At First Sight: Special Edition by Heather Todd Page B

else was gone. She was alone in an empty classroom.
                  “Jessica?” No answer. Her voice echoed in the empty room.
                  She clutched her bag and gulped nervously, looking around. Even the door was gone. She couldn’t escape. What was going on?
                  “Hello?”
                  Suddenly, a white glow appeared in the middle of the room. It was floating in mid air, as if it was some sort of orb. She was drawn to it for some reason. Her hands fell to her sides as she stared, completely entranced. She walked toward it, holding out her fingers.
                  The orb seemed to land directly in her hand, taunting her with its mysterious glow. Her eyes never left the glow as she continued to stare at it. The glow seemed to grow brighter and brighter.
     
    “So, she is human.” The brother hummed curiously and appreciatively.
                  He stared at the floating orb in front of him as he watched Lola stare into the orb he had provided for her, obviously oblivious of what was to come for her. It was the next step in completing the task, though he would never tell his own brother that.
                  “For now, at least.”
                  He held the orb between his hands and smiled. “Oh, I have plans for you little one.”
                 
    Freddie was really acting phony. He knew that much. He was yelling at his brother constantly for bringing back the gift, but he wasn’t really angry. He was just jealous and lonely.
    “I’m not a bad guy,” murmured Freddie, shaking his head as he walked down the sidewalk in his neighborhood.
    He needed to blow off some steam. He needed to clear his head.
    Why couldn’t he meet her? Where was his soul mate?
    “Where is she?”
    He stopped walking, curious. “Hello?” Was somebody mimicking him?
    “She just disappeared.”
    Freddie’s heart started to race. Was it happening? But, as he turned around in hopes of finding the one who was speaking to his mind, he only found what was bound to be his future.
    Nothing.
    He continued walking, simply believing it was all mind tricks.
    Suddenly, he bumped into someone, sending them both to the ground. He grunted at the impact and held his head, rubbing the spot that was definitely going to have a mark in the morning.
    “What the hell?!” exclaimed a high voice.
    Freddie stood up and looked down, intending to help the other person up. He held out a hand. It was a blond girl. She was rubbing her head with her eyes closed, obviously feeling the same kind of pain he was currently feeling.
    “I’m sorry about that. I really should look where I’m going,” said Freddie.
    “Obviously! You don’t own the…” She looked up at him and suddenly they were both propelled into another universe as she stared in his blue eyes.
    Freddie stared into her green eyes and was amazed at what was actually happening to him. He was meeting his soul mate for the first time. He was having the first sight. His mind was filled with different colors, noises, and voices that sounded strangely like his own and hers. It seemed to go on forever until he could finally see the world again. He felt strange.
    He helped her up, keeping her hand his in grasp. “Are you okay?”
    She stared at him, seeming to be in complete shock. “What the hell happened?”
    “Uh…” How was he supposed to explain this?
    She immediately let go of his hand and backed away, shaking her head. “Oh my God. Oh my God.”
    Freddie watched her run away in the other direction. “Wait!”
    He watched her leave until she was gone, standing in the same spot for the next five minutes completely dumbfounded. He had never expected this experience to go as it did. He turned around and headed for home, dying to tell his parents what had just happened.
     
    Lola was removing her bandage from her healed hand when a fist pounded on her front door that