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Quilo
“What’s up, little lady?” I say, stepping into Ade’s bedroom. It’s a riot of purple and fairy lights, as well as Whit’s protective orbs. That explains why the lights didn’t blow when she slammed her bedroom door then.
I have to admit, I don’t know anything at all about elemental shifters. I checked on Screech, and even googled it when Lumi told us about her powers, but found out very little. If Ade’s responsible for a flood, a fire, an earthquake, and a tornado, it sounds like she’s not only coming into her powers, but that she might end up with control of all four elements. Which will be awesome. But a little terrifying until she learns to control them.
She’s sitting on her bed, cross-legged in a yoga pose her mom likes to sit in, humming under her breath.
“Sometimes when my feelings are big, I like to sing them,” she tells me.
I smile at her.
“I’m in a band. We could sing together if you wanted.”
“I have a lot to say. Maybe you should get some popcorn.”
“I love popcorn. But there’s pizza on the way and your mom might not like us having popcorn before dinner,” I tell her. “Wanna talk about what happened in school?”
She sighs.
“My feelings just get so big sometimes and they build and build and...boom. They have to get out somehow.”
I nod because I actually completely get it. It’s how I got into music in the first place.
“I write my feelings down,” I tell her. I want to explain that I turn them into lyrics but she stares at me like I’m crazy.
“I’m six. I’m not so great with writing yet.”
“Well maybe you could tell me and I could do the writing for you. Sometimes I can’t put the feelings into words either, so I just shout or scream them out.” Her eyes light up. “Wanna try?”
“Yeah!”
“Okay. Here, take a pillow like this…” I grab one off her bed and hold it in front of my face, and then I scream into it. Ade giggles but when I hold out the pillow for her, she takes it and copies me, screaming until her breath runs out. “Feel better?”
“Actually, yeah.”
“Wanna talk about it?”
“It’s stupid.” She sighs.
“Anything that makes you feel like that definitely isn’t stupid.”
“Okay.” Another sigh. “I was thinking about what happened at the rink. It makes my tummy hurt. I feel bad. And then I was thinking I never see you guys anymore. Well, I see you when Sacha brings me skating but Mama never comes, and Whit and Yas are never around, and I think it’s all my fault.”
“It’s definitely not your fault.”
“But I broke the rink and I broke our family...and it made me sad. And then the school broke.”
“You didn’t break anything that can’t be fixed, princess.”
“I don’t even care about being a princess. I just want everyone back so we can be happy again.”
She’s so earnest it breaks my heart. I wonder if she can feel the bond too. She’s certainly become attached in a short space of time. She can already feel that we are a family. But she has to stop blaming herself for our issues because it’s not healthy for her.
“We’ll fix it. Everything will be fine, Ade. I promise.”
“If I go and stay at Aunty Ya-Ya’s house will you get Whit and Yas back to make Mama happy again?”
“Has she not been happy?” I ask, concerned.
