A whisper in the darkness//Aimee

[Josh Beeper]

Josh spun around looking behind him as he entered the garden. It was rather dark out now and he couldn't see much. He wasn't scared at all though after all if worse came to worse he could just make himself invisable and everything would be just fine. Josh didn't know what Aimee looked like. He had just met her online. He wondered about her and what her power was. Since she was new he hoped he could help her out some and maybe even make a new friend.

Josh was the very shy type. He never wanted to hurt anyone but at the same time he could be hard to get along with, he sometimes pushed people away...he wasn't sure about Aimee though...after all she had been fighting with Addison who was just about the sweetest kindest person he knew...but he wasn't going to judge her. After all everyone can have a bad day, no rule against it. Josh had a lot of bad days, it was just no one ever knew because of how quiet he was.

In reality Josh was geeky, the only connections he had was through football. He was always so proud to be part of the high school team. Not only that but he was a starting runningback, at least he thought it was impressive.

He looked behind him as someone neared. He had good eye sight but couldn't see. "Aimee?" he whispered as he didn't know what she looked like after all. He hoped it was her.

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[Aimee Hathaway]

Aimee walked into the garden and she saw a guy standing there just looking around and turning in circles not to sure of what or who he was looking for. She tried to take a deep breath and looked around to see if there were any other people. It didn't seem like there was anyone else and so she stepped into the light and looked at the man she thought to be Josh. He was pretty cute and seemed to be a very happy person. Maybe this would cheer her up and she could get a friend out of all of this. She could really use one right about now thanks to everything that had happend.

"Um, hello? Are you Josh?" Aimee asked quietly as she walked towards him. She still wasn't sure if it even was Josh, but thought she had the right guy. Aimee was wearing a navy blue polo from hollister and a pair of light washed jeans. Her boat shoes were of a light tan color and she looked down at them when she had spoken to the mystery man. "I'm Aimee." She said looking up at the guy standing before her. Then she really felt like an idiot. She had just told some random person who she didn't even know yet her name and they were alone now. For all she knew he could be some kind of serial rapist, but Aimee actually wasn't too worried about it. She was actually that numb, that sad.

[Josh Beeper]

Josh smiled lightly. "Yeah I'm Josh." he said as they stood they awkwardly. Josh knew he should talk, even thought he was never chatty. He was talking to someone he didn't really know so he figured he should be a little more direct. "Uh yeah so you just got here yesterday? How much of the school have you seen?" he asked. He remember she had said online that she hadn't seen the garden yet.

He looked at her waiting for a reply. She looked pretty cute, kinda like Addison, but he decided not to tell her that since they hated each other, well from what he could see online at least, and he had learned of some nasty rumors about a fight they got into in the bathroom. Gossip got around fast at the school, no surprize with all the gossipy girls skipping around.

Josh looked at Aimee, he found himself oddly attracted to her even though he didn't know her, and he already had a giant crush on Felicity. He decided to shrugg it off.

Josh had on some dark jeans and a white shirt with a little blue long sleve shirt that said hollister on the arms on. He didn't look his best, even though his hair was rather cute. His eyes shined blue in the moon light as always. He looked to Aimee waiting for her to talk.

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[Aimee Hathaway]

"It's nice to meet you Josh." Aimee said as she watch him stand there awkwardly. She also didn't really know what to say, she had just met the guy online after all, but didn't want to seem rude she started rack her brain for a subject. Josh then suddenly asked her about if she had gotten here yesterday and if she had seen all of the school yet. "I haven't seen all of it yet, but I've seen plenty of bathrooms and hallways for now." Aimee said thinking of this morning with Addison. "You probably have heard about most of it already."


Aimee walked over to a few plants growing around some statues, she guessed the marble garden being filled with statues really lived up to it's name. The statues were so well defined in their features and such that she was surprised that it wasn't real person looking at her instead of a statue. "These statues are really amazing aren't they?" Aimee asked just thinking out loud. She slowly traced her hand over the statues face and felt the cold hard marble under her hand. The coldness was an absolure contrast to her power and right now it felt amazing. She had been so aggravated earlier that she let out some fire out in the form of fireballs and such so her hands were hot and the matble felt amazing right now.

