Miss Fine stood up and she shook my hand. “I’ll see you in the fall. If you have any questions, give my office a call. After I get back, of course.” I nodded so hard I thought my head would fall off and roll across the floor.
Outside of Miss Fine’s office, I didn’t say anything. I walked down the hallway, through reception, and out into the main hallway. It was only when I walked through that door and closed it behind myself that I screamed at the top of my lungs “YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!” and burst into tears.
“I’m in! I’m in! I’m in!” I yelled, jumping around the hallway in half a dance and half spaz out. I did that until I realized I was still in an office building full of Supers and someone was bound to see me if I didn’t stop.
Now that I’d gotten control of myself, I looked down the hallway and recognized it from my dream. I didn’t know how to feel about actually having a vision come true right after I’d just faked a vision, but I settled on feeling good.
Maybe everything would work out after all.
Chapter 18
“Sooooooooo?” Downstairs, out on the street, Audrey was sitting on one of the benches that line the sidewalk, wearing sunglasses, sipping a Slurpee, and scrolling through her phone.
I pointed her Slurpee. “Isn’t it kinda cold for that.” We were both wrapped in coats, hats, and scarves.
“The stomach wants what the stomach wants, Penny.”
“I thought you weren’t coming.”
Audrey rolled her eyes. “Just because you didn’t want me to come doesn’t mean you didn’t need me to come.”
“Oh.” That seemed a thousand percent more insightful than the Audrey I’d come to know. “Well, I’m in.” I plopped down on the bench next to her and told her everything that had happened up there.
“Good job!” She gave me a gloved high five. “How do you feel?”
It took me a minute to figure out what I wanted to say. “I feel good, I guess. But now I’m going to have to go to school with other kids who actually have powers. How’s that going to work?”
Audrey shrugged. “I don’t know. I mean, I wouldn’t exactly call you powerless. You had that vision that told you about me. You had the dream about getting your handbook. Maybe you’re just a late bloomer.”
“But—” I started.
But she cut me off. “Listen, Penny, you got exactly what you wanted. There was no chance and you still made it happen. Let’s just celebrate that for a minute before we start worrying about what’s going to happen next. Besides, I’m pretty sure everything’s gonna be fine.”
I was a little shocked. That’s not what she’d been saying the whole time. “That’s the exact opposite of what you’ve been saying since I met you. Why should I believe you now?”
She shrugged again. “Don’t listen to me. I don’t know what I’m talking about.”
“But you’re my Big Super.”
For the first time, Audrey didn’t correct me. Now would have been a great time to mention that Miss Fine hadn’t said anything about assigning me a permanent Big Super. But since she hadn’t brought it up, I figured I wouldn’t, either.
Audrey just took another sip of her Slurpee. “Man, are you screwed.”
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Acknowledgements
The people who have made this book possible know exactly how much I owe them. But just so we have it in writing:
I’d like to thank my husband, Chris, first and foremost for making me food when I needed it and letting me cry when I needed to.
Thank you to my family for letting me be weird.
I’d like to thank Yo for being my fairy god-editor who saved this book from the trash and my insecurities.
Much appreciation goes to Carissa Benjamin, Tyler Lindsay, and Sarah Snyder for being my cheerleaders and guinea pigs all at the same time. (Did a picture of a guinea pig wearing a cheerleading outfit just pop into your head? No. Well it did now.)
And finally, I need to send a shout out to Batman. He knows why.
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