Don’t Tell Anyone
(writing prompt 'Don't Tell Anyone')
Lily loved secrets. Not mean secrets, but exciting ones, like the time she found a robin's egg hidden in the bushes. This secret was even better. During an enchantment ritual at school her girlfriend Angela had shown her a brown paper bag, closed at the top with small holes in it.
Angela looked around the playground to see if anyone was watching them, then whispered in Lily’s ear.
“I’m going to hide this in my locker. After school we’ll search for more before going home Lily-Billy,” Angela teased, calling her best friend by her tom-boy nickname.
Then Angela whispered in a sing-song voice, “Remember, it's a secret, just between us. Don't tell anyone,” she emphasized.
Angela felt proud sharing her secret with Lily as something moved inside the paper bag. The girls walked toward class pressing the bag between them to keep the contents safe. The school bully, a mean girl, eyeing them with sudden interest started to approach the terrified friends. Students close by sensing a viral moment, watched while recording on their phones.
“Whatcha got there?” she demanded, in a menacing voice.
Lily shifting left foot to right, stood her ground. She took the bag from Angela, clutching it tightly.
“We got nothing,” she answered with a tom-boy attitude.
“Don’t lie to me, if you know what’s good for you… Lily Billy Goat Face,” the bully taunted.
“Submit to me!” she shouted. “Give me the bag or face consequences!”
Leota towered over the frightened girls at 6 foot 1. Her toned muscular body outweighed Lily and Angela as she stood with arms akimbo, her spell freezing the girls where they stood. Fear conjured the memory of a boy Leota punched in the face using the same incantation. The mean girl snatched the bag from Lily’s hand as something inside the bag moved again.
“After I squish whatever is in this bag to a bloody pulp, I’m going to give one of you a shiner for disrespecting me. I’ll let you decide who gets the black eye,” Leota said coldly.
Opening the bag, Leota looked inside. A grassy odor then a misty precipitation rose from the bag. An explosion of water burst out the top of the bag into Leota’s face! The spray traveled up her nose, through her mouth and down her windpipe. She gagged as a strong force of water continued nonstop out of the bag. It then formed a rain storm with thunder and lightning over her head as she screamed and ran for cover.
The living water created a watery message over Leota that read “Don’t be a bully.” It followed the teen inside the school as cameras clicked and phones recorded the event for Tic-Toc, YouTube, and Instagram.
Lily and Angela were able to move again once Leota left their presence. The enchanted living water had a mind of its own, using its ability to empower the girls with confidence by providing a protective barrier of monsoon rain against a bully.
“Well that was a wet surprise,” Lily said smiling. Will the water return to us?” she asked her friend.
“I think it will, as soon as an empathy shower rains on Leota followed by a rainbow cloud of forgiveness. When it does return, I’m putting it in a water bottle so it wont attract unwanted attention. It will be our secret once again, so don’t tell anyone,” Angela stressed as they returned to class.