I13DT - Fessing Up

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 12:20 pm

A contrite and somewhat worried Miranda was sitting outside Nailah's office, waiting for her office hours to start.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:22 pm

"Miranda." Nailah says, somewhat surprised as she walks up to her office. "Is everything alright?" she asks as she unlocks the door.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:24 pm

"I... um... I got in some trouble," she says, looking down at the floor.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:28 pm

"What kind of trouble?" she asks, opening the door to let Miranda in. "Because here that can range from 'I cheated on a math test' over 'I snuck off on a jet to the Savage Land' to 'I'm cursed by an ancient spider cult'."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:32 pm

"I got into a fight in the cafeteria."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:34 pm

"Okay, fair enough. That happens. Why?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:37 pm

"They were hassling me about taking too long and then one of them called me 'fat' and the other one teased me about being 'coddled by Weaver'... whatever that means. She explained later what being a teacher's pet meant."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:51 pm

"That was rather uncalled for." she says without elaborating on whether she means Miranda lashing out or the hassling.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 2:00 pm

"I know. I shouldn't have done it."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 2:05 pm

"No, you shouldn't have. Not that what they did was much better, but that doesn't excuse it. I won't ask you to apologize to them, because that's just cruel, but I can't let you go entirely unpunished."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 2:06 pm

"Miss Kaltiera already put us in detention," she said with a hopeful 'please don't add to it' note.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 2:11 pm

"Well, that takes care of that then, doesn't it?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 2:18 pm

"I suppose," she said, fidgeting. "I don't really know why I did it. They just made me... angry."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 3:15 pm

"I think you might still be reeling a bit from what's going on in your psyche."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:55 pm

"Maybe..." She looked at her feet as if she was seeing through the floor. "I guess I'm afraid that maybe putting my head back together wasn't a good idea. What if I was a bad person before... you know?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:57 pm

"I do understand that. But even if you were, you've been given a new start. And the fact that you even worry about this is a good sign too, don't you think?" she smiles.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:30 pm

"I don't know," she said, taking a seat, a series of actions that might be third or fourth on the list of actions Nailah expected her to take. "I want to know more about me and I don't."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:38 pm

Nailah puts her hand to her forehead, closing her eyes for a moment as Miranda goes out of sequence to her precognition.

"Just... let it happen naturally. All your classmates are trying to figure out who they are as well. Try to focus on who you are now and not on what that means for who you might have been."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:46 pm

Miranda noticed the gesture, but jumped to the wrong conclusion, "Am I being a bother?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:08 pm

"What? Oh, no no. I'm just having a hard time predicting you right now. You're jumping ahead and it's throwing me off. You sat down before you were supposed to and now I'm out of synch with everything."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:09 pm

Miranda got really really still. "Okay, let me know when I'm back in synch."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:18 pm

Nailah closes her eyes again and takes a deep breath, clearing her mind and opening her eyes again.

"Okay, it should be good now."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:22 pm

"Okay, sorry about that," she said. "I didn't mean to do it."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:29 pm

"It's alright. It's interesting that you could."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:32 pm

"Well, there were several possibilities, I just picked one."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:39 pm

"Interesting. That's better than being stymied by the possibilities like you were before."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:40 pm

She thought about that for a moment, "I wasn't trying to figure out which was right though. I just picked one."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:47 pm

"Also called making a choice." she chuckles. "It is possible to overthink these things sometimes."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:54 pm

"I didn't see the part where you got out of synch though."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:00 pm

"It's hard to predict a failure to correctly predict something. It's like trying to stand between two mirrors and trying to find the point where the reflections end."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:32 pm

She looked thoughtful for a moment. "This is hard."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:44 pm

"Don't fret it too much. It shouldn't be too much of an issue with other people."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:46 pm

"Okay, I'll try not to."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:49 pm

"And do try not to let others provoke you like this, hmm?" she says, resisting the urge to ask who won.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:24 pm

"I'll try. Wayne makes it hard though."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:02 pm

"I know some of your classmates are..." ...little shits... "...difficult but try not to sink to their level."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:06 pm

"I'll do my best." She stood up, "Going back to the library for more books now. I've been reading about the Egyptians, but I want to read about the Greeks now."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:28 pm

"Looking for something that resonates with you?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:30 pm

She nodded, "I've picked up a couple of ideas, but I don't want to make my mind up yet."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:42 pm

"Well, keep me informed." she smiles. "And stay out of trouble."

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