Writing My Cares Away (open)

[Mia Bell]

Mia was sitting in the grass next to the lake, relaxing in the heat of the sun. She was from Alaska and the heat wasn’t something she was used to. However, she still enjoyed being outside and always found the heat of the sun on her skin relaxing. She figured she would get used to the heat eventually and it wasn’t going to stop her from being outside. Unless it was unbearable to be outside in the heat, at least to her that is. She wished the Hammel School was in a state and city close to the beach. She heard about there being a lake somewhere in town. However, seeing how she hadn’t yet found the time or want to go exploring around the town she didn’t know where it was at; she also didn’t want to get lost like she has so many times on campus.

Mia brought out her notebook from her bag along with a pen and started to write her weekly letter to her mom and grandmother. She missed them dearly and hoped that one day they would be able to move here to Vermont to be closer to her. Nevertheless, the move would cost too much for her mother and she understood that. She didn’t want to lose contact with them and wanted to update them on how she was doing. Granted she could do that by phone or email but she has always been into the old fashion letters.

Half way through the letter Mia stopped and looked up at the sky as she squinted her eyes. To her it felt like every passing minute it was get hotter, she wished she had put shorts on instead of pants; next time she will have to dress more appropriate for the weather even though she didn’t really like wearing shorts. At least she was wearing a tank top that better went with the weather. She laid back onto the lush green grass and placed the back of her hands over her eyes. She breathed deeply trying to ignore the heat and focus on what else to write in this letter. She wondered if she should make it every other week instead of every week considering nothing exciting happens in the span of a week.

She laid there as she felt her notebook fall off her lap; she didn’t move to place it back on her lap or even catch it as it fell. She just laid there feeling the grateful breeze that passed every so often to cool her down a little. She took her hands off her eyes and started to cloud watch. Think of what the clouds looked like in her head.

[Cameron Osiris]

Hammel, his home away from home. There was nothing quite like this place, even though it was a school. Cam had come to appreciate the fact that this boarding school has a court, a pond, and pretty damn good cafeteria. And since he can control light, well, the sun has never really been an issue. Today, since classes had been over for quite some time, Cameron has finally gotten his guitar tuned up and ready to play.

Cam especially enjoyed the pond, it was easy to get lost watching the fishes bob around. He smiled as he approached, glad he wasn’t going to be the only one enjoying the weather. There was another girl there. Quite pretty in pink, and he nodded towards her. “Nice weather,” he chuckled to himself. God what was he, an old man? He sat across from her on one of the empty benches, his guitar already in his lap as he strummed at it, trying to get it to the perfect pitch. Cameron was just wearing some jean shorts and loafers, all for comfort’s sake.

He glanced back at her, noticed the light was blinding her. Using his power, he concentrated the light away from her, so that she wouldn’t have to squint. “Better?” He asked. Cam couldn’t remember seeing this girl around before. He would’ve definitely remembered her. “Have we met?” If they had, he’d have to make something up, but he was almost positive they hadn’t.

[Mia Bell]

Mia hadn’t been at the school for very long; she had only been here for about a week maybe not even that. It was still getting used to being at a new school; though she was glad she had no choice but stay here till she graduated. Whenever that was; from what she gathered, she wouldn’t graduate from the school till she could nearly control her powers. This was upsetting for Mia since she had gotten her powers later than most of the other students. However, she did like how everything she needed was all in one place, her room, food, a relaxing place like this pond, and much more. If only she had the comfort of calling it home; she wasn’t quite there with the Hammel school being her home yet.

Mia was content laying in the warm grass and would stay content for the next couple minutes until she got restless or ants had found their way onto her body. She had just happened to look over to the side to see someone walk towards her. She smiled and nodded back when he did. She chuckled at the lame conversation starter “It would be better if it wasn’t so hot…” She admitted. She hoped she wouldn’t sweat too much in front of him, that would be really embarrassing even though she knew she couldn’t help how much she sweated.

Mia shifted her body a little from where she was laying on the ground to keep an eye on the boy. “Do you actually play or do you just carry it around to pick up chicks?” She lost count of how many people she had meet claiming to be able to sing or play an instrument when they really couldn’t do it just to impress others. It made her sick just thinking about how fake people can be.

She looked up at the sky; wishing she could make a cloud, just one cloud hid the sun. She sighed deeply about the thought of being able to control the weather but wasn’t able to control one measly cloud. Suddenly there wasn’t that much light in her face and she blinked; she smiled not having to squint. She nodded “Ah! Yes, why thank you!” She sat up and looked at him closely; knowing it was him that did something, somehow. “Can you control the sun or something?” She smirked; showing she was completely joking with that question. Mia shook her head at the question “Nope, at least I don’t think so.. I’m pretty good with faces and I don’t remember yours. And I have yet to meet someone who was able to forget me since I started dying my hair..” She shrugged. It wasn’t that she was bragging; she actually wished some people would forget her face but that didn’t seem like it was going to happen since she refuses to stop dying her hair.

