Broken Ice

Breaking the Ice

I have been going to this school for 8 years now and I am still the girl everyone avoids. Even the new people have more friends then me, my parents say I should get out more, but what do they know. Anyways, there is a new boy in school, all the girls keep crowding him, I haven't even seen him.

"Hey! Quickly hide me in this closet."

"Cassie. Did you see the new boy Lachie, I think he came down here." Said Amanda, the most popular girl in school. I despise her and all her designer clothes. Wait, the person who I hid in the closet must have been the new boy. I didn't even get a chance to see his face.

"Oh, no. He went into...uh...Mr Hecclea's Classroom. So you should probably go in there. Far away from here. I'm not hiding anything." I say in a high pitched voice. You can probably tell that I don't have the best social skills...or acting. But thankfully Amanda and the rest of the 'fashion police' leave.

As I open the closet to free the new kid Lachie, he kinda just falls out and knocks me onto the floor.

"Sorry, I didn't realise you were opening the door." Lachie seems genuinely sorry, unlike all the other guys at this school. Then, as I get up, he holds out his hand and helps me up, our faces are so close they are almost touching.

I look into his deep brown eyes. Wow. She is so pretty, I wonder if she likes me back. I am soo glad she bought the excuse I made up so I had a reason to do this. OMG. Did I just read his mind.

"Do you really think I'm pretty? Or did I just imagine me reading your mind." I know this is a big risk to say, but I really have nothing to lose.

"Well I do think you're pretty, but if you read my mind what else did I think." It might just be me but I think he's nervous, maybe he doesn't want me know he lied.

"Look, I know you lied but it doesn't matter because I also know why you did it." Damn, I'm blushing. This is not how I planned my Monday to go. Oh no, no he's blushing.

"Wait, that means you can read minds!" Lachie's right! This means I can actually read minds.

"Read my mind!! What am I thinking Cassie!" I try to read his mind and I concentrate really hard but nothing. NOTHING!! Wait, I was looking into his eyes when I read his mind. So I look into his brown eyes again and concentrate. Is it working Cassie? Are you reading my mind? Cool, I can read minds. Yes. I can read your mind! OMG! I just talked to Lachie through my mind!

"That was soo cool!" Lachie hugs me, I can't feel my legs. This is the single best moment of my life. I open my eye to see the hallway is covered with ice. It's snowing as well. Did I do that? I must have, everyone is looking at me, terrified. What do I do.

"RUN CASSIE!" Lachie pulls me and we run until we reach the edge of the forest. Lachie does some weird gesture and we are teleported, or something, we end up in a house. It's dark, and the floor boards creak.

"Lachie...where are you? Where are we?" Lachie tells me to be quiet. I have no idea what he is doing. I don't know why he's doing it either. But he seems focused on...something. The light turn on, I am not in a secret house, but a library.

"Who is it. I have a sword and I'm not afraid to use it." This scares me. I know I have powers or something like that, but someone with a sword is definitely something to be afraid of.