The television blared noisily, the superhero, Omni, saving the day once again appearing on the news.

"The superhero, Omni, once again saves the day! This time, it is from a burglar, who is also an Apeiron, capable of controlling fire at his own will and even summoning it. Where did we even get the name 'Omni'? Well, the victims of the incident agreed to tell us of the incident, especially this person."

I blinked nonchalantly, not surprised at myself appearing on the television screen as the whole interview played on the television, to my surprise, they pixelated my face, preventing anyone from recognizing me; even making my voice a pitch higher.

"What was the superhero like?"

"Omnipotent."

"Omnipotent?"

"That was the only word that came to my mind, after all, this is his third time saving my life and never once, did I see him get injured or defeated in any way. No bruises, bleeding, nothing...it's just absolutely amazing."

"To give privacy to the witness, we decided not to reveal her name, her face or anything about her. However, we decided that 'Omni' was the proper name for the superhero, since everyone we have ever interviewed always said he was undefeatable, he was invulnerable and nothing could ever hurt him."

My lips tugged into a small elated smile at the news, sipping my cup of tea and I felt someone ruffling my hair, my smile twisting into a pout.

"Daddd." I grumbled out and my father chuckled, ruffling my hair again.

"Are you sure you are alright, baby girl?"

"Yes, for the last time, yes. I'm a big girl now, I should know how to handle myself." I rolled my eyes and chuckled softly.

"We are just concerned for you, sweetie." My mother added and my lips curved into a resigned smile.

"I know, I know but I should be just glad that I'm alive right now, instead of just thinking of how I almost died twice in a day."

A loud vibration from the table interrupted our conversation and I noticed the caller being my one and only close friend, Jessie Talbott.

"Yikes, I totally forgot about the shopping trip I agreed to go with her today." I quickly grabbed my phone, hanging up on the call while I texted Jessie, informing her I was preparing myself to head out now.

"Shopping trip?" My mother questioned and I nodded, jogging up the stairs to my bedroom.

Twenty minutes later, I was dressed up in a casual outfit that consisted of a dark brown cardigan, a plain white sleeveless t-shirt and black leggings, that hugged my legs; showing off my slim legs.

My legs were the only part of my body I was confident of showing, the upper body?

Well, not so much.

Thank god for the cool weather, neither hot nor cold.

"Bye mum, bye dad! I'll be home for dinner, especially since you are cooking today, mum!" I pecked both of my parents on the cheek, hopping towards the door with one sandals already covering my foot.

"Jean! Take your time, you will-"

"Wargh!"

"...fall." My mother sighed out while my father shook his head, with me placing both hands on the door to prevent myself from kissing the marbled tiles.

"Right, got ya." I smiled sheepishly, sitting down to wear my sandals this time, before heading out, cheerfully waving goodbye to my parents, their expression a mixture of concern and amusement.

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Dialling a familiar number, I pressed my phone against my ear while briskly walking towards the train station. The reason for me not taking the car was because of two very simple reasons.

One of them being simply me, after failing the driver's license test for over eight times, my parents decided that it would be best for me to just take trains or buses instead, which I wholly agreed to.

The other reason, well, my parents didn't want to trust me with any car since I would probably brutally destroy it on accident which again, I wholly agreed to.

I think those two reasons are satisfying enough for everyone to know why I should never, never own a car.

I still felt rather hesitant to ride a train due to that incident. However, I figured I wouldn't get anywhere if I don't ride the train. It's not like I could stay in hiding forever.

"Hello?"

"Jessie! I am so sorry, I forgot about our rendezvous today with everything going on." My tone was apologetic and the only response that I heard was Jessie's hearty laughter.

"What? What's so funny? I didn't say anything dumb, did I?"

"Jean, please. Even with nothing going on in your life, you will forget things like this. You are forgetful, Jean, remember?"

The traffic light changed from red to green, signaling for the pedestrians to cross the road. I glanced left and right on instinct before crossing the road.

"Yes, yes, alright. I'm forgetful, you didn't need to remind me of that." I huffed out, almost reaching the end of the road and Jessie just chuckled in return.

