Lauren's Pov
Mom came into my room about an hour after Andy left saying that he needed to be alone. I was sitting in my bed reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
"Lauren, there is a group of new mutants coming to headquarters soon. Do you want to help get them settled?" Mom said as she came in.
"I don't know. The last time I helped I didn't like 12 people leaving in 2 days" I said, putting down my book.
"That wasn't because of you," she said with her concerned motherly face on.
"We both know that that is a lie. They were scared of Andy and me." I said. I knew that it was true. Andy had overheard one of the mutants who had left's conversations.
Mom sighed and looked at me, "Lauren, you know it's not your fault-"
I cut her off "Don't. We can't change the past so let's just try to move on with our lives. I'll help. Just stop babying me. I know what's happening around here. Don't try to shelter me from it." I was tired of everyone being so delicate with me. Sometimes I would wish that they would just leave me alone.
I put on a pair of sneakers and brushed past Mom who was standing in the doorway and walked up the stairs to the entrance area.
The refugees were standing near the entrance and were being given supplies and clothes. Out of habit, I looked for anyone that I knew not really expecting to see anyone. Instead of not seeing anyone I saw Wes stand in the middle of the group.
"Wes," I said under my breath. My heart fluttered for a second. Why is he here? A million questions flooded through my brain. What if he knew what happened and was scared of me? I needed to find an excuse to get out of here.
I saw Andy come out of a hallway followed by Mia. They were both laughing about something. I was relieved to see Andy and have an excuse not to talk to Wes. Andy smiled at me then saw my expression and looked at Wes then back at me.
"Nope, you're on your own." He said seemingly being able to read my thoughts. He pulled Mia back into the hallway and disappeared. I sighed and shook my head, screw him honestly. I really hate Andy sometimes. I looked back at Wes and he was looking right at me.
I really wanted to run away and hide but I didn't. I pushed my emotions down and put on a smile as he walked over to me.
"Wes, hi," I said, my voice shaking a little even though I was trying to hide it.
"Lauren, how have you been?" Wes said a bit awkwardly.
"I'm ok," I said fidgeting with my hands, "So what are you doing in Philadelphia."
"Well, um, as you probably know Sentinel Services has been freaking out recently so I had to get out of the Atlanta area. They had been hitting everywhere around there really hard so I originally went to Baltimore but after a while, I decided to go a little further north." He said. That made sense.
I nervously pointed to my mom "Um, If you need anything my mom generally knows just about everything that is going on and where everything is." I said. My eyes were darting around the room, people were starting to notice me and whisper to their friends.
"I should probably go," I said biting the inside of my lip, my eyes lingering on a group of teenage girls whispering to each other and pointing at me.
He turned around and saw what I was looking at, "Oh, ok. See you later." he said waving as he walked away.
I took a shaky breath and went to go tell my mom I was bailing, I just couldn't do this. I needed to get out.
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The Darkness Ignited (The Gifted)
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