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"Floating"

Believing is often a difficult thing for our minds to comprehend. Often times we need the right push in order to fully commit ourselves into believing something that might sound ridiculous to the average person. However sometimes, the most out there event presents itself to just the right person to fall under its spell.

I looked at my poster on the far wall, it belonged to a band I'd listened to for the last few years, their name was The Silver Pelicans. I so desperately wanted to listen to their latest record but couldn't afford it. I needed a job but had no idea what I should do to make money.
Then something clicked with me, I could do the cheap thing and sell stuff online, surely that would make me enough money to buy what I wanted.
I logged on a website that was known for selling things and created an account. Shortly after doing so, I looked around my room for something to sell. I knew my old laptop I never use would make me a decent amount. I was about to snap a picture of it with my phone when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye.
I looked over to where I saw the thing moved and realized it was a lamp. It was floating by itself, not a single thing holding it up. I stared in shock and amazement at it. I heard my mom downstairs call to me, saying dinner was done. It broke my concentration from the lamp for long enough to see it fall to the ground, crashing and breaking.
My mom called back up to me, asking what that sound was. My reply was I tried catching something but it broke. I couldn't think of anything clever, but that was what came out of my mouth? I ran with it and went downstairs to endure the yelling my mother had for me.
To my surprise, when I came downstairs she was silent. Why was she so quiet? I asked her if she was going to yell at me and she asked, "Why would I yell at you?"
"Because I broke something?" I replied. "I told you that's what the noise was."
"What noise? I don't remember a noise." She replied.
I was about to fight her on the issue but out of the corner of my eye I saw our dog floating. The dog was shocked and struggling against the invisible hands that lifted it from the ground. I turned my attention back to my mom to tell her but my concentration on the dog was broken and he was gently put on the ground. At least that's what I hoped.
I went back up to my room after I ate the dinner my mom had cooked for us. Was that me causing the random things to float?
After shutting the door to my room, I tried making the laptop I was going to take pictures of float, and sure enough it did. Huh, so I had powers?
I had a stupid yet brilliant idea. If I can make things float, maybe I can make myself float. I opened up my bedroom window and stood on my roof. I laid down flat on my stomach and got into a superman pose. I thought really hard and suddenly I was floating. I moved myself forward, away from the roof. I found myself hovering high in the sky.
I tried getting across the street, but the sound of a car's horn honking broke my concentration. I fell and cracked my head on the pavement.
        (This story was very rushed)

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