Lily hated the power she had. She really did. In elementary school she thought it was cool that she would think of something and it would come true. It was great when the school bully thought it was funny to tease her during gym class. She had wished him to stop and he did. She thought it was just a coincidence, but when she was able to stop someone else from being bullied by him, she knew it was her power.
She wished she did not have control over others. It was embarrassing sometimes. She had gone through high school being quiet, reserved, and shy. She did not dare think that she liked a person. She was worried that she would make him like her. She wanted him to like her for her and not because of her power.
"You dropped your drink." Lily looked up and blinked. She had been daydreaming again. She ran through her head all the times when she had controlled others. She was in her own zone and had not noticed that her half full bottle of pop had spilt on the ground.
"Oh shit. I am sorry. I am such a klutz. You have no idea." Lily was babbling away and did not even notice that the guy was cute in a geeky looking way.
"No, it's fine. I mean it's your drink right." I am Luke by the way. We're in English together."
"Oh we are? How do you know that?" Lily was not thinking. She was blurting out random thoughts. Normally, she would be quiet and shy around guys.
"Because you sit one row ahead of me and spend the entire class typing up stuff on your laptop. I also know that you type even when the professor isn't talking so I know you can multitask very well since you must be working on something else." Lily intrigued Luke.
"Oh yeah. I have seven courses this semester so I'm pretty busy."
"Seven? Shit, I thought I was crazy with taking six. I will walk you to class. Neither one of us can afford to be late." Lily packed up her things and eagerly walked down the path towards their English class.
"I'm Lily by the way."
