S.L.McGinnis

The Lessons of Magik

Yorklyn City Her thumb hovered over the green button on her cell phone screen, and she clicked her tongue. Electricity buzzed overhead and she felt her skin tingle as she stared down at the name. Ryan Wilson. She had constructed a simple, yet elegant text asking for his assistance in tutoring, but she couldn’t seem to make her thumb press ‘send’. Kara sat there and stared at it as the words stared back at her from the lit-up screen. It screamed desperation. She was willing to take anyone as a companion if she texted him.