[Cameron Osiris]

There were a couple of things that could stop you from graduating, and Cam knew them all. One, you couldn’t graduate if you didn’t have good control over your powers. Two, you needed to have decent grades. Three, you needed to be at least eighteen. And four, you needed to be on your best behaviour. That last one he wasn’t sure about, but still, it wouldn’t hurt to suck up to the teachers every now and again. It was a good thing there wasn’t any pressure to be nice to your peers though. Then Cam probably wouldn’t be graduating any time soon.

Cam grinned at her and her reply. “Well you are wearing pants, that probably isn’t doing you any favours.” He gave her a once over. She looked good in her choice of clothing. Very daring, and Cam liked very daring people like himself. She’d probably looked good in anything though.

“Why, is it working?” He asked, waiting expectantly for a reply. He looked down at his precious instrument and decided it would help to do more than just strum it. Anyone could do that. And so, to prove he could do more than the obvious, he played a chord, and then started picked away at the strings to a song he had written. There were no lyrics of course, Cam couldn’t sing worth a damn. He looked back at her while he played, smiling. He wasn’t trying to impress her, he just managed to impress himself.

“You’re welcome.” He shrugged. “More or less. Photokinesis. I can control light.” He literally beamed at her, his face glowing as he gathered light particles around it. His power was so much fun, and very useful. “What about you?” He asked, glancing at the paper strewn at her side. Maybe she had super speed, he hadn’t seen anyone write an old fashioned letter in quite some time.

“You must be new then,” he said, giving her a wave as though they hadn’t already met. “Hi, I’m Cameron. Cam for short, or whatever pet name you decide to give me works too.” He waited for the girl with the pink hair to introduce herself.

[Mia Bell]

Mia was fine with the grade part and the turning eighteen part, she has always gotten good grades and of course she hoped she will live way past her teen years. As for controlling her powers? That was a harder subject for her. Her powers didn’t kick in till just a week ago and she was only sixteen. All the other students her age seem to be able to control their abilities to some extent, her? She couldn’t make the weather change unless of course she was emotional. The behaving part she wondered if she would do okay with also, considering she was never one to be a suck up, if she liked the teacher than great if she didn’t than not so great. She didn’t go out of her way to please teachers on a personal level. It just wasn’t in her nature to even become the teachers ‘pet’. If they liked her than great also if they didn’t than she didn’t care.

Mia stuck her tongue out at his response, showing him her silver tongue ring; though not intentionally showing him. She chuckled “Yeah… I’m not used to dressing for this kind of weather…“ She was going to have to buy new clothes for the warmer months for here in Vermont. All her clothes consisted of warmer clothes with the off clothing like the tank top she was wearing. She looked over Cam’s choice of clothing and raised an eyebrow “All though you on the other hand seemed to have made great choice in dressing for the weather. You need to work on your style a bit more though.” She shrugged, it wasn’t her type of clothing but who was she to say anything about anyone’s style. Okay she did just do that but that was her being her blunt self.

Mia smirked at him and shook her head. She should have been expecting that response. “Nope… Not one bit.. Sorry I’m not easy.” She wasn’t even willing, anyone would have a better change hooking up with a monkey than with her; though with that thought came with a disturbing picture. She sat there listening to him play, smiling to herself. The pink haired girl had to admit that she was impressed at his ability to play the guitar or any instrument for that matter. “Okay now I’m somewhat impressed.” She winked at him, only in a playful manner not in it’s working you can hook up with me manner. “Is there lyrics that go with the melody?” She can sing, and she was good at it too but she couldn’t play the guitar even if her life depended on it.

The young woman smiled and clapped to show him he did a good job showing her his power. “Oh wow. That’s some ability. More useful than mine.” She chuckled “So If I ever need a flashlight to look under my bed to try and find something can I call you?” She looked up at the sky at his question “I can control the weather… Or at least when I’m emotional I can control it..” She shrugged “Not very impressive I know and not as useful as yours.”

She nodded “yeah.. Only came here about a week ago..” She waved back “Mia. You really can’t shorten that to anything. And don’t think about calling me Mi or Mimi because I will personally hurt you.” She gave him a smile showing him her threat didn’t mean much other than she didn’t like either nickname “Though you can feel free to call my pinky if you so wish… You wouldn’t be the first one. Though I can’t guarantee I will respond to it..”

[Cameron Osiris]

It was strange how most powers were connected to emotions. Cam supposed this only made sense, especially if said powers were connected to the mind. It was rare that Cam lost control, but he was in a perpetual state of happiness. It took something really intense to through him off and send sparks flying.

