The Preachers Daughter

For a regular Sunday service at a L.A mega church today was a specially packed for some odd reason, as I walked around collecting the offering from everyone while my father preached, I notice a group of newbies seated by back of the church around my age I could tell that they were new or didn't grow up in a church just by the way they were dressed for a Sunday service.. Overly relaxed, specially this one boy who looked like he didn't even brush his hair before he left the house I decided to forget about em and look for them after the service.

*After Service*

After the service I went to look for the group the people I seen earlier, I found them walking out into the parking lot 

"hey! I'm Ariel are y'all new here to the church?"

"Hey I'm Lena and yeah, that's my sister Hayley and our friends Khalil, Leo and his brother Marcus"

She said pointing to each one

"Well it's nice to have visitors around here especially around my age, So how did you guys enjoy the service?" i asked 

"The point was that you have to empty in life right?" Khalil had chimed in 

"No the point of the message was that you have to be empty of worry, fear, pain and unhappiness because if your full of all that stuff you won't be able to fill your self with the gospel" I explained "Is that what that meant"  He snapped back full of sarcasm

that pissed me off "it's seems to me that your so full of worry, pain, doubt, yourself and bullsh-" I spat back without thinking yeah not thinking is what gets me into half the mess I get myself into but I regain my composure, just Barely and decided to not say that.. Well finish it at least 

"That you can't accept the fact that the lord is our one and only savior, you like to believe in evolution don't you" 

yeah I'm one of the "gifted" teens at the church

Leo laughed and stated in a questioning tone "yeah, your special right"

"hello can't you feel it Leo" his brother Marcus said to him as if he was an idiot 

"just wanting to make sure bro" "yeah how'd you two know"

I asked both of them wanting to know how they knew and if my suspicions or should I say "feelings" were right "We just know" They said in unison I gave the two a little half smile thought to my self "there like me" "hey Ariel do you mind if I can get your number" Leo asked as is he wanted to say something but not with everyone around to listen "Not at all here" I gave him my number thinking about how I wanted to learn more about the brothers. I said "good bye" and headed back inside 

"Hey sweetie what were you doing outside?" My dad greeted me at the sanctuary doors 

"Hey I was just talking to some teen visitors"

"Oh that's nice what did they think" he asked waning to know there opinion 

"um two out of five enjoyed it I think" my voice full of uncertainty and my mind lost in my own thoughts "Ariel you out of all people should know" 

"One boy was an evolutionist a set of brothers are like me and the two sisters I couldn't read 

My dad took a short but deep breath in and exhaled a sigh of confusion with a touch of worry "Are you sure"

"yeah I'm sure" I replayed"And the two brothers" he asked right after my replay "they knew about me before I knew about them, there smart and very gifted" "what's good I hear potential" "yeah and I feel it" I joked but soon having my thoughts pulled back to Lena's voice "Dad" I asked "yeah" he turned his body back around so he could face me 

"how could someone have such a cold presence but there words filled with warmth?" "You'd be surprised on how many people have such beautiful words but such an ugly presence" he stated nodding his head slightly from left to right " I suppose so" I said in a cold tone looking at the ground "Ariel" he said lifting my head up to face him 

"DON'T let it consume you I know how you can get at times, you let the things that shouldn't be on your mind eat you alive and ruin you emotionally physically and spiritually, you become destroyed and not yourself, you start to stare into the abyss and become dark, the abyss starts to reflect off of you and on to the others around you like a Mirror polluting not just you but the other people around you, you need to know that your feelings get thrown onto other people so if you feel good others will feels good and if you feels ba-"

I became irritated at his little lecture and cut him off "I know I know others will feel bad" "Ariel promise me" "promise you what?" "That you won't let it get to you" I rolled my eyes annoyed "I'll try" "that doesn't cut-" I cut him off once again "I can't promise you something I can't even promise to myself, let alone keep it" I understand" he sighed "I'll try" I reminded him "I hope so"

I walked into the sanctuary and sat in the last row of chairs all the way to the left for where it was the most quite, I Leaned back and closed my eyes the second my eye lids completely closed I got a flash of bright yellow almost blinding me, I sat up straight,in the chair and looked around holding my head which was throbbing with ever blink I leaned back in to the chair and stared at the ceiling knowing I was doing what I wasn't suppose it.... over think 

I slowly closed my eyes to what I thought was going to be a nice little nap but be for long I heard a ear piercing scream yelling "NEVER!!"

okay a little authors note, i apologize for any mistakes and incorrect grammar