Alyssa Griffin's Story

Tália watched in amusement as Oiler rambled on about god knows what. It certainly did run in the family, but he seemed to do it most often out of all of them. “It’s just Tália. I hate nicknames” she stated, answering the boy’s question. She grabbed her things from her brother and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. “Behave you two” she said with a slight wink and headed in the direction where she was told Ally was. She could hear the other two Griffins rambling about somewhere in the house, but she couldn’t care less about them. Well… that’s not true, she might have had a small crush on the eldest one, but no one needed to know that except herself. She walked passed the kitchen and saw the two of them congregating by the fridge. “Bonjour” she muttered and continued on her way to Ally’s room. Once there she didn’t even bother to knock, she simply walked in and set her things down. “Surprise”




Remi scowled at Tália’s comment, but she was out of the room before he could respond with a snaky comeback. He turned back to the boy as he was handed the TV remote out of nowhere, while he continued to ramble. How he could contain so much energy in such a small body was beyond him. He couldn’t help but to listen as he continued talking though, and then he mentioned something about school. That’s right! He had completely forgotten Tália had school the next day, and knowing her, she’d call him early in the morning to drive her there because walking is something she just doesn’t do. Using the same remote he was handed, he tapped the top of the boy’s head. “Lay off the caffeine, will ya? That rambling gets annoying”. To be honest, he didn’t really find it annoying, but Oliver didn’t need to know that. “Anyway, I’m not staying. Got things to do” he said as he got to his feet and tossed the remote back to him, just barely missing his face by about an inch. “Tell those sexy brothers of yours I’ll be back in the morning to pick up Tália. If anyone needs a ride let me know before I change my mind”. Before Oliver could start rambling again, Remi walked out and shut the door. He stood still for a few seconds, then took a deep breath and rushed to the car. He was at Grayson’s house and knocking on his door in five minutes flat. It was late, and by now Kelsey was probably asleep. He had been looking forward to seeing his adorable goddaughter.




Just as she was about to turn back to her essay, Camila heard her phone buzz, then buzz again not long after. She picked it up and saw Ophelia’s and Delaney’s names pop up on the screen. She opened Ophelia’s first and quickly replied as she stood up to gather her things. It was the first day back at school tomorrow so she figured she’d just spend the night in one of Lia’s guest rooms. She made sure she had all her books as well as everything she’d need for the essay, which was basically done, but being the perfectionist with her schoolwork that she was, she wasn’t satisfied. She grabbed her belongings and her car keys and ran down the stairs to the front door. “I’m going to Lia’s” she called out to her parents who were in the kitchen. She wasn’t sure if they responded because she rushed out the door before they had a chance to. She tossed everything in the back and hopped into the driver’s seat. After turning on the car she opened Delaney’s text and looked over the attachment. Now this was interesting, and the first she had heard of it.

[To Laney]
[From Cami]
[MSG: that sounds kind of scary…I don’t want to believe it but, what if we’re not the only ones with these weird abilities?]

On the way to Ophelia’s, Cam kept turning the topic over in her head. Could there really be others like them? Aside from Ophelia, Tália, Delaney, Nathan, Remi, Ezra and herself, she didn’t know of anyone else that had the strange powers, but it was a possibility. After parking her car she rushed up to the front door and was greeted by Miles before she could even knock. He walked her to Ophelia’s room and she peaked her head in. “Sorry I’m so late”




After what seemed like hours, thanks to a strange traffic jam on the highway, Ezra finally made it to the Griffin’s place. As he parked his car, he saw a familiar black Honda leaving the property. If he remembered correctly, it was Remi’s car. He always did love hanging around Remi, it was never a dull moment with him around. Ezra didn’t think he’d be spending the night here, so he didn’t even bother to take out his things, well that is except the small gifts he brought back from Spain. Really, he knew he should stop spoiling them or he’d use up all his money on presents, but he couldn’t help it, he loved bringing random trinkets and such for everyone. He tossed the book bag over his right shoulder send walked up the steps. The place was unusually quiet, it was a little scary, but the lights were on and so was the TV so someone was home. He rang the doorbell then stood back to wait for a reply.

Talia set her things down and settled down on the bed next to Ally. She seemed to be watching some news show. Talia was never the type to watch anything that had to do with the news. Since it was, more often than not, bad all it really did was depress her. She pulled out her phone and set it on her lap, then leaned back against the headboard. "Sorry I came so late. My brother was going over to his friend's and for some reason I couldn't stay home on my own" She said as she messed with a strand of her hair. "I know he just needed an excuse to see his boy toy" Talia joked, spinning her phone on her fingers. "I don't know why he's so intent of denying it'. Talia really wanted her brother to be happy but sometimes it seemed like he stood in his own way. The only one she could talk to this about was Ally, since she was the only person besides herself that knew how Remi truly felt. However she had yet to find out about Talia' s crush on her older brother. That'd just make everything awkward.



As soon as the door opened, Remi was attacked by an adorable little toddler. He smiled smiled and scooped up his goddaughter in his arms like he always did. "Well of course princess" he said before placing a soft kiss on her cheek. He stepped inside and closed the door with his foot. "I'm all yours" he said, then whispered the next part, which was still loud enough for his best friend to hear. "But don't tell your daddy or he'll get jealous" he joked, giving Grayson a playful wink as he walked passed him to Kelsey's room. He walked inside and set her down under the covers, pulling them up tightly around her. He started a short bedtime story, but before he even reached the middle, she was out like a light. He smiled softly and placed another kiss on her forehead, after which he whispered goodnight. He sneaked out of the room as quietly as possible and made his way back to his best friend.



Cami somewhat shyly walked into the room, setting her belongings aside as out of the way as possible, and walked over to the bed. With a light smile, she climbed up and settled in next to Ophelia. Her friend informed her that Nathan could be staying over as well and something in her stomach made her feel a bit nervous. "aleight. I can text Talia if you want". Cami had had a crush on Nathan ever since they were kids until just very recently. However, once her best friend started dating him, Camila made it a point to forget she ever liked him. She wouldn't betray her friend's trust over a boy, no matter who it was. Regardless of Cami and Nathan ' s friendship, Ophelia would always come first to her. She just had to gather up the courage to tell her, so there's no secrets. Aside from that, she had started to develop feelings for someone else. Someone who didn't even know of her existence. To Cami, and probably to him as well, it was as if they were on different olanets. She had to tell Ophelia about this as well, otherwise she might explode from having to keep it in. "And I finished the essay…more or less" she mumbled, knowing she'd probably make more changes to it later. As she spoke she felt her phone buzz. A reply from Laney.
[To Laney]
[MSG: A cult??? No thanks! O_o]
She quickly set her phone down. After hitting send and turned back to her friend.



Ezra waited at the door for a bit, until someone finally answered. It was Finn, who greater him ever so casually. "What that's it??" Ezra said with his hands halfway in the air. "I've been gone for a year and that's all I get? The disrespect here is too much" he said walking past Finn with a fake pout. "Hey Olie" he greeted with a wave then turned back to his best friend. "But since you offered, yeah I'll take a slice" he said with his usual crooked smile. Despite not having been in town in over a year, Ezra kept in constant communication with Finn and Eric through video games and video chat sessions. It was basically like they had seen each other the day before, but Ezra had always been a fan of the welcome back hugs he normally got from everyone else. Speaking of which, he'd have to call Eric soon. Or better yet, show up at his door. He was sure neither him nor Eva would mind.