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bit, partly because I hadn’t bothered to put on my coat and partly because I was definitely lying a lot. This was becoming a habit.
    “It’s already seven. It’s time to come home. You need to eat and get some rest for school tomorrow. I’ll come pick you—”
    “No! I mean. . . I’m here with some friends. We took a break for burgers a while back so I’m not hungry. And you’re the one that has to get up early to open the diner. You need your rest. I’ll get a ride home with one of the other kids. I’ll be home soon.” I knew the idea of me with friends would make her feel better.
    She calmed down but she still sounded tired. “Fine, my love. But you need your rest, too.”
    “That’s funny coming from you. You work harder than anyone I know.”
    “That’s what I’m supposed to do. I’m a mother. I love you. See you soon.”
    I said my goodbyes, hung up, and turned around to go back inside. But Audrey already was standing right behind me, wearing her coat, scarf, and gloves, and loaded down with a tote bag full of Tupperware containers.
    She had an uncomfortable look on her face and I knew she had heard my conversation. I kinda expected her to give me grief over it but all she said was “Dessert goes fast in this house. Here.” She handed me a little container of chocolate cake. “That’s my mom’s Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate cake. She wanted you to take some of it home. And she made me promise not to eat it so if anyone asks, you make sure to tell them I didn’t.”
    I opened the container. “There’s a bite taken out of it.”
    “Oh shut up and take your coat. It’s cold out here.” She handed me my coat and watched me put all my winter gear on.
    While I was getting bundled up, I said, “You’re lucky, you know?”
    “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, all of that.” I gestured up to her parents’ place. “Your family.”
    “Um. OK. Sure.” Audrey struggled to balance her leftovers. “How long has your dad been. . .” She trailed off without finishing her question.
    “Four months.” I tried not to let her hear the lump in my throat but I was sure I failed big time. Audrey nodded and looked away. I took her silence as an opportunity to finally tell her the truth. “I need you, Audrey.”
    She let out a weary sigh. “Kid. . .”
    “I need you to help me. My dad was a Super like you and your family. And he thought I was a Super, too. He wanted me to go to Super school but he didn’t get too far in the process before he died. And now I have to finish it on my own.”
    “What about your mom?”
    I shook my head. “She’s not a Super and she doesn’t know about any of this.”
    “And you can’t tell her,” Audrey finished for me.
    “Exactly. So, I’m pretty much on my own. That’s why I was so excited when I got that letter. I thought there was finally someone I could tell about my situation.”
    “But what am I supposed to do?”
    “Just walk me through the process.”
    “Penny, I don’t know if you were paying attention today,” Audrey started, “But I am not your best bet on this. I am probably the worst Super in the city.”
    “And that’s exactly why I need you. You know how to do this without being good at it. And Miss Fine says you barely have any powers.”
    “Hey I’ve got powers!” She sounded a little offended. “I can regenerate. It’s actually pretty damn cool. I’d show you again right now but I don’t want to get blood on my leftovers. I’m not that great at using them but I get the job done” .
    “Exactly. So you’ll know how to help me because. . .” I paused. The words didn’t want to leave my mouth. “Because. . .”
    “Just spit out, Kid!”
    “I don’t have any powers.”
    Audrey put her hands over her mouth in shock, dropping her bag of leftovers in the process, but I still heard her behind her gloves. “Oh, shit!”
    One time when I was little, I went to a sleepover at a friend’s house and we watched a movie called Train .