Freshman Sidekick by Ron Tucker

Author:Ron Tucker [Tucker, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

16

“I can’t believe this!” Mr. Mimic yells, slamming his fist onto a table. I’ve been on the tail end of one of his disciplinary rants before, but Pete, who’s sitting right next to me, jumps in his seat. “Do you know how irresponsible that was?”

We’re in the main control room, sitting at one of the smaller tables. Mimic continues to shake his head in disappointment, waiting for my answer. Granite, a superhero from another city, works at the main control desk, making me feel even worse that he’s hearing everything.

“No, I know. I tried to talk him out of it,” I counter.

“Hey!” Pete yells at me.

“No, this is on you.” Mimic points at me. If he had heat vision activated, his eyes would be glowing. “You don’t take civilians out for a joy ride during missions. What if something happened?”

“But it was just a jewelry store robbery. I wasn’t even going to—”

“A jewelry store robbery where the thieves had hygal ammunition. Why do you think I was there? Once police outside saw the glowing guns, the Alliance got called in.”

“Yeah, but I didn’t know they had that.”

“It’s true, Mr. Mimic,” Pete speaks up, his voice cracking. “I wanted to go with him. I thought it’d be an easy thing.”

“It could’ve been a jay-walker, it doesn’t matter. Not only did you put someone in danger, but let’s point out the elephant in the room. You told him your secret identity?” Mimic stands there, mouth open, staring at me like he doesn’t even recognize me. “How reckless can you get?”

“But I didn’t mean—”

“Robbie, it doesn’t matter what you mean or don’t mean to do. You know how dangerous this is. What could possibly be going through your mind—”

“I’m sorry!” I explode out of my chair.

Silence falls over the room. Pete’s eyes pop open at my defiance, and Mimic stands calm, waiting for me to either apologize or elaborate. Granite’s head snaps in my direction, and I catch his expression, staring at me like I’m crazy. I decide to at least try and explain my mindset, and why Pete knows everything now.

I run my hand through my hair in frustration. “I’m sorry, okay? Craig ambushed me. I just waltzed in there, not thinking, and he caught me off guard. I didn’t mean to teleport into Pete’s room, it just happened. I’ve bailed on him time and again over the summer, and Craig knows who he is. It was the first thing I thought of, and I guess my subconscious kicked in.”

Glancing over at Pete, I watch as he gives me a thankful smile.

“I know I screwed up and I’m still beating myself up about it. And if all that isn’t enough, I broke up with my girlfriend.” Letting out a long, deep sigh, my head drops. “I’m sorry, Mimic.”

Pete sits there, motionless. He might be giving me a reassuring grin, but I don’t have it in me to look over at him. I feel like everything I’ve done this week is wrong, and it’s worse that Mimic is letting me have it in front of my best friend.

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