I felt the scent of dust waft into my nose as she entered the room.
"You've been doing it again." I said bluntly. It was not a question but a statement. A statement that we both knew was true.
She quietly sat down at the table opposite me. It was a given what I would have to ask next. It was almost like we were reading a script, only I could not see her lines while she had mine memorized. I knew she would not answer until I actually asked her. Did I really want to know? In the past I had thought that whoever first said, "ignorance is bliss," was a fool but at times like this it might have been the greatest wisdom I would ask for. Inevitably, the question would come sooner or later. No time like the present, right?
"Why?"
"Well..." She started. she always paused for dramatic effect. She knew it drove me insane but that I would not push her. She would just take longer that way.
I sat there, the ball now in her park. I hated the torturous feeling of foreboding I always received while waiting for her to begin. I always new what was coming next. I knew that it was going to be something completely horrifying and miraculous all at the same time. I started playing with my pen. I would click it every few seconds. I could not decide whether the anticipation or information was worse.
"Well..."
This pause at least was shorter.
"You know how I was adopted, right?" She always started her stories this way, "Well... my birth parents, as you know, were not from around here. I know you don't like my stories but I don't have anyone else to talk to. I have the power to bewitch things, and some would probably call a witch. I am not a witch; they have spell books and other paraphernalia. I just make some things happen with a thought. I do not believe that I have ever explained to you how my powers work or what they even do, have I?"
I shook my head.
"Well, I can make things move around with my mind. Telekinetic, I believe they call people like me. When it started happening, I didn't realize that it was even me doing it. I thought it was my imagination. But I started finding that other people were seeing it too. It only happened when I was more emotional. That was about the I found out I was adopted. Some may call it coincidence but I don't believe in such things anymore. I think that my subconscious was trying to put the pieces together. Deep down I always knew there was something different about me, it just took a while to prove it. And I did have to prove it, especially to myself."
A/N: This was a little piece that I wrote when I was in high school. I think I have improved quite a lot since then, at least, I hope I have.