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I
think about what she said earlier. I have something called flair , and that has
something to do with my ability to control people. After today, I’m
certain that if used inappropriately, this ability can cause a lot
of damage to others and myself, and though I want to understand it,
my mom’s definitely not going to tell me. I’ll just have to be more
careful while I wait.
    My summer looks a bit
bleak, and just to make my last few weeks of school miserable, I’ll
be pulling up weeds with a complete stranger. Anthony’s probably a
mean old guy who has green thumbs and fingers and toes, and spends all his free
time conversing with shrubbery.
     
     
     
     

Chapter 2
     
    Strolling down the larger
of the two aisles in the school’s greenhouse, I study the plethora
of flowerless plants while I wait for Anthony to arrive. He’s late
and I hate it when people are late. I can’t think of anything more
annoying or disrespectful. My fingers grace the tips of some dark
green leaves. How can anyone tell the difference between these
plants? They all look the same to me. I pull off my button-up
shirt, preparing to weed.
    Today turned out quite
satisfactory for me, though kind of creepy. My mom was right about
the fact that Savannah would come and apologize to me, but what I
hadn’t expected was how apologetic she’d actually be. I laugh to myself
as I remember what happened.
    “ Sonia, I’m so very sorry
about yesterday,” Savannah said, approaching my old beat-up, still
garlic-reeking locker. “And all the other times, I just feel
horrible. I don’t know what came over me, and I don’t even remember
why I’ve been so rude to you all year. You’re one of the sweetest,
most beautiful girls in school and all I can figure is that I was
extremely jealous of you. Will you forgive me—please?”
    “ Sure, Savannah, I’ll
forgive you. No worries.” I started to step away, smiling, feeling
like I was walking on air.
    Savannah moved in front of
me, clenching my hands in hers. “I’ve also told Principal Jenkins
that it was all my fault. I…I hope that was okay with you,” she
said, her eyes sincere and pleading.
    “ Oh, all right,
good.”
    “ Is there anything else I
can do for you?” Savannah asked.
    “ No, not that I can think
of,” I said as I pulled my hands out of her grasp and started to
walk away.
    “ Well, if
there is anything I can do, you’d tell me, right?” Savannah
followed me down the hallway, causing many of the other students to
stop and stare. It was embarrassing.
    “ Yes, of course,” I said,
thinking that this new Savannah was almost worse than the old mean
one. I finally got rid of her when I went to my social studies
class, but at lunch, Savannah approached me again.
    “ Please let me buy you
lunch,” Savannah said in the food line. “And can I sit by you?” Her
request filled with desperation for my approval. “Please? I’d be
honored.”
    I tried to stifle a laugh
and Ashley became speechless—something I thought was
impossible.
    “ What did you do to
Savannah?” Ashley asked, once we had successfully dumped
her.
    “ I don’t know. Maybe
Principal Jenkins talked to her or something,” I said, shrugging my
shoulders. What was there to say anyway? I’ve never told Ashley
about my strange abilities, mainly because I don’t want my friends
to think I’m a freak, which I kind of am. “Hey, your highlights
look amazing by the way,” I said, trying to distract her. Usually
her hair is dark brown, but now, sun-kissed, it brought out the
golden hue in her hazel eyes.
    By the last period,
Savannah, almost stalker-esque, annoyed me. “Can I help carry your
backpack?” she asked me, popping out of nowhere. “I bought you some
chocolate, but then I realized that I didn’t know what your
favorite brand was so I picked out a few.”
    “ The best thing you can do
is to just ignore me, okay?” I snapped. Immediately after I said
it, I felt bad. “I’m sorry. I just would like