Clairvoyance

Imala, an uncommon name you would say. It is a name that means “strong-minded”. I suppose that’s the meaning of irony. Mostly because my mind is stronger than most. So strong in fact, that it can tell the future. Well...only when the future shows danger anyway. I first realized that my mind had this power when I went down for breakfast on a Saturday morning. My mother was making eggs and bacon. Unfortunately she isn’t the best cook. She had failed to turn off the stove before proceeding to touch it. She burned her hand and had to leave for the hospital. Of course I saw this happen but only in my mind. I told her what I saw but she just looked at me like I was crazy. Thankfully, she still proceeded with caution and saved herself a trip to the ER. There were many other instances like this, but I digress. Today started out like any other. I ate breakfast, took my morning shower, brushed my teeth, half-heartedly fixed my hair (if you can call an extremely messy bun ‘fixed’), made my lunch, and ran to catch the school bus. “I thought you weren’t coming to school today.” My best friend Charity beckoned me to sit next to her. She’s a short, perky girl with green eyes and long, curly brown hair. “You know we have that test in Mr. Caine’s class today.” Mr. Caine was our 10th grade history teacher. He’s relatively nice for someone who has to teach a bunch of teenagers about the past. If you ask me, I prefer to keep the past in the past and prepare for the future. But of course not everyone can do that. So I guess a few lessons on who discovered electricity is sorta helpful. “Yeah I know, but my parents are starting to worry. They don’t like me missing school. They think I need to spend more time with actual people. I don’t see the point but it makes them happy.” I looked out the window as the bus stopped on Roger Avenue to pick a few more kids up. That boy, he’s going to jump... I looked at the boy who was about to get onto the bus. It was happening again. He is on the balcony. I needed to warn him...no...he was going to jump. You can’t warn someone that they are going to hurt themselves. But you can try to change their mind.