Purple Nitro

Chapter 4

If sleeping with a cast on isn't uncomfortable enough how about falling asleep at 2:45am on a Saturday night? I feel like punching something because I just can't sleep? I'm not stressed or anything I just can't sleep!! It's nearly three o'clock in the morning, I think I can't sleep because I feel sick. I probably caught something off Isaac because he was recently sick. Nick hasn't been at school for a while. In fact he has had a whole week of playing Call of Duty and sleep. And here I am, feeling as tired as a blender that just blended up a brick. I closed my eyes and buried myself under the blankets blocking out any light and cold air. I cleared my eyes and had the word 'relax' in my mind on repeat. My head sinked into the pillow and I thought about how much fun I could be having tomorrow if I just fell asleep and got some energy. And I sure did.

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The next day

I am lucky, I have woken up at 11:54am. A good load of hours of sleep. I checked my phone and there were 4 messages from Nick:

9:26.a.m Hellooooo

9:26.a.m Phoebe!?

9:27.a.m Answer please

9:28.a.m Just so u know I am having a sleepover 2night @ my place with Shanita and Caleb and ur coming whether you like it or not

I smiled when I saw those messages! I replied with:

Yay I am coming for sure 😉😇😅

Mum took me and Isaac out for lunch. I hopped in the car and went onto my phone to check Instagram. "Get off" Isaac snatched it from my hand. "Why? Just because you don't have a phone doesn't mean I can't go on mine." I grabbed it back. "Jealous" I snickered. He pulled a sad face and tried to get Mums attention. We arrived at a new restaurant called "Jolter's eatery". When we got inside it was decorated with dark brown walls and fancy paintings everywhere. There was fake candles on each table. Since it was just lunch I didn't get anything to fancy, just a egg, ham and lettuce sandwich with a small carton of fries. "Oh yeah, Mum. Can I go to Nick's for a sleepover tonight?" I smiled, not just a normal smile, but a really desperate mixed with kind smiles. I don't know what that means but that's my opinion. "No" Isaac stabs his fork into a piece of ham. "Yes, alright." Mum rolled her eyes, I'm not sure why. "No!! I never get to have sleepovers." He slammed his cutlery on to the table. "Isaac" Mum reached out to grab him, but he got off his seat and stormed toward the men's bathroom. 

15 minutes later Isaac still wasn't back. "Go get him" Mum sipped the last of her coffee. "No! I'm not going in the men's bathroom" I demanded. Mum sighed. She seemed really tired today. Mum got a staff member to go get him. "Isaac. Why do you keep getting so mad? It's okay." Mum stroked his brown hair. He pushed her hand off. Mum looked sad and seemed really sympathetic to Isaac, I'm not jealous or anything. We hopped in the car to go to Nick's. Before we left I grabbed my phone, my charger, my pillow and some microwave popcorn. 

I hadn't seen Nick for a week so when he greeted me at his front door we instantly busted out our friendship handshake. Shanita and Caleb were already there versing in Call of Duty Black Ops 3. Shanita was on one kill and Caleb was on 5, every time he killed her he said sorry. Nick set me down a thin green mattress with a white duvet inner for a blanket. Nick grabbed a disk from a messy pile on the floor. "Nightmare On Elm Street". He inserted the disk and the movie started. "I've watched this" Shanita slumped back leaning on the couch "It's pretty scary."

