David, Aya and Cortez, just outside the Library
David, Aya and Cortez walked out the library. After a long day of studying David actually felt a little tired. His cousin, Aya, looked bursting with energy as always. But he knew her well enough. From one moment to the other she would just ‘collapse’ and be so tired he would have to carry her to her bed. Well, he hoped that he wouldn’t have to now. David looked down at the books he was holding. One was an Encyclopedia about possible powers and their origin. He sort of hoped that he might find something about what he is.
Aye was still smiling, unless David. He was always a serious kid, she knew that. His mother made him like that, her mother told her. She told him that her father was just like that. Quiet, nice, a real gentleman. Aya once asked her mother why he left when she was young. Her mother didn’t want to answer that question. She never told her daughter why and Aya knew that it brought up a great deal of pain for her mother. So she vowed to never ask about it again.