Chapter
Two
Antonia
sat there for a minute red faced and embarrassed, everyone stared at her and
started laughing, Luke went to see if she was alright but before he could
reach her, her mother got to her first,
"Sweetie
are you ok" Jasmine tried to help her daughter
"No,
leave me alone" She pushed her mother away, got up, pushed her way through
the laughing crowd and ran off down the street. Fifi was in fits of laughter,
she walked over to Luke
"I
can't believe she did that, she almost knocked you over" she gave him a
little smile as she tried to stroke his arm,
"I
saw what you did, I saw you, push her, you really are a horrible person"
he turned and walked away.
"Maybelle,
do you have any idea where she's gone" Jasmine was stood next to Maybelle
on the side of the road,
"I
don't know but, look let me go look for her, go wait at home I'm sure she'll be
fine" Maybelle pushed her way through the crowd herself and headed the
same way Antonia had not knowing where
she had gone.
Antonia
sat crying under a tree by a stream that was close to her neighbourhood, she
was holding her injured knee shaking with pain and embarrassment, she felt so
lonely, all she wanted to do was run away to another planet where no one knew
who she was, somewhere she could be herself and use her power,
"Hey,
are you ok" Antonia jumped, she looked up to see Luke standing by the
tree,
"I'm...I'm
fine, thank you" she turned her head away and held her knee again
"Here
let me help you with that" Luke took out a bottle from his pocket, knelt
down and dabbed a bit on her knee with a tissue
"There"
her knee stopped bleeding at once and scabbed over
"Thank
you" she said "what is that stuff"
"Acman's
ointment"
"Wow,
I thought you couldn't get that stuff yet"
"My
family can, but it only works on miner cuts and scrapes" Luke looked at
Antonia who was still crying a little bit "what's your name"
"Antonia,
Antonia Birch" she wiped her eyes
"Antonia,
beautiful name" Luke smiled at her, Antonia gave a little smile back
"I
saw what that woman Fifi did to you, she had no right to do that"
"She's
always been like that, I went to school with her, she was the most popular girl
in our year, yet she bullied everyone, especially me" it had started to
rain but only under the tree,
"She
seems the type who would be a bully, my dad thinks she would be a fitting wife
but I hate her, besides I don't plan on getting married until I'm President
anyway unless I reach thirty beforehand then I will have to plead with my
father" Luke hadn't noticed the rain
"Why"
Antonia asked him
"Because
I want to marry who I want, I want to marry for love and not because they are
of Nobility" he looked up at Antonia "My dad got lucky, he fell in
love with a woman of Nobility, but I think, I believe everyone should be free
to marry who they want Nobility or not" Antonia smiled at him and he
smiled back, Luke looked up,
"When
did this rain come from, it's meant to be clear sky's all day" Antonia
herself noticed the rain too and realised what she had done. She stopped and
Luke looked at her,
"Antonia,
are you gifted"
"I'm
sorry" she got up and tried to run away again,
"Hey
wait" Luke grabbed hold of her hand and stopped her running "Antonia,
are you" she looked at him scared to answer "It's ok you know, no
one's going to hurt you"
"Yes
I am" she replied finally
"Wow
that's amazing, what's your power"
"Weather
and nature" she smiled at him as he smiled at her,
"I've
never met any woman who's gifted before, I can't believe it, this is incredible.
Can you show me a bit of your power" he asked her, Antonia hesitated
"Only
if you show me yours first" she replied after a minute or so. Luke smiled
at her showing his perfect white teeth. He held out his hand, palm facing towards
the sky and created a small fireball in his hand. It hovered then descended
into nothing, Antonia looked amazed, she had never seen anyone use their powers
before except for herself,
"Wow
that's amazing" she had been looking at the spot where the fireball had
been,
"Your
turn" Luke said softly. She held out her hands in front of her and tried
her best to create a lighting ball, a small flicker happened for a minute, then
disappeared,
"I'm
sorry, usually I can do this"
"It's
ok" Luke told her "it takes practice, try to relax" he stood
back, Antonia held out her hands again, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
A medium sized lightning ball erupted from her hands, she opened her eyes and
was amazed at what she was doing,
"There
you go, it just takes practice" Luke was also amazed at what he was seeing
"I
can't believe it, I've never made on that big before" she lowered her
hands after the lightning ball had disappeared.
"When
did you find out" Luke asked her
"When
I was five, accidently made it snow in the living room when I was playing"
she sat back down under the tree, her damp dress stuck to her skin
"A
lot of the gifted find out when they are five, I did, set the curtains in my
dad's office on fire" he gave a little laugh which Antonia reciprocated
"If you like I can teach you how to control your power" Luke offered,
Antonia smiled and nodded her head,
"I'd
like that"
"Ok
well give me a couple of days and I will find a place for you to practice,
somewhere private so no one will see or find out. It will be our little
secret"
Ok,
well here's my number, let me know" Antonia took a pen out of her pocket
and wrote her number on his hand
"Great,
I'll call you"
""Cool,
I've got to go, I'll see you later" she got up and made her way home,
looking back to give Luke a wave.
"Antonia,
where have you been" Maybelle ran up to her as soon as she spotted her in
the street "Are you ok" she hugged her
"I'm
fine Maybelle, just really embarrassed and what's worse my mum stepped in, I
know she only wanted to help but she didn't have to talk to me like I'm a
little kid" she hugged her friend back
"I'm
glad you are alright Ann, where did you go"
"Down
to the stream, anyway lets go back to yours I've got something to tell
you" They both made their way back to the building they both lived in, as
they did the people they passed started to whisper and laugh at Antonia but she
had no time to even think about it as she was too excited to tell Maybelle
about what had happened. They entered the building and went straight for Maybelle's
room
"Oh
my god, really" Maybelle was in shock at what she just heard "he said
that, he actually said that"
"Yes
he did, he said it would be our little secret" They both sat on Maybelle's
bed at either end
"Wow,
I can't believe it, Luke Homestead is going to help you control your
power"
"I
know, he is such I nice guy, I hope he stays like that, I hope he doesn't turn
into jerk like most men"
"I'm
sure he won't, his mother has always described him as a decent man"
"I
know, but to most mothers their son's can do no wrong Maybelle"
"Yeah
that's true, my brother is perfect in my mother's eyes, anyway I'm sure Luke is
decent and we will find out sooner or later" Antonia looked out of the
window
"Yeah
I'm sure we will"
Antonia
walked up stairwell to her own flat where she still lived with her mother, when
she approached the door she stood there for a moment to pull herself together
after the day's events and then walked through the door
"Antonia
there you are" Jasmine surprised her daughter by throwing herself at her
when she had barely come through the door "are you alright? What happened?
Where did you go?"
"Mum
pull yourself together, I'm fine, I went down to the stream, then spent some
time talking to Maybelle"
"Oh
thank goodness, you didn't do anything....anything stupid did you"
"No.
I didn't"
"Ok, good let's
get dinner on shall we
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