Varick, frustrated with his fathers endless enforcement of the rules, left for the bus stop in a huff. It had always annoyed him, the way his father and mother ran the house. And as he began to think about it more the more the veins in his head began to pop and his teeth began to clench. He continued to trail the side walk to the bus stop, passing a public trashcan on his way. He was pulled out his deep thoughts, however, when the trash can spontaneously caught on fire.
He stared at the flames for a moment in shock, how could a trashcan catch on fire all on its own? he thought. Looking around he saw no matches, no clouds to signify lightning, nothing. Dismissing the freakish burst of light Varick continued his path to the bus stop. When he got there he saw a three other children standing and talking. "Varick!" one of them screamed s they ran over to hug him. Taken back by the girls screaming Varick stood there in shock while the girl hugged him. "Oh, uh, hey Elizabeth". Elizabeth out of all of Varicks friends was always the most affectionate. And she constantly made people like her through that show of affection. "I sense tenseness in the upper back and shoulders." She said as she squeezed Varick a little tighter "What is troubling you?". Elizabeth's mother was a hippie who believed she could sense emotion. The ironic part was most of the time she was right. Having been the only girl in her family Elizabeth took on the same skill of reading people. It added more empathy to the affectionate person he already was. "Please Elizabeth" An annoyed voice said from behind "We've already been over this, you cannot sense emotions through hugs". Rae was the smart one of the group, no matter the problem or issue she could never go a minute without correcting someone on their mistake. The way people were able to tell was correcting someone was the way she pushed her glasses up in annoyance. "Rae why do you hate what you cannot calculate" Elizabeth said in a dreamy voice. That was another thing about Elizabeth, she was always so relaxed it was as if nothing in the world could bother her. "Because your hypothesis shows no evidence. It makes no sense. She said as she pinched her brown "Darce, Varick back me up here." Varick didn't say anything, not wanting to get involved in one of the many arguments Rae and Elizabeth had. "Just let Elizabeth do her thing Rae" Darce said simply. Then there was Darce, he was always the quite one of the group. In fact this was one of those rare days when he did say something. "See Darce thinks my powers are real!" Elizabeth said triumphantly. And as she made her point he went over to hug Darce, leaving Darce red in the face. As the bus rolled around the corner, Darce pointed at it silently. His arm shaking as he did. The bus rolled up to the bus stop and the four children boarded it. To be continued.........
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9/25/2019 04:54:36 pm
I'm way behind on these posts but wow this one is good!
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