Cam didn’t notice the piercing, he just wasn’t paying that much attention. He was still trying to take in the hair. “Not used to it? But it’s summer.” He insisted. Huh, maybe she wasn’t from here. Hopefully she would elaborate. Looking down at himself, Cam laughed and glanced back at her. Oh how he loved a challenge. “You’re right, I definitely went for comfort and not style today,” he grinned, “seems like we’re opposites today.” He didn’t need fashion advice. This outfit had a purpose, and he wanted to play guitar by the pond, not go to a rock show. You didn’t bring a bat when you went fishing. Well...

“Shoot, there went my plans,” he said, shaking his head in mock disappointment. “Usually the girls here are easy,” he was kidding, “you obviously haven’t been here long enough.” There he went, telling his stories again. Once the song was over, he waited for a response, hoping for applause at least. He gave a little bow, one hand on his guitar, the other extended into the air. “I knew you would be.” He shook his head no. “I’ve thought of some, but I didn’t write them down or anything. I can’t sing for shit.” He tapped his guitar. Playing was his one true love.

Useful? Were powers meant to be useful? “Oh I’m not in the bed already?” He asked, pouting at her. His face broke into a grin. “Of course you can though! I’ll have to give you my number.” He couldn’t help it, that had been just too good to pass up. His eyes grew wide. “Well well well, you’ve been holding out on me. Your power could be useful, you just have to practice,” he gestured towards the school, “you came to the right place.”

He raised his hands in the air in defeat, momentarily balancing the guitar on his thighs. “Mia it is. Nice to meet you.” And then she suggested another nickname and he burst out laughing. “I wouldn’t share that with anyone else around here if you know what I mean.” He shook his head. He would give her a free pass, just this once.

“So who are you writing? Boyfriend back home?”

[Mia Bell]

Mia wished her powers weren’t connected to her emotions, she hated the thought of becoming some emotionless person. She liked showing her emotions, just not where the weather was concerned and she knew that part of her training was going to have something to do with her ‘handling’ her emotions better. Good luck with her trying to do that.

She sighed and shook her head, then pouted “It’s never this hot where I’m from… The hottest it’s ever been was 79 degrees. And that was in 1993!” She knew all about her states history from reading a bunch of stuff. She smiled figuring he was quite confused at this point. “I’m from Barrow, Alaska. There it would be around the fifties or sixties. Maybe even high forties?” She shrugged; all she knew was she was not comfortable with this weather and that she didn’t have the wardrobe for it. She shrugged “The pants are comfortable.. Except for the heat!!” She groaned, who knew the weather could actually turn into a real conversation. She smiled “true, but I don’t think you’re the only one!”

Mia chuckled “sorry to disappoint you.” She smirked “Oh wait no I’m not.” She said jokingly. Mia laughed “I’m not a usual girl!” She shrugged “Nothing will make me change who I Am.” She knew who she was, and she wasn’t the type of person to change because of others she rather tell them to jump off a cliff. However, she would never tell them to do that. She clapped, smiled and nodded her approval though she knew he didn’t need it. She bit her lower lip “You should totally write them down. Even if you sing crappy at least you will have the lyrics.” She shrugged “And maybe one day you’ll make a band and already have the melody and lyrics!” It was just an idea and something to think about; considering she wrote lyrics and was in a band at her old, old high school.

Mia believed powers were meant for something other than making them freaks. Some people thought it was because humanity was involving others thought something else and then others didn’t really think about it much. She laughed and took her pencil and threw it at him. Missing of course, she had bad aim it had apparently went passed his shoulder. She groaned not wanting to get up to go get it. She grinned “okay that one deserved that comment… But no you’ll never end up in my bed.. and if I ever wake up to your face I will kick your ass. That or you’ll wake up with snakes in your bed the next morning” She stuck her tongue out again. She had to admit Cam was fun to talk to. “Ah awesome! I can bug you whenever I want then.” She grinned.

Mia shrugged “yeah.. Practice being unemotional..” She sighed not looking forward to the training at all. She looked behind her at the school “It’s not like I had a choice..” She didn’t like she had a choice, or that they pretty much dragged everyone to this school. She nodded “nice to meet you too” She blinked at him, confused for a bit. Then it clicked and she hit her forehead with the palm of her hand. “God.. If I had gotten that before, a few people would have gotten their ass kicked… “ She looked around “Let’s keep this to ourselves please..” A deep blush appearing on her face, she laid down on the grass with her hand covering her face. She was now embarrassed.

She blinked and looked at him and then to her notebook. “Boyfriend? No I don’t have one. I was writing to my..” Not wanting to say her mother and grandmother afraid that would bring up question she really didn’t want to answer. “My family” She stated simply, no other questions to ask from that.

