We Will See About That

I understand why you are here

Aby chased me after theology class. She was excited but I wasn't. I have to attend group therapy with my parents and it will not go well. Mom is going to go on about she is unappreciated. Dad is gonna talk about how he is losing money so he appreciates my absence because mom won't have someone to go shopping with. When it will be my turn it will turn for the worst. I won't have nice things to say about them. Dad's new habit of grinding his teeth and continuous spitting and always yelling at me about mom's bad habit of hoarding, and associating me with hoarding when I am an advocate against it. Mom and her need to find out about people so she can be the first to inform others of the news. She will empty a place for the sake of emptying and almost immediately plan what to fill it up with something else. Mom has the nastiest attitude, she will happily scream about my shortcomings in public without batting an eyelash but dad has the dictionary on bad language words. All in all, I will leave the session crying but the therapist will understand why I want to stay here than be at home. If I put in a little bit of an effort he will make sure I stay here till I am old enough to disappear. I explained to Aby and left for the session. And it turned out exactly as I hoped, a catastrophe. But I got my wish to remain here till I was eighteen.
My parents left and he pretended to give me my meds. He extended the tiny cup and immediately withdrew it. He tipped it into the trash and told me to enjoy the rest of the week. He gave me a wink and reached for his notes about me. He sat down and scribbled something and asked me to ask Debra the girl in my fencing class to come in. She is a basket case and a cutter. I walked to see Debbie looking at me with eyes that say she understands how I feel. I sniffled and gave her a nod.
I walked to the bathroom between hiccups and sniffles. I wiped my face with my sleeve and put up a brave face as I walked forward. I needed a shoulder to cry on but that will have to wait till I washed my face. I kept my head down so I didn't know that my friends were waiting for me. Until I bumped into them. I looked up to see Ben and I just lost control. I clutched his shirt and cried. He hugged me and stroked my hair. Aby took over and soon I was in Dimitri's arms. They heard everything that mom and dad said. They finally understood why I chose to be here of all places.
To distract me they engineered a little private picnic where I could show off a little. The forest was always the safest bet, for many reasons. The first reason the place is constantly foggy. The second kids come here to get high. And many more other reasons. Also, this is a school for delinquents which means smartphone or cellphone is sent back to the parents the day you arrive here. This means even if you use your gifts no one can record them. The downside is the Feds are constantly visiting and if the students discover why they visit, they might cooperate for a lighter sentence. So I would have to sense my way around for trouble before then we settled down. I told them we should do it during lunch period because I would be able to should be able to show off. This made them smile and we scattered to our schedule. Dimitri and I had the pool session. He promised to teach me how to swim.