"Do you really think he's blind?" Jupiter whispered to RJ, as they both peered over at the man talking to RJ's uncle Jason. "Because he doesn't look blind, but he's got that cane he taps around when he walks and his eyes are really weird..."
RJ punched her lightly on the arm, but hard enough to hurt. "Oi! Don't be so rude!" she hissed.
"What? I'm just thinking out loud!" she hissed back defensively, rubbing her arm and sticking out her bottom lip in a sulk.
"Yes and it's really rude."
"Don't worry Riley-Jane I have heard worse." The man said, and they both stared at him from the lounge, gobsmacked. He waved his cane at his ear and smiled. "In my years as a blind man, my hearing has become much more sensitive to conversation."
RJ punched her again, harder this time, and Jupiter yelped, shooting her a look, she got to her feet and bowed. "I'm sorry to disrespect you Mr something or another."
"Jupiter, what are you doing?" Jason asked, arching an eyebrow at her.
"My mum said if you don't bow in apology to the people you insult then bad juju will hit you harder in the face than a freight train. And it happened the other day, so yeah, I don't want to die for being mean to a blind man."
"With heightened hearing," he added. "And my name is Mr Fate. You can stop bowing now Jupiter, I was neither insulted nor offended by your remarks."
Jupiter wasn't paying complete attention, she counted to thirty under her breath, and then she stood up and shrieked and fell back, when she found Mr Fate stood directly in front of her. He was a deceptive foot taller than she had expected.
Jason stood up and looked at them both. "Fate has something to tell you girls."
"That's a pretty cool name, do you happen to use it in puns?" she enquired.
"Jupiter!"
"What? He said he wasn't offended or insulted, and I'm curious!" she yelled back.
"Don't worry Riley-Jane, anyway, it's like Jason said, I have something to tell you and you might want to sit down for this, it's quite big." He said seriously.
"Is it the zombie apocalypse?" Jupiter asked dryly.
"The what?" Mr Fate whispered.
RJ clapped her hand to her forehead and groaned. "Oh brother."
"So it's not the zombie apocalypse?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Damn!" Jupiter grumbled, pulling her legs up to cross them and then she looked at Mr Fate. "So what is it then?"
He cleared his throat. "Before I begin I have a question."
"Okay, go ahead Mr Fate," RJ said politely.
"Have you both noticed weird things happening to you? Things you can't explain by normal means, that you thought you might have been hallucinating or dreaming but they actually did happen?" He said in a serious and stern tone.
RJ and Jupiter hesitated before turning to each other and Jupiter nodded to RJ and then they both looked at him. "Yes," they replied in unison.
"But it's going to be a long story," RJ started.
"So you might want to sit down," Jupiter finished, and Mr Fate took a chair from the kitchen, and seated himself down, Jason joining him.
*******
"Niagra falls period attack, that's how you described almost bleeding to death," Jason chortled for the fifth time.
"Jason, you are literally an asshole." Jupiter grumbled, as Mr Fate sat there with an amused smile sipping his cup of tea.
"So we told you what happened to us, when are you going to tell us this big life changing news you keep going on about?" Jupiter drawled.
"What big new?" Mr Fate asked, giving a sideways glance to Jason, who shrugged his shoulders.
"You know, the reason why you're here?" RJ said.
"Oh, I just came here to see Jason, it's been a while," Mr Fate said, smiling pleasantly.
"So why did you ask us if weird stuff had happened?"
"Just wanted to get the teenage gossip..." He said, trailing off at the end as the two girls jaws dropped simultaneously.
"We thought it would be funny to screw with you, we had no idea you'd talk to us about such weird stuff," Jason said, chuckling into Fate's shoulder.
"You gotta be kidding me," RJ groaned.
"Yeah, we are kidding, now Jason, can we be serious now please, this isn't really something I can laugh about."
"Wait what's happening now?!" RJ demanded.
"Double screw over ha!"
"Jason."
"Yes yes, I know, stop it. I will. But yeah. We do have some news girls, so yeah. Listening would be a good idea. I'm going to make tea. Sounds like a good idea. This is the kind of news you need tea for. Because tea is great, can't get enough tea-"
"Jason?"
"Yes, Fate?"
"You're rambling." Mr Fate said, RJ and Jupiter arching an eyebrow at him.
"So I am. I shall go make tea, who wants tea because that seems to be all I'm good for." He moped.
"We'll all have tea... And Uncle Jason, you're good for other things," RJ said smiling reassuringly.
"Oh really, what else?"
"Taxi service," she said grinning, and Jason glared at her.
"You petrol thieves," he growled, shuffling off into the kitchen like an annoyed toddler.
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The Adventures of RJ and Jupiter
FantasíaRJ and Jupiter aren't the kind of girls you would envision going on adventures and saving the world. But they do just that. After they find out they are potentials when they are discovered by man who is sent to find and bestow powers on potentials a...