Shanita was right, it was pretty scary. After the movie I sat on my phone checking the weather forecast. Why you ask? Because I was pretty bored. Then Nick stood up from his mattress. "So what do you guys want to do?" He scratched his head. "We could play Call Of Duty" Caleb suggested. Nick gave him an annoyed look, we always played Call Of Duty. "A movie" Shanita grinned. I shook my head, I had a headache and wasn't willing to go through another hour of screen time. Nick gave up and sat back down, his face looking like he just ate a lemon. He stood back up and moved to the middle of the room. He sighed. "Guys I have to tell you something." He looked desperate for supporting replies. "Okay" Caleb beamed. Nick's face was still screwed up. "You have a girlfriend?" Shanita asked excitedly. "Nope" Nick was looking more worried by the second. I had a thought, could he be coming out with something? "You like one of us?" I randomly suggested. "NO" He gave me a 'please-shut up' look. "Okay" He sighed "I'll just tell you". I put all my attention on him and I could tell Shanita and Caleb were doing the same. "None of you will believe me" He began "But long story short, basically after that lighting strike. I didn't feel pain. I felt as good as new. Then one night I was mad. Just mad for some un-known reason. I tensed up and I glowed! It was crazy! I felt super powerful. I think I am just over estimating but... Guys I swear it made me feel stronger, I think I'm wrong. My veins and eyes glowed bright blue, just like the colour of the lightning. It still happens. It's weird. And I haven't told my parents, and I don't plan to." He looked relieved after he said all that. But I didn't believe a single thing he just said. "Proof?" Caleb crossed his arms competitively. "Ugh" Nick grunted and stood back. He closed his eyes tightly and clenched his fists. His face turned red as he tensed up. He was still tensing, but his face had gone back to normal. He breathed out loudly and kept his eyes shut. His veins faded into a glow. He opened his eyes and the whole of his iris was bright glowing electric blue. He sighed again and the colour faded away. I couldn't believe it. My jaw dropped. "No w-way" I managed to escape out of my mouth. Caleb's eyes widened. "Do it again!" He said amazed. "Seriously?" Nick rolled his eyes but he tensed up again. This time he paced up and down the room, stomping. The glowing came faster this time. He froze and stared at the ground and the glowing remained for about five seconds, until he looked back over to us and it faded again. Shanita started clapping. "Well played" She was still clapping. This must've been a silly joke or cool trick he learnt. "Guys this is serious. I'm not joking. If you don't believe me you can get out." He put his hand to his forehead. I thought some more, there was a roller coaster speeding around in my head, passing each thought and question at 1000 miles per hour. "Okay.... We believe you. But Nick I have so many questions." I said. He lowered his eyebrows and stared at the ground. "Yes I know. Bombard me with questions. I don't care, I will give my best answer." But none of us did. We just sat there in silence. "Can we just sleep on it guys please. " Nick pleaded. We all got under our blankets I turned around, although I had a lot going through my head, I fell asleep straight away. 

In my dream I was in the clouds. A greek looking man stood in the distance hoovering above clouds, gesturing me to come toward him. The man looked a bit like Poseidon, white hair and a long white beard and white clothing. He was still standing there, saying nothing, repeating the same gesture over and over again. I couldn't move, I could only look around. The clouds behind me were dark grey and they were coming toward me. Soon they were speeding toward me. I glanced over at the man who was fading away. The clouds were now above me. My vision turned black and I had a buzzy vision of a tan man, with shoulder length jet black hair. Full black eyes and an angry look. I managed to record all of that from his appearance, he only flashed by for about a second. Then I woke up. The sun was shining through a tiny crack in curtains. Shanita and Caleb were asleep and Nick's mattress was empty. I got up and peeked out the curtains and saw a glowing boy. I thumped my fist on the glass and he jumped. I pushed the window open. "Phoebe?!" Nick frowned. "What are you up to?" I smiled. "Just, testing out this electricity stuff built into my body, at six o'clock in the morning you know, the usual." He said while leaning down and picking up a stick. He flicked it over the fence, still glowing. "Watch this" He got excited. He tensed up again, bent his legs and jumped. It was a really slow jump and he was in the air for about five seconds with small blue boosters shooting out of his feet. He then let go and landed back on the grass. "I wonder if I could end up flying" He looked up to the sky like he was imagining it. I was kind of thinking through out that whole minute and realizing what I just saw. I took some deep breathes. I think I was going to faint? "Nick, please see a doctor" I said before slowly lowering myself to the floor. And then blank

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