With A Few Good Friends {Stephen/open}

[nick]

29th May, 2009

Nick was in need of some friends. Not because he was a loner as such, he just hadn't long moved to the States, and as much as he was enjoying it, he did need to find some friends. He had a day off from his supermarket job stacking shelves and serving, and he wanted to enjoy it. He wanted to make some friends. He hated the fact he was here and didn't have any friends.

So, he was just walking along the streets of Lower Manhattan in the hopes of maybe bumping into a fellow teen he could possibly befriend. He made his way into a side street, and started kicking a ball about the street, and up against a spare bit of wall which Nick knew wasn't attached to a house or a building, so he knew he wouldn't be upsetting anybody with the constant thump of a ball up against a wall.

He then accidentally kicked it a little too hard, and it went rolling down the street. "Bloody hell." He shouted as he went running after the ball, and not really looking where he was going he knocked into someone. He immediately put his hands up, "Uhm, sorry mate." He said, and then hoped he hadn't just knocked into a girl, not because he didn't like girls, but because he loved them and wouldn't want to do one any harm.

[stephenadams]

Stephen was walking through lower Manhattan, it had been more then a month since he lost the hunger and he hadn't really done much since then other then practice his abilities and had decided to just walk around town and see if anything interesting happened.

Stephen was wondering if he would fine anything interesting when someone bumped into him, he stumbled back a few steps, his hands ignited into blue flames, his mind instantly preparing for a fight with one of the people he had failed to kill when he had been on a killing spree. He quickly turned the fire off though, he didn't recognize this guy.

"It's okay, it was an accident." Stephen said, acting as if he hadn't set his hands on fire, he could just erase the guys memory but he hadn't perfected that yet, the guy would probably forget what had happened in the last ten minutes.

[nick]

After Nick had bumped into the young guy he noticed the flames ignite in his hands. They were quickly put out however, but not quick enough that Nick didn't notice. Of course with Nick having a power of his own it was no real surprise, but he still opened his eyes wide, simply because he thought he was going to get hit and then of course the flames were gone.

The guy said it was fine and that it was an accident, which of course it had been. "Thanks for accepting the apology mate." Nick said, and then went running after the ball which had now stopped after it had went under a parked car. He bent down, picked it up and quickly made his way back to where the guy was.

"By the way mate." He began in a hushed voice, "Cool ability you got there, but not as good as this." He said teasing slightly, as he allowed balls of electricity to form in his hands and then threw them at a trash can and watched it spark. He then shook his hands free of the electricity and then turned to the guy holding his hand out. "Nick Roberts, don't suppose you fancy a kick around?" He asked as he looked at the ball in his hand.

[stephenadams]

Stephen watched as the guy threw a ball of electricity at the trash can and it sparked, chuckling to himself. He raised his hand toward the trash can, a smile on his face, after a moment or two large flames burst from the trash can, and parts of it began to melt. He had been practicing setting things on fire with his thoughts for awhile and had recently been able to do it.

"My ability is better at destroying things I think." Stephen said as he watched the trash can melt some more.

"Yeah, sure. I play." Stephen said when Nick told him his name and asked if he wanted to play, "My names Stephen by the way."

Stephen decided not to mention that he could do more then manipulate and create fire, he figured enough people already knew about his power and he was worried that word of his ability might reach the ears of people who would do him harm.

[nick]

Nick thought he had been clever showing off his electricity ability but then the guy did one better and made it melt. Nick watched with his eyes wide open. And he thought his electricity ability was dangerous. "That's bloody brilliant." Nick said and then laughed, "Yeah, I think you're right mate, your ability is definitely better at destroying things, although I have to admit I wasn't planning to destroy the actual trash can, just showing off the ability." Nick said, not trying to be smart and say that his power was in anyway better, just that he hadn't used it to its full potential.

Nick grinned when the guy said he'd play and then told him his name. "Nice, pleased to meet you Stephen, be good to get myself a friend finally." He replied as he then backed down the alley a bit and then kicked the ball toward Stephen.

