Electric Love

Chapter 5

My eyes open. I turn my head to the side and feel the exhaustion set in from last night, along with the memories. I close my eyes again. I wish I could just fall off the face of the earth. A slight breeze blows a lock of hair into my face. I sit up and look at my window, which is slightly open. Nathan must have come in through the window last night to drop me off after I passed out. I spot a small ripped piece of paper clinging to my bed frame by a piece of tape. I snatch it down.

"Dear Reese, I know you probably won't want to see me anymore. I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was positive. I didn't see you all that much and I guess I didn't think about it before I tried to kiss you. I'll stay away from you. Nathan"

I look up and let the paper drop to the floor. I don't want that, I think. I want Nathan, I don't care if he is positive. I know we only just met, but he is different than all the stuffy negative boyfriends I had in times past. I push the emotions to the back of my mind and trek to the kitchen. Sparks jump between my fingers and to the doorknob of my bedroom as I near it. I look down at my hand and snatch my protective leather gloves off my dresser. My body has kicked into overdrive producing electrons after having a lack of them twice yesterday. I'll have to be careful today.

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"What is up with you!?" Electra magically appears at my side the second I walk into the school. "You didn't reply to me yesterday!"

I shoot her a look. "I don't reply one time and you act like I've grown a second head? I was busy!"

Now it's her turn to raise an eyebrow. "Busy doing what, exactly? It's not like you have a rich and fulfilling social life like me!" She flips her hair over her shoulder sarcastically. "But seriously, why didn't you text me?"

I take a breath. Should I tell her about what happened between me and Nathan? She was talking trash about him yesterday, how would she feel about him? Probably she would run him into the ground if I told her, and I'm not in the mood today.

"My mom had me doing chores, and I guess I forgot to text back when I was done, sorry."

A small crinkle appears between Electra's eyebrows, but quickly disappears when she spots another one of her friends across the hall. "Mary!" she screams, running over to her as her heels click across the floor. I shake my head at her eagerness and make my way to my first class, "Learning about Charges". Goody. I spot Nathan at the other side of the hallway and pick up my pace, hurrying to get into the classroom before him. We arrive at the same time, and I stop in the doorway. We are both facing in the class, side by side, inches apart, me giving him a chance to say something. He finally turns to me.

"Look, I-" He is cut short when a bolt of lightning strikes from me to him, knocking me into the doorframe and to the floor. He stumbles backward into the corridor, slamming into a concentrated student, sending papers flying everywhere. A boom of thunder resonates through the hallway, startling people who cover their ears. Nathan is lying flat on his back and people are starting to form a circle around us. Whispers cascade around me. I am sitting on the floor, the doorframe supporting my back. I slide flat and roll to my stomach, where I crawl to Nathan.

"Nathan?" I hoarsely say. His eyes flutter open and he groans. Someone stretches their hand for him to grab and he does, the slap of the unyielding leather harsh in my ears. He stands shakily and looks down at me. I forgot I was on the floor. That's weird, isn't it? Even weirder, Nathan seems to be blurring in front of me. Everyone soon morphs into a colorful blob, which quickly fades to black.