It was around 10:30 p.m. and I went over to Connor’s house to see if he’s ready to go, Jason was already there once I had arrived.
“Didn’t expect you to be here” I said surprised.
“I thought I would get here a little early, you guys ready to see what’s up with Willow?” Jason asked.
“We should get going, she’s probably waiting for us,” Connor said.
We started walking towards the school. I kept thinking about what she wanted to show us. Becoming increasingly worried by the scenarios and possibilities playing in my head. Why are we meeting at the school out of all places? It’s still under construction.
“Here we are,” Connor said.
We entered the building, but we didn’t see Willow anywhere.
“Willow, where are you? We are here like you asked!” Jason shouted.
“Jason what the hell? Shut up, We can’t get caught being here,” Connor snarled.
“It’s fine, nobody is here, stop worrying so much Connor,” Jason scoffed.
“Over here!” Willow yelled across the hall.
We walked through the hall, over all the debris on the ground.
“This better be good,” Jason said under his breath as we got closer to her. Something was off…
“Okay, don’t freak out, I've been trying to figure out how to control it.”
“What are you talking about?” Connor asked
Willow steps out of the dark and HER LEGS WERE GONE!
“What the heck happened, how are you floating!?” Connor shouted.
“I'm gonna throw up,” Jason said as he started gagging.
“I told you to not freak out! I have legs still there just…”
“What? They’re just invisible?” I said jokingly
“Well…yeah, after everything that went down at the school. My body began fading in and out. I was freaked out at first, but then started to gain control of it. I think it was the blast that hit all of us, that’s what could’ve caused this.”
“You gotta be joking, abilities? This sounds like something straight out of a comic book” Connor said amused.
“I know it sounds stupid, but it’s true! You saw what I can do and you guys might have abilities like that as well” Willow said
“I better not, I don’t want to be a fucking freak too,” Jason said.
“So you’re calling me a freak now?” Willow said angrily
“Guy’s enough! We need to figure out why this is happening to Willow and if any of us will have abilities as well. We can’t just jump to conclusions, okay?” I said.
“I think that we should all go home and talk more about this tomorrow,” I said.
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“Okay,” Willow said.
She walked down the hall and she just disappeared.
“Did you see that?” Connor said in a scared voice.
“How the hell did she do that?!” Connor yelled .
“No clue,” I said.
“This is too much for me in one night. I’m heading out too, see you guys tomorrow,” Jason said on his way out.
“Yeah, that's a good idea. I’ll talk to you tomorrow, Connor,” I said.
The next day, I was still in shock after the shit that happened last night. How did this happen to Willow? Will it happen to the rest of us? I went downstairs to go see what my mom was up to.
“Hey, Mom,” I said.
“Oh hi, Honey, did you hear about the progress they are making at the school? They said that they should have the school finished by the end of this week and open on Monday. Isn’t that great news?” my mom said excitedly.
“Oh yeah, that’s great news,” I said sarcastically. I hung out with my mom downstairs, watching tv with her until I heard my doorbell ring *ding dong*
“I’ll get it,” I said.
Connor was at the door.
“Hey, how’s it going?” I ask.
“Are you ready to go? We are supposed to go to my place and talk with everyone.” Connor said.
“Oh shit, I forgot,” I said with a small laugh.
“I’ll be home later, bye mom!” I said walking out the door.
We walked over to Connor's house and went into his room. Jason and Willow were already there waiting for us.
“I had to go get his dumbass because he ‘forgot’” Connor said.
“Good, let's make this quick. I don't want to be here any longer than I have to be.” Jason said in a disgusted voice.
“What the fuck is your problem?” Willow said.
Jason didn't respond, he just sat there in silence.
“Alright, we need to talk about last night. When did you first find out you could, well, become invisible?” I questioned.
“The first night out of the hospital, in the middle of the night. I woke up from a nightmare and I went to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror and I couldn't see myself. I thought I was just tired but after I washed my face; I started freaking out because I still had no reflection. Then I kept on fading in and out, after I started to calm down I went back to normal.” Willow said.
“So your emotions affect it?” Connor asked.
“As long as you have control of your emotions you can control whether you go invisible or not. That’s fuckin’ cool!”I said excitedly.
Jason got up from where he was sitting.
“Well now that we’ve figured out what she can do; Can I leave?” Jason asked
“Seriously, what's your problem? Why the hell are you in such a hurry to leave?” Connor questioned.
“I just don’t want to talk about this stuff. I don't want to get abilities or whatever she has. I don't want to end up like that the rest of my life.” Jason said angrily.
“We don’t know if we will get abilities like she did. Stop being such an asshole!” I shouted at Jason.
“Look, Miles, she got hit with the same shit that we got hit with and now she’s able to disappear like goddamn Houdini!” Jason yelled back.
“Okay guys, let's calm down,” Willow said.
“I don't know about you guys but I would rather be normal than have these so-called ‘abilities’ that I didn't fucking ask for. I am out of here.” Jason said storming off.
“Uh, that went well,” Connor said.
“I mean Jason kinda has a point. If Willow got these abilities after that green wave went across our town that means we could have abilities that we don’t know about yet,” I said.
“I think that we should keep this to ourselves, no one else needs to know about all this,” Connor said.
“Agreed.” Willow and I said in sync.
“School is going to be back in session soon, so try to control your abilities before it starts back up, we don’t want you to turn invisible and scare everyone,” I said jokingly.
“Yeah, that wouldn’t be good,” Connor said.
After that whole conversation with Willow and her ability, we all went home. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Jason said. If she got her ability from that green light then we might get abilities too. I wonder if we’ll get different abilities.