"Hello mother." I said swinging the grand white door open to our apartment. "I couldn't get the coffee. I panicked a little. I'm still not used to the city stree-"
I glanced up and saw my mother sitting on the couch and an unfamiliar man leaning on the window, looking down at the busy streets I just walked through.
I tipped my head and walked over to her. "I'm sorry, I didn't know we were expecting a guest." I said straightening up my posture.
"Blake, honey. We would like to run a couple of things by you." She said, patting the seat next to her.
Honey?
I kept my eyes on the man by the window and slowly walked over to the couch. When I sat down, he finally turned.
His suit was perfectly pampered and his overall structure looked expensive. The man had an eyebrow raised as he watched me.
I played with my hands and bit the inside of my lip. A million things were running through my head as he examined me and I examined him.
Finally, he broke the silence.
"Well since she hasn't already, and no one has asked, I'll introduce myself." He walked over and sat directly in front of me on the coffee table. "Tony Stark. Don't bother telling me who you are, because I already know."
I tipped my head and felt a pit in my stomach. Already know?
"Blake, can I call you Blake?" I nodded. "Right. Let's cut to the chase. I know all about you. Not the things you eat on a Sunday morning, no... I know all of the important things to know." He said simply.
My breath started getting uneven as he continued to speak. This man who I have never seen before, comes to me and says he knows me? How? Did my mother contact him? Did I do something wrong?
Mother put her hand on my knee and rubbed it. I jumped at her alarming touch and looked at her as if she was a different person. In no circumstances ever, would she show any affection towards me. So now, I know something is really wrong...
"What Mr. Stark is trying to say here, is that there is a place you can go. A place where you can control your... oddities or hopefully even remove them." She explained.
"Remove them?" I thought to myself.
"No, no." Tony interrupted. "Yes I want to take you to a place. But a safe place. Somewhere where you can enhance your abilities," He glances at my mom. "Where I would be taking you, is kind of like a camp. You can learn what you are and not necessarily how to control your gift, but rather use it."
I was definitely intrigued by this proposition, but there was still the fear of how he knew about me.
For all my life, I have known to keep myself inside, don't get to close to the window, don't leave the house, and definitely no accidents.
I took deep and long breaths as they continued their conversation. The spoke to each other about me like I wasn't even there...
"Mr. Stark, that is not what you told me over the phone. You said you would fix her, not make her more capable of-"
"Fix?" I whispered to myself.
"You're right. I did tell you something different, but if I would have told you what I wanted to say over the phone, you would have never let me in. I tell you what you want to hear, so I can say what I want to say. It's as easy as that." He shrugged.
