~billie's p.o.v~
i walk into registration late. again. i don't like showing up on time, i really don't see the point, especially when the form tutor shows up even later and sometimes not at all.
i see y/n sat at the back of the class with jackson, his arm is round her. something inside me shatters when i see her: her eyes are puffy as though she's been crying, there are mascara marks down her face and her hair is messy - she must have been pulling it.
i scan the room for an empty seat and decide i'd rather sit next to her than the nerd at the front. i join her, sending a few mumbles around the room.
our form tutor arrives shortly after and begins calling out the register.
"hey are you ok?" i whisper to y/n.
she nods and looks down at the desk.
jackson makes a sour face, as if he's just eaten an entire lemon.
"excuse me but what gives you the right to come over here all sympathetic. you literally beat this girl up. what's wrong with you hunny?" he whisper shouts, snapping his fingers.
"it's ok jackson just calm down" y/n says to him softly. she turns to me. "can i talk to you at break?"
"sure" i say. as Mr Davidson calls out my name and i reply with "here".
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~your p.o.v~
first period goes by in a blur. i don't focus on any of the work. all my attention is on billie at the other side of the room. we make eye contact every now and then and the worry is definitely apparent in her face.
do i really look that sad?
i'm not particularly upset about anything. i guess im just in shock? i never thought my dad would come into contact again. i didn't think he would want to. he has his son to worry about.
so why did he decide to say something?
i also can't stop thinking about what went down in the bathroom. i mean can you blame me? billie was doing some CRAZY shit with that water and i really need an explanation.
i'm almost at the conclusion that i was hallucinating from a dodgy cigarette or something. but at the same time it all felt so real.
when break arrives i head to the out of bounds bathroom in the maths block. it's shut because of asbestos or something. so it makes a good meeting place.
i light a cigarette by the open window while i wait for billie to arrive.
around 10 minutes later, she appears in the doorway.
"hey" she says as she joins me at the window.
"hi" i reply.
billie starts coughing so i take the hint and put out the cigarette.
"thanks." she says "so what did you need to talk about?"
i take a breath. "what happened the other night? with the water and all that?" i ask.
i see her face sink a little. "oh uh" she begins.
"im hydrokinetic"
im fairly taken aback by her response. i was half expecting her to tell me i was crazy and that nothing happened.
"i- how? what? um-" i stumble.
"it's in my family" she says, as if it's normal. she goes on to explain how she's descended from the first telekinetic man, o'connell, who's brother had been jealous of his power and had tried to overthrow him. she then continued to how the power branched off into elements over the generations, leaving her with the power to control water.
i take a minute to register what i've been told.
"wow billie i'm-" i begin.
"you can't tell anyone" she said. "i can't have the straekervitches after me again. i can't let them find me"
i freeze.
straekervitch.
alan FUCKING straekervitch.
she's running from my dad.
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a/n:
i been gone lmao
sorry for disappearing haha
just wanna thank you all for your interaction and comments, it really means alot and reading them really motivated me to carry on writing this.
have a good day/night,
thea ♡︎
