The Travel Master

BOOK ONE: Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve 

Of course, when I get home all I can think about is the fact I have powers, I try to trigger them a few times; nothing seems to work. I'll have to try and do it with Drew. I start pacing my room, giving up on my homework, I would just have to do it later, even though it's already eleven. I sigh, stopping the pacing, forcing myself to sit down and do the work, before I get too tired. I'm twisting the pencil, I'm supposed to be doing my homework with, on my fingers slowly ever so often stopping to write or doodle something. It's one now, I'm still working on the darn homework. Finally, I finish the last thing. Still, I twirl the pencil back and forth dropping it, that's what snaps me out of my thoughts. I roll back into my bed sighing deeply and getting comfortable slowly drifting into sleep.

I pace back and forth, of course, today is a Saturday, so that means I have to wait before I can really talk to anyone. I'm contemplating whether to go to Octavia and try and talk to her or to just stay home...I decide, the latter. Only because I need to process this all myself. So I take a shower after I'm done I'm confused because I did homework last night instead of today...so it's finished. I guess I thought it was Thursday? I lay in my bed with a sigh, I decide to watch a random Netflix show, that is until I heard the doorbell ring. I sigh and get up knowing nobody else will answer it. I open the door and smile to see Octavia. She's wringing her hands, almost nervously. I smile and say,

"Octavia! What a pleasant surprise, come in!" she walks in and I smile and say, "welcome, want to go up to my room? We can talk." she smiles a bit awkwardly,

"Okay..." as we walk she says softly, "I'm sorry for coming unannounced, I thought I would just..."

"It's totally fine, I was thinking of going to your house too. Good thing you came so I didn't have to embarrass myself somehow." She smiles at this as we enter my room and we plop onto my bed.

"So what's up Octavia?"

"Well...um, I came to, talk to you more. I mean, I want to become better friends with you, even after all this stuff I want to just be friends with you, I mean you seem so nice and I want to be friends not just acquaintances." the smile already plastered onto my face widened,

"Yes! I want to be friends as well, what's the use of acquaintances anyway?"

We decide to go get ice cream. I lick my cold cone, it makes me feel a little better about myself.

"Okay, so tell me about yourself," I say this awkwardly. I almost sigh at the awkward way it comes out. She laughs a bit.

"Well, um...I don't know Ivy, I can't think of an interesting thing about my life now that you ask, ugh give me a sec to..collect myself." I smile rather awkwardly,

"Okayy." She laughs breezily.

"So, I guess I have two older brothers and a younger sister...I like to figure sake, ummm that really sums up my whole life quite boring really." She says this with a kind smile and says, "What about you?"

"Oh, yeah my life is boring too, I mean besides the move I don't really do much except obsess over scones." She laughs a little at this.

I plop on my bed, Octavia, and I didn't talk at all about the power stuff. She seemed to be avoiding it, and I didn't want to ruin our hang out so I didn't bring it up. But it all just made me more annoyed...about not knowing a lot and not being able to control my powers or use them by myself.

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At church, I'm rather distracted, but I try my hardest to focus. When I get home I'm also distracted so much so I kept running into random things,

"Ivy!"

"Mom?"

"Ann is coming again today and you need to clean the house before she comes over, I'm tired of seeing the floor unswept the shelves undusted. I'll start this side of the house you do the other." I sigh and roll my eyes slightly, the house wasn't really that messy but my mom is fun this way. I begin cleaning. Still complaining in my head how our house isn't messy and how Ann has seen our house mess if it's messy now and whatnot. When I finally finish, my mom asks me,

"Ivy? Would you mind making cookies?" I roll my eyes again knowing she's going to make me make them if I don't do it. I sigh and go to the kitchen and begin making the cookies. I finish them in a timely manner, then Ann comes. I scrape the cookies off the baking pans, put them on a nice plate, and put them on the coffee table. Satisfied, Ann raps on the door right as I complete all of this. I smile and she has what seems to be a pot of tea in her hands, I frown slightly at the oddity.

"I thought I would bring some tea...I know it looks odd to hold around a teapot, but since we're neighbors and I didn't have time to make anything else, so I just decided to be odd and bring the teapot..."

"Oh, that makes some sense Ann, let me take it for you." I graciously take the pot of tea from her and put it on the coffee table beside the cookies, then get cups from the kitchen and place them in various places around the teapot. My mother walks into the room with a bright smile to welcome Ann.

"Ann, welcome, I had Ivy make some cookies since you had mentioned that you wouldn't be able to bring anything." They sit and I stand, I don't bother making an excuse to leave, because I made the cookies, I grab a few before I rush up the stairs. I sit on my bed munching on the cookies. I put on a random show, not really paying attention. Thinking of everything with my powers again. I try to stop, but once I've started I can't help but think about every single detail about it. About how someone was trying to find and kill us, I also wonder about Drew activating it. I sigh and rub my face with my hands. Why is life so difficult. I tun out my thoughts and try to pay close attention to the lame show. Eventually falling asleep.