June 4th - Little Too Cheerful

[Nailah Weaver]

"Okay, what is the problem here? And don't tell me 'nothing' because no one is this passive aggressive without a reason."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"Look, just....don't judge me, OK?

I don't like it when people judge me," she said, the smile fading.

[Nailah Weaver]

"No one is judging you, Mira. You think I never used my powers to my personal advantage? Conscious or not?"

[Altamira Vazquez]

"Of course not..."

[Nailah Weaver]

Nailah lets out a short laugh. "Want to know a secret? I knew about Sam for years. About how close we'd become."

[Altamira Vazquez]

Altamira gasped. "But...didn't you try to tell her? To call her when you found out?"

[Nailah Weaver]

"I was barely out of highschool and she a big-time superhero. Besides, at the time I was still trying to convince myself I was straight."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I don't like that. 'Straight'." she frowned. "But...." and now she whispered. "I'm not cheating.

[Nailah Weaver]

"I believe you. I didn't think you'd do it on purpose."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I'm just....helping, is all."

[Nailah Weaver]

"No one is helping the other teams though." she smiles softly.

"Well, not anymore anyway."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I'm not helping EITHER team!"

[Nailah Weaver]

"Then what is it that you're doing?"

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I'm making it fair.

You know how bad the refs are..."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Maybe... But those are the rules everyone agreed to play under."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"Now they're getting calls right! For BOTH teams. That's fair, isn't it?"

[Nailah Weaver]

"That sounds a little too 'white man's burden' don't you think?"

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I'm one of them, too, Nailah. I'm not saying I'm superior," she said, harshly. "I'm a person."

[Nailah Weaver]

"We are. But at the same time we're something a lot of them already fear is superior to them."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"You could at least be a little supportive," she muttered.

[Nailah Weaver]

"I'm not saying what you're doing is bad or unfair. But that is how they would see it."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"Well, they can go....suck an egg," she said, though not as forcefully as the words would imply.

[Nailah Weaver]

Nailah chuckles. "Sometimes, yes..."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I mean, this is objectively better!"

[Nailah Weaver]

"Not many people are all that objective about things."

"Especially not soccer." she adds with bit of an amused smile.

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I'm not doing anything wrong. NO one is. That's the point.

And no one, but you, are noticing."

[Nailah Weaver]

"And I'm glad no one did because that means we don't have to explain this to the humans. And trust me, they wouldn't care about right or wrong."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"I..think I'm done," she said, sliding her plate away.

[Nailah Weaver]

Nailah lets out a sigh.

"Look I know you're just trying to help..."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"..." she said, or didn't say, as she telekeneticaly sent her tray away.

[Nailah Weaver]

"You just know there are people out there just itching to spin this into something it's not."

[Altamira Vazquez]

"Yes. Yes, I'm used to that by now. Good day, Nailah..."

[Nailah Weaver]

Another sigh.

"Goodbye Mira."