We walked over to the next street and finally came to the front of the house.
I was feeling nervous.
"We're here," Erica said and I looked at her "By the Alex, you're still in for a big surprise"
"If it's about how handsome the grandson is again I'll just remind you here that I'm not interested in that"
"Oh don't you worry. You'll be interested in this one" she smiled mischievously and went for the doorbell. We waited.
Suddenly, we heard a loud crash from inside followed by a scream.
I looked at Erica with my eyes widened and she had the same expression. She reached out her hand for the knob and I grabbed it.
"What are you doing?! You can't just enter someone else's house anyhow" I whispered
"But you just heard that right. This must be a crime. We have to check it out" she whispered back as I released her hand
"Don't just go making up stuff in your head. And if this is actually a crime I think you mean we should call the police. we can't get...and she's gone!" I said as Erica hurriedly went in. I followed behind her knowing I wasn't actually being smart at the moment.
I could hear arguing.
Two guys?
Erica peeped through the corridor as I stood behind her.
What are they arguing about?
"What the-" Erica muttered and I saw her look astonished. I was wondering what she was seeing when she finally moved in to be fully seen. Without taking her eyes off what she was looking at she said "You've gotta see this"
Confused, I moved closer to her and saw what was going on. Strangely I wasn't surprised. Most of the objects in the room were floating high close to the Ceiling. I looked at the first guy on the other side of the room. He had his hands out and his eyes were glowing green. I wasn't sure if they were his real eye color.
but I was sure they were glowing.
No surprise that I wasn't surprised. I mean, I've had a strange tattoo draw itself to my back which also glows, I've seen a foggy face in a mirror and my dream had become real, what else could be surprising.
"Tyson! That was grandpa's favorite mug and you just broke it!"
Tyson? Found him.
"I didn't mean to. This wouldn't have happened if you'd just let me have just this one!" The guy with the glowing eyes said. I couldn't see the other person cause he had his back to us. But immediately, I knew who it was. his voice also sounded familiar. Really familiar.
No way it could possibly be him, I told myself
"Oh, now it's my fault?!. put everything down this minute or else"
"Or else what?"
"Or else I'll burn all your video games"
The guy with the glowing eyes - or rather Tyson gasped and said "you can't do that"
"Oh can't I?"
Really really familiar.
For a moment he seemed to think over it, then he leveled his hand down slowly as the floating objects also settled for a normal form.
The house was silent. No one moved for a while. They also didn't seem to have noticed us. Oh, wait-Tyson looked in our direction and his eyes widened. He opened his mouth to say something.
Just as I was about to react. The other guy who had his back to us suddenly ran across the room really fast and jumped over the chair, taking Tyson down before he could react.
"Oww, that must have hurt," Erica said as we both went over to see what was going on behind the chair.
I couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with the two of them. The other guy was over Tyson and they seemed to be struggling with something.
"Give it to me!"
"Never!" Tyson said and they kept tugging.
"That's how it is huh?. Fine" The other guy began to tickle Tyson, and might I say. I had never seen anyone laugh so hard from being tickled. Something fell out of Tyson's hand and immediately the boy grabbed it and stood up.
This height.
"H-hey...that's-that's not...fair" Tyson was practically out of breath.
"I'm keeping this"
He turned and I caught the smell of his cologne immediately. He stood three centimeters away from me and our eyes met.
My heart thumped.
He stood quietly, maintaining the distance for a while as he looked down at me. I couldn't move, I was frozen. Those blue eyes sucked me in and my stupid heart wouldn't give me a minute to think.
He stepped back a little and looked over from me, to Erica, then to me.
Tyson who had finally gotten over his laughing problem stood up and stood next to him.
"I tried to tell you Tyler. I think we have guests"
Tyler.
I was frozen up by the familiar pair of blue eyes that was staring back at me. As usual, her lovely caramel blond hair was woven neatly in a French braid that looked cute on her. Our eyes interlocked and for a moment I lost it.
Too close!
I stepped back a little as time moved again in my head.
"I tried to tell you Tyler. I think we have guests"
I glared at him "you think?"
I looked back at them as I fully clarified it was her "Alex"
She gasped out something I couldn't make out.
"Huh?"
"What, she meant was...we-are surprised you remember us because we've only met once" Erica said with a smile and nudged Alex "right, Alex?"
"Uh?" Like she had just snapped out of a trance she said "Ah, yeah. That"
According to what I noticed, not actually sure if she just couldn't get up a nice style, or if she just found dressing up a bother or tiring, though I'm sure its the latter, but she was a lot on the simple side. Just as she stood in my living room wearing a plain blue top and a blue jean.
