Elements

Chapter 12

Brad's POV

I woke up in the morning hearing Rosie and Arabella speaking about something. I made sure my hair looked fine in the reflection of my sword. Perfect as always. 

I thought about how I'm missing my classes at school. I skipped a year in school but I don't try very hard in class so my grades will stay at an F.

As I was walking through the hallway, I hit my head on the ceiling. I'm too tall for this stupid tree house. 

Rosie and Arabella got super quiet when I walked in. Hot chicks always do that whenever I walk past them and start giggling, but they had a different look. As if they were complaining about me...

Nonsense. I'm sorry for being so attractive and I know it hurts your beautiful eyes. It makes me very upset because they are the only girls I know (alive) who don't have any feelings for me. None at all. How can I tell? My powers tell me. 

Anyways, I walked in and grabbed some fruit and walked out. I wanted time to myself so I could finally strengthen my powers enough for those two to look at me like the other girls at my school.

It's not like I have feelings for them. They are the last two chicks to fall in love with me. I don't know how they do it, but they're strong.

Once again, my power failed. I wanted to smash the wall but the girls would get mad at me. I believe this is Hayden making me fail. He told me to stay with one girl and with one girl only. He was always the loyal one. I, however, was not.

I decided to just give up. Not because I was weak, but because I'm listening to Hayden. I wish he was here. Now I'm the only dude.

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I traveled far from the tree house to the hidden lake near the waterfall. I just thought about life there until someone came up behind me.

"Hey. I was looking for you everywhere," Arabella said. 

"Well, you found me," I mumbled.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing. I was just thinking about Hayden and stuff," I replied.

"I miss him too. But we have to keep on moving with our lives. We can't just stay here and cry about-"

"You didn't know Hayden like I did! He was my best friend! You barely spoke to him and you're telling me, who spent every single day with him, to get over it?" I screamed to her. Arabella's eyes widen and she stood up.

"I watched my mother die. I held her hand until the heart rate dropped to nothing," she said. I couldn't say anything about my father dying because he was only my mom's girlfriend. They broke up before she found out that she was pregnant with me.

"I'm sorry. This whole thing is messing up my emotions. Getting the powers, finding Hayden's body. It's just difficult," I said. 

"It's okay. I understand," Arabella said, sitting down next to me. I watched the sunset while listening to the waterfall. I decided that this was the perfect time. 

I looked at her and leaned in for a kiss. Instead of her leaning in as well, she backed up. 

"What are you doing?" Arabella asked.

"Oh, um, nothing," I said, feeling my cheeks get hot. 

"Well, I'm going to go to the tree house before the sun goes down. You should too, Brad," Arabella said, standing up. 

"I'll just stay here for a couple of more minutes. Thinking about Hayden and stuff."