Tossing and turning, her mind going a mile a minute, Shadow found she couldn’t sleep. At 4:00 AM, she snuck out of her room and went to the kitchen to run and slide to her heart’s content. She had never felt so alive with energy.  It seemed to seethe out of her pores. At 6:00 AM, Shadow went back to her bedroom and got under her covers and acted like she was asleep. Phoebe would be up soon, she thought.  She was not looking forward to the conversation she needed to have with Phoebe regarding her ‘superweapon’  comment.

As Shadow pretended to be asleep, she heard a noise come from Phoebe’s bunk bed below her. “Great, here we go,” thought Shadow.  More movement and noise below, Phoebe was awake.  Shadow decided to break the silence: “Good morning, Phoebe.:” “Good morning, said Phoebe with attitude in her voice back to Shadow.  “Shall we talk about what is bothering you?” said Shadow.’’ “Yes, let’s talk about how Captain ALIEN is turning my friend into a superweapon.  I know you can stop time, levitate, and read people’s minds. I find this all very disturbing  How do I know you aren’t reading my mind now?” said Phoebe. Shadow replied,  “I understand why you are scared. I am scared too.  I’m learning from Captain Cattitude I can only use these powers when there is danger present. I am not reading your mind.  I would never invade your space without asking. You need to trust me.  I promise I will only use these powers when necessary.” Phoebe replied, “Time will tell.  I know you are my BFF, but you are changing.  I know you got up early this morning and were gone for two hours.  What were you doing?  

“Honestly, I was running and sliding around in the kitchen.  I have nervous energy,” said Shadow. “You expect me to believe that,” said Phoebe.  “Yes, I do,” said Shadow.  “I have never lied to you.  You have to know that.  Please, can we go back to how we were before my powers came into existence?” said Shadow.  Phoebe changed the subject. “Come on let’s go eat breakfast,” said Phoebe. Shadow didn’t want to have bad feelings between them, so she said, “Ok, we can pick this up later…”