Truth be told. Its definitely the last place I thought we would get to talk again after ten years.
Alex Dane. Really smart, pretty and also reserved, also the only one Fizz never messes with. A guy from school which unsurprisingly, I see no bright future for. I mean that guy messes with anything and everything and everyone... even his grades. but surprisingly he was aware of a boundary to not be crossed with Alex.
I wasn't surprised.
Its been ten years and she's changed a lot in so many ways, but then again she's got some things that hadn't changed..
Ten years ago when I was seven, I was pretty weak. Not that I had any health problems, it was just... physical,I think. I could get hurt easily. Sometimes I would trip over nothing and scrap my knee. Or all my books fall out from my locker from trying to take one out. Or I would get hurt from holding a broom. It got to a point my mom became careful of letting me use a fork. To top it all, I cried a lot, so yeah– I was clumsy and so I was easily picked on.
But meeting Alex had changed me.
Neither was I surprised that she couldn't recognize me. I was really happy when I found out we attend the same high school. Even if she couldn't recognize me, I still found myself considering her a dear friend.
Also 'cause I haven't actually approached her since we started high school.
But now was my chance to start again. Differently from ten years ago. Have a good start which I couldn't at the cookie shop. I had been too busy thinking about how to introduce myself that before I knew it she was leaving. Now I've got another chance.
"Friends of yours?" Tyson asked beside me.
"They're from school" I replied as I dropped my hand which was beginning to ache. Then I realized I wasn't looking at the important thing at the moment "Hold on, how long have two been here?"
"Well about that, we heard something break and we came in thinking something serious was happening...well at the very least something serious was going on for you two" Erica said and right on cue, they both looked at my hand. I followed their gaze and my eyes widened.
Crap!
I had totally forgotten I still had the cigarette in my hand.
"Its not what it looks like"
They both stared at me without uttering a word.
I don't think they're falling for that" Tyson said and I shot daggers at him immediately.
'Don't make them think its actually mine.
I have a really big issue with Tyson smoking around me. I made him think its because I thought it was bad for his health--Well I do care about his health but I also had another reason.
Now. My worries? They had come in when he broke grandpa's mug. They definitely must have seen him use his powers!
Tyson clear his throat next to me. I ignored him knowing what he wanted and he did it again. Once more and I was driven off.
"By the way this is Tyson, my elder brother. could you two excuse us for a minute"
"Sure" Erica said and I dragged Tyson off immediately to a corner away from them.
"Tyler, why did you cut short the introduction? I was just about to make them notice my inside charm" He said with a foolish smirk and went on "You never even told me you had girls that pretty as your friends. Were you trying to hide that from me cause the girls love me? But weirdly the one on the right looks really familiar"
This is probably the time where I tell him she's Alex from ten years ago but I knew better. If I were to tell him who she is, he was going to push a switch in his head that had been shut down for a long time...yeah-like ten years long. So no.
He raised his brows as I just stared at him with disbelief. I flicked him real hard on the side of his head.
"Where exactly is your head? They said they got here when you broke grandpa's mug" I said in a low voice and waited for him to think it through.
"You don't think they saw me use my power right?"
"Oh I don't know. They would have if they've been here since you broke grandpa's mug" I finished through gritted teeth.
"Calm down Tyler, geez. We'll just go back to them, tell them it was just their imagination and that it wasn't real then they forget about it" he said with a confident look.
"Not everyone is as simple as you are Tyson" I said with a sigh. That definitely won't work. I groaned "if you had just been careful with your power like I told you to, this wouldn't be happening"
"Its not my fault. if you had just given me my cigarette none of this would have happened"
"It just had to be them" I groaned again as I placed my palm on my forehead.
"Why are you so bothered?" Tyson asked me. i finally got a second chance and all this happens. I haven't been able to clear up any of those stupid things Max had said about me and now this? So much for having a good start.
Also, someone had to do the worrying and it just happens to not be my brother, Tyson.
"Because people from school just had to see my brother being a freak who lifts things up without carrying them. That could actually cause me a lot of trouble" I said and he squinted at me and gave me his foolish smile again.
"Are you sure that's why? Or you're just especially worried because its one of them who saw us and you don't want her to think you have a freak for a brother which would also mean you're a freak?"
I felt my mouth open as a confused look pulled up on my face "what on earth are you talking about?"
"Then you don't mind if I get their number"
"Try it and I'll deep fry you" I said immediately and walked away from him.
Tyson could be one of the smartest people I know. I was no match for him with good grades, he's the top student in his school and has been to so many competitions where he would come back with the medal, and all I wished was that he would use that part of his brain to live a decent live.
But no, he decided to take the plane that flies backwards.