from losing Stacy. The next morning, it was a Saturday. I wake up and groan as my phone rings. It was 9:00am, I slept in but who cares? It's Saturday. I check who was calling me, John. Why was John calling me? I wasn't even that bothered as usual because Stacy was on my mind. I pick up the phone and John says, ''Hey.. I heard about Stacy passing, I'm sorry for your loss.'' Most of my year knew about me and Stacy being friends because she's the popular one, I'm just the nerdy one. Of course I'm not bothered about me having no friends now, because one of my only friends just died. I wonder what school is going to be like without her. Probably horrible. I miss her already and it's only been a few hours since she ut I guess I'm not gonna get them yet. Luckily, I don't have school today. Her funeral is soon. We used to laugh and joke about if one of us died and what song we'd play at each other's funeral but I guess that's a true joke now. I got added to a group chat on snapchat, the year groupchat - well most of the year group. I did well on my exams, I forgot to mention. Straight A's. Stacy didn't get to do her exams. I've already planned what I'm going to wear to her funeral. It's one of the black dresses she loved me to wear and really wanted me to wear. I don't know how she died.  Did she fall? I just want answers.