Power - Jason Scott

05 | KEEPING SECRETS

     AMAIA WALKED DOWN the halls of the high school the following morning. As she passed the now destroyed girl's bathroom, she heard her classmates whispered of what could have caused it. Someone put a hand on her shoulder, making her turn around. She relaxed when she saw Kimberly. Kimberly montioned her to keep walking. 

On the distance, Jason and Billy had just arrived to the scene that seemed to be the new gossip of the entire school. Jason looked at the dented door, before looking at the fast paced figures of Kimberly and Amaia. 

"What do you think made this?" Billy asked Jason. 

Jason kept his eyes on the two girls. "I don't know." He lied. Jason had kept a secret the white coin that Amaia almost lost in the library. He was not the only one, Kimberly had kept her word on the bathroom incident and even the coin until she knew more about how to help her new friend. It was clear to her - and to Jason as well - that Amaia had no idea the power of that coin and the one she had inside of her. 

Meanwhile Kimberly and Amaia stopped in an empty hall, free of gossiping eyes. "Are you free this weekend, I need you to show you something. It will clear your doubts about this coin." Kimberly told Amaia. 

Amaia looked at her with cautious. "Do you know its origin?" Amaia asked her. Kimberly looked at her, and smiled. 

She looked around, trying to answer her question. "Well...kind off." Kimberly told her. Before Amaia could ask any question, Kimberly cut in. "Yeah, but it's complicated. Really complicated. You don't know how out of this world this is."  Kimberly told her. 

Amaia's eyes still remain cautious. Kimberly notice this. "I know this sounds-" before she could finish, two set of heels where heard next to them. 

Amaia looked down the hall, seeing the girls that had been calling Kimberly a bitch during PE class. "Well, if it's little Kimberly. She has made a friend. How lovely?" The short one said. 

"Two weirdoes befriended each other." The tall girl said to them. 

Amaia looked at Kimberly. "Who are they exactly?" Amaia asked her. 

Kimberly answered through gritted teeth. "Amanda, the tall one and Harper."  

The pink haired girl turned to them with a small frown. "What's your deal? Why bother her?" Amaia asked them. 

"You don't know. How adorable. Quick lesson,  learn more about your friends before defending them." Amanda told Amaia. Amaia sighed, taking Kimberly's hand and walking away from the girls. "You guys are running away?" Amanda yelled down the hall. 

Amaia rolled her eyes. "Well, we don't want to be late for class like you guys will." She said to them before walking off with Kimberly next to her. 

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Kimberly leant on the lockers beside Amaia as she took out the books she is going to use on her next class. "Hey, umm...I know it's not....I shouldn't ask, but umm what happened with those girls back there. Amber and Manda." Amaia told her. 

Kimberly laughed. "Harper and Amanda." Kimberly corrected her. "Just some bad blood we have against each other. That's all." Kimberly told her. 

Amaia closed the door behind her. As she was about to follow Kimberly to the lunch room the bully who had trapped her in the bathroom was now standing in front of her. "We got some unsolved business." He told her.