[Cameron Osiris]

Cameron stifled a laugh, nodding good naturedly. “Wow, that hot hey?” He asked. He smiled a bit. “I’ve never been to Alaska, I bet there’s tons of rocks and glaciers to climb there.” Yes, his adventurous side was starting to show. He just didn’t have the money to do all the things he wanted to yet, but he had lots of time. Only the good die young. He laughed with her and gestured at himself. “Well, if you ever need someone else’s opinion on clothes, just let me know.” He was also about to offer her some women’s shorts, but then he’d have to answer to where he got them from.

He really liked her attitude, it was refreshing and fun. Definitely attractive. No, she wasn’t usual at all, not because she wasn’t easy though. Cam nodded a couple times. Really, he wasn’t trying to pressure her into anything, he was only teasing. But it was good to know that she would stand her ground. The applause was boosting his ego. “I don’t remember them anymore,” he said with a final shrug. It wasn’t the lyrics that mattered to him, but the way she went on and on about them made him wonder... “The song isn’t good without lyrics?” He asked, a slight pout on his face. Maybe she was in a band.

Watching the pencil sail over his shoulder, Cam looked back at Mia with mock startled eyes. She was too fun to flirt with. “How are you gonna keep writing your letter?” He asked, because he certainly wasn’t about to fetch the projectile. He laughed, before making a small x over his heart. “I promise not to show up unannounced. But if I barge in in the middle of the night, that’s okay?” He was pushing his luck here. Cam sighed. “Oh goody, I love snakes.” He didn’t mind them, but they weren’t his favorite animal. “You can bug me all you like,” he said, winking at her. She would totally have his number by the end of this.

“High school is all about being unemotional!” He exclaimed as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. Was there such a thing as high school drama? He was being sarcastic of course, but still, this was the right place to be to get your powers under control. He looked at her somberly. “It’s not so bad,” he said. She wasn’t the only one missing family right now. He made a locking motion over his lips and gave a solemn nod. “Your secret’s safe with me.” She was cute, acting like it was such a big deal.

She didn’t have a boyfriend, and Cam let out a sigh of relief. Good, he wasn’t going to get into trouble for flirting with someone’s girl. Not that that would have stopped him from getting into trouble in the first place. “Well I don’t have a girlfriend either, in case you were wondering.” He said. “I know what you’re thinking, how does a good looking guy like me not have a girlfriend?” He laughed at his own joke and strummed lazily on his guitar again. “Do you write them a lot?” He asked. She didn’t seem keen on sharing, but he didn’t notice.

[Mia Bell]

Mia shook her head playfully at him “Yes that hot.” She started to pull strands of grass and nodded as he asked about Alaska. “Well actually it depends on where you live.. But from where I lived there are a lot of rocks and stuff. But you wouldn’t want to climb on them because that’s usually where the polar bears stay..” She shrugged “But every year we would go to the mountains and climb them during the summer break..” She loved the state she was from, and the city. She was from a very relaxed and undefined city. It wasn’t that populated. She loved adventures herself. Always loving the summer because it meant that they could go climb mountains. She laughed “I’ll keep that in mind. Maybe we could even go shopping together sometime. Have a girls day?” She smiled, completely joking about the girls day part. But she wouldn’t mind spending time with him more even if it was shopping.


Mia frowned a bit at his question and she bit her bottom lip. She shook her head and put up her hands “I totally didn’t mean it like that… The song is good, great even. It’s just that I guess being a singer I’m kind of more into the lyrics…” She hoped she didn’t offend him in anyway. She liked Cam, maybe not in the ‘I want to date you’ like; but she was having fun and the last thing she needed was to ruin this moment. It also helped with him being attractive, appearance and personality wise. She liked that he was into music, because she was very into it. They had some things in common, like how he wrote melodies for songs and she wrote lyrics.


She gave a small pouty face “I apparently have a bad aim… That pencil was meant to actually hit you..” She winked at him. She grinned and took out another regular number two pencil from her bag and held it out for him to see. “I wouldn’t be a good writer if I didn’t bring more than one pencil… I’m always prepared!” She should be more prepared for the weather. She placed the pencil on the ground next to her. She laughed “But wouldn’t barging in, in the middle of the night showing up unannounced?” She grinned at him. “I don’t mind you showing up unannounced; it’s the waking up to in my bed that I don’t care for.” She wasn’t the type to sleep around and never will be. She smiled “great because I have a pet snake. Though that makes it hard to mess with you.. I’ll have to think of something else.” She laughed “So I can text you complaining about anything?” She wanted to know if they were on different pages, considering it seem like he was being really flirty.


Mia shrugged “I was never good at being unemotional..” Good at hiding her emotions yes, but being unemotional was something she couldn’t find herself being. She looked at him and sighed, she rather be with her family. She grinned, “well apparently not, since I was able to meet you.” She winked at him, looking on the bright side of being at this high school. She smiled, she was still blushing a little but tried not to show it. “thank you.” She felt like it was getting hotter and she groaned “Is it me or is it getting more sunny out?” She looked up at the sky, and saw there were no clouds in sight when there were ones a few minutes ago. Was she affecting the weather again?


