Cosmic Girl Rising Up

by R S J Gregory

  “Thank you all, for helping me, and for protecting my sister.” I say to them, and look at each of them in turn.

  My friends. True friends, through thick and thin. I love them all.

  Mitchell catches my attention with one of his lop-sided smiles.

  “Let’s go home.” Mitchell says and gets up.

  I devour the apple pie, and drain my mug of coffee. I quickly go to the washroom, and then meet them outside.

  Mitchell looks down at me and winks.

  “Race you.” Then he disappears in a blur.

  I pick up Jessica, and race after him.

  I skid to a stop near my street, and then set Jessica down, and we walk the rest of the way. The sky is overcast now, and it’s starting to rain. I hop up the steps and unlock the door. We head in and shake the rain from our hair. I slip my backpack off and put it by the stairs and head into the living room. I slump in a leather chair and exhale slowly, and close my eyes. The adrenaline is still pumping through me, and I wait for it to subside.

  “What a day.” Jessica says and slumps in another chair.

  I rub my eyes and yawn. Dad’s not home yet, and the drapes are still closed. I open my eyes and reach for the television remote. Time for some normality.

  I switch the television on, and CNN is showing some guy standing outside some squat building. I turn up the volume.

  “…once he was Hollywood’s latest heart-throb, but now the billionaire playboy, Devlin De Marco, will be languishing in humbler lodgings tonight.”

  “He was arrested this morning at his home for a string of offences that would have put Al Capone to shame. Here, in a very plain cell, he will wait until his trial. And from what I have heard from various resources, his assets have all been frozen, pending the investigation. But this raises the question of…”

  Then there’s a crash, and the camera wobbles as the cameraman staggers backwards. Then the roof of the building behind the reporter explodes in a shower of dust.

  “Oh my god!” The report blurts out and ducks down.

  The camera catches a man launching up into the air from the building through the debris, and then the man flies away.

  “Holy cow!” Jessica says and we both sit forward.

  “You gotta be kidding me.” I say, and I am completely dumbfounded.

  “Did you see that?” Jessica asks me.

  “He can fly?” I mutter in disbelief.

  “He’s strong.” Jessica says, and we watch the aftermath as the police emerge from the building covered in blood, and caked in dust. No need to guess who it was.

  My heart sinks. Why didn’t he fight me? He acted normal. I replay my capture of him in my mind. Did I miss something? This is all too much. I get up, and head into the hallway. I stagger upstairs and make it to my room before the tears come. I crash on my bed, and the floodgates open.

  It’s dark when I open my eyes again. I roll over and rub my eyes. Then the light above me comes on, and I instinctively cover my face.

  “Britney?” I hear my dad’s voice from the doorway. He sounds different.

  I remove my arm and blink, and raise my head and look at him. He stands in the doorway, and he looks angry. What’s up?

  I see something in his hand. Oh my god. It’s my costume.

  “Would you care to explain this?” Dad asks as he steps into the room.

  Uh, oh. I’m dead!

  To Be Continued...

  About the author

  Hi, I’m R S J Gregory, or Roger to my friends.

  First, a big thank you for purchasing and reading my book.

  I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

  A little about myself?

  Well, I was born in Bristol, England in 1973, and I currently live in Essex, England with my wife and young daughter.

  I have travelled quite a bit, particularly throughout the United States. I love Hawaii.

  The idea for Cosmic Girl: Rising Up, happened back in 2008.

  I had just recovered from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and when I had that cancer scare, it really made me think about the things that I haven’t yet achieved.

  After reading The Twilight Saga, and Breaking Dawn in particular, I decided to take the plunge.

  Was there a book inside of me, waiting to get out?

  Cosmic Girl: Rising Up is the first novel in this series. The second novel, Cosmic Girl: Looking for trouble, is also now available.

  Please check my website, www.rsjgregory.com as I will be updating my readers to let you know when the next book will be released. I have a contact form on my website if you would like to be notified when the next book is available.

  Feel free to leave a comment if you wish, and please submit a review via Amazon. You can also purchase the paperback if you wish. It would look great on your bookshelf.

  You can find me on www.Facebook.com/RSJGregory, and you can follow me on www.Twitter.com/rsjgregory, and also on www.Instagram.com/r.s.j.gregory.

  Many thanks, and watch the skies, Cosmic Girl will return.

  *Nightmare*