||Trois||

When I woke up I found myself nicely tucked in, when I only threw myself on the bed not caring about changing myself or getting in my bed sheets. I stretch and look outside where the street was fully lit up, I remember that only a few hours ago I was outside with the Hargreeves kids and smile at the time we spent together. I was thankful that Ben did not reveal my secret to his siblings, as I didn't want to use them, I wanted to be ordinary, just like Vanya. Speaking of which I hope to meet her one day, from what Allison said she is a sweet girl but what I want to see the most or rather hear is her talent for violin. Klaus and Diego told me she was extremely talented so they sparked my curiosity.

I get up, get new clothes, put a vinyl in the recorder to go take a shower. But as I start the recorner I see a handwritten note on my desk.

'Tomorrow (or today whatever you prefer to call it) night hang out,
call us with the number (226)-336-1437 when you are ready to go. You'll also meet Vanya. See you later.
-The Umbrella Academy'

The only person capable of entering and exiting a house without leaving a trace was Five so when we meet again I gotta say thank you for the note, AND for tucking me in. Now that I read the letter I went to shower humming the lyrics to Nirvana's Smells like teen Spirit on the way. And after a nice shower I went to the living room only to find another note but this time it was from dad.

'I have to go on a formation for a few days out of the city and Clyde is at a friend's place for the weekend so you're alone. I'll probably be back next week at best.
-Love you sweetie, dad.'

Ah I forgot about that. Oh well I guess that I'll spend two days alone. I look over the kitchen counter to that my breakfast which consists of bacon, eggs and heart shaped pancakes was still warm. It was kind of a routine since we were kids to make this breakfast together and I feel bad for sleeping on this today. I look at the slightly burnt eggs, golden bacon and almost perfect pancakes and came to a conclusion that Clyde made my breakfast, he slowly becomes a better cook as time passes and it's so cute to watch his eyes just light up when we ask him to cook breakfast for us.

I eat my breakfast and decide to call the number on the note that Five gave me to thank him and tell him I'll come tonight. I pick up the phone and enter the needed number and wait. Then somebody picks up.

"Yes, hello. This is the Hargreeves domicile phone. Miss Hargreeves here, what can I help you with?"
Said a gentle woman voice.

"Umm...hello Miss I assume you are Grace?"
"Yes I am. What do you need?"
"Well...your children saved me and the other victims in the bank robbery so I wanted to call to say thank you. Could you pass me Five please Miss Hargreeves?"
"Aww such recognition makes my heart warm! Of course dear child, let me call him!"
And with that I hear a muffled 'Five love come down here somebody needs to talk to you!' followed by a strange but familiar sound.
"Here he is sweetie, have a nice day!"
"Thank you Miss Hargreeves!"
"Call me Grace! It's nice to see the kids have a friend as nice and polite as you!"
She softly giggles as I hear a small 'yes Five I'll give you the phone now' and a cute 'goodbye sweetie'.
"Hey ___."
"Hey Five. Your mom's quite nice! It must be a blast to have her."
"Yeah she helps us a lot face our 'daddy issues' with the old bitter man that is our father. And she's a great cook. WHat did you tell her?"
"That I was a victim of the bank robbery and that I wanted to thank you for saving me, which isn't totally a lie. Anyways I saw the note, obviously, and sure I'll come tonight. By the way thanks for tucking me in daddy."
I laugh as he releases a chocking sound.
"Stop doing this or else it'll be the first and last time I tuck your messy ass to sleep."
"Aww how cute. 'First and last' so that means you wanted to do it more?"
"I'll fucking hang up the phone if you don't stop."
He grumbles but I still hear the small chuckle he tries to hide and smile.
"So I call you when I am ready?"
"Yeah, basically. And I'll get you."
"OOhhh space jump travelling. Interesting. Is there any hour in which I need to call??
"Just before the curfiew at 9 p.m so that we know you're ready and I'll get you 10 to 20 minutes after."
"Yeah I see why. Okay see ya tonight then Five. Have a nice day! Don't worry about the old arsehole too much, eh?"
He chuckles.
"I'll try to. Have a nice day too ___."
He hangs up and I smile dumbly. Tonight is going to be great I can feel it.