He would have to make sure not to kick it too hard, or else it would go flying in the same direction it did before and he'd have to go running after it again. Although with Stephen there, hopefully he'd be able to catch it and kick it back.

[stephenadams]

Stephen nodded when Nick said he was just showing off, Stephen would guess the dude would be able to do more then make electric balls and shoot them around, when Stephen had the hunger he would have started questioning the guy, or have killed him and taken his power, but now he didn't really care so much.

Stephen guessed the dude had moved in from Britain or something because he said that he was glad to have a friend finally, and he was speaking in an accent. Stephen went onto the balls of his toes as he waited for Nick to kick the ball toward him, it was an old habit one of his soccer coaches had gotten him into.

As Nicks foot connected with the ball one of Stephen's other powers activated, his eyes went black and he could see where the ball was going to go and how he could trap it and kick it back. Stephen traped the ball with his right foot, flicking the ball ito the air as he did so, as the ball came down Stephen kicked it to Nick, not to hard, he didn't want to send the ball flying off somewhere.

Stephen shook his head after he kicked the ball, trying to deactivate the ability, he didn't feel like using them right now. It took him a moment but eventually the black went out of his eyes, and was replaced by brown.

[nick]

After Nick kicked the ball to Stephen he saw his eyes going black and Nick had to wonder what other ability this guy had. Nick wasn't naive about powers, he knew there were people out there who could get more than one ability. So, he had to figure that he was one of these people who could get more than one power at a time.

"Couldn't help but notice your eyes going black there mate, you got more than one power then, so what was that you just used?" Nick shouted as he watched the ball come toward him and headed toward it and immediately caught it with his right foot. Bouncing the ball up to his knee and then bouncing it from his knee onto the ground and kicked it back to Stephen again.

Nick was already enjoying himself and the fact that he had now found a friend was great. He wondered if they might be lucky enough for somebody else to come along and join in the fun. You could never have too many friends thought Nick.

[hailey]

Hailey, slowly made her way from the local library, and began her decent towards her home. She still felt down about losing her friend, even though now she had moved away from where she used to live. Hailey practically dragged her feet on the path, mainly keeping her eyes on the ground. Her school bag felt like it had rocks in it instead of books, and she came close a few times, throwing it into a rubbish bin along the way.

As she made her way past a side street, which she was just about to cross, Hailey heard a ball being kicked and bounced. Turning her head, she saw two guys, kicking a ball around between them. Hailey hadn't really seen a lot of this goings on in town, not like where she had come from. Most of the streets would be empty, free for kids to play games. But Hailey saw most of this happening here in the school grounds, where it was safer.

Deciding that she really didn't have anywhere else to be right now, Hailey decided to make a detour, and speak to these guys. So not to scare the guy who's back was to her, Hailey waited for him to kick the ball back. "Hey guys. So you up for someone to keep score or something?" Hailey wasn't really into sports, so didn't really want to join in the game.

[stephenadams]

Stephen nodded when Nick said the he thought Stephen had mor then one power, "Yeah I have a couple of abilities, I don't know exactly what the power I just used is called but it allows me to see what's most likely going to happen and helps me figure out what to do about it. I have trouble controlingit for some reason though, it turns on randomly."

The ability activated again when Nick kicked the ball back to him, Stephen wondered what was going on, he didn't need the ability to trap a ball. Stephen caught the ball with his left foot, and balanced it there because some girl walked from behind Nick, asking if they needed someone to keep score for them.

"We're just kicking the ball around, you could join us if you wanted." Stephen said, he then remembered he still had the ball balanced on his foot and dropped it to the ground.

[nick]

Nick listened as Stephen agreed that he did indeed have a few abilities, and the one he was describing sounded pretty awesome to Nick. "That sounds bloody brilliant, although I quite like the idea of the challenge when it comes to kicking the ball back." Nick explained, and then grinned at Stephen. When Nick kicked the ball back to Stephen, he saw the ability kicking in again, Nick thought it was awesome, but like he had said to Stephen he liked the challenge of trying to get the ball.

