Standstill

Chapter one- Discovery

5 minutes left for the lunch break .Its been a very long day . Submitting assignments ,writing tests and stuff ,has just brought down my energy level to a 4/10 . At this point I'm just staring at the watch ,waiting for it to strike 12 so that I can leave this class room and go to the ground ,sit peacefully under the tree and my favorite grilled cheese sandwich .

As soon as the bell rings , I'm relieved. Couldn't have beared even a minute more of history class. As soon as the teacher walks out of the class , I stretch out (best feeling) and walk out of the class towards the canteen.

While walking in the hallway ,I hear someone calling out my name ,"Lexi!!",I turn around to see Anne running from the other end of the hallway towards me ,screaming my name on top of her lungs .

Anne and me have been friends for the past 5 years .When our family first moved to the town of hazzard ville , Anne was our neighbour. She was my first friend in the town . We did almost everything together ,until a few years back ,when her family moved into a bigger house ,up the hill. We still are best of friends though. We catch up every weekend and go to the park or mall ...just to spend time .

When she finally reaches next to me, she tries to say something ,but I dont understand anything as she is panting heavily .I wait for her breathing to come back to normal and then ask her to repeat. Finally she exclaims ,"Its Alex! , he is getting into a fight with Dylen!".

Alex is my elder brother. He is a calm chilled out guy.Doesnt really get angry that often. But one thing about alex is that ,if he gets angry , then no one except me can calm him down . Dylen on the other hand is my brother's classmate. A complete douchebag. Always finding ways to irritate Alex . I have no clue what he is trying to achieve ,as Alex doesn't even give a proper reaction to his stupid pranks. But looks like today was the last straw.

I rush towards Alex's class to only see him and Dylen wrestling on the floor.Both trying to punch the crap out of each other .What did Dylen do
this time?? Alex looks to be in the worst mood I have ever seen him in .That's a BAD sign . I somehow push through the crowd and yell for help ,but as usual all were busy recording the fight. I then decide to take the matter into my own hands. I run towards Alex and try to pull him out of the fight .Alex is a well built guy ...and to pull him out of fight is a very hard thing for anyone . When I finally manage to pull him out using all my strength, I stand between both of them , to stop them from pouncing on each other .As everyone started to walk away , I ask Alex to come with me to the canteen, relax and tell me what happened. That's when Dylen appears out of nowhere and aims his coffee on us .

As a reflex, I just close my eyes . Wishing that I could just somehow stop time and prevent the coffee from staining my new clothes. I start recollecting everything I had done to save up for the dress .But even after standing with my eyes closed for about 10 seconds, I notice that ,I dont feel the coffee falling on us or hear any other sound . I open my eyes , only to feel as if I am hallucinating.

THE COFFEE WAS FLOATING IN THE AIR ,as if someone had just pressed the pause button. I pinch myself to check if all this is a dream , but then it stings real bad. I turn around and see that everyone including Alex have freezed.

Has time stopped??Is this even real?? Did I do this ?? DID I STOP TIME??
I walk towards the coffee , which is just chilling...mid air . If I have done this ...then I should be able to resume time too, right? While still thinking that I am probably hallucinating due to the shock of sudden coffee attack I get beautiful idea.I just think of giving my idea a try. Probably this all is just my imagination..but I can at least get revenge for my brother in my imagination .
I take the floating coffee cup (with the coffee in it ) and place it in front of Dylen face.Then go stand in the place I was supposed to be standing and think of how did this happen in the first place . That's when I remember ...as the coffee was launching towards us ...i thought of somehow stopping the time ...so maybe if i think about resuming the time ...everything will go back to normal..
As soon as I do it , the coffes falls on Dylen and everyone seems to be in shock. Alex is still in the defense position waiting for the coffee to fall on him.Dylen is just standing in his place ...not able to process what just happened.

And I'm here ...just realizing that everything is real ...just going crazy...WHAT JUST HAPPENED ..HOW DID THAT EVEN WORK ...ALL THIS IS REAL???HOW DID I STOP TIME ??AM I REALLY NOT HALLUCINATING???

Everyone in the class are just going wild. Whispering and arguing that they saw he coffeecup being thrown at us and I can see pure confusion on Alex's face.

As of me ....I need to figure out how and why did that just happen .