Dark Heroes: chapter one

Warren

 I put up with it for 3 weeks, I wanted to support my best friend and I didn't want to be a jealous bitch like Ross from friends, but their first kiss pushed me over the edge. I invited Henry over for a movie marathon and pizza, because we hadn't hung out, 'just the two of us' in ages but he decided to invite Lauren along, which I'm sorry, was a pretty shitty thing to do. Not wanting to be rude, I invited her in, hoping maybe I could get past this and we could become friends. But apparently the universe had other plans.

We sat on my bed awkwardly for about 10 minutes before we decided to play a game. We went through two truths and a lie, kiss/marry/kill and of course truth or dare. After an hour or two of this and watching TV we moved on to 'never have I ever' and Lauren bats her eyelashes , pouts, raises her hand and says 'never have I ever been kissed by a boy'. Honestly all I remember thinking in that moment was 'you. bitch'. 

The room goes silent and after a few seconds in leans Henry and suddenly everything felt like it was moving in slow motion. This could not be happening right now. All I wanted was to spend some time with my best friend and Lauren just had to spoil it just like she spoiled everything else. It was like her soul purpose in life was to come in to my life, steal my best friend right from under me and rub my nose in their pathetic little junior school romance. "Stop!" I yelled just as their lips touched. They sprang apart as if pulled back by their necks by some invisible force. "Warren what the hell?" Henry asked, his hand hovering over his lips and a heavily guarded look in his eyes. "All I wanted was to spend some time with you without your precious girlfriend but you just can't stand to be apart from her can you?"

"What are you talking about?" Henry stood, looking me in the eye.

"For 3 god damn weeks all you can talk about is Lauren this and Lauren that. You never have time to hang out anymore. It's like you've just replaced me!"

He opened his mouth as if to argue but he couldn't find anything to say so he just stood there with his mouth gaping open. Lauren stood and held his hand "I'm sorry Warren I didn't mean -" The feeling of butterflies in my stomach that I got every time I looked into Lauren's perfectly symmetrical face was all of a sudden pushed aside by an overpowering rage growing in my stomach. All I could think about was how Henry had only liked her for the last month and a half. I bet he didn't know that she hated cheer-leading and that she only did it because her sister used to be head cheer-leader and she didn't want to let her parents down. I bet he didn't know that her favourite film was really Toy Story but she always told people it was Mean Girls. I bet he didn't even know what her favourite colour was (It was yellow). I don't know why I was suddenly so infuriated by this, it just felt so unfair. I should be the one going out with Lauren not Henry.

"Shut Up! Shut up Shut up shut Up!" I screamed at her and immediately her lips snapped shut. A look of growing horror formed on her face as she tried desperately to say something her lips were moving but no sound was coming out. Her whole face contorted with fear and she ran out of my bedroom tears streaming down her face. Henry took a step back and raised his hands in a guarded position. He knew about my ability, but as we'd gotten older he'd stopped seeing it as a 'superpower' and more of just luck or being particularly good at getting what I wanted. For the first time since we were kids I could see him believing it. I could see the disbelief and fear covering his face like an ugly mask. "Please don't" He said quietly, a quiver in his voice. "Don't what?" I asked "Don't hurt you? How dare you? How dare you even imagine I could be capable of hurting someone?" My voice growing in anger with every word. Putting his arms back by his sides he mumbled "You hurt Lauren". He was right. I did hurt Lauren. She was distraught. Because of me. Because of what I can do. Despite knowing, and feeling in my chest how right he was I pushed the ugly image of her tear stained face out of my mind and let my anger speak for me. "Lauren will be fine! If you love Lauren so much maybe you should go after her! I don't need you!"

"Warren stop I'm sorry, I would never replace you! Stop being so stupid!" It was all i'd wanted to hear in those 3 weeks but for him to switch it round on me and act like I was crazy for feeling how I did, pushed me over the edge. "Get out!" By this point my voice was hoarse and my eyes were stinging with the effort of trying not to cry. Without hesitating he left, his legs moving at an awkward speed as if he was trying to stay.