Though the colness felt good she took her hands off of the statue and turned back to Josh to see him still standing there. Aimee really realized how cute he really was right now and was definetly attracted to him, she liked his eyes the best. "I wish I had never gotten into that fight with Addison, it probably ruined my whole high school career." She said smiling slightly as she walked back over to Josh and stood in front of him, face to face.

[Josh Beeper]

Josh watched as Amiee took in all the marble bases, they were really amazing. "Yeah. Some girls think they are scary." he said shrugging. He kinda liked them, he always had liked praticing his power on them. As he thought about his own power he wondered what hers was. He walked over to one of the marbles and looked at the detail. It was of a cookie. The marbles were so random, it made Josh want to laugh as he made it invisable. This wasn't hard for him at all.

As he put the image back he turned to see Aimee talking to him. "Nah." he said as she talked more about Addison. "Well yeah I heard all about it...but...addison is really harmless, she might say she hates you or is going to make everyone hate you...and she does have a lot of friends but she wouldn't do that. She would feel too bad." he had heard a lot about Addie and they were friends for the most part. He had only talked to her like twice. And online a little but that was fine with him.

He smiled at her "First few days are hard like I said, but you will be fine. Promiss." he said talking a lot more then he did regulary. Most of the time he didn't even talk to True this much and after all she was his best friend. Josh couldn't find himself able to get his mind off of Felicity at the moment. He really hoped she wasn't a empath or a telepath, or Aimee would know everything. And Josh didn't want that right now.

[Aimee Hathaway]

Aimee could see Josh laughing at something slightly as she finished talked and looked back to see the statue disappear. She then heard him say something and turned back around to hear him say that Addison really wasn't that bad of a person and she'll say she'll do a lof of stuff but really won't in the end. This information made her feel a little bit better. "I hope she doesn't turn everyone against me" She said quietly then Josh said that the first few days were always the hardest, but she would be fine. This made Aimee a little more reassured that things would be okay. She was happy that she had some here, Josh was really starting to make her feel better.


As she took all this in she realized how open she as being with him and how he was being with her. Things were really going well and Aimee smiled knowing that Josh cared. "Well, I bet it probably wouldn't have helped if I had set her hair on fire huh?" Aimee asked jokingly as she giggled slightly. She looked around her for a vase of flowers or just a random patch of grass laying around somewhere. Her eyes finally landed on a vase standing next to Josh filled with little yellow daisies. "I'm guessing your a fader, able to turn yourself and other things invisible, right? Well..." Aimee said staring at the vase of flowers slightly and it instantly went up in flames. "I'm a pyro." She said shrugging and smiling shyly up at him. Hopefully he won't think she's a complete hothead.

[Josh Beeper]

Josh nodded "Yeah then she probably would of started a whole bunch of rumors about you." she said as he walked over to look down the path. He thought he had heard something, but after all Josh was always paraniod so it was probably just nothing...or so that was what he told himself. As he walked towards Aimee he stopped short as she started talking about powers. As the vase bursted on fire he wasn't surprized. He had been at the school for four years now and wouldn't let anything shock him. He had never really met a pyrokinetic before so this was pretty interesting to him.

He watched the fire carefully as he nodded at Aimee. "Pretty good." he said smiling. He could already tell she had control problems from what he heard happened in the bathroom. That was fine with Josh as he had really bad control problems as well, the only differance was his problems were not deadly like Aimee's.

He smiled at her as he founded himself lost for words. He didn't know what to say as always. So he decided to just stand there. He looked down at his shoes as he waited for her to say something.

[Aimee Hathaway]

"I still have a way to go, but I'm getting better. I have plenty of power and my subskill, incineration, could use a little more mastery, but I'm definetly working on gaining more control." She said smiling at Josh. He had said she was pretty good and that had given her a pretty big confidence boost. No one had ever really told Aimee she had done good or anything like that. It was nice. "And that fight with Addison was so stupid. I'm a complete idiot for letting myself do that. I was just so mad, and it's never easy to control powers when your really aggravated....right?" Aimee asked a little concerned about her own gift.


