Electrigirl

Electrigirl — page 5
If I hadn’t argued with my best friend I’d never have been struck by lightning But if I hadn’t been struck by lightning I’d never have gotten my SUPERPOWERS Maybe sometimes things happen for a reason That day I was on the hillside high above the sea It’s the place I always go when I want to be alone The air was still and strangely hot Clouds clashed and rolled and rumbled above me like the thoughts thudding and crashing in my head How did everything get so awful A yellowish tinge to the sky made everything look wrong The grass was the wrong shade of green the sea was the wrong shade of blue My fingers tingled and the back of my neck prickled like all the hairs were standing on end I replayed the argument over and over in my head How could you I’d yelled How could you let me down And she’d just walked away What had happened to her Even her smile was wrong these days Everything was wrong A faint CRACKLING noise came from behind me I turned and looked up at the huge new cell phone tower on the very peak of the hill Sparks fizzed around the gray globe at its top like one of those plasma balls I hesitated A storm was coming a big one And if there was going to be lightning then I probably shouldn’t be up here next to a big metal tower I glanced back at the sea and caught my breath A light had appeared on the horizon Was it the sun peeping through No it was too small and too bright and too sudden It was getting bigger Closer Brighter What was it Should I move But where would I run to Maybe it was a meteor A flaming ball of rock headed straight for me Was I about to die Regret rushed through me I should have tried harder to keep my friend I should have told my family I loved them I should have admitted it was me who dropped