Previously...
I fixed my gaze on him, and despite how stern his gray eyes looked, I could tell he’d cave easily. Over and over in my head I kept repeating, I do not need to go the principal’s office. You don’t want to send me down there. Let me stay in class. Within seconds his face became blank and his eyes became glassy.
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You can stay in class and finish the lecture,” Mr. Meade said groggily. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes. “But next time you’re going straight to the office, Miss Everly.” He looked confused for a moment, and then jumped right back into his history lecture.
I wasn’t sure what it was that I had just done exactly—I tried not to think about it enough to name it. About a year ago, I’d discovered that if I thought about something and looked at somebody hard enough, I could get that person to do what I wanted.
As awesome as that sounded, I avoided doing it as much as possible. Mostly because I felt like I was crazy for really believing I could do it, even though it worked every time. But also because I didn’t like it. It made me feel dirty and....manipulative.
Mr. Meade went on talking, and I followed along, my guilt making me to try harder. I hadn’t wanted to do that to him, but I couldn’t go to the principal’s office. I had just been expelled from my last school, forcing my brother and aunt to forget their lives again so we could move closer to my new school.
I had honestly tried at the last school, but principle Dean’s daughter had been intent on making my life miserable. I’d tolerated her mocks and ridicules as best I could until one day she cornered me in the bathroom, calling me every dirty name in the book. Finally, I’d had enough, and I punched her.
The Dean decided to immediately expell me,for hurting his child and whatever,and that he did.
When class finally ended, I shoved my books in my book bag and left quickly. I didn’t like hanging around after I did the mind-control trick. Mr. Meade could change his mind and send me to the office, so I hurried down to my locker.
I got to my locker and started switching my books. Without even looking, I knew Finn was behind me. I glanced over my shoulder and saw him getting a drink from the fountain. Almost as soon as I looked at him, he lifted his head and gazed at me. Like he could sense me too.
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Tyler Hoelchlin as Finn
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Trylle-A Beautiful Adventure
RomanceWhen Wendy Everly was six,her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later,Wendy discovers her mother was almost right.She's not the person she always believed herself to be,and it all begins to unravel-all becaus...
