atelphobia; (n.) the fear of not being good enough.
"Why are you here? Don't know if I hadn't already made it clear -- but I don't wanna be around you."
"I was worried."
"You don't get to be worried about me. Not anymore. Not Ever."
After her kidna...
When Emma stepped into the office, she nervously stood in the lobby, gripping hold onto her bag. The Principal's secertuary glanced up when she stepped in and gave her a smile.
"Hi, sweetie," she said and Emma looked at her, "How can I help you?"
"Um, Principal M-Morita wanted to see me," she said.
"Oh, of course," the woman said before she picked up the phone next to her, pressing it up next to her ear. She pressed a button then said, "The Potts girl is here."
Moments later, the door next to her opened and an Asian man walked out, sending the girl a smile. "Ms. Potts," he said, "Welcome to Midtown High School. I would like to thank you personally for the donation Tony Stark made for you to join us..."
"He...made a donation...?" she questioned.
"Uh, yes," Morita said, "You didn't know?"
"Nope," Emma bitterly said.
"Well, we are still very excited to have you here this year," the man said, "While everyone is in homeroom, I have personally selected someone to show you and another new student around the school."
"There's another new student?" Emma asked.
"Yes," the man said, "Her name is Alex Rushmore."
Emma blinked, staring at the man with a knowing look. "Her last name is...Rushmore?" she asked and he nodded, "And Alex...as in Alexandria?"
"Yes, how did you know that?" he asked with a smile while Emma shook her head.
Dad thinks he is so smart, doesn't he? She thought.
Emma then smiled before crossing her arms. "Well, can I meet her?" she asked.
"Of course," he said before gesturing her into his office.
She quickly walked in only to stop in her place when she spotted the one and only Allie Rodgers standing in the office, looking over Principal Morita's family pictures. She wore a blue sweater, black jeans and boots, along with fake glasses, which Emma immediately knew her father had something to do with.
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A smile came across the Stark girl before she asked with a smirk, "Alex Rushmore?"
Hearing her voice, Allie slowly glanced back, her face lighting up when her eyes spotted Emma. She smiled as well before she said, "Yeah, Tony is an idiot."
At once, the girls rushed at each other, hugging each other tightly as excited squeals escaped the Stark while amused chuckles escaped the Rodgers. Principal Morita walked in as they hugged, causing him to smile. "So you know each other," he said, closing the door behind him which caused the girls to break their hug.
"Yes," Emma said, dropping her arms to her sides as Allie folded her hands together behind her back, almost standing like a secret agent waiting for orders, "We've known each other for four years. I didn't know she was joining here."
