Chapter 2

All I could feel was tired. It took all I had to half-open my eyes. When I looked around, I noticed that I was on my bed. I could hear people talking outside my door. When I focused on the voices, I realized it was my friends and brother.

"What the HELL just happened, Jax?!" Lucas whisper-screamed.

"Is she going to be okay?" Caitlin asked.

"Care to explain?" Lucy said.

"Can you PLEASE shut up!" Jax finally yelled at them, "My twin sister is hurt in there, and you want me to answer your stupid questions?!"

I felt a sense of pride. My brother really cares for me. I could almost see the looks of shame through the door. Everything had gone silent.

"I'm sorry," Lucas mumbled.

"It's ok," Jax said, "Just, be supportive when you see her, not angry."

It hit me. Everything that had happened at school. I HAD LOST CONTROL AT SCHOOL AND MY FRIENDS HAD SEEN! I started to freak out, but I calmed myself down by knowing that Jax had already handled it. Then, the door slowly opened and in came Jax. I guess they decided to have him go in along first.

"Hey, snowflake," Jax said to me quietly once he noticed I was awake.

"I told you not to call me that," I said back.

"Good to see you're already acting like yourself," he said back, "Do you remember what happened?"

"Yes," I said, "Do they want to come in or do they want to stay out there with their heads against the door?"

Jax walked over to my door and opened it. Outside, there was all of our friends huddled against the door trying to listen in on our conversation. I smiled to myself.

"Do you want to come in?" Jax asked them.

They all nodded their heads vigorously. I tried to get up, but I failed miserably. Jax rushed over and put another pillow under my head. I did not realize how much the scene at school had taken out of me.

"We brought you home in the middle of school," Cole told me, "Your dad picked us up."

Then, another realization hit me. Mom and dad found out! I was going to be in so much trouble. I looked over at Jax to see that his face was showing sympathy. If he was doing that, then I was in more trouble that I thought.

"He went to pick up mom from work," Jax told me.

"Ok," is all I could get out.

I tried to get up again. This time, it worked. I was able to sit up enough to leave room for everyone on my bed. They all sat down. Lucy, Lux, Caitlin, Lucas, and Cole all exchanged a look at each other before deciding on something.

"Care to explain?" Lucy asked Jax and I with an accusing look.

"Jeez, Lucy, you could have been a little more subtle," Lux said.

"No, it's fine. I understand. What do you want to know?" I asked them.

"Everything," they all said at once.

So, we told them everything. We started with who our parents were. They got a real trip out of the fact that Titan and Electris were real. Then, we told them about how they had us. And we told them about how our parents retired. We told them about our powers and my other side. Everything. They stayed relatively silent throughout the entire speech. Jax and I both imputed information. We told them everything up into this moment.

"Wow," Caitlin said.

I felt like that one work described all of their faces. They were all in shock. It was understandable.

"Why did't you feel you could tell us this?" Lucy asked.

"Because it would have put you and my family in danger," Jax answered.

"We would have been fine," Lucas told him.

"Oh, yeah? What powers do you have to protect yourself?" I asked him.

He didn't answer me. I had given him an unanswerable question. I felt bad. Lucas was mu friend and I was being really rude to him. I apologized to him along with the others. I started to feel better. It felt like a truck had been lifted off my chest. I could tell my best friends my problems now. I didn't have to come up with a fake story every time they asked why my hands were so cold in the summer. Ok, maybe that isn't the most important thing in the world, but you get what I mean.

It was that moment that my parents decided to rush into the room. I braced myself for their criticism, but nothing came. They only hugged me. Then again, the hugs my dad gives tend to strangle the recipient.

"Dad. I. Can't. Breathe," I told with the little air I had.

"Sorry, Blair," dad said.

"No, she doesn't get apologies from us," mom told him, "She needs to explain to us why she couldn't control her powers."

This time, Jax told the entire story with some commentary from me. He made sure to emphasize my passing out. Then, he explained how our friends had followed us to the closet and found it covered in ice and snow. That is when they looked over at my friends. All of them looked down, waiting for the ball to drop. But, it didn't.

"Welcome to our home!" mom said, "I hope you know how to keep a secret!"

They all quickly nodded their heads as soon as she finished. I think it was because they were afraid to get electrocuted by my mom. I laughed. The entire group looked over at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Did you hit your head when you fell?" Cole asked, "You shouldn't be laughing this soon."

"I'm fine!" I said truthfully, "Do you want to see our powers?"

"Yes!" Lucas exclaimed.

I looked over at my parents. My dad nodded his head, but said that they weren't going to be showing theirs. I jumped off the bed with newfound energy.

"Let's go to the training room," I told my friends with a smile on my face.

"You guys have a training room?!" Cole said, "Cool!"

I led them down stairs and down another set of stairs to the basement. The basement is the training room. It is state-of-the-art, of course. This is where people would think my parents work on their secret work projects. I love it down there, always have.

"Welcome to my favorite room in the house," I said as I turned on the lights.

"Awesome," Lux said.

Everyone started going around and checking things out. There is some workout stuff, but the rest of it is superpower training materials. There are different things specialized for each of our powers. Mine has targets, a metal chamber, and many more things.

"What is the metal chamber for?" Lucas asked.

"I use it to see how cold I can make the temperature," I told him, "And to let out my other side in a controlled environment."

"Cool. Can you show us?" Caitlin asked.

