The Day {Not official title}

Chapter 12 Change {Digna}

Chapter 12: Change {Digna}

            It was all over school. The twit and the guy started a hurricane in class and almost killed everyone in that same room. Worse, they kissed. I wanted to go off right then and there when Dino brought me the news between classes. I was in the locker room, heading for the door and adjusting my goggles when she walked into me, apparently doing the same thing. “Watch it, freak!” I said.

            “Sor-ry,” she replied in a soft, singsong voice.

            “You know, I don’t hate you as much as I pretend,” I couldn’t believe I was telling her this! What had gotten into me? Then I realized it was Veritas, deity of truth, making me say these things. By the order of Zeus, of course. Veritas and I were very close. She’d never do something like this.

            “What?” she said, in disbelief.

            “I don’t hate you. I’m just jealous of you,” uh oh, I was in trouble. Thankfully Veritas left, but I was still scared. If I told her that I was jealous because Rion loved her, Rion would bring down the hammer.

            “Jealous? Why?” this was it.

            “Be-cause Rion once told me that he would be my best friend for ‘ever and ever’. But it didn’t happen. I know he told you the same thing, and it’s going great for you guys so far,” man, lying was hard.

            “Yeah, um, about that. You don’t have to cover up. I know that you loved Rion but he didn’t love you back. And then you guys agreed never to talk about it ever. It’s ok, I get it. You don’t have to pretend around me,”

            “Wh- what? How do you know all this stuff?” I sounded stupid.

            “I figured it out,” she walked away, leaving me just standing there, bewildered. I went to class with a blank expression for the rest of the day.

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            Rion must’ve told her. There’s no other way. Everyone else who knew us before Danica hadn’t said anything, and it’s impossible to figure out. Why would Rion tell her? Maybe it was because my malice turned stronger. Maybe. But I still couldn’t get over the fact that they used their powers in public. If he thought that he could be smooth with all the indoor weather, he was very sadly mistaken. P was definitely going to punish him. But I couldn’t help but wonder, when was P going to tell Danica? When was she going to finally find out her real life story?

            This was honestly not my problem, but there was nothing else to do. Lunch was always so boring and full of nothing. The food wasn’t even edible. Vegetables? Salad? Where they trying to kill us? Then again, it’s school. I am watching and protecting you always. That voice again. It was so familiar. I replied back in my head. Who are you?

You will know in proper time, child. No words were exchanged after that. This voice in my head. It was a person. But who?

            The police were investigating, but saw no evidence of a prank, or an experiment gone wrong. Eventually, it spread to the news and even the MAYOR was baffled. There were no evidential leads or anything that could prove uncommon or unusual. Eventually, they had to file this case under “unexplained phenomena”. All this drama over a love team. Jeez, what is happening to the world?

            Right before second semester, AA had a new student. I thought it was Rion, but he dressed a little differently. The new kid trying to make a first impression. Typical struggle. The only thing though, is that it was like he knew what he was doing. Like he’d done it before. I started to take interest after about a week. He reminded me so much about Rion. I tried not to get too involved, remembering what happened last time I loved. But this was different. I didn’t even know his name!