underneathfineincisions:
"I’m positive. Besides, when have I ever let you down?" That’s a rhetorical question by the way, please don’t answer it. They’re outside now, the cool air a gentle reminder of the ongoing winter. She gives him a friendly nudge, ”trust me, anyone who wants to slap a toe tag on you has to go through me first.” Not that she’d able to put a serious defense, considering the fact she’s only a high school kid, but she’d try. "The most we’d have to worry about is asbestos— Kidding. I’m totally kidding. There is no asbestos in the building.”
“They'd probably get through you in seconds."
He's kidding. Sort of. Alex means well but she wouldn't be able to stop whatever came his way. She wasn’t in any danger, not really. Unless they tagged her via association. But she wasn’t the one who suddenly had freaky powers. It was only a matter of time before the word ‘mutant’ got thrown around. And then the situation would really go downhill, devolving into some b-rated movie plot from a superhero movie.
“There better not be. That’d be pretty bad. — And while we’re on track, tell me you’ve skated before. Or am I gonna get a sick laugh out of this? I got my phone with me, you know. I will take photos.”
