I am... well. I think I was tricked...

I was actually standing outside with my bag then out of the blue Dalia and her crew came up and surrounded me. "Hi" she waved at me.

"Hello Dalia" I looked in into her eyes and she blushed.

"You know my name" and she made it a point for me to see that she was blushing

"I know all your names," and I  stretched out my mental links into their minds "You are Shakira   Maritz" I said pointing at a girl with long blonde hair, brown  eyes, a Roman nose and small baby and chubby cheeks,  "Michelle Parkins," a short girl looking a little fat with a chubby face, "Caroline Walton" a girl looking more like Dalia and the last one  who I could have sworn was Manda "Lya Martin" They all looked at me with starry eyes. I sensed the one heart that I couldn't miss. I turned to the left and I saw her disappear in a corridor leading to the entrance.  "We would like you to join our crew" said Dalia  as the others nodded. "I'm not a fan of crowds" I responded but I saw a look of disappointment in Dalia's  face. "I will think about it" I said and her lips curved into a smile. Her top lip curved into a bow which reminded me of my bow Archien.  I was about to look at my left hand but Dalia grabbed it and  dragged and said "Let's go outside" I could have felt the   texture of her hand if I wasn't wearing the glove. She dragged   me to the grounds and as they settled to enjoy their food I wanted to remove myself from their midst. As I stood up from Dalia's picnic mat, she held my hand "Stay, please" she said with that innocent face that your  baby sister or baby brother has when the sleeping and darn it, I  couldn't resist. "Okay" I said in a low tone and she smiled again, and again  her top lip curved and took the shape of a bow and once again I was remimded of my bow. Then it occured to me of how much I missed it. We ate their food and conversed which was quite fun.  I was busy looking around when I saw a tree about 10 meters from where we were seated. It looked so familiar I could have sworn it had followed me from somewhere. As I was scrutinizing it I saw someone shift and move to the side of the tree. "You? " I said to myself. "What is it?" asked Dalia.

"That tree over there" I pointed "Oh, yeah that is where the 'cree-'  I mean that is where the girl you were sitting next to during Chemistry class usually sits during break and lunch time" she responded. "Does she like, have any friends?" I asked,

"No, not really" she said scrunching her nose like just talking about her disgusted her. "No one likes her and no knows why" she told me, "Rumor has it that she saw an Angel a few years  back after her parents passed away and then she came to school and blabbered about it.  Since then no one has been wanting to talk to her"

"Oh!" I responded as if I was surprised even though I knew that she had seen me take off. It was my fault that she was the way she was "Some people say she tries but they just don't want to accept her back" she added. It occurred to me that this place did not give a second chance. Unlike where I come from, I  thought humans were forgiving but this had completely changed my mind. It pained me that I had caused her so much pain and loneliness. What made it even worse was that I was away for 5 years, and all that time she had been alone and she kept shedding tears of pain  all the time. "I have to go somewhere" I told them and before that you could say anything I said "I will be back before you know it"  I stood up, I had to get under that to the tree, which was my destination before  the bell rang and I covered my ears.  I saw her stand up and head towards the entrance, by then most of the students had already gone inside. I about to dash to her, I wanted to use my super speed, but before I  could, a hand held my arm. "Will you not go back inside with us?" Asked Dalia in her 'charming' tone   "Or would you rather head inside on your own?" Asked Shakira. I let my guard down once again and walk in with them. I found Barbara  already waiting by the entrance for me. I was about to walk in when darn it! I had forgotten  my bag at the park. I let everyone go back inside and then I went back to where we were sitting but I couldn't find my backpack. "Where on earth could it be, or was  it swallowed by the earth?* I ask myself "What if it had grown a pair of feet and walked away?" I dashed back and stood in front of her. She looked at me with her bottom jaw down "You are fast!" she said in disbelie. " I thought Ashley had told you" I said without really paying attention to her. "She told me you glow,  but she didn't tell me you were fast" she said still wide eyed. "I'm full of surprises aren't  I" I told her. "Yeah you sure as hell are" "I just can't seem to find my bag," I told her "Hide me." I said as I held her on the shoulders  and lowered my mental barriers and extended  my mental links  and scrolled  through the vicinity.  And what do you know, Dahlia and her crew had my backpack. I couldn't  quite  get what they wanted to do with it.  I was about to pull back my mental links when a voice behind my periphery said "That backpack is not yours I retracted my visuality and looked around from better angle  and oh be damned!   it was Amanda, "Brave girl" I said to myself. "This is none of your business creep" said  Michelle in an irritated tone before turning to the rest of her crew. I  saw a frown on Manda's face and I could tell that she was pissed. I returned to my head and Barbara was wide eyed in front of me. "You froze!" she exclaimed. "Don't worry I'm okay" I assured her. "Do you want to dash?" I asked her in an excited tone. "Dash? " she asked me in a surprised tone.  "Just don't tell Ashley about it" I held the back of her head and held wrapped my other arm around waist, "Just to make sure you don't get whiplashed! " I smiled at her and dashed; the feeling that surged through my body,  seen everything move at a super slow speed, a paper taking eternity to fall after passing by it, that  'whoosh' sound made by the air and the feel of the breeze on my face, the feeling every particle in my body vibrating as if my body will phase out of one point and loop to another place. To her it only took a second, but to me it was longer than that. I covered her mouth so that she would not shriek in fear. "Shhh"  I said as I was laughing at the look on her face. What we had done was humanly impossible but inhumanly possible. The hallways was silent and we could hear the girls arguing.  I looked through the walls and saw them  approaching manda I sensed fear in hand, and, as much as I wanted to dash to her grab her and my bag and get out of there,  I stood my ground and watched them continue arguing about my bag as they were arguing. Dalia  said to Manda "He is part of our crew, he is our friend not yours."  and  she replied in level tone "That does not give you the right to be prying into his belongings though, does it?"

"You're right Manda, it certainly does not" I backed her up as I approached from behind Dalia and her friends. They turned and looked at me and Barbara with uncertainty. At the time I was feeling upset and them ganging up on Manda was not gaining them any favor.