Mia blinked and shrugged. “I really wasn’t wondering… Sorry” Maybe deep down she was wondering. She bit her bottom lip and sat up “That’s actually a really good question. Why don’t you have a girlfriend? You are attractive, and have a great personality, as flirty as it may be.” She tilted her head to the side “Unless you’re the type to not have serious relationship and only go for flings.” She looked at her notebook and shrugged “I guess… I try to write them once a week.. But my life here isn’t that exciting.” She was now starting to feel even more uncomfortable with this topic but didn’t want to make it a big deal.

[Cameron Osiris]

“Polar bears? Really?” Okay, now Cam was getting excited. His face fell almost as quickly as his excitement had rose. "Wait, you’re pulling my leg right?” Maybe she was testing him, trying to see what kind of blonde he was. Still, maybe she wasn’t. Oh well, he’d know soon enough. He perked up again at the thought of shopping. “Sure, girls day, because you know, guys don’t clothes shop,” he leaned forward, lowering his voice into a teasing whisper, “ever.”

Cam tilted his head to the side, surveying her again. “A singer, I never would have guessed,” he smirked in her general direction. Of course he would’ve guessed. Singing totally suited her. He wasn’t offended, not in the least. “Alright, so,” he started strumming the tune again, “memorize this, come up with some lyrics, and get back to me.” He wore his most charming of smiles. “We’ll start a band or something.” Cameron was terrible with relationships, so it was probably wise for Mia to steer clear of him. Already he could feel himself falling for her. Sometimes all it took was ‘hello’.

Grinning at her, Cameron chuckled to himself. “So you always have extra pencils, just in case you have the urge to throw something at someone?” She was so interesting. He shrugged. “I don’t know about the good writer part, can’t say I’ve read your work before.” He was teasing her. Cam raised a finger in triumph. “Ah! But you said I couldn’t show up in your bed unannounced, nothing about your bedroom.” He laughed. He would totally do something like that too. “Are you living in dorm them? Because that would make barging in a whole lot easier.” He gave her the most innocent look he could muster. “Why would you want to mess with me? I’m an angel.” And then he cracked up laughing. “Yeah, text me all your woes. In fact, write me a ballad.”

Cam could understand where she was coming from. “Well I haven’t seen a storm cloud yet,” he said, assuming she could control those. Really though, his light manipulation went crazy if he didn’t keep himself in check. Luckily not a lot could get to him. “There’s more amazing people at this school, other than myself.” He smirked at her. Mia complained about the weather and Cam took that as his cue to redirect some of the sunlight away from her. He couldn’t do it forever, but at least if he could do it for a few minutes, she’d cool off.

“What can I say, I’m like Smarties to a fat kid.” He shrugged. Wasn’t being flirtatious part of his personality? “I haven’t had a serious relationship before,” he said. Cam was one to keep things lighthearted and have a lot of fun, take new risks. Kissing was also fantastic. But flings? He wouldn’t describe his short terms relationships as flings.

Putting down his guitar, Cam went on a hunt for the pencil meant to harm him. “Ah ha!” He had found it, and was now coming to sit next to Mia in the grass. “Can I borrow your notebook? I have a handsome man’s phone number to give you.”

[Mia Bell]

Mia smiled and nodded “yes polar bears.” She frowned and pouted “aww now you’re hurting my feelings..” She crossed her arms and shook her head “No I’m not. Barrow is known for polar bear watching, dog sledding, bird watching and the northern lights. We totally have all the good stuff…” She bit her lip “You can even actually eat polar bear meat there too.. But I have never and will never eat it!” She shrugged and scratched the back of her head “But if you don’t believe me you can always google it.” She laughed and put up her index finger “But have you ever gone shopping with a girl before? Girl’s shopping and guy’s shopping is totally different.” Her brothers never liked clothes shopping with her and her mother.

Mia followed his head and tilted hers the same way he did. She stuck her tongue out at him “Oh yeah; it’s so hard to guess… “ She rolled her eyes playfully. “But singing really isn’t that big of a deal.. It’s not as hard as playing the guitar or drums..” She wished she could play the drums, she always liked them; but she didn’t have the rhythm for it. She blinked wondering if he actually wanted her to come up with lyrics. “You’re not serious are you?” even so, she listened carefully. She raised an eyebrow “You haven’t even heard me sing…” Mia had no problem staying clear from him relationship wise, unless she actually started falling for him and then she was in trouble.

