Selfish

Chapter 4: Should we confront?

          Ember ^

          Just when I thought this discussion had ended. Maybe Aidan wasn't mistaken to be cautious, though I'd never admit to him that he was right. Now that I think about it she didn't seem to fear me but only looked annoyed and shy by me. "What's going on?" Tie questioned. I gave him a glare."What, what I do?" Aidan shook his head then preceded to explain to Tie what's going down.

              "Where were you Tie?" Interrupted. He was getting a earful for leaving me in the predicament. He raised an eyebrow. "Uh, where else do I go Dad. Neverland?" With a hint of sarcasm in his voice. I leaned toward him and head butted him. "What the hell was that for?" he shrilled. For good reason, or just for fun?
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We had made our way to the cafe table outside eating lunch. Tie decided to show up during this time now? I grew more annoyed. "This isn't a joke, we're talking about a very powerful person right now, are you guys just gonna disregard me." Tie drank his Mountain Dew, "I want answers to why you head butted me." He listened carefully to me and ignored Aidan once again. "Let's mention, you left me to sit by her in Biochem, you earned that head butt." Tie didn't seem to flinch a muscle at Aidan's panicked talk and Gage's scoldings.

                     He sighed and nodded," pardon? Is she beautiful?" Aidan coughed and looked at Tie finally gaining his attention. "Your concerned about if this chick is hot and not about the danger she may be? We need to confront her." I flipped his tray of food in his face. "Hello, dingus, did my words fall on deaf ears, we have no idea who she is and what she is capable of if she is as powerful as they say." Tie chuckles at Aidens face full of food.

                Aidan wiped the food off his face and shot a disapproving look at Gage. "What was that Gage, I was still eating that you bastard," he snapped. "So this girl, she has power leaking from her and isn't worried that it draws attention?" Tie asked. I still wasn't planning on doing anything and they were still going on about it. "Just a theory, maybe if the power is emanating off her and she don't stop it, either she wants us to feel her power or she hasn't a damned clue she has it." Aidan pointed out. That was a possibility but I still wasn't planning on doing a damn thing. Tie had other plans of his own though.
The bell rang signaling lunch was over and we went to our last class. We sat at our usual desks and turns out in walked the girl who we were all discussing in the last class as all of us. "There look, but don't make it too obvious," Aidan nodded toward her and Tie did more than stare. He was paralyzed in shock it seemed with his jaw dropped.

           I pushed his chest to let him know he is making it really obvious. He turned to me and Aidan in shock," dudes you failed to mention how ridiculously hot she is, are you two saving her for yourselves?" We rolled our eyes at his stupid explanation. "Oh, if that's how it's gonna be, okay I'll get her first." I yanked him to sit back down roughly. " That's not the point."

          "Well unless you two have a better idea, I'm going over there." We both looked at each other shrugging our shoulders. Tie went to stand up and we grabbed his shoulder and sat him back down. "You have got to stop doing that," he said annoyed. "Is there a problem?" A woman professor asked.
The class turned as they watched with their curious eyes. "No problem, ma'am," Aidan said. Tie interrupted, "Yes, what color panties you wearing professor?" Tie winked at her and she flinched at his words. "Have some respect before I kick you from my class," she threatened and Tie ignored her . Tie then gave me a shocked expression. "Gage, whats gotten into you, I can see Aidan against it but you  never stopped me before." Talking about not letting him approach her. I was pretty shocked myself, it was just a sudden urge that took over me.

