It's not the same

I miss you

Hiddenville High.
April 10, 2015, Friday.

12:46 PM.

It has been a quiet and sunny day in the city. And out of nowhere, the bell rang all around Hidenville high, which meant the last class of the day was over. Now, a lot of students were walking out of the building, by the school's main door. We could hear the normal noises from any school, there were laughs, funny comments, one scream or two. But curiously, among all of them, there was a girl with dark brown hair and a faded smile, who was trying to make her way through the crowd, with a serious look on her face and sunk in her thoughts.

She could barely feel the soft air that moved some hair locks in front of her face. But all those memories from her childhood with Max, were the only thing that could calm that feeling of abandonment she had when she saw her brother walking next to Cherry. And now that she didn't had to deal with the pressure of her classes, that feeling she lost some hours ago, now seems to come back. When she was slowly walking through the school yard, it was hard for her to listen her friend Ashley:

"Phoebe... ¡Phoebe!" The girl yelled when she saw her at the distance.

"Uh? Did you say something?" Phoebe replied, evidently confused.

"Yes, I created a study group at the library, Tyler and Sarah will be there. Wanna go?" The kind girl asked.

"Uhm... I don't know, I don't think I can, I have some things to do, but I hope you have fun at the party." Phoebe replied, bewildered, without fully understand what she just heard.

"Party? What party...?" She asked, confused with what her friend said.

"See you." Phoebe said her farewells and kept walking through the school yard.

She went to the main yard's benches and stopped there for a minute. Normally, when the classes finish, she and Cherry used to meet near those benches, and then they walked to her house together, but this time, Phoebe's distracted friend was nowhere to be seen. She then grabbed her MePhone but realized that she didn't answer her last message, the one she sent some hours ago. And so, after 15 minutes of waiting, Phoebe decided to get back home, all alone.

Walking alone never scared her, she was a future super hero after all. She just preferred to talk to someone while she was on her way home.

Downtown Hiddenville.
April 10, 2015, Friday

12:46 PM.

The Thunderman residence was a few blocks away from Hidenville High, that's why the girl took her own path, using the sidewalk that connected both places. She just had to walk for 20 minutes, maybe 30 and she will be arriving to her house. But as she walked, she took her phone again to check the screen and... Nothing, 0 new messages, so she put it in her pocket and continued with her walk.

She tried to clear her mind and think about anything else, but it was too hard for her. She even started to ask herself if refusing to use her powers to help Cherry was the right thing to do. She realized she couldn't blame her friend for trying to use them. Her powers may be something normal for Phoebe because she born with those abilities, but Cherry was a different story. She would've never imagine those powers could actually exist, and being aware that her best friend had this powers, was something she couldn't ignore. But...

"Max..." Phoebe thought.

She couldn't understand why she got so mad after she saw her brother so close to her friend. Was she jealous? Angry? Phoebe wasn't able to answer her own question. But when the young hero walked into the central area of Hidenville, it was very clear for her that all the time she spent buried in her thoughts during class, had nothing to do with being mad with her friend for trying to use her powers for her own good. It was because Max's behavior had an impact on her, somehow, and she had no explanation for it.