"Yeah, it is," she paused before glancing over at him, "I'm doing pretty good so far at controlling it, you know if I get upset, deep breathing, think happy thoughts, that kind of stuff. I'm just glad I figured out what I could do before I caused like a tornado or something, that would just be my luck." She gave a little laugh, trying to lighten the mood, even though her joke wasn't that far from the truth.
"He better not, but I think after what happened to Luke he probably won't, also his sister is Josie, she wouldn't let him run. If she is anything the way Evan talks about her, she's one determined girl, she'd stop Jacen before he could even try." She nodded, "He shouldn't be alone, being alone doesn't solve anything, I mean I was in my room for like a week just moping after my heartbreak and look what I ended up doing after that. I turned into a Barbie doll, you don't think rationally when your heart is broken and you're alone."
Emily wasn't sure if she should tell Calvin his name, he was Jacen's best friend. But that fact was a good thing and a bad thing. Good thing is he would know if Jacen liked her or would be interested or not. Bad thing is he's Calvin's best friend, well best male friend, and that would be really awkward for him. But she decided just to risk it. If she could trust Calvin to keep the secret about her power, then he could keep this secret. She said just above a whisper, "It's Jacen." Before he could reply she immediately went into the reason why liking him was bad, "I shouldn't like him because of what I just showed you, I can't risk causing another hurricane and hurting people again. I destroyed part of Mao's home, his own sister has a scar on her face. Like he'd want to date the girl who caused that. Even if I didn't have this power, how could little old me compete with Lexie Tibbits, she's beautiful and perfect." She chose not to mention the 'blonde' fact. "I mean I wouldn't want to be second best or a consolation prize. But it's okay, nothing is going to happen, I'm going to ignore the flutter and it will go away. It didn't show up until the camping trip and maybe it was just the light from the fire on his face that made it happen. I will just be the good friend and he can go off and date some other girl and I'll be happy for him." 'While my heart bursts into tiny little pieces.'