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about that kind of thing in front of Rodney. We’ll all get a Council inquiry!”
    “ You signed up to be a mentor? Why? How did you even get through the vetting process?”
    “The first thing you should teach your Little Super is not to talk about being a Super with civilians.”
    Finally, Audrey cut through all of it. “Hey, hey, HEY! I didn’t sign up! It was some mistake and this kid has been following me ever since.”
    Then she turned to me. “And never talk about Super stuff unless you know you’re among Supers.”
    “But I thought you were all Supers.”
    “We’re all Supers.” She gestured to everyone around the table. Then she pointed at the door, meaning Rodney. “He’s not.”
    “How was I supposed to know?”
    “You don’t know until you know. So unless you know, keep your mouth shut. The way you’re going, you’ll lose your license before you even get it.”
    “How could you get assigned a Little Super if you never signed up for one, Audrey?” her dad asked. “You need to go down there and get this sorted out.”
    “I did! But they won’t assign her a new Big Super until she’s done with entrance assessments to the Academy. She hasn’t even been accepted yet. She might not even get in.”
    “Hey!” I felt the panic bubbling in my stomach. “I’m definitely going to get in. Even if I have to take the tests a bunch of times. It’s very important to me. My father was a Super.” I said the last part like it would explain it explained everything but I could tell by the look on their faces that it didn’t explain anything.
    Mrs. Hart looked concerned. “Was?”
    “H-he died last year,” I stammered. “But he taught me a lot before he did. And he started the process for me to go to the Academy. And I’m going to finish it.”
    “I’m sure you are, dear,” Mrs. Hart explained. “But you should know that when someone doesn’t do well enough on the entrance assessments to go to the school, the Council does a mind wipe on them.”
    “Mind wipe?”
    “All civilians who get exposed to Super matters get wiped. Anytime someone catches a Super flying or stumbles upon the Council or accidentally gets some information they shouldn’t have, the Council sends someone to wipe any memories of it away.”
    All of my memories of being a Super involved my dad. I felt a sudden sharp pain in my chest. I didn’t want any of my memories of dad gone. They’d have to kill me to get them. “But, they can’t do that.”
    “And that’s how I know you’re not a Super yet.” Audrey said. “The Council can do whatever they want. I’m surprised your dad didn’t tell you that,” she added.
    Just then, Rodney came back. “Um, it’s not in the car, babe,” he said to Ella.
    “Oh don’t worry about it, Rodney,” Mrs. Hart said. “Let’s have some dessert. Audrey, help me with these plates.”
    And that’s when I remembered that I hadn’t called or texted my mom back. The clock over the mantle to the right said it was almost seven. I’d turned my phone off on the subway but she was probably losing her mind. “I have to make a call,” I said to the table. “I’ll be right back.”

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    “Where have you been? You missed dinner!” My mother was in full freak out mode when she answered the phone. She’d already sent me a million text messages and filled up my voicemail box.
    Reading her increasingly worried texts, I wished I could just explain that I hadn’t made it home for dinner because I had to go down to the Council headquarters to discuss some mix ups with my acceptance into the Council Academy. And then I’d followed my reluctant Big Super home to have dinner with her family. But even without the warnings from Audrey and her family inside, I knew that confessing this to my mother was the last thing I could do.
    I took a deep breath. “Mom, I told you. I’m at the library studying. I turned off my phone so I could focus and forgot to turn it back on.” I shivered a