Deadly Little Lies

 Deadly Little Lies

Author's Note: this is my second attempt on Conflict and Resolution

 16 year old Camelia 's life was normal,  until she met Ben. Ben is a mysterious boy who was a suspect to his ex- girlfriend's death. Everyone else's opinion about Ben was that he was a murderer trying to cover up his tracks, but Camelia truly believed he didn't commit the crime and that he was innocent on the account of his ex-girlfriend's death.

At first she doesn't believe it, nor does she want to. She thinks that it's just another prank the people in her school are playing. (The people in her school love to play pranks all the time.) Then something happens. Something Camelia wasn't expecting; at all. People had been saying that Ben was stalking this girl named Debbi, a quiet girl; yet popular one. Of course Camelia wasn't going to believe it. Honestly, what would you have done? Her school is full of people who start drama. Plus Ben is the new guy, who wouldn't want to start things with him?

The thought that Ben was stalking Debbi just flew over Camelia 's head. Until she found out that Ben's ex- girlfriend did die, and Ben was there when it happened. But Ben says it was an accident. With Camelia liking him so much, and trusting him, she believed him. Then Debbi got hurt a couple months after those stalker rumors were started. Debbi ended up getting hit by a car, and put in a coma for awhile. Debbi said it was Ben. The only obstacle in Debbi's story, was that Ben was with Camelia that same night. As a matter of fact, he just left her house when Debbi got hit. Yes, there is a possibility that Ben could have done it; but Ben doesn't own a car, he owns a motorcycle. 

Ben is a special person… He has a very  special ability. It's called psychometry , this gives people the ability to see into the future, past, or present through touch. Now, Ben has had this for virtually his whole life, but the problem is, Ben still can't control it. Meaning, he can't control his power.

Let's talk about the death of Ben's ex-girlfriend, Julia. Yes, Ben was there, and he kind of caused it. It was only because Ben couldn't control himself. When Julia and Ben where together, she was cheating on Ben with Ben's best friend. Julia kept it a secret from him. But it wasn't too long after she started that Ben found out. How did he find out you ask? It was because of his power. Ben and Julia were on a hike together, and then their skin collided. Ben touched her arm, and could see Julia and his best friend together. He was so eager to find out more, so he grabbed tighter. Which scared Julia, so she pried her arm from his hands. The problem was she spun around too much, and was too close to the edge. Ben reached out to grab her, but she was already falling to her death.

Ben told Camelia this story, about Julia. And Camelia was also told about his special power. She thought it was cool, but everything became a little more clear to her. She figured out why Ben was never really in the hall during passing time, why he came into his classes later than others, and why Ben was never really around anyone. It was because he didn't want to see all those secrets people had, he didn't want to start drama for him, or for anyone. Camelia and Ben where together as a couple for a while, but than Ben couldn't do it anymore. He couldn't keep control of his power, his strength. He didn’t want her to get uncomfortable around him, and he certainly didn’t want to hurt Camelia like he did to Julia. So he broke it off with Camelia, no matter how much she meant to him. He didn’t want anything to happen to her.

Imagine if you were in Ben's position, what would you have done? Do you think he made the right choice by breaking it off with her? Or do you think he should have stayed with her and tried to work things out together?