CHAPTER TWO

Elena sat on her favourite chair at Amigo Garden right beside the waterfall. She picked the tiny pebbles around her throwing them into the waterfall, watching them drown. It had always been something that managed to take her mind off things temporarily. It was like watching her troubles drown with the stone.

Her backpack was still hugging her tightly as she was still in her uniform. The day’s events kept on replaying in her mind. 

“Elena," Luke called out walking over. He was still in the outfit from earlier- dark blue jeans and a grey t-shirt except that he now had a black hoodie on too. 

She glanced at  him as she sighed. 

“I...”

“Shhh,” she shushed him as she placed her finger on his lips. “Don't. Please just don’t say anything.”

He nodded as he slowly sat beside her. She mentally thanked him as she rested her head on his shoulder. 

“I'm going crazy, Luke.”

“I...”

“Not yet,” she cut him off. “Don't say anything, yet.”

He nodded again. 

“I can trust you right?” she asked him looking at him straight in the eyes.  

“No," he replied with a blank expression. 

False.

“I hate you," she muttered as she punched him. She smiled at him as he returned the smile. 

“So this might sound super weird...”

“Aren't you weird?”

“Shut it Luke," Elena scowled. Luke was resuming his bad habit of making serious things seem less serious. “I'm serious.”

“Okay.” 

“Okay this is weird but since I woke up, like, I mean I don’t even know how to explain it. Like I’ve been able to detect when people are saying the truth or not.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah. Like there’s the voice that rings into my head saying ‘true' or ‘false'. I mean its so crazy. This morning, i knew lily wore my trainers, and then at school, the teachers and then you, right now!”

Was she even making any sense? She doubted that.

“Were you served wine at that private school of yours?” he asked, chuckling. 

“Really, Lucas!” Elena yelled. She almost never called him ‘Lucas'. “I'm been really serious right now.”

“Oh” he said, his face changing. “Serious? Serious??”

“Hell yeah!” she yelled. “And I’m on the verge of going crazy.”

"No, no," he adjusted his sitting position. "Don't go crazy. I barely deal with the not crazy you."

"Oh, Luke."

“Um. So let’s see,” he continued, sitting up. “So you’re saying you can tell if I’m telling the truth or not?”

“Yup.”

“Let’s see,” he eyed her suspiciously. “I skipped school today.”

False. 

“FALSE.”

“I got detention today.”

True.

“TRUE.”

“A girl kissed me today cause of my sexy lips.”

False.

“Damn false," she laughed.

"I think you're beautiful."

True.

"True," Elena cooed. "You think I'm beautiful. How sweet."

"It's because you are, duh."

Luke stared at her suspiciously for a while. "No, those questions are too easy. Um, my middle name is Caleb."

False.

"False."

"No. That's still a easy question," he still wasn't convinced. "Um...my mum had long hair."

False. 

"False."

“Oh My God, Elena this is insane” Luke squealed, shaking her. “This is soo coool.”

“This is not cool.”

“It is. Damn, you can tell when people are saying the truth or not," he said, Elena arching an eyebrow. 

“It's not cool to know when people are lying. I mean we are humans, let’s all lie when we want to. I don’t want to be some stupid human truth detector."

Luke just laughed as she muttered ‘idiot'.  

“So yeah, you got the power," he finally said as she shrugged. “You’re not planning on telling anyone right?”

“Should i?”

“If you want to be chained down while hundreds of scientists try to figure out what happened to your brain.”

True. 

“Or taken to the psychiatrist," she said laughing.

“Better,” he said taking her phone from her backpack. He inputted her password as she  rested her head on his shoulder again. “So how was school today?”

“You can imagine," Elena groaned. “You know the weirdest thing that happened?”

“No”

True. 

“Duh," she said. “I almost spoke to Daniel today.”

“Daniel Norman? You haven’t given up on that crush on yours?” he said, laughing as she scowled. “So what happened?”

“Well, June walked up to him and long story cut short, she told him my name and hers.”

“And..."

“My head rang false.” 

“That’s impossible," he said, obviously surprised.

"I know right. And I seemed to have confirmed this stuff. it's seems really accurate."

"And your head rang false when she said you guys names?" he asked, his eyes glued to her phone's screen. 

“Yes," she replied. "You know what? You say it.”

He temporarily shifted his gaze from her phone's screen. “Fine. Your name is Elena Harper.”

False. 

“False.”

He shifted. “My name is Lucas Williams.”

True.

“True.”

“The name of your best friend is June Rivers.”

False. 

“False. Again.”

"Maybe it's because she's not actually your best friend," he had a mischievous grin. "Allow me rephrase. You attend the same school with June Rivers."

False.

"False."

"You know Lucas Williams."

True.

"True."

"You know June Rivers."

False.

"False, Luke. It's the same. It's still false."