Since I am bored and have nothing else to do to pass the time I go to the local music store to search for new vinyls and walkman cassettes. I look through the aisles and find the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody one that I searched for so long, it became so rare because of all the people that bought it, so of course I take it. I finish by also taking House of The Rising Sun by The Animals in vinyl too. With the cassettes I settled with Earth, Wind and Fire's September and A-Ha's Take on me. When I finished buying those I looked at the guitars. I set my eyes on a Gibson Tal Farlow that looks pretty awesome and strum some accords.
"Perfect reverberation of the sound, aye kiddo?"
"Yeah. Also a nice grip and design. Old but gold."
"Me see ye like 'em old things."
"Yeah, dad got me in music since I was a baby."
I chuckle as I place the guitar back on it's stand.
"Oh ye know what's good then!"
"Pretty much. I want to be a music artist later."
"Then I wish ye good luck kiddo!"
"Have a nice day sir!"
I say as I get out of the store and continue my day at the comic book and video games stores. And after a few hours I ask the clerk of the last shop I was in to tell me the time.
"It's about to be 6 p.m kid."
"Okay. Thank you! Have a nice day!"
I softly say as I go back home and once I closed the door of the appartment I went to call Clyde. He told me that he was fine and that he was having the fun of his life and I told him about my pretty uneventful day.
"You'll go out with the superheroes again tonight ___?"
"Yup little man. I'll go there in about two hours and a half."
"Say hi to them from me! Do they even know about me?"
"I can't stop talking about you so yeah pretty much! Now go have fun! I'll call you tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay bye!"
And with that I hang out and make myself dinner as I read my newly bought Deadpool comic, I love that guy.

After eating, cleaning the dishes putting my things at their new emplacement in my already full room and sticking a few new posters I decide to call the Hargreeves domicile again as it is 8:50 p.m.

"Hello? This is Vanya Hargreeves, what can I help you with?"
"Oh! Hi Vanya! Your siblings told me about you. I am ___."
"Ah! The person from the bank robbery, right?"
"Yeah. They told me that you're coming tonight."
"Yeah I wanted to meet you."
"Same for me. I am super excited to hear you play violin!"
She giggles as I hear along with some whispers behind her which she hushes.
"Thanks ___."
"By the way tell the guys I heard them. I know there's Klaus in the bunch."
"As right as ever love. Told ya you had a sixth sense."
"Nah I can just hear your weird ass laugh in the background. But I do sense your shit eating grin right now."
And with that echoed many 'ohhhhhhh'.
"Good job at shutting him up mate!"
Laughed Diego.
"We thought only Five and Ben had that power. We were wrong!"
Said a proud sounding Luther.
"Maybe you're a superhero after all!"
Giggles Allison and I chuckle nervously.
"Nice job ___."
Softly said Ben and I thank him for getting me out of this awkward moment.
"I am honestly impressed."
"Shut up dad."
"Stop or I'm gonna get the belt."
Five tries to joke back but I smirk.
"Mhh kinky. I like it. Tell me the time and place daddy."
"I-..uh...I-"
And from behind I heard Klaus laugh his ass off.
"They just shut Five up too. How's THAT midget! HA!"
I hear a low 'I'm gonna cut that finger of yours and shove it up your ass' followed by the sound of Klaus running and Five space jumping.
"See you guys later"
"Bye ___."

I hang up and laugh at their stupidity, throw myself on the bed, put my headphones on and start my walkman.
" We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay-"
I continue to sing as a special boy appears in my room without me even feeling it.

"Nice voice."
And at that I jumped and rolled off my bed. And the person laughed.
"You asshole, that hurts!"
I say as I tap my bum and take my guitar case.
"Ready Miss 'I sing my heart out'?"
"Fuck off will you?"
He smirks and stretches his hand towards me and without saying anything he space jumps and we finish on a rooftop of some sorts.
"Next time tell me before space jumping you dickhead!"
"No need to punch me gosh!"
He says as I shower him with a rain of fake punches.
"These are weakass punches dear friend of mine."
Says a smug looking Klaus.
"Would you like to experience the punch I gave that bad guy that was about to destroy your ass? 'Cause I can and I will."
"I was joking haha...haha..please don't hurt me I am very fragile."
I snort and we give each other a handshake. Then I look around and smile at my friends only to finally see person I wanted to see.
"Hey Vanya."
"Hi. How are you?"
"Dandy and you?"
"Yeah I'm good!"
"Nice to meet the musical one of the family."
"Thanks! Nice to meet our first friend."
"That I am."
We smile at each other and I feel somebody tightly hug me. I turn around to find a smiley Ben.
"Hiya."
"Hey ___. Good to see ya since this morning."
I smile and hug him back.