"Sure," I answered, "Jax, turn on the camera so they can see."

Jax went over to the computer and turned on the camera inside of the chamber. The camera connected to the computer, so they could see what I was doing. I stepped into the chamber. Some might feel weird in this, but I love it. I do not have to be afraid to hurt anybody when I'm in here.

"Ready?" I asked Jax.

"Ready," He said.

I let my hair change to white, my eyes change to white/blue, and the weird makeup that comes when she takes control form. I could feel my other half taking control. I let her this time. I talk to her in our head and she answers me by speaking. Or when I'm in control, the other way around.

"Ready to put on a show?" I asked her.

"Can I put our powers to the max?" She asked.

"Just see how cold you can get it," I answered her.

"Here we go," She said.

I could feel it getting colder and colder. I started to become more comfortable. It always feels hot with normal temperature when I am in her form. I could hear gasps from outside.

"Little more," I instructed her.

"Finally," She mumbled.

"Ok, let's bring it back in. Let me take control again," I told her.

I turned back into myself again. I saw how cold it was in there. There was frost everywhere!

"Melt it," I instructed Jax as I stepped out of the chamber.

He pressed a key and the camera showed everything melting. I didn't realize how cold it had been in there until I saw the thermometer. It was -90F in the chamber when we were pushing it!

"That was so cool!" Lucy said, "Can you do anything else?"

"Yes, but I think you should see that another time. Why don't we see Jax throw flames at targets?" I asked.

"Yes!" Cole said.

We walked over to Jax's targets. They were fireproof, so they only needed to be replaced once a month, not every time we used them. Jax made a ball of fire form on his hand and threw it at one. It hit the bullseye. Our friend's mouths dropped.

"Showoff," I muttered under my breath.

"You wish you were that good," Jax said to me.

"I'm better," I told him.

I made a sharp icicle form in my hand and threw it at one of my targets. It also it the bullseye. I blew the cold mist off my hand.

"Ok, we get it. You both have awesome powers," Lux said.

"Got that right," Cole said.

We played around for a bit after that. Then, we went back upstairs where we found my parents talking at the dining table. It sounded like they were fighting.

"She has enough control to go!" Dad yelled.

"No, she needs to stay at home until another incident like this isn't a possibility!" Mom countered.

"She will be fine!" Dad said, "Besides, Jax and her friends are there to keep an eye on her!"

I don't think they realized we were standing there, so I chose this moment to let them know.

"You don't think I should go to school?" I asked my mom.

"I just don't think you have enough control over your powers for it to be safe," she answered.

"For me or for the people around me?" I asked with tears starting to form.

She didn't answer me, but I knew who she meant. They thought I was going to hurt someone. To be honest, I wasn't completely sure they were wrong.

"We will help her stay in control and out of situations she could lose control in," Lucy told my parents.

"Thank you for that!" My dad yelled.

My mom sighed, "Fine."

"Yes!" I hugged her and my dad, "Thank you thank you thank you!"

We all went up to my room and hung out. It seemed like what had happened earlier had never been. After a while, our friends started to leave. Eventually, it was Jax and I. We sat in silence for a bit, until Jax told me something I wasn't expecting.

"I think you are afraid of her," he stated.

"What? Of course not," I told him.

"The only reason you can't control her is because you aren't accepting her," He said.

"How do you think I should go about accepting her?" I asked.

"Start working together. Talk to each other regularly," He suggested.

"He has a point," My other half told me in my head.

"I don't need you two teaming-up!" I said out loud.

Jax looked at me weird. I realized that it looked like I was talking to myself. Well, I guess that is what is happening. Then, he smiled.

"You are talking to her, aren't you?" He asked.

"Yes," I stated, "Now go away so we can bond."

I shooed him off. Pushing him into the bathroom that combines our room. He was smiling way to much. He thinks he did all of this. Making me talk to my other half. Whatever.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" She asked.

"First of all, what do you want me to call you?" I asked as I laid down on my bed.

"Well, I was born with the name Khione," She answered.

"What a beautiful name," I said.

"Thanks," She said, "My nickname is Frostbite."

I almost fell off my bed.

"You mean, my 'superhero' name?" I asked.

"OUR superhero name," Khione answered.

"Oh," I said.

We talked about random things for a while. She told me that she gets control when I am sleeping, which explained A LOT. I think we are starting to trust each other more. I know that I'm not afraid of her anymore. I feel like we used to be on different levels and now we are on the same one. Does that make sense? I hope it does.

I fell asleep after a while. I didn't even realize that I skipped dinner. Oh, well. As I was drifting off, I thought-over today's events. It had started off relatively normal, but ended up with Jax and I telling our friends the biggest secret we've ever kept. I almost don't believe it. I could never have guessed this would happen. The only thing that I am worried about it how many questions Jax and I will be bombarded with at school. Knowing our friends, they will ask us the most unexpected questions they can think of. They won't ask the important ones like what would happen if the rest of the world found out, but they will ask thinks like if I can make it snow so much school is canceled. Thinking about it now, I should try that. It would be so helpful on days I forget to do my homework.

I slept soundly for the first time that night. It is because Khione and I aren't at odds anymore. She made me sleep peacefully. My last thought before I fell asleep was asking her to wake me up on time. I know that is weird, but it will be seriously helpful! I don't know if it is my imagination or not, but I heard a faint "Ok" before I was out.