Out to get the paper

Later that morning Gerald's stepmother said,"Gerald, the delivery boy didn't bring the paper again, would you be a dear and run to the corner and pick one up?"

Gerald, still trying to shake the nightmares out of his head said, "Sure thing," and walked outside.

The warm, sunny weather helped to dispel the visions of suffering and Gerald was in a good mood by the time he reached the convience store at the end of the block. He walked up to the machine that held the newpapers and just before he reached for one, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see a stunning blonde smiling at him. She was wearing a pastel blue sun dress that was cut just low enough for Gerald to get a great view of her cleavage.

"Hi," she said "Can you tell me where Elm Street is?" Gerald **** his eyes to look at her face and said, "Yeah, you've got to go two streets down and take a left, it's kinda funny that it doesn't run parallel to the other streets, so it's easy to miss."

"Thanks a bunch!" The blonde said and walked off. Gerald stared at her as she left. Man is she hot, Gerald thought, I'd love to see what she's wearing under that dress. The blonde suddenly stopped, gave a quick glance over her shoulder, winked at Gerald, and flipped the back of her dress up to show him a pair of pink lace panties.

Gerald just blinked and stared as she got into her car and drove off. Holy crap! I can't believe she just did that, he thought as he regained his composure. He almost forgot to get the paper as he started for home.

His thoughts home were dominated by the blonde and he almost ran into Danny, the paperboy.

"Hey Danny, I just went and got a paper that you were suppose to deliver this morning. What's the deal?" The kid looked up at him and sneered, "Hey, I'll deliver the papers when I want to." He flipped Gerald the bird and started to walk off. Gerald shook his head and thought, I hope he breaks that finger.

Gerald watched as Danny took his left hand and started to bend his middle finger sideways, suddenly he hears a snap and Danny started to cry and run down the street.

What the fuck was that!? Gerald couldn't believe that that little punk did that. Then he remembered the blonde and a thought stopped his brain. Did he make them do that? He decided he should try a test. A car filled with people on their way to work drove by. Gerald thought that the car should stop and everyone should get out. In an instant, the car skidded to an abrupt halt, the doors opened, and two men and two woman got out and stood in the middle of the street.

Gerald looked at them in wonder. They should all stand on one foot, he thought. In unison each of the people rose one leg. Gerald thought, the men should kiss the women. Both men hopped over and gave the women a kiss on the cheek. The two women blushed and looked at each other in amusement. One asked the man who kissed her what that was for. The man shrugged his shoulders and got into the car, the rest followed his lead.

Gerald watched as they drive away. He has accepted the fact that he made them do that, but what was more interesting to him at the moment was how they reacted. None of them seemed to question why they stopped the car, got out and stood on one leg, but when he only directed his thoughts at the two men, the two women didn't understand why they were kissed. The men, when questioned about it, just seemed to accept the fact that it happened.

Gerald suddenly remembered what he made Danny do. The kid was a brat, but did he deserve that? Gerald walked home and sat on the steps thinking about what he should do. He could make people do anything he wanted, just by thinking about it. The obvious first thing that sprang into his mind was he could really have some fun with this power. But other thoughts jumped in as well. What if there are others like me? Should I just use this power for myself, or should I try to do more?