[ WP ] You 've been able to read minds since you turned 7 . Mostly you watch people 's thoughts passively and undetected but one day someone talks back .

I was calmly reading a book on the park bench one day when I heard someone running down the park trail. I looked up and saw a middle aged couple jogging down the trail, sweat sweeping down their faces and falling off their cheeks. I saw their earbuds, and immediately went back to reading my book, trying to tune out the god-awful music that they were listening to. 
 
 `` What the hell kind of music are they playing,'' I heard someone think. I turned around and saw some girl by the water fountain. 
 
 `` If only you knew,'' I thought, immersing myself back into my novel. 
 
 `` I bet you do n't even know the name of the song.'' 
 
 I turned around again. The girl was staring directly at me, with the most blank face ever. We must have been staring at each other for hours, it seemed, trying to figure each other out, but being careful not to think at all, the same way that people stop breathing when they are next to someone attractive. At last, she stopped staring at me and walked off, and I went back to my book, almost as if nothing happened. But something did happen, and I ca n't get back into reading my book, until at last I think loudly, `` WHO ARE YOU?'' I immediately get stares from every direction, including the girl. I did n't think those words, I shrieked them. I jump off the bench and immediately ran off, trying to put as much distance between me and the park, but not without tripping over myself, securing my impression with everyone at the park and this girl as a maniac.