"So what are we gonna do?"
"Drink and I don't know. Talk and listen to you and Vanya playing stuff I guess."
Luther says with a shrug and I shrug back only to mutter a 'sure'.

So that's how the night started. We told each other childhood stories while drinking whisky and wine from Sir Hargreeves' bar.
"-And so Clyde ended up having a big bruise on his bum from trying to imitate you guys. By the way he told me to say hi for him."
"Your brother is so cute! You'll bring him one day right?"
Says an excited Allison with Klaus, Ben and Vanya agreeing.
"Yeah sure. Depends on how many people Five can transport while he space jumps."
"Sure I can bring your brother along."
I smiled at Five and he gave me a small smile back.
And the night continue like this. With us drinking whisky, lots of whisky. And wine, lots of wine. Along with some peanut butter jelly sandwiches.

Then Vanya started to play violin. It was so beautiful and enchanting that I just closed my eyes and hummed along. When she finished we all clapped and they made me play some guitar. I start to play my most favourite song Wonderwall by Oasis, clear my voice and start to sing.
"Today is gonna be the day
that they're gonna throw it back to you,
By now you should've somehow
realized what you gotta do.

I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now-"


I close my eyes as I continue to happily sing this song that dad sung to us when Clyde and I were younger. And when I finish the song a chorus of claps resonates around me. I open my eyes and see the faces of the Hargreeves kids filled with joy and catch Five with the biggest smile I saw him arbor and which he didn't even try to hide so I returned a smile just as big. And I fake bow at the Hargreeves siblings.

"That was spectacular love! Not as spectacular as me but still spectacular."
Klaus smirks as he side hugs me.
"Why thank you dear friend of mine."
I smirk back at Klaus.

The night passes and it's now 3 a.m and we're all drunk, very drunk. Telling bad jokes and dancing to music that we drunkenly sing. We then all lie down in a circle to stop our heads from turning and our stomachs from churning when I heard a loud buzzing in my head. I passed it as an effect of my drunk state but the buzzing became voices.
'We know you can see us kid!"
"Do not try to ignore us!"
"You know very well you can't!"
"Help us!"
"Do it!"
'Stop it please!"

I turn around to see who it could come from and remember that Klaus didn't tell me his power. So I look at him to find his scrunching his face, almost in agony. And the voices, they become louder, meaner. So I try to take a deep breath to stop my heart from beating so fast and try to talk to Klaus.

'Klaus it's me ___. Listen to my voice and only my voice. Don't turn around to find me. Just focus on my voice.'

'Get us out!'
'We'll ruin you.'
'I can't! They're too loud, these voices! The voices of the dead...'

'I see that the fact that I am drunk made me lose control of my powers, so I heard their voices too.'

'Get. Us. Out.'
'Come on!'
'But I thought...'

'That I was ordinary? Yeah Ben did too. I helped him when Luther forced him to go in the vault, I calmed him down. Only he knew about my powers. Now. Focus on my voice. Think about good memories with your siblings and Grace.'

'You're weak you can't do shit in life if you can't even use your powers right..tsk.'
'It hurts! It hurts! Help me please!'
'I....don't know if I can..'

'You can always try. You have nothing to lose Klaus. Breathe in, and out. Think about yesterday at Griddy's, think about Grace's cooking, how she tucks you in before sleeping and wishes you good luck before every mission.'

'Where is my wife?'
'...I think's it's working..'

I saw on the corner of my vision that Ben looks at Klaus who is trying to hide his heavy breathing then at me and smiles and holds my hand to calm me down as I heard the voices of the dead that Klaus heard and shook a little as my breathing was uneven.