"Oh right, let's meet up at the usual café instead of the train station, we have so much to talk about."

"What's there to talk about?" I frowned, heading straight down the street, the café that we would be meeting at would be at the next turn.

"Well, first, you have to tell me everything that happened to you and second, I got a new part-time job!"

"Wait, what? Are you working right now, then?"

"Yep!"

"Then why are you speaking on the phone? Aren't you supposed to be working?"

"Oh, no big deal, just said it was an urgent call I really had to pick up."

"Jessie..."

"What? Your call is an urgent call!" She retorted and I giggled, shaking my head.

"Alright, I'll be there soon, head back to work and I'll stay there for awhile, I haven't eaten anything yet."

"Great! See you there, and don't get into anything trouble!"

"Oh come on, Jessie, not you too." I groaned out and Jessie snickered, ending the call.

Making a turn to the left, I headed down the crowded street, eventually arriving to a stop in front of a familiar café. The exterior of the café was like a small cottage out in the woods, flowers decorating the entrance of the café along with fake ivies adding more to the vibrant atmosphere.

There was an adorable 'welcome!' sign hung at the door, one window at both sides of the cottage, allowing me to observe the interior of the café while there were a few customers on the table, chatting and munching on their food.

The interior was exactly the atmosphere I wanted in a café, homely and warm. There were pictures of smiling customers on the walls, along with sentences written by them, praising the services or food in this café. It ranged from the young to the old, some in groups, couples or maybe just even alone.

"Welcome! Table for?" The waitress greeted me in a friendly manner, beaming at me.

"One please, thank you." I smiled back and she led me to a table by the corner, instantly intrigued by the pictures and words on the wall as a menu was placed right in front of me.

After decided what I wanted, I called for a waitress and a familiar brunette started making her way towards me. Her wavy hair reached past her shoulder, bouncing up and down at her light, quick steps and her hazel eyes sparkling with delight as she hastened her pace. Her sharp nose and chin, along with her thick eyebrows was one of the main reasons she was scouted as a model multiple times, despite her having thin lips and also, she was tall.

Another reason for her being commonly scouted as a model, that even I admit, I was jealous of her on several occasions. However, I am way past that now, since I am satisfied with how I am now and I wouldn't change it for the world.

"Jean! Oh, I missed you so much!" Jessie squealed, engulfing me in a tight hug. I widened my eyes, glancing around the café and hugged her back awkwardly, hissing into her ear.

"Are you sure you should be doing this while working?"

"Oh, it's fine! There's not much customers anyway and I haven't seen you in almost two weeks! It should be fair for me to hug you!"

I heaved a sigh, squeezing her back as I smiled softly, both of us releasing each other once we were done.

"I had a short shift today and it'll be ending in another hour, I'm sure you be done with your meal by then."

"Alright then, give me..." I trailed off, pointing to the meal I wanted on the menu and Jessie jotted it down on a small notebook.

"Alright, so...are you really alright? You texted me what happened yesterday, why did the burglar-"

Someone cleared their throat loudly, startling both of us and I maneuvered my head to the side, seeing someone standing behind Jessie. Stepping to the side, the person was revealed to be a man, probably around our age as Jessie threw him an apologetic grin.

"Sorry, let's continue this later, Jean. This is one of my colleagues here, Nathan Scott."

"You shouldn't be chatting with a customer while working, you know." The man said in a silvery voice, stunning me for a moment. His chocolate brown hair was neatly combed back and he narrowed his ocean blue eyes at Jessie, who was scuttling off in a hurry. His chiseled jawline was slightly tense and his thick eyebrows were furrowed as he shook his head, turning his lean body to face me this time.

Wow, he's rather good-looking.

The look on his face softened when his eyes landed on me, as if he was caught off guard by something. The both of us remained silent as we studied one another, none of us opening our lips to speak.

Finally recovering from my daze, I forced a small grin on my face, breaking the awkward silence between us.

"...sorry, Jessie tends to get distracted at work, actually no, she gets distracted easily." I said, my words snapping Nathan out of his thoughts too as he shook his head.

