Reaching for Normalcy by EstiRose
She sat in the office, nervously awaiting her interviewer.
He was late. They’d given her the time and place, told her to come. And now her interviewer were late. Or maybe he was late on purpose. Maybe they were observing her, even now.
She couldn’t do much more than sit there with her hands folded and try not to shake. Lisa knew it was a miracle she had gotten this far. Maybe Michael’s contact had managed to cover up that little problem with the talent show. He had promised to make her background seem as normal as possible. She had agreed. She still wished she was normal, but she was sure she would never be.
Lisa still heard the others’ voices in her head. The telepathy was a headache. She had to ignore everyone, banish their voices as best she could, with the knowledge that they were always there.
How did you break away from a group that you can never really leave? Her heart had broken when she’d stopped hanging around the rest of them. Every time her control broke down a little, she would hear them again, and it hurt to not respond, to talk to the only people who could understand her troubles. But she had made her choice.
Being different had hurt her even more. She hadn’t asked for her abilities, hadn’t asked for rogue government agents to try to kidnap her mother. She’d never stood out in a crowd. She didn’t want to. Yes, being able to teleport was nothing short of a miracle, but her miracle had come with a price. Knowing people would use her if they knew what she was. So she had to become normal.
Which, of course, is why she was joining the Watchers. Greer and Michael had told her their own adventures with the Watchers, what she might expect in joining, and what her life might be like. She could handle the secrecy. After all, hiding one’s affiliation with a secret society was nothing compared to hiding the fact that she was a Tomorrow Person.
The best thing was, she’d have support. People who understood the hardships of hiding what one really was. Not that she could tell them that she was hiding from them, too. But that was the price of being normal.
Lisa knew the others didn’t understand. Megabyte and Kevin were too dazzled about their abilities. Adam knew the value of hiding their differences from normal people, but he also tended to rely on his powers so much that he could never let them go.
But she could. She would.
And this was the first step.
She looked up as her interviewer entered.
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