Current writing theme: Imogen Heap-Have You Got It In You?

I've been working on an original work. Keep in mind that it's still rough and probably have a lot of numerous mistakes including typos and grammar. I do have a beta reader, but currently she's traveling...somewhere and I really need opinions.


Title: TOUCHED

Summary: Leah Curran had always known that she was different. Not only did her her family members keep disappearing on her, she also saw things.. Granted, they're really not all that scary...but disturbing nonetheless.

But her mother, who went missing when she was nine years old from a locked bedroom of all places, was clear on the Rules;

1. Don't attract attention. Stay low, keep cool and avoid any kind of attention.
2. Ignore. Ignore. Avoid.
3. Never, ever show them that you see them.

She did that easily enough for seven years...until summer break ended and a new boy came to town.

CHAPTER FIVE: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

My heart tripped when he stopped chewing and really looked at me. For a few seconds, all I could see were his eyes, time seemed to slow and everything else were only smudges of dull moving color. I felt weightless and dizzy, and disconnected. I couldn’t feel the floor I was standing on, the tray that I was holding. It was like I was cut adrift and floating into space.

My brain buzzed loudly.

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http://leahcurran.livejournal.com/