She pictured him stretching his meager height up on his tiptoes so he could whisper in her ear. Francis was part of Technical Services and sat two cubicles over from her. She tipped her head slightly backward, over her shoulder, toward the voice. “Bet we have to shut down today due to smoke inhalation.”
She just glanced down at the counter top and thought, that needs to burn - it’s so ugly. Maybe a bit impatient with the coffee machine. What was she supposed to say? I was thinking it was a hideous countertop and I’m pretty sure I set it on fire with my mind. Jade just shrugged and said she came in and found the counter on fire. Questions, speculations, and a few hushed murmurs were directed at her. With an unspoken groan, she inched forward, preferring to be closer to the smoky, charred remains of the countertop rather than be jostled and bumped by gawkers.
They started pressing into the room like cattle, crowding into her personal space. Her coworkers crammed into the kitchen behind her - curious and already gossiping about the fire. She wasn’t fast enough and the building’s automatic sensors were already triggered, setting off a floor-wide alarm. She grabbed the fire extinguisher off the wall and liberally sprayed the ugly Formica countertop. To my family and friends, here and hereafter, I write by myself but I never write alone.Īs it turned out, becoming suddenly pyrokinetic wasn’t as awesome as Jade would have thought.
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