Cecelia's Emotions: A Narrative Fiction

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I listened intently as Cecelia speak about her day, and then took a sip of her tea. She seemed like she was thinking about something else, but then she chimed in again. "How did you know I was nervous? Is it true you could control emotions? I had heard that you could feel and manipulate emotions, but we never talked much before, so I did not know if it was true." I gave her another smile as I replied, “Yes, it is true, that is my ability. I can’t really use it all the time though, it’s pretty exhausting for me,” I observed Cecelia some more, it looked like she was starting to feel sick. “Are you sure you’re feeling alright?” I started to feel sick as well since I was using my ability, and I could feel a sharp headache coming on. It wasn’t

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