"So, how well are you with your powers? I bet your probably really good with control and stuff like that huh?" Aimee asked mainly just speaking her mind. She was really trying to bring a little light to this gloomy situation. She looked out over the garden and found a bench behind her. She slowly walked over to it and sat down taking a deep breath and looked over at the pot she had incinerated. It's flames were dying down and she watched as the black smoke made it's way into the sky above. Josh seemed to be at a lost for words at the moment and she smiled as he just stood there looking down at his shoes. Aimee looked him in the eyes and patted the space next to her inviting him to come sit next to her.

[Josh Beeper]

Josh swallowed hard but walked over and sat down next to Aimee, he felt like he was cheating on Felicity. It was odd since they were not dating, and since he was doing nothing wrong. He decided to push the thought from his mind. He wasn't going to hurt her he cared about her with all that he was.

"No. I have no control. Anytime I'm scared, hurt, embarissed, I fade from sight. I become invisable." he said looking down sadly. he had never had control and really thought that he never would. It kinda bothered him but he knew he was who he was.

He smiled carefully at her. "Control is a problem for a lot of people." he said as he looked up at the stars. He could see the big dipper and the north star. He really loved the night time sky, the moonlight shining down on him and to make everything even better he was in the marble garden...with alll the scary and stupid marbles...all the cookies, and horses, and lion and trees. He loved them all. He knew every inch of the garden even though his favorite spot was over by a lion in the middle of the garden. It was where he always sat. Sometimes with Mish or True. He loved the garden.

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[Aimee Hathaway]

Aimee listened to Josh as he talked about how he had no control over his powers. It she smiled and put a comforting hand on Josh's shoulder and gave him a little smile as he sat there looking a little bothered by his powers. He also seemed to be bothered by something else. Aimee couldn't put her finger on it, but it seemed like he was scared of her or scared of doing something, but she wasn't to sure what. "Like you said, a lot of people have control issues." Aimee said smiling and lifting her hand off of Jost. It was nice to know that she wasn't the only one who had issues with her power, but her's was actaully destructive. That just means she would have to try really hard to keep herself in check.


"Do you want to go for a walk through the garden now?" Aimee asked as she watched Josh look around the place and up at the stars. It was a really pretty night and the stars were really very bright outside. She could feel a slight breeze flow throught the night and she sat across from Josh on the bench looking up at the sky. She was happy now and was at complete ease at the moment. She just wanted her life to stay like this forever, but she would probably have to deal with some kind of drama tomorrow. "So, it seems like something is bothering you. What is it?" Aimee asked looking at just a little concerned.

[Josh Beeper]

Josh nodded his powers bother him but he was glad he even had powers. Josh nodded as he stood up and hlped Aimee up by handing his hand out to her. He felt as if the sky was about to fall on him and crush him till he couldn't stand breathing anymore. it was the oddest feeling and he wasn't sure what it meant. He kinda wished he was around a precog at the moment. He wondered at times why he had one of the most useless gifts.

He walked quietly taking his time to look at every marble bust. They always amazed him even though he had seen every one ten times over.

As aimee asked the question he didn’t really want to tell her what was on his mind she shouldn’t of been there at a time like this. Why was she taking a casual walk through his mind in the exact dress she had worn to the ball with her hair flowing in the wind like it had at the moment before they kissed? Josh sighed and looked back to Aimee. “There is this girl I like...thats all.” he said as they kept walking. He wondered what she would say.

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[Aimee Hathaway]

Aimee walked with him through the garden trying to figure out what he meant by he liking a girl. Aimee at first thought maybe he meant her, but then realized that he wouldn't be not wanting to do things or things like this. He wouldn't seem as awkward or like his mind was somewhere else too. "Who may this girl be?" Aimee asked as they continued to walk through the garden. She had thought that he was probably taken, and happily in love now. She really couldn't believe that she had thought even for a moment that she could have had something with him. He was such a good guy he most definetly had already found a girlfriend, but Aimee didn't let this get her down. She had been do happy and she didn't want her little thinkings and daydreams to kill her buzz.