Just then a female's voice was heard and Nick turned to see a pretty blonde, in fact, in Nick's eyes she was stunning, he stood staring at her, with his jaw more or less dropped open. It took a few seconds for him to register that he was indeed staring at her, and then closed his mouth and smiled at her.

He was about to say something, when Stephen spoke first. But he was telling her they were only kicking the ball about and she was welcome to join in. Somehow, looking at the girl, Nick didn't think she was the type to get involved in kicking a ball around. "Don't think she's much interested in kicking a ball around mate." Nick said with a slight laugh, and then turned to the pretty blonde again.

"Like Stephen said, we're just messing around really, so no score keeping required, but you can certainly join us, I'm Nick by the way, Nick Roberts." He said as he held his hand out to the blonde, still finding it difficult to get his eyes off of her, she was bloody gorgeous. "Maybe, we could go to a café and get a milkshake or something?" Nick suggested, instead of him and Stephen continuing to kick the ball around when it was clearly obvious to Nick the girl wasn't really interested in what they were doing.

[hailey]

Hailey kind of frowned when the first boy said that they were just kicking the ball around, but she was free to join them. She wasn't that interested in sports, so had no real interest in playing. "Um, well then I will just watch. Sorry, sports isn't really my thing." Hailey noticed that this boy had the ball balanced on his foot for some time, and wondered if he was doing that for real, or he had some sort of power in order to make the ball go that way. Though at this point in time she didn't really care.

The second boy, Hailey noticed, was looking at her. She saw that his mouth was opened slightly, and made her wonder what he was thinking. But after he then said what she was thinking, she smiled back at him. He had a nice smile, and was quite good looking for his age. Hailey wondered how old he was. He would indeed be a good catch for some girl. Though he was probably in a relationship already knowing her luck.

Then the second boy told her the other boy's name, and told her what Stephen had just said. Then he introduced himself as Nick Roberts. Taking his hand, Hailey decided to do the same. "Hi Nick, nice to meet you. I'm Hailey Blaze." Not to be rude, Hailey turned to Stephen. "Hi Stephen. Thanks for the offer, but as Nick here already figured out, I don't really want to join in."

Hailey was taken aback slightly with Nick instantly asking her if she wanted to go and get a milkshake or something now. She hadn't met someone so forward before, and when they had just met. But Hailey did notice that he kept looking at her when he spoke. She wondered if he was just being polite, or that he might find her attractive. Hailey hadn't been feeling that way for a while, ever since she had lost her one true friend in the world, who she was hoping would have feelings for her. But now she knew that would never happen.

"Um, well maybe after you guys play a bit more. I might hang around though, if that is okay. I have some catch up reading to do for school, as I have only just moved here from Seattle." Even though Hailey knew the book she was reading in English, she still have to read the book, and do the assignments. Lucky for her she kept most of her school stuff, and was able to use most of it again.

[stephenadams]

Stephen nodded when Nick said he preferred the challenge of getting the ball, "So do I, it's just that this power seems to turn on randomly, earlier I was walking through a crowd and all the sudden I was speeding through the quickest route, some of my other abilities seem to be acting up as well, ever since I got this injection for this sickness I had I've had to control all of my abilities again, it was an ability related sickness so maybe it affected my control over them or something."

Stephen saw that Nicks jaw kind of dropped when he saw the girl, Stephen had to admit that she was very attractive but he didn't feel the need to stare at her, he hadn't even thought of girls in months, he was a little to preoccupied with killing people, trying to stop himself from wanting to kill people, having precognitive dreams of him killing people, and all that other stuff.

Stephen shrugged when the girl said that she wasn't that into sports, he had kinda figured that anyway, he had only asked because she seemed to want to hang out with them. Stephen stayed quiet as Nick offered the girl to go get a milkshake or something, Stephen guessed Nick meant all of them could go get a smoothie, but the girl seemed to think that Nick was asking her to go with him and leave Stephen. Stephen could understand that though because Nick did seem to have trouble not looking at her.

