Raina and the Forgotten (Updated Version)

A House Of Heroes, And A Random Guy

We came in and hung out coats up. We walked towards the kitchen. I heard a sound like magnetism and I realized that Tanner wasn't following. I looked back. He was standing at the door with his hand gripping the door knob. Did his hand just magnetize to the door handle? I almost laughed out loud. I quickly turned around to make sure he didn't notice. Afterall, I am not suppose to know that he is apart of the Gifted.
A woman (I assume Mrs. Lancaster) walked up to us. She said, "Oh, I'm so glad you could make it."
Her smile was so gigantic she could eat a hippo. Addison was right behind her. Mrs. Lancaster and Ryan swapped introductions. Then Mrs. Lancaster asked Tanner to go into grab some water.
I know I should have stayed away from reading his aura. Usually the Gifted can sense when I read them, but I couldn't help it. He stiffened and turned around. His aura was playful and confident. It was a nice aura. I smiled slightly, then realized that he was looking at me. I turned away.

The dinner was nice. Ryan and Mr. And Mrs. Lancaster swapped stories. We told them only what they needed to know. We can from a country ravaged by war, and we were looking to do some good here. We left out the part about the future. Also that we were from a hot place, we had moved around allot, etc.
It was hard not to stare at Addison and Tanner. They were so different, so young, did they even know how powerful they could be?
Once I looked in Tanner's direction he was looking at me like I was a demon. Which, if you believe that the earth after the Burning is hell, then I guess he was right.

Mrs. Lancaster would occasionally ask me a question. I would answer, and I hoped it was the right answer. Sometimes I would say something and everyone would look at me funny. I guessed I hadn't gotten the slang down.

We left right after dessert. The food was, as always, good. I seemed like an alien to Tanner and Addison. It was going to be hard to become friends. Especially with my dad. I would work on getting better at that tomorrow. But for now, it was time to sleep.

I was walking up to next class when the same guy I ran into stopped me. Seth, I think his name was. I was slightly annoyed ( I had wanted to get to class early so I might be able to talk to Jesper) until I got a better look. He was teetering from one foot to the other as he stood there. His hands were slightly sweaty.
He mumbled out, "Hi Raina."

I nodded to him and said, "Seth right?"
He nodded and started to look more relaxed. He continued, "So your new here right?"
When I nodded in confirmation he continued, " Well, my buddies and I are going for a hike in the mountains this afternoon. There are some great hiking trails and it is quite beautiful." He noticed that he was rambling, "Well anyway, would you like to join us?"

So that was what this was about he wanted to me to join him so we could suspend together... or was that hang together. Or maybe he wanted to capture me. Maybe he wanted to know my secrets from the future. I nodded anyway and said, "Yeah, sure. I will have to ask my... Dad first." I stumbled on this for a second. He really wasn't my dad but I had to keep up appearances. "When are you guys leaving?"

He looked slightly relieved and said, " About a half an hour after school. If you can come we are meeting in front of the Castle Park entrance. "
I nodded again (it seemed that if you do that a lot, people get the impression your listening or interested) and said, "Yeah, that would be chill. See you then"

He looked at me quizzically and said, " Yeah, ok. See you then." And walked off.
I think I got the slang wrong again.

At P.E. I asked Ryan. He explain that a hike was a over glorified walk in the woods. He also said that it would be good for me to go. I didn't know why someone would want to walk. Running is so much more efficient. I decided to go anyway. To see what a walk was like, or to see if Seth was onto us.