Special | Colby Brock

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Colby's POV

Which one do I show her first?

"How about the easiest one?" Courtney replies to my thoughts.

"Wait...did you....how the heck...? You can read minds can't you...?" I ask quickly.

She looks down at her lap sheepishly.

"Yeah...I don't try to though." She says

"Ok. Ummm..." I mumble as I look around my room. Ah. Perfect!

I get up off of the bed and pick it up with one hand without warning, just to hear Courtney give out a slight squeak of surprise. I place the bed down gently and sit back down in front of Courtney.

"Ok, so you have strength, speed, and can control fire. Is that it?" Courtney asks.

"How did you know I have speed?"

"How did we get to your house? You dink" she replies while rolling her eyes.

I feel a slight blush creeping up my cheeks.

"Oh yeah...not one of my finest moments...Oh! I can also see in the dark!" I exclaim.

"So the speed explains how your the best runner in the state." She says while nodding towards my state championship medals.

"Yup." I say, popping the p. "Ok, I showed you what I can do. Now it's your turn."

She sighs and stands up. I watch her with amusement and curiosity.

She looks around my room.

"What are you looking for?" I ask while chuckling.

"Anything that can't get wet." She states with a smirk.

Huh?

Suddenly I feel a few drops of something cold and wet. Then I get drenched from...rain? Inside?

The rain stops and I look at Courtney who is laughing hysterically.

"Really?" I ask as I look around the room. Then it dawned on me that it was only wet where I was sitting on the bed.

"So you can control water...and you decided to show me by drenching me and my bed?" I ask while trying hard to not smile.

She is so cute when she's laughing...

"That's for putting Vaseline in my shoes!" She laughs.

"Ok, you asked for it!" I yell as stand up, reach out to grab her wrist and held her against me, causing the back of her shirt to become soaking wet.

"COLBY!!!!" She shrieks.

"Yes princess?"

"You're an ass." She states bluntly as she tries to wriggle free from my grip.

"You won't be able to get out." I say as I watch her struggle.

"Wanna bet?" She asks.

"Sure. If you get out...I'll answer any questions you ask about me. If you don't get out, you have to be my little assistant for a week. Deal?"

"Deal." She says while smirking.

As soon as she says that I feel her squirm a bit. I laugh at her until I feel nothing but clothes in my arms. I snap my eyes open and look around, dropping the clothes into a pile

Where the hell did she go?!

I feel something bump my leg. I look down to see...a fox? I yell in surprise and jump onto my bed, landing on my back. The fox jumps gracefully onto my chest, curls up into a little ball and stares at my face. It almost looked like it was smirking.

"Your chest is quite comfy, Colby." I hear in my head.

"What the hell!!" I yelp.

The fox jumps off of my chest and onto the pile of Courtney's clothes that are now laying on the floor and sits on them while staring at me.

Then it clicks.

"You can shapeshift?" I ask.

The fox nods its head then picks up the pile of clothes and looks at me.

"Turn around Colbert." Echoes through my head.

I sit there for a minute until I realize she has to change. I turn around. I peek over my shoulder for a second and whip my head to face forward as I feel blood rush to my face. I hear a little more rustling.

"You can turn around now." I hear her say quietly.

I slowly turn around to see that she's fully dressed.

"I won the bet!!" Courtney yells happily.

I groan.

Damn it.

"So you have telekinesis, control of water, mind reading, and shapeshifting, right?" I ask.

"Wrong." She says as she holds her right hand up to reveal a small ball of fire and holds up her left to show me a clump of dirt.

"Elements?" I ask.

"There ya go!" She exclaims sarcastically.

"So that's it?"

"No..." she trails off as she looks down at the floor, avoiding my eyes.

I look at her quizzically.

"What else can you do?"

She walks over to my desk and grabs something off of the top and hides it behind her back.

"Do you really want me to show you...?" She asks quietly and  hesitantly, slowly looking into my eyes.

"Yes." I whisper.

"Ok..." she says as she slowly starts walking towards me. As she's walking, she pulls her hands out from behind her back to reveal what she grabbed off of my desk

My eyes widen in surprise.

"Colby..."

"Yes...?"

"Do you trust me?"

"Ummm..."

"If you want me to show you, you'll have to trust me..." she says

"I do trust you." I say, not taking my eyes off of the sharp knife in her hand.

"One hundred percent?" She asks skeptically.

"One hundred percent." I say.

"Ok. Can I see your hand?" She asks

I look at my hand then slowly place it in her outstretched hand.

She looks me in the eyes "This will only hurt for a minute." She says before slicing my palm down to the bone.