When the girl brought up school Stephen remembered he hadn't been to one in ages, Stephen wondered if his mom planned on enrolling him in one anytime soon, he didn't really care if he went to one or not, he would probably fly through school with the ability that allowed him to understand how things work.

[nick]

Nick listened as Stephen said he liked the challenge of getting the ball as well, but that part of his ability was kicking in helping him. He also went on to say that his abilities seemed to be all over the place just now. "Bloody hell mate, maybe you should go to the person you got the injection from, unless you just need to learn to get control again or something?" Nick asked, as he was glad his own ability was quite well controlled, unless he got very angry, when that happened his ability charged through him and could cause him great pain.

Of course this was when the really pretty blonde joined them and Nick felt his jaw drop open. He quickly regained his composure not wanting to look like a love sick fool. Nick smiled when she introduced herself back to him. "Good to meet you Hailey." Nick said grinning at her, and then smiling at Stephen when Hailey said hello to him after Nick had given his name away to her.

When Nick had mentioned going to a café for a milkshake, he had meant for all three of them to go, however, it would seem Hailey thought Nick was just inviting herself, and that he was going to abandon his new friend Stephen. Then again, the way he had been staring at her, it was only natural she might think he was only referring to taking her. He felt himself blush as if he was blushing from his toes to the top of his head. "Actually, I was meaning for all three of us to go for a milkshake, running about with a football is thirsty work." Nick explained, feeling a fool for not having made it more clear what he had meant.

That's not to say he wouldn't have ruled out going somewhere with Hailey by themselves, but not the soon as they had just met and not when he was with a new male friend. "But if you'd rather do the catch up, then fair enough." He added, as he wondered if Stephen was going to kick the ball back to him or not, or whether they should just stop, and do what he had suggested in the first place and go to a café somewhere for a milkshake, but he would have to wait on Hailey's response to that now.

[hailey]

Hailey watched as Stephen shrugged when she knocked back the chance to join them in kicking the ball around. Hailey noticed that he was quiet after this, and she didn't want to be rude to him. That was not the way she was brough up, but lately Hailey had been moving towards the bad side. Though she hoped that that side of her would stop, what with moving to New York now. Well, that was her parent's thoughts anyway.

Hailey was kind of relieved that Nick clarified what he meant. "It's still okay. I can wait. I can stick around here for a little while, and then go and grab a drink for about half an hour. I should make sure that I get home before dinner, or mum will freak." Hailey moved to a space nearby, so she could still chat to both of them, and still making sure that she wasn't going to get pegged by the ball at any point. Finding a spot, Hailey took out her book, and her notebook and pen, and then sat down on her school bag.

Hailey tried to concentrate on what she was meant to be doing, but she couldn't help but look at the two boys. She wondered if they were good friends, but looking at their body language, probably not good friends anyway. Hailey kept glancing at Nick, thinking that he reminded her a bit of her friend, who lost his life. He had the same dark hair, and piercing blue eyes. Just looking at him for a short time, began to bring tears to her eyes. Hailey instantly wiped them away, and put her head down to read some more, and take noties.

[stephenadams]

"I don't think I'll need to see anyone about this, I just have to relearn how to control all the abilities that I gained while I was sick, those are the only ones I have trouble with, and this one acts up more then the rest of them, so I don't think I'll be hurting anyone." Stephen said, he wondered if that hunger had made him better at controlling and using his abilities, or if he was having an allergic reaction to the injection that took it away.

Stephen waited to hear what they were going to do, were they gonna keep kicking the ball or were they gonna get smoothies? Stephen didn't care much himself, though he was worried that the ability would activate again if they continued to pass the ball around, and he didn't know if Hailey knew about specials or not.

Stephen guessed that they would continue to play, unless Nick really wanted to go get smoothies, Stephen sighed and hoped that he wouldn't accidentally use any of his abilities, or at least not noticeably.

Stephen kicked the ball back to Nick, a little slower then he had before just in case he was still staring at Hailey, he waited for Nick to kick the ball back, concentrating on not using the ability, or at least just change his eyes, sometimes he had a strange black aura when he used the ability.