Mia laughed “Yes, yes that’s why I always have extra pencils.” She shook her head “Nah, really I don’t usually throw things like pencils at people… So figure yourself special!” She smiled at him “Oh… I’m hurt that you don’t believe I’m a good writer… Considering you just asked me to write lyrics for your song..” She pouted a little, faking it of course. “I don’t care if you show up in my bedroom unannounced; as long as we are both ‘fully’ clothed and ‘stay’ that way.” She wanted to make that perfectly clear, even if he was teasing her. She nodded “That was a really lame question, considering I just told you I was from Alaska and I’m writing a letter to my family..” She didn’t think a sixteen year old could get an apartment and be able to keep up with the bills, not to mention she wasn’t sure if the school would allow that. “But yes I’m living in the dorms.” She blinked “You may look innocent but from what I summed up your really not.” She shook her head “Sorry I’m not that type of girl to get all emotional… But thanks for letting me be able to.”

Mia grinned “Well isn’t that good news for you? Considering if there was, I would pretty much be upset with you?” The weather was pretty much a sign of how she was feeling, if she was sad it would be raining, if it were thundering and lighting she was upset, if there was a tornado she was mad, and if it was sunny out she was happy. “Really? Because right now I don’t think anyone can top you.” Yes, she was stroking his ego by saying that and she knew she was and that was probably the only reason why she said it, and because she was being flirty. She could feel less light hit her and she looked at Cam “You really don’t have to do that..” Knowing it was probably taking its toll on him the more he did it.



Mia blinked and tilted her head to the side confused. “Huh?” She didn’t get that remark. She looked at the ground “At this point in time I’m not interested in any kind of relationship except friendship.. “ She shrugged, she was telling the truth but it was way more personal than just a fact. She blinked “Wait what do you mean by before?” He made it sound like he had been in a serious relationship recently by saying before. Or maybe that was just her?


The pink haired girl watched Cam, wondering what he was doing. She smiled as he sat down next to her. She picked up her notebook and flipped to a blank page in it. And handed it to him grinning. “You’re actually going to give me your phone number? I thought you were really just kidding..” She tore a piece of paper out herself, wrote down her phone number and dorm room number, and signed it. Mia folded it and then held it out for Cam to take.

[Cameron Osiris]

“That sounds so awesome! You should take me to Barrow some time.” Cam was being completely serious. “I’ve never seen the Northern lights or gone dog sledding...” He glanced around at the institute’s landscape. “Sorry you traded all of that for this. Pretty much nothing in comparison.” He shrugged. Ah well, at least everyone’s powers made things interesting. And hormones, hormones made things interesting. “Nope, can’t say I have. Should be fun though.” He was always willing to try new things.

“Singing is the hardest thing, well, for me anyways.” He smiled at her. Really, she was being modest. “I’m sure you’re great at singing, it’s a natural talent.” Cam lifted his guitar. “This? Anyone can learn, but singing? No amount of training can fix a bad voice.” Not that he had tried, but he had watched American Idol before. He nodded a couple times, grinning. “Course I am! You’re a singer aren’t you? Lyrics must be easy for you.” He was egging her on. Someone should write lyrics to his beautiful music. He shrugged. “I trust you.”

“That’s why I always have extra guitar picks,” he said, and with that, he produced one from his pocket and flung it at her in a lazy fashion. Even if it did hit her, it wouldn’t hurt. “My daddy always said I was special,” he said, taking on a very high pitched voice. He put a thoughtful hand to his chin. “So I can show up in your room unannounced and fully dressed, but not in your bed?” He shook his head, pretending not to understand something so ‘complex’. “Women.” He tsked, shaking his head. “Calling people lame won’t get you into their hearts,” he frowned, his hand once again at his heart, “that hurt real deep.” Now she really wasn’t making sense. Didn’t she just say she was unable to be unemotional? Hormones, must be the hormones.

“So what? When you’re happy the sun shines?” He was both teasing and trying to understand her powers. “Maybe I should upset you then, give you some shade.” Cam grinned. “Right now, well no shit you haven’t met anyone else yet.” He laughed, shaking his head. Silly girl. “Just let me know when you’re cooled off a bit.” He smiled at her. It wasn’t a big deal, and if it was, he wouldn’t be doing it. “You have four minutes of shade left.”

“You know? Fat kids like chocolate, everyone loves me?” Funny thing was, he was being serious. “Perfect, friendship sounds good to me,” Cam was glad they were on the same page, “but if you ever change your mind.” And with that, he gave her another wink. “Uh,” he scratched his neck, “like, ever? I’ve never had a serious relationship before, shit I’m just sixteen!” He laughed again, not worried about his love life in the least. There were plenty of adventures to be had still.

Cam stopped writing after the first three digits. “Well, we don’t have to be friends. I just it’d be nice to have someone to bug me.” He said, offering a sheepish smile. He knew he could be boorish sometimes, but he could be nice too, sympathetic even. Plus, he really did like her. “We could jam sometime,” he said, writing out the rest of his number into her notebook, taking her slip of paper in return. He glanced at it while sitting next to her. “You have nice writing,” he glanced at her notebook again where his chicken scratch lay, “hope you can read mine.”