"...yeah, I see that a lot." Nathan's startled look disappeared, a short, awkward laugh escaping from his lips as his eyes focused on Jessie, who was busy telling out the orders to the kitchen staff.

"Must be a hassle for all of you." I added, noticing the way Nathan's eyes trailed after Jessie.

Hm, he is...

"Sometimes." Nathan answered back, his tone affectionate as his eyes remained preoccupied with Jessie, who was grinning happily as she answered one of the customer's questions.

He must be...

"I'm Jean Saunders, Jessie's best friend." I stretched my hand out and Nathan jolted out from his daze, hurriedly shaking my hand. His grip was gentle and warm, yet his hands were large and calloused, making me smile slightly at how contradicting it was.

"Nice to meet you, I should uh, get back to work now." He responded in a flustered manner and I let out a short chuckle, nodding my head in agreement.

"Alright, I shall not disturb you any further, nice meeting you too."

He nodded stiffly, heading back to his work and I watched him go, a contemplative look on my face.

A few minutes later, my meal arrived and I relaxed into my seat, enjoying my meal since Jessie's shift wouldn't end in another forty minutes. In between my meal, I noted how Nathan would often glimpse at Jessie from time to time, while she remained unbeknownst to it and I raised an eyebrow at the new discovery I made.

Distracted by it, I reached my hand out to grab my cup of water, only for my hand to knock it off the table and it clattered noisily onto the floor, the whole café becoming silent as they stared at me. I could feel everyone's eyes on me and Jessie shaking her head at me in the background as I lifted my hands up in the air, surrendering.

"Jesus, people, I just dropped a plastic cup on the ground, it's not like I stood up and started dancing around naked." I said, only to hear some disgusted groans and I noticed Jessie at the corner of the café, hitting her forehead with her palm.

"...okay, I'm sorry, that was inappropriate, I didn't mean to interrupt your meal. I'm a really clumsy person so I'm not really surprised—okay, I should stop now." I put my hands down, curling them together on my lap as I bit on my lip in embarrassment, the café eventually returning back to its lively atmosphere, while some people occasionally threw me amused looks. From my peripheral vision, I noticed how Nathan's shoulders were shaking with mirth and I shrunk further back into my seat, a blush forming on my cheeks.

Even after Nathan and Jessie came over to help clean up the mess I made, the embarrassment that I felt didn't subside at all.

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"You know, I forgot that wherever you went, a disaster always follows after you." That was the first thing Jessie told me after her shift was over and I gave her a deadpan look.

"Seriously, Jessie?" I questioned, both of us walking down the streets, which were less crowded from earlier.

Jessie shrugged, a cheeky smile on her face and I grimaced, glancing away.

"Anyway, come on, we have a whole day ahead of us!" Jessie beckoned me along and I rolled my eyes, quickening my pace to catch up with her.

For the rest of the day, I spent most of the time telling her of the close encounters I had and the horrible vacation I had in Singapore while the rest were spent on buying new dresses for our graduation ceremony.

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Changing into my singlet and short pants, I yawned, stretching my arms as I collapsed onto the bed, unlocking my phone and scrolling through my social media accounts.

Thank god, nothing major happened today.

No supervillain attacks, no superhero appearances, no crazy burglar or robber trying to rob or steal from us.

Nothing.

"Oh right, I forgot to tell Jessie about that..." I muttered to myself, hurriedly texting her about the discovery I made earlier about her colleague, Nathan Scott.

'Hey, you know the dude, Nathan? Yeah, I think he kinda likes you, probably, yeah no, definitely likes you.'

After hitting send, I released a blissful sigh, my eyes drooping close as I prepared to lock my phone. My eyes drifted to my window and I grunted, too lazy to get up and close it. My eyes drifted back to my phone, only for them to burst open suddenly when I noticed something at my window.

There was something, someone literally hovering outside my window.

The moment I realised that, the phone from myhand loosened in shock and my phone decided to smack against my face,particularly, my lips. 

Sorry for not updating on Wednesday, I was busy with stuff, I hope everyone of you enjoyed this chapter and as usual, feel free to comment and vote :D!

This chapter is dedicated to the person mentioned for being my very first commenter of this story! Thank you so much <3!