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Chapter 5 - chapter 5

I used to only get flashes when I made a decision.

Like standing at a crossroads—left or right, speak or stay quiet, act or wait—and boom, my brain would show me what happened next.

But now?

They're just… happening.

No trigger. No choice.

This morning, I was brushing my teeth, and suddenly I saw myself dropping the cup.

Two seconds later? My hand slipped.

Yesterday, walking to class, I saw a locker slam shut in front of me—saw myself flinch before it even happened.

And today during lunch?

I saw Jin trip over someone's backpack.

Didn't even see it before he did it—just as he did.

Like my brain was watching alongside everyone else.

That's not how this works.

I don't see things as they happen. I see them before .

So what's changing?

Every time I try to ask myself that, all I get is a headache and that weird, staticky noise in the back of my skull.

Familiar.

Almost like someone's trying to tune into a radio station that doesn't exist anymore.

The worst part?

Lena wasn't even near me today.

I haven't said two words to her since our hallway chat.

But the glitches? They're not stopping.

If anything, they're getting worse.

Today after gym class, I got another flash.

Except it wasn't about me.

It was about a girl I barely know—Ava, from my English class.

In the vision, she was crying. Standing alone by her locker.

Then she turned, looked straight at me, and whispered something I couldn't hear.

I blinked.

Back in reality, she was laughing with her friends like nothing was wrong.

Still, I couldn't shake the image.

Something's off.

Not just with me.

With everything.

And I'm starting to think—

Maybe I didn't break my power.

Maybe it broke on its own .

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