April 27, 2006
I'm in a serious dilemma. My name is Valentine Winters. Yeah, I know stupid name right? My mom was a romantic what can I say. This is the first diary I've ever kept. I had to tell someone. Oh, back to my dilemma...It all started three weeks ago today. I was walking to my mailbox, and low and behold, lightning struck me. I don't remember much about the incident, but all I can say is I haven't been the same since. You've heard that April showers bring May flowers...well they also bring thunderstorms, and this one was bad.
Just so you know, I've been dating a wonderful guy for the past six months. His name is Turner Jenkins. He's handsome, charming, intelligent, and I'm head over heels for him. We met at a bar...can you believe that? Me, Miss Goody Two Shoes! I've never gone to parties, I was the one who actually studied in college. When my co-workers hang out on Fridays, I never get invited. Yes, I'm a dork, but apparently Turner doesn't see that in me. Thank the Lord! I have no idea why he chose me as a girlfriend, but I'm glad he did.
Back to that day...I was getting my mail because I forgot to pick it up this morning on my way to work. I work at a market research company. We do everything from tennis shoes to pharmaceuticals. It's really a cool job but on with the story. It was only sprinkling, but the flashes of lightning in the background were evident. I didn't think it would ever hit me, but that's always been my problem because I just don't ever think. I had just opened the metal mailbox door when I remember seeing a bright light flash around me. Duh, it's metal, in a thunderstorm, what was I thinking? I woke up in the hospital three days later with Turner by my side. From what he told me, my neighbor Mrs. Pickens saw what happened and called the ambulance. That reminds me, I need to buy the old bag flowers for her birthday next week. I was lucky that it struck the post of the mailbox instead of hitting me directly. It blew the mailbox completely out of the ground and across the yard. It blew me across the street in the opposite direction. Anyway, I'm lucky to be here...yada, yada, yada.
That's not the problem. My problem came afterwards. I haven't talked to my doctor to see if it's normal or not. Honestly, I'm afraid they will lock me up inside some institute to study me. You see, after I woke up in the hospital I had changed. The change wasn't so evident at first sight, but people did notice it after a few days. There was a certain...okay not to be punny, but a certain spark about me that I hadn't had before. I began to feel tingles throughout my body that I never felt before. To be truthful, I love it but it was scaring the hell out of me. It was the following Friday before the other stuff started to happen. I was at work when I noticed that I had left my pen on the other side of my cubicle. I was on the phone, and needed it. I stretched out my hand and voila it was in my hand without ever having to pick it up. I dropped the phone. That's not the worst of it!
My co-worker Susan Townsend was walking while reading the newest memo, and I FORESAW Kip Garrison backing into her. So I caught her before she fell flat on her ass. I was on the other side of the room before it happened. How is that possible? Things like that happened nearly every day. I prevented my boss from spilling his coffee on his new shirt before the staff meeting by simply making it disappear from his office before he attempted to walk down the hall toward the conference room with it. I moved Tommy's skateboard out of the driveway three doors down without touching it, so his dad didn't run over it again. I like Tommy. He always delivers my newspaper directly to my door instead of just throwing it.
I turned my coffee pot on in the morning, laid out all my clothes, and made toast all without ever climbing out of bed. It's wonderful to sleep in! The problem with the things I was doing was that I didn't realize I was doing them. I simply THOUGHT them, and BAM it happened. I tried to control it by not thinking about it, but sometimes...I just couldn't help myself. I didn't want Turner to discover my secret, but it was hard to hide it. I was getting paranoid about being around him, but it was hard to stay away from him. What am I going to do?
May 15, 2006