"Yeah it does, any childhood stories I could come up with would pale by comparison I'm sure."

  She giggled, and said "I'm drown-proof too.  Of course, Dad-D never would have let me drown if I could have!"

"Wow, my dance-powers pale by comparison as well I see. Are you going to Ray's party after this?"

  Bella smiled, and said "Blame it on being the child of two paras.  Dad D and Dad E are both paras, and I seem to have gotten some of both, and a couple uniquye ones."

"Thats crazy. So whats the future like?"

  Bella shrugged, and said "A lot like now, except there's even more Paras than we have now."

"Really? Just more Paras? No flying cars? one world government? End of poverty? Bacon is now good for your heart? None of that stuff?

  Bella said "It's not THAT far off.  There really haven't been many major medical breakthroughs, but Aunt Megs does impossible things before breakfast daily."

"Damn I was looking forward to heart healthy bacon. So what are you doing after this? Ray's throwing a party at his place, his parents are on vacation..."

  Bella gave him an impish grin, and said "Grandma's waiting for me in the car.  That's who I arrived with, believe it or not . .. "  He'd seen with whom she had arrived.  Erica Masters!

"Oh, so you got curfew then?" He looked a little disappointing as he kept dancing

  Bella chuckled, and said "Technically, yes, I'm fifteen.  But since it's Grandma that brought me, Dads can't say much about how late I stay out.  If Grandma has no problems with you giving me a ride on your Harley . . . we can go to this party you keep mentioning."

"Hey its chill if you can't just don't can't let you vanish on me. It seems all the gorgeous ones end up takin off after one night."

  Bella shook her head, and said "Oh, I'm not planning to disappear.  I'm going to be around for a while."

"Good." He said and with that there was little else to say so he just focused on dancing. The dj actually wasn't half bad.

  Bella danced with him, and she offered him her hand as the floor got particularly crowded.  She said archly "Bet you I can get us to the balcony that's blocked off so we can dance, if you want?"

He smiled taking her by the hand. "Just be gentle with me, I'm delicate." He said with that movie star smile.

  She held onto his hands, and a moment later, they both rose, and she landed them lightly on the balcony, where they had plenty of space to dance.

MOre than a few kids gawked at the flying teenagers but none of the teachers seemed to notice. Once they reach the balcony the dj takes the opportunity to play a slow song.

  Bella grinned, and said "I love flying.  IF I sleep, that's how I do it.  Floating midair."

"Must be sweet, not having to worry about a license or traffic laws." He said as he stepped forward placing his hands on her hips as the music slowed.

  Bella chuckled, and admitted "Oh, it can be very handy.  But there's also the problem of not fitting in too.  People expect you to get a license and a car, eventually."  She arched an eyebrow at him, and asked, a little shyly "Don't you like riding motorcycles?"

"Oh don't get me wrong I love my bike, I love the feel of the wind, the freedom it gives me, the rush. But I can only imagine how much better it would be in the air."

  Bella smiled, and said "It's sort of like when you swim, too.  You can move in any direction, not just on a level plane.  But I've never been a 'normal' kid.  Sort of expected, with two para Dads."

"Normal's overrated anyway. I already told you, different is exciting."