Chapter 39

I gasped looking around.

‘it was just a dream' I thought to myself, seeing that I was all alone.

“Finally, I was starting to think you wouldn’t wake up.” Melissa rolled her eyes at me. “You’re here” I sighed in relief as I saw that it was just her.

“Of course I am here. You made me watch what no being in this planet and beyond should watch! And really? That’s how you moan?” She looked at me with wide eyes. “You sounded like a dying frog and that’s me trying to sugar coat it” I felt my neck beat up at that comment in pure embarrassment.

“I mean what would you even arc your back that way when being stroked? You look like you were having a seizure” she cringed.

“Why would you-“

“MELISSA!!!” I screamed shutting her up instantly. “Please, let’s just practice” I begged. She nodded her head no and then walked a bit closer to me.

“I decided we won’t practice today though. I want to talk about..” she smirked, giving me the knowing look.

“I would be the most difficult to teach if you try and say what I think you want to say” I threatened, but she scoffed.

“Try again.” She laughed maliciously. “I have taught the most difficult students through out my life. Don’t think you’ll be the first” she said, the smirk not leaving her face.

The way she made it sound, it made her sound like an old person. But in reality, she looked nothing older than thirty at most. Not too older than me.

“anyway, I planned that today, we are going to learn how to differentiate your elements.” She said, ignoring my curious gaze.

“Are you ready.? Or do you want to look at me all day” she asked in an irritated voice after a while when she saw that I was not looking.

“How old are you?” I blurted out, not even giving it a chance to settle in my brain.

She raised a brow at me, “how old do you think?”

“Thirty?” I asked rather than said. She laughed, hard. She laughed as though I was giving the world’s most funny joke.

“Really? I didn’t think I was so young looking. I am flattered” I looked at her. It was obvious that it wasn’t her real age.

“I didn’t get it did I?” for some reason, it was a burning question that I could not let go of.

“Ding ding ding” she said clasping her hands together. “you want to try that again sweetie?” she said In an awfully sweet voice.

I blinked once, twice. And then I took in a deep breath.

“Older or younger?” I said, Turing my head slightly.

“Take a wild guess love” she winked.

“twenty six” she laughed harder, which I didn’t even think was possible.

“oh, that was even better.”

“Fine, then tell me then” .she looked at me, really and deeply looked at me. “For a seer, your powers and proving to be useless the more I get to know you further.” She said sounding confident.

I ignored what she said and waited for her to tell me. “I am…. Promise not to be shocked?” she raised her brows higher of it were possible.

“Oh please, I rolled my eyes. “I am already shocked” I said jokingly,

“three hundred and sixty” I waited for her to laugh or something but no. She just waited for me to say something.

“I don’t understand….” She just shook her head and mumbled something under her breath.

“For today’s lesson, I think we should do it from the comfort of your room. Don’t worry” she added when I moved to protest. “We won’t be doing any burning.

I nodded, not still trusting myself.

“We’ll pick out the elements.” I did not understand what the hell she had just said, but I nodded either way.

“I would try to go at your level, but make sure you tell me when you don’t understand things” she didn’t even give me time to prepare myself

She started dishing out instructions faster than I could take. At this point the instructions were flying over my head.

*Well?” she said looking at me.

“Well what?” I asked innocently.

“You need to start based on every instruction I have given you.”

“which are?” I blinked she looked like she was either trying to blast herself into the milky or slap the shit out of me. “I laid the perfect explanation and you ask well?”

“I wasn’t sure you were talking at human speed, or even speaking English.” I said pointing fingers at her like a small child.

She took in a big sigh. “Free up your mind, Look at the air.” I looked at her, confused a bit but decided to listen to her. I took in a few deep breaths and then looked straight ahead.

“What’s next?” I said expecting to feel something.

“ Focus” she snapped at me

“Rude much’ I replied but said nothing else. I was calm, waiting for something to happen.

“keep your eyes open. You’ll see something in the air. Like the wind. Try to catch it with your eyes.” I looked at her thinking she had totally lost it.

“You can only catch it once every hour. So focus” she said in a low voice like she was telling little children some scary stories on a school night.

“How would I know it is the one?” I looked over to her, but her hard face made me look back to where I was facing.

I stayed in that position for minutes.

“my back kind of hurts” I said looking at her. Seeking permission to move. I should have just moved without her knowing or even asking her. But it felt like I was going to be doing something wrong if I didn’t ask her.

“Get comfortable in that position, cause this is going to be a long night.” I almost rolled my eyes at her when I heard it, but I held myself….

Some hours passed, still nothing. My back hurts and frankly, this is a stupid idea.” I muttered feeling cranky and annoyed. I had been staying in a position for hours. My back needed rest. I felt like I had been hit in the back with a plank, severally.

“Stay in that position.” She growled out each word. She looked terrifying, but at this point I didn’t care. Any more of the position I was in, and I would have turned to a statue.

“No! My back hurts. This teaching is stupid and-“ “fucking ouch!” I said gripping my side that was almost burned once again. “What the fuck is your problem!” I yelled.

I always wondered why no one heard me when she was with me.

“I won’t repeat myself again, get back in your position and then wait till you see it” it irked me how she didn’t even see it important to tell me what exactly I was meant to see.

Not wanting to argue further or get burned again, I continued what I was doing.

I got back in position and sat looking with a blank stare…