"Don't be stupid Tie, if she is as powerful as they believe then she could easily kill you." Tie huffed and leaned back in the seat and crossed his arms defeated. "So what do you suppose we do, wait her out til she says hello to one of us?" He questioned. Well were definitely not gonna be her friends like those basic, dramatic cliche chicks do. But we could just keep eyes on her.
"We'll just watch her from the sidelines and later we can try figuring her out," I said. "Alright." We agreed just as the last bell of the day rang.
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We headed to our dorm where we could figure out more plans . But at the same time I was angry with everything.
I came into this crappy town to start over and now, I'm just right back where I started. I've been forced back into the world I wanted to forget existed. The world where I lost everything including my mother. "So once we're done examining her, what's the plan?" I didn't respond to Aidan trying to banish my thoughts and pain from scars. I still was convinced that this was all not my problem.
"We need to move quickly though because the enemies could find her. A week is too long so we could take action in a few days." Ugh, if only my powers were back so I could do this all myself and could read her mind . I couldn't do that so I didn't want to be involved. "We give her a few days then we confront her." I walked away not thinking of anything else and flipped the channel to a horror film. It's hopeless. But at least he'd get off my back or so I thought.
"That's it? Your joking right?" Tie asked. I turned towards him with a full look. "Uh, yeah." Who was I kidding, I have no idea what to do since I don't have any powers anymore. They flopped on the couch next to me. "You don't have a clue what to do, do you?" Aiden asked.
"Nope." I stayed there watching the horror film. "Gage?" I threw my head back on the couch. "I have no fucking clue but I will figure it out." They interjected,"dude we are on a time limit here." I ran my fingers through my hair under my snap back.
"It's simple Gage, we can just charm her and convince her were harmless," Tie suggested. He looked at me giving me a questioning look wondering if I agreed. "Absolutely not, end of discussion." I let out a frustrated groan.
"Why not, we do it all the time." He pushed on.
He looked annoyed at me and argued. "I said no." It was a stupid idea, where would it get us anyways? "At least give us an explanation," Aidan argued. I shut the tv off and slammed the remote down. "I don't know dammit, this shit cost me a lot. You expect me to jump back in without a plan or any way to defend myself. I won't risk my life for this shit!" I exclaimed my eyes flashing blue again. "I understand, but we can't just let this threat wonder around not knowing what she is capable of, what will convince you?" Aidan asked. I sighed tossing my hat on the coffee table and ran a hand through my hair. "If you can convince me she is an actual threat then I will try to figure a plan, why you need me to assist you, I haven't a clue." I decided. "Til then, get off my ass because honestly I really don't give a fuck about this whole ordeal." I stood getting ready to head into my room. "I still don't understand why we can't just charm the chick, I could handle this myself," Tie spoke pridefully. Something inside me convinced me that even Tie's charm wouldn't work on that clumsy, confident chick. "Sure give it a go, but don't cry to me when she shoves your tail between your legs." And with that I walked into my room, "wouldn't count on it," he shouted after me. I really need to get out so I changed into my ripped jeans with a white tank, and a black leather jacket. I gripped my keys from the desk and headed into the cool air. Grabbing my black helmet and climbing on my black motorbike, I headed to my safe haven.

I walked through the rusted junk yard glancing around to find what I was looking for. Finding nothing of what I wanted I walked up to the guard of the junkyard and asked him if he could lead me to the junked motorcycles. "You plan on building one from scratch, that's quite time consuming something I'd never be able to do." The elderly man chuckled. If only he know I needed it as a distraction to escape my scum of a step father and his love affairs. I was still in complete shock that I lost my mother and got left with him. I needed something that would give me adrenaline rushes and distract me from the tense atmosphere. "It's something I've always been good at." I settled for a short response. "Well that's quite the hobby you have there maybe you could run your own shop one day." That wasn't such a bad idea, but that shit also required a lot of business knowledge. "Maybe." Finally reaching the area I got to work building my very first motorcycle, I gathered the parts I needed and started my hard work. Making sure to add a bit of a personal touch, I was planning on having white and blue flames along the front of it. My dad was definitely gonna kill me but I didn't give a fuck after all it was his money.

The wind blew pass my face the cold air stinging my skin but I couldn't careless. The breeze is what helped spark more of the adrenaline I sped around a curve while in a wheelie. The trees flying by as the back of my motorcycle sent sparks against the concrete road as I leaned back. I blast my music one of my favorites as I speed around the curve, All In by Christian Gates it was a great boost to my adrenaline junkie body. I finally reached my destination and turned off into the dirt road deeper into the forest. It was a relief to get pressure released from my shoulders, everyday felt like I held a mountain atop me. I couldn't help but think about a certain light blonde, they really thought that petite clumsy girl could really be the E4 they spoke of those months ago. It was impossible, E4 were hard to come by myself included in the mix, but I was no longer with powers. The dark clan had thought they'd driven all us E4's to extinction and it was true we've lost many but there were still a few of us. We remained hidden and undetected, there no way that girl could be that special. I stared off into the water waiting for the sunset to shine down on it. There was something mystical about this place, the water would turned a rainbow color along with the flowers that surrounded it. It was really something beautiful, nothing could compare to it. I had never brought anyone to this place, not even my flings. This was my place for me only, and I was selfish enough to keep it concealed to myself.

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