'I am here. Ben is here. You are not alone Klaus. Now breathe.'

'...The voice...they're gone...thank you.'

'No problems. But please tell that to nobody.'

'I promise that I won't tell.'

I finally smile and release a breath I didn't know I held. I look to my right and see Five looking at me worriedly and he reaches his hands to my cheeks. It's only when he wipes my tears that I understand that I was crying and push his hand away to wipe them myself.

"Are you okay?"
"Yeah just a little tired. But mostly happy and awake."
"Good to know, because I feel the same, but the others might feel a little more sleepy than us."
I look around to see everyone sleeping. Luther big spooning Allison. Vanya hugging her violin case. Ben still holding my hand. Diego sprawled in a star position and Klaus all curled up. I take Ben's hand out from mine and put it on his belly.

"They're all knocked out cold. Now we know that some of us don't take alcohol well."
I say as a giggle escapes my lips.
"Yeah I thought Ben and Klaus would be the first to fall asleep. Guess I was wrong."
"Yeah. They fell asleep before us though so that means we won. What? I don't know. But we won."
With that Five genuinely lets out a loud fit of laughs and I laugh along with him. We're awake but we're still drunk.

"I know what you did with Klaus."
"What?"
"He mumbled your discussion while it was happening."
"Well shit."
"I won't say it either. I actually had my suspicions."
"How? I didn't talk to you since I didn't even know you were here."
"Well Luther, Allison and Diego said they heard a person's voice telling them what to do. Ben seemed a little more confident and relaxed then looked at the crowd were you were smiling and giving thumbs up, and now with Klaus, it just proves my theory."
I sigh.
"Yeah, it does."
"You hate your power don't you."
"Yeah. I hate this power. When I was a kid I couldn't control it and I always heard what everyone thought. Since I am not very liked for what I am for whatever reason, I always heard bad stuff about me. I heard my mom think about me being too abnormal with my powers and about leaving dad for another man..which she did. I heard sick people talking about doing ill things to others. And people with grave health conditions pleading to just die already. And after mom left, since I knew it was gonna happen but that I didn't say shit I started to get anxiety attacks each time I heard others' thoughts."
Five nodded and took my hand. He looked like he was thinking about something so I nudged his shoulder.

"You said that 'your mom thought you were abnormal with your powers' that means...you have other powers."
I sigh.
"Unfortunately yes. I have telekinesis. That one's even less fun. If my anxiety attack doesn't stop shit will start floating everywhere in every directions. Once I hurt dad and Clyde, I still can't forgive myself about that. And I can pause time on certain things, people, or just pause time itself. But I only used it once and I don't even know how."
"So you only control telepathy?"
"It's the one I control the best but I can't say I fully control it like you control your powers. And yeah I have no control on my telekinesis and time pause whatsoever."
"I could help."

I turn towards him and raise my eyebrows.
"No. I'm not telling a lie. I really wanna help. You shouldn't fear your powers and just accumulate guilt. You'll blow up one day and hurt people real bad if you do."
"I don't know Five. I don't wanna hurt you. Or lose you as my friend. It's rare when kids my age are nice to me so I don't wanna ruin the friendship we all made."
"I am solid enough. Come on say yes. It wouldn't hurt to try."
He extends his hand towards me with a small grin and an unrecognizable glint in his eyes.
".....I hate you."
I said as I take his hand and grin back.
"One night out of two we'll train. I'll get you at the same hour that I did today. Prepare because we start tommorow."
"Sir yes sir!"
I mockingly salute and we laugh until I let out a loud yawn.
" I should probably bring you home. Let me wake these idiots first."
And he shook them one by one and told them to go to sleep as they all told me goodbye and went to their rooms. Five then held out his hand and I took my guitar case and took his hand. In the blink of an eye we were back in my room and I put my case on the ground. Five was about to go but I held him up.

"Wait Five!"
I scibbled my number on a piece of paper that I gave to him.
"In case you need anything or just wanna talk."
"Thanks ___. Good night."
"Night Five."
I change into my pyjama and think.

"What will tomorrow be like?"


A/N: A bigger chapter for today. Don't forget to vote, comment and enjoy!

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