[Mia Bell]

Mia laughed and nodded “I would love to take you. As long as you’re sure you’re going to be able to handle the cold.” She was also being serious; she would love to take anyone to see her home state. The only thing she worried about was her family life. She didn’t want anyone to know about it, it would make things complicated and she just didn’t want people’s pity. She smiled “Dog sledding is so much fun.” She looked around and shrugged “I’ll get used to it. It’s just the part about being away from my family that I don’t care for… And the heat.” She smiled and winked at him “Your telling me none of your girlfriends dragged you long to go shopping with her? It should be a lot of fun.”

Mia was being modest, she never knew how to take compliments and she never felt like just saying thank you was enough. Mia blushed slightly “Uh thanks. I guess. Yeah but since it’s natural it makes it easy.. Learning to play the guitar is hard. I tried, couldn’t do it.” She shrugged and shook her head, blushing a bit more “I'll try.” She grinned at him. She did write lyrics, it was something she liked to do on her spare time. “Thanks, I guess.” He trusted her, now that put pressure on her.

She watched the guitar pick as it hit her leg “ow, that hurt!” She said in a very teasing voice as she smiled. Mia bit her lip at his statement about his dad saying he was special, and looked at the ground. Feeling the pain in her heart and she tried to hide it and not get sad at the thought. She smiled and looked at him” Well the way you say it makes it sound more complicated than it ever has to be.” The only reason she didn’t want him in her bed was because she didn’t want to give him any ideas. Again, with the sore subjects, she looked at the ground “I never said you were lame, I said the question was lame.” She didn’t want to be in anyone’s heart, it made it easier for her in some ways. She didn’t like getting close to people and the only way to not do that, was to push them away somehow. She wasn’t sure if he was joking or not but looked at him, she didn’t say it but she was sorry for hurting him, if she actually had.

Mia should have worded that differently. She didn’t want to be completely unemotional, she wanted to be happy and angry. She just hated talking to someone emotionally, like with her past. She rather keep it light hearted and have fun. She was complicated teenager. That didn’t know what she wanted most of the time.

Mia nodded “Yeah pretty much. When I’m sad it rains and when I’m really sad it pours. When I’m upset, there’s a thunder and lightning storm. When I’m mad, I’m not really sure.. I haven't gotten mad at anyone yet.” She laughed “Well okay but only if you don’t mind getting poured on while it thunders and everything… “ She shook her head slightly and smiled at him “Ah you have a point. I’ll get back to you in a month and let you know if I meet anyone that’s more fun to talk to.” She nodded, thankful to him for letting her cool off a bit. “Let me know if there’s anything I can do to repay you.” She had a strange feeling as if she was going to regret saying that.

She blinked “I don’t like chocolate… Then again, I’m not fat. Though I get where you’re going now. “She didn’t think everyone loved him though, it didn’t make sense. Mia nodded “Great.” She blinked “If I ever change my mind? You’ll set me up with one of your friends?” She giggled, knowing where he was actually going with it. She scratched the back of her head “Ah I see. There’s always a first time for everything.” She looked at him “I don’t think age matters when it comes to relationships.. If you meet the right person, then you meet the right person. If you fell in love with someone would you really break up with her or him just because you’ve been dating for more than six months?” Relationships was a topic she didn’t mind talking about as long as he didn’t bring up why ‘she’ didn’t want to date.

Mia shrugged “I’m fine with being friends. Do ‘you’ want to be friends? Do you not have other friends who bug you?” She nodded “I would like that” She leaned over, her shoulder slightly touching his to look at the notebook. “Your hand writing seems fine to me. I can read it” She shrugged “But then again I really don’t care. It’s not about the style you write but about what you say.”

[Cameron Osiris]

Cam laughed with her, before smiling proudly. “I can handle anything.” The boy looked at Mia with interest. “What’s dog sledding like?” He asked, very interested. He smiled as she said it was really fun, and his mind went into overdrive. “That’s awesome! Do you own the dogs? What breed are they?” He was totally going to go online later and look up dog sledding and what it entailed. Cam wasn’t really interested in her home life, but if she ever did want to share, he wouldn’t tell her to shut up. “Yeah, I miss my dad a lot,” he smiled at her, “he’s all I got back in California.” Cam may have been full of himself, but at least he was genuine. He laughed. “I’ve had two girlfriends, and they always wanted to go with other girls. As if I’m not fun, right?” He asked, grinning.

“I know, I have a mean throw,” he said, forcing an evil laugh. Yes, Cameron was just the cruelest of beings. Something he said had hit a nerve, and while he knew this, didn’t know what he had done. “So what’s the difference then?” He asked, curious to see what kind of difference was made if he was found just in her room, or in her bed. “There’s nothing lame about me, I’m the best.” He said. The best at what, you ask? Well, a little of everything. He wasn’t being serious at all. Oh well, she would learn that soon enough.

