Short Story Class Synopsis

Alex goes to the doctors with his mother to try and cure the mysterious illness he's suddenly come down with. Some electrical faults occur in the equipment while he's there, and the doctors find that whenever the equipment goes near Alex is goes wrong. After some discussion they conclude that he has some sort of power over electricity. They become very excited when, after asking him to try and conduct an electric current, he succeeds. The doctors try to persuade his mother to let Alex be taken away for more detailed experiments to see where his electrical power came from, but she refuses outright, being very protective of her son.1

They move away (for reasons I haven't decided yet, possibly to avoid the members of the medical and scientific community that are trying to track them down) and Alex goes to a new school. It is decided that his electricity secret has to be kept a secret. He meets Harmony's gang, who quickly snap him up and show him who he should and shouldn't be friends with. At the time he doesn't know that his powers get out of control when he's scared or upset. In certain incidents he finds out that he can't control his power sometimes, and he withdraws himself from his friends, preferring to stay at home. The popular gang start to get bored with him and don't bother inviting him anywhere anymore.2

A less popular and shy girl called Fay tries to befriend him and talk to him, but he always tries to push her away because he doesn't want her to find out his secret. She always makes the effort to talk to him, and eventually the two become best friends. Gradually he begins to wonder if he should tell her about his electrical powers. What harm could it do, he wonders?3

Quite a bit. the next day, Fay starts showing the same symptoms that lead to Alex's powers developing. He begins to worry and thinks desperately what could have caused it. A few days later, she has the same powers.4