Since she didn't want to think about it anymore she just came right out and asked him. "So, I'm guessing your taken huh? Who may this lucky girl be?" Aimee asked smiling and sounding just as cheerful as she had a few moments ago. Things seemed to still be okay with her powers and she was keeping her emotions in check. Besides, she had used up so much of her power earlier that she doubted she could really even do any harm by now if she wanted to. That was probably the only good news she had right about now though.

[Josh Beeper]

Josh didn’t want to hurt Aimee they had just met and he couldn’t lie, he thought she was cute. He smiled at her...”well I’m not going to tell you who it is now am I?” he kept walking through the garden they weren’t even half way through. He didn’t want to tell her who the girl was...not yet at least.

As she asked another question he looked over at her as they walked “Nope, not taken.” he said being completely honest. “After all..” he said as he stopped walking for a moment. “I’m not really popular...if it wasn’t for football I would probably be no one.” Josh was the type that only had a few close friends and that was it, and most of them were girls. True, Misha and Ashlyn mostly, not to mention Felicity. He started walking again. Some people even thought he was gay, but that was far from the truth. He shrugged it off, as he did so often.

Josh laughed a little "So no one is the happy girl." he said as he carelessly walked along side Aimee. He thought harder about the dance. It was all so far from him now, what was wrong with him?

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[Aimee Hathaway]

"Hmmm....really?" Aimee said taking in this information. She smiled as Josh said he wouldn't tell her, but she understood. It would probably make things awkward at the moment so she just left that question where it was, for now. "I guess you don't have to tell me." Aimee said jokingly and looked up at Josh giggling. She was really starting to enjoy herself and things were going great.


Aimee took a deep breath of the night air and looked up at the stars. It was so pretty out tonight and peaceful, she wished she could just stay here and frolic through this garden for the rest of her life. As they kept walking though Josh said that he wasn't single and also that he wasn't really that popular. If it hadn't been for football then no one would no him. "Josh, you seem to be a really great guy. I still don't see how your single, but you are, and you are on the football team so I bet your good at that. I mean, I don't know a girl out there who don't find athletic mean hot." Aimee said smiling and trying to make Josh feel better. He had made her feel better and the least she could do is repay the favor.


After Aimee ranted on that she remembered how he had said that there was no 'happy girl' and this information was the most comforting to Aimee of all of them. She liked knowing that her wasn't just using her, or using another girl. The best part was that she still had a chance with this guy, after all, she was single and after the little thing with her boyfriend she definetly was ready to move on. Maybe this wouldn't be a to bad of a way to start off here at Sententia Academy. Aimee thought as she imagined how it would be to date a guy who could turn invisible and so, just out of curiousty, she asked another question. "If you had keys to a really hot models appartment would you use your powers to sneak in and spy on her?"

[Josh Beeper]

Josh walked next to Aimee, she was pretty sweet and he did truly like her. At the moment however he wished he was a telekinetic. They had all the fun! If only he could read minds! He was still glad he even had a power. As the continued through the garden it was pitch black besides for some lights every now and then that shined on the bases. He was coming up to his favorite place in the whole garden to sit. He always did his homework out here and such.

Aimee was pretty direct he could see, the complements were very nice. He had never been told anything like that before. Josh flashed a bright smile Aimee’s way “Thank you.” he said as they kept walking. He was rather good...or at least he hoped so. He had been playing football since middle school and he only got better. And she thought he was hot! He wasn’t sure if many girls thought athletic guys were hot, but he sure hoped so...or at least girls he liked.

Josh smiled lightly “I bet you've had a ton of boyfriends.” he said more or less just thinking out loud.

Josh let out a laugh as Aimee asked her question. “First off I wouldn’t need keys. My sub power lets me go through objects.” he said as he walked right through a marble bust of a umbrella. He softly came out the other end and went on to finish her question. “A lot of the empaths and telepaths here don’t use their powers that much because they feel like everyone deserves privacy. That is the same reason I would never do something like that.” he said smiling. That just wasn’t who he was.

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