He nodded, considering the outcomes of her powers. “So, you have to learn to detach your powers from your emotions.” Cameron knew that most people here had to do just that kind of training. That’s just how it worked when your mind was what was controlling everything. He was stunned. “You’ve never been mad before?” He asked. “Wow, you should see what my powers turn into when I’m mad,” he said, giving a low laugh. “Deal. I have my own list of people to avoid at this school, I’m sure you’ll have your own very soon.” He eyed her with a devilish grin. “Anything?” He put a hand to his chin and mulled it over.

Cameron laughed. “You’re not fat, not at all.” And then the other part of what he said dawned on him and he smiled widely. “You don’t like chocolate either?!” He laughed again. “Unbelievable, I always get called crazy for not liking really sweet things.” So uh, why are you comparing yourself to a Smartie Cam? He laughed at her, finding her humor very charming. “Right, exactly. And you’ll hook me up with one of yours and we’ll have a double date,” he could actually see this happening, “just don’t be mad when you get jealous of your friend.” He nodded with her. “I just like having fun.” He said, because he was in denial of how quickly he fell in love. “Well, no...” he said. He didn’t want to say that he was the one that got dumped. It also didn’t help his cause to keep flirting with everyone even while he was taken.

“I have lots of friends who bug me. I could even introduce you to some of them, you know, so you’d have more people to bug.” He smiled at her, glad that she ran into him and not someone else. Mia would learn soon enough that not everyone was so willing. Cameron smiled at her, ran his hand over his arms, and shrugged. “I can’t really write, I sort of suck at it.” He stood and picked up his guitar, playing it a little bit more as he headed back to the school. “See ya, Mia,” he said, giving her a wave, quite proud of his rhyme.

[Mia Bell]

Mia bit her bottom lip, trying to figure out how to explain it. “Well it can be dangerous… You pretty much are trying to get to point A to point B before everyone else. Usually you will have to go through a forest or something and it’s usually a day’s race, sometimes it will be longer and it depends on the person and the dog team.” She chuckled at all the questions “Yeah you would usually own the dog team, but some people own the dogs but pay for the mushers, my grandma owns a dog team but the dogs retired. The breeds are usually Alaskan malamutes and Siberian huskies.” There was no way she would tell anyone about her home life. It just wasn’t something she would happen to tell someone and avoids conversations that have to d with her family. She smiled “Yeah. I wish my family would move to Vermont.. But then again Alaska is my home.” She chuckled and shrugged “Well I will invite you the next time I’m going shopping. I wouldn’t say you're boring.”

She laughed at his statement and shook her head. She looked up at the sky “The difference is I would feel more comfortable if you weren’t on my bed. And I wouldn’t want you getting any ‘ideas’ if I let you on my bed.” It seemed simple to her, but was it simple to him? She laughed a little “I’m sure you are. But I don’t know you well enough.” She smiled. What she said seemed to not have hurt his feelings after since it seemed what he said was light hearted. Did anything actually hurt this guy?

She nodded, but the question was how was she going to do that? Again that was why she was here to begin with… She chuckled “No, I have been mad plenty of times. Just I haven’t gotten mad while having my powers.” She has only had them for a couple weeks now. She blinked “I’m sure you could easily blind someone; which I will have to remember.” She smiled and then shrugged “I’m sure I will. It wouldn’t be high school if there weren’t people there to piss you off.” She looked at him and slightly shook her head “Don’t think about it too hard. But maybe not anything…”

Mia smiled and moved her shoulder to touch her chin, all cute and flirty like. “Why thank you. I try not to be.” She nodded her head “Yeah I don’t like it. Not sure why.” She smiled “Well I don’t think you’re crazy.” She wondered if people thought she was crazy for not liking chocolate. “Deal! That is if I become friends with someone who’s single.” She grinned, liking the thought of a double date it would make it less awkward. However, she doubted she would ever want to go out on a date anytime soon. “Oh! And vise versa mister!” She smiled widely. She nodded “I can understand that.” She nodded. Though she didn’t know anything about his relationship life, and he will probably never know about hers.

She shook her head "Nah, I’m good thanks. I have never had trouble making friends” Truth be told she wouldn’t bug him, not unless he provoked her. She wasn’t even the type to text someone first. She didn’t know why, she just didn’t. Mia knew that not everyone was willing, but it was the fact he was that amazed her. She smiled back “Well that’s okay too.” She watched him get up and walk away while playing his guitar. She shook her head at him because of the rhyme and waved back. “Bye” She picked up her notebook and flipped back to the page with her letter on it and started writing again. Now having something to sort of write about.