Hailey
Hailey never got tired of freaking her friends out.
It was just too damn entertaining.The expressions on their faces that on time she touched a live wire while standing in a puddle? Hilarious Their terrigied stares when she held the plug of some applaiance to her tounge? Easily the funniest thing Hailey had seen to dte. Their eye rolls when she told them she was telekinetic? A little painful. But expected.
She knew they wouldn't believe her, because of who she was. She was Hailey Diontre, the class smartass, the strawberry blonde, blue eyed Energizer Bunny. Her sarcasm alone was famous school-wide. Nobody took her seriously, and she gave them no reason to. She had a reputation to uphold for crying out loud.
Ding, ding, ding, ding.
"Finally," Hailey muttered, bouncing out of her seat and practically sprinting for the door. She spotted her friends in the hallway, and quickly cought up to them.
"I still don't see how you three have almost every class together," She said to them, "And I'm all alone."
Katrina flashed the shorter girl a blinding smile. "We're not trouble-makers, Hailey."
"Yeah," Sebastion laughed, his smooth voice cutting easily thorugh the chatter of the rest of the school. "Tone it down a bit and maybe they'll let you writch into our classes."
Hailey rolled her eyes. The chances of her "Toning it down?" Slim. "Yeah right, Aire. I'm the badass of this campus, and you tell me to tone it down. Wow, the balls on you."
The four of them laughed, not caring about the annoyed glares people gave them. Matt quietly grabbed Hailey's arm and pulled her back. Hailey knew that look on his face- the look that meant something was actually goingon in the wheat-blonde head of his.
"What's up?" Hailey asked.
Matt glanced, alomst nervously, at the two in front of them. Hailey followed his gaze. At first she didn't see, but then it jumped out at her like a sore thumb.
"I'm guessing you didn't want to talk to me about the obvious romance between Kat and Sebastion?" Hailey slowed a but more just in case the others were trying to eavesdrop.
"No." Matt said. "I belive you, though. About your gift."
Hailey stopped short, like she'd just run into a brick wall. Frowning in disbeleifm she asked, "Why? I thought you were the one who called me a poor excuse of a liar. Right? Or did I dream that?"
"I only said that to keep those two from jumping down my throat, too." Matt muttered, eyes on Kat and Sebastion. He tugged Hailey's arm to get her walkng again. "Hailey, I have... a gift, too. I know you weren't lying; I know that none of the pranks you play gurt you one bit.
"I know what happened the day you turned thirteen."
"How-?" For once in her life, Hailey was ay a loss for words. She hadn't told her friends about that day. Only her father and her shrinkknew. Barely. She wouldn't talk about it. Didn't even like to think about it.
Matt started to say something. "I-"
"Hey Matt, Hailey! Get up here! We need ot discuss something important." Katrina beckoned for them to hurry.
Hailey looked at Matt. "Tell me later" Her voice had lost its usial sarcastic, joking tone.
"Wait," He said to her, but all three looked at him. He gulped visably. "I, uh, my parents are sending me to a- a boarding school. I leave tomorrow."
Hailey stepped back in surprise. "You, too?"
