I'm Not An Angel

03

We walk to the car, which was conveniently placed very far from my house. Multiple times through the walk Lucas tries to come up and hold my hand. I happily decline each time, not feeling safe enough with him in that way yet. He frowns everytime, like it physically pains him not to be able to hold my hand. I can't seem to understand why he's so down about it, us having just met today. As we walk, I slowly migrate more and more towards Owen. Lucas has to keep pulling me back, always with the same words. "You're my priority, if you're not near me, I can't keep you safe." I sigh heavily each time, being near my brother makes me feel safe, especially in weird situations. And if I do say so myself this is a weird situation.

"The car is right there. You go in the door I tell you and sit in the seat with your name." I nod and go into the door directed. The car is a black SUV. The ones you see celebrities drive in. I felt very special. Even though I know secretly I'm not. I look for my name on a seat and see it sitting right next to the one with Lucas' name. I sit down and put my seatbelt on, if you don't put a seatbelt on, I might laugh at your funeral. The rest of them come in and sit, putting their seatbelts on as well. Thankfully. Soon enough the car starts driving. It's silent for a while. I remember what James said about us waiting to talk until he finished explaining things, so I wait. I sit there staring out the tinted windows until he speaks.

"Okay, we are far enough out of town. I will be explaining things to you and then you will get a packet and some forms for you to sign. Easy enough. Let's start with what your living situation will be like. Aven and Owen, you two are in different departments with your powers. We know that without even knowing Aven's exact powers yet. But her's are physical. Owen's are mental. As much as you may think Lucas will be in the mental department, he is not. Mind reading is only one of his abilities, so Owen you will not be sharing the same things as him." Owen sighs in relief, forcing me to hold back a slight chuckle.

"Since Owen will be in a different department, you two will not be together all the time. Which I know will be an adjustment for both of you, but you'll make do. Owen you will be paired with Zander for rooming and touring. He will be your guide. You go to him if you need anything, he will also be there waiting for us when we get there. Aven you will be paired with Olivia. What I told Owen about Zander stands for you with Olivia as well. Each dorm has their own bathroom. Each dorm member has their own single bed, closet and desk. We have teachers in the facility, much like a movie set, minors still need to attend a certain amount of classes each day and if not, your powers will be taken away temporarily as a punishment. That also works with failing.

"Aven, you will first go through field tests to figure out your powers, then you will go into combat training with the rest of the kids in your department. For sparring at first you will be paired up with Lucas, as time goes on and you get to the level of the rest of the kids there, then you may change partners. Owen, you will go through multiple tests to test your IQ and what we need to do to enhance it to the best of your and our abilities. Your training will involve a lot of practice and studying. School will be taken extra seriously in your department and you will be taking upper level classes.

"Boys and girls are allowed in each other's dorms from hours of 7 am - 8 pm. If a teacher finds you in the other gender's dorm outside of those hours, you will get a detention. Yes we have those and they are not for school purposes, because we take school more serious than that. Our cafeteria is open all hours of the day. Hot, cooked food is only available from the hours of 5 am - 9 pm. If outside of those hours there are vending machines. There is no curfew, we expect you to be smart and responsible. There is a dorm, cleanliness check every Friday. The standards for that will be in your packet. All of this information will, we are just going through it to make sure you have it.