Fresh Start

Chapter 3

Of course that incident during your very first hours in Central City had consequences. You told Thea what happened that same night and, of course, she ended up telling Oliver in no time. As a result, your voicemail was full of messages of a really angry, worried and protective older brother who threatened with showing up in Central City and taking you back with him if you didn't call him back in less than 12 hours.

Talking him out of that threat in the morning wasn't easy at all but somehow you managed to calm him down after being with him on the phone for more than an hour. You really appreciated his concern but there were times when you just wanted to kick his ass. Especially when his overprotection caused you to be late for your first day at journalism school.

You were lucky your teacher was a nice mid-age woman. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been allowed to walk in the class. The first subject was actually pretty interesting. They were going to teach how to write a proper article, what register you had to use and which one you couldn't, which were the right words according to the topic. They were going to teach you how to write. What you didn't expect was to have work to do by the time the class had finished.

"I want an article about the topic you chose concerning Central City. It can be about projects the Mayor is carrying out, shops opening, metahumans, crime...whatever you chose is ok. Just remember: adjust your register, your language and state your sources. You have a week. Thank you and I see you on Wednesday" she explained while she took her papers.

The rest of the classes were as interesting as the first one and you couldn't wait to see what this degree had to offer but you were already loving it. Lucky for you, the only work you had to do so far was writing that article and you had a week. Your way back home, all you could think about was topics to write about and you couldn't come up with any good one.

It took you a time to find a parking spot and when you did, you went straight to Jitters to have lunch since you still didn't have time to buy groceries and didn't feel like doing it. When you finally had your lunch and a table to sit, you took out your laptop and started doing some research on the city while you called Thea.

"Hey! How was your first day?" She asked the moment she picked it up.

"Great! I already love it" you smiled with enthusiasm. "But I already have work to do and I honestly don't know where to start" you said.

"What is it about? Maybe I can help" she suggested. Soon you told her what the class was about and what you had to do, hoping she could really help you out on this one.

"And I don't know what I can talk about. When the teacher started talking about writing an article, I immediately thought about writing it about Oliver, you know? I can get an interview with the Mayor of Star City" you laughed. "But then she said it had to be about Central City" you sighed scrolling down the screen in search for some inspiration.

"I would do it about metahumans" she said right away. You frowned at the answer.

"I'm not really interested in them" you commented.

"But people is! It's an article people would read. Normal people with super powers? C'mon!" She exclaimed.

"Well you have a point..." you said as you typed 'metahumans' and searched for it. "I would definitely have information" you added as you saw all the results.

"And I'm sure you can even go to the police and ask someone there. They must have an expert or something like that" she told you.

"I guess..." you whispered. "Actually yes, maybe I can do it about metas" you nodded to yourself. "Thanks Thea, you're a love" you said.