THE SURFACE
Chapter Seven
Three Weeks Later
"I can’t believe you pulled
us from riding—to play softball!"
Gabby punched the interior of her
glove. "Just pay attention to the game. I know you guys will have
fun."
Lexi squatted down as the ball
came towards her. Someone came in her path and grabbed it before her, throwing
it to second and striking the opponent out.
"That could have been
me," she mumbled as she went back into the outfield.
Ashley watched as someone on the
other team try to steal third base, but got tagged out. "Ha ha. What a
loser."
Gabby rotated the gum in her
mouth as she prepared for the batter to hit the ball. She somehow sensed it was
coming this way. "Lexi, Ashley, get ready. She’s going to hit over this
way."
The ball came directly towards
Lexi. She put her glove in front of her face in defense and caught the ball!
"Lexi, give me it. I’ll throw it back!" Ashley yelled from in front.
Lexi threw the ball to the third baseman and struck the opponent out!
"Did I just do that?
Cool!" Lexi jumped up and down as they headed back towards the dugout.
"I could have done that. I
was just standing there looking pretty the entire time, ya know."
*****
On the way back to Gabby’s
apartment, Lexi noticed a sudden change in the weather. It suddenly felt colder
and the sky was turning green and lavender. She closed her eyes and shook her
head a few times to get it out of her mind, but when she opened her eyes, the
sky had turned an even darker green.
"Ashley, I think we should
head home."
"Why?" Ashley looked at
her, confused.
"Look at the sky! It’s green
and purple!" Lexi exclaimed.
Ashley and Gabby looked up. It
was definitely getting darker, but not green or purple. "Lexi, you’ve been
out too long. Let’s head back home anyway. Bye, Gab!"
Gabby waved good-bye as she
entered her apartment building. Ashley took Lexi back home as quickly as
possible.
Later That Night
"Ugh! New York City during
stormy weather. Twice as bad!" Lexi threw the pillow over her head. She
looked at her alarm clock. It was flashing 12:03 AM.
"Oh, great. The power went
out." She reached for her cell phone, but it didn’t work for some reason.
There was a rush of cold air.
Ashley turned around to make sure she hadn’t left her window open and got the
surprise of her life.