The oddest thing...

[xp_olaris]

I just got a phone call from my mother. Apparently this girl at my old school manifested today and for some reason the principal called my mom to come talk to the girl and her mom.

Now I'm supposed to call this girl and reassure her that this isn't the end of the world.

Anyone have any idea about what I should tell her?

Comments

Re: Going out on a limb here, but...

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

Very few 13 year olds react well to that idea.

...my god, you're skinny then. This is not a fair thing to tell me when I'm 5 timezones away and can't FEED you.

Jamie! Rahne! Dani! Someone feed him for me!

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

I've tried offering to cook! He ate leftovers out of the fridge instead!

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

Please, my heart, I can't take hearing these kinds of things!

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

I'm . . . sorry?

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

I probably should have said I'm answerable to Lorna for the school's average body-mass index. :)

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

And those of us who are content with our not-skinny-it's-wiry body masses scoff at you!

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

You need to be fed too! You try to poison yourself when you feed yourself. I've seen it.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Hey, take it up with my Supreme Overlord in Hawaii. I'm just the messenger.

Re: Going out on a limb here, but...

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

You're right. "The worst has already happened" isn't necessarily much help when you're 13. Jamie's suggestion was a good one, though. The sooner she starts finding a way to productively apply the power, the faster she can come to terms with it.

And I'm fed here. I just came like this, that's all . . .

Re: Going out on a limb here, but...

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

I'll try to concentrate on that with her. ...My mother just emailed me. This could be a little more complicated for her than I thought. Drat.

I have a Thing about people being fed. Ask anyone.

Re: Going out on a limb here, but...

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

Complicated?

Re: Going out on a limb here, but...

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

I don't really want to say since it's a privacy issue but...yeah. Chances are she has image issues as it is. Or at least other kids like her that I went to school with did.

Re: Going out on a limb here, but...

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, let's not violate the privacy issues on a public forum, then -- but I agree, that may make it a little more complicated. Still, he-said-she-said isn't always reliable. Who knows, maybe she'll surprise you. You've got time to sound it out, as long as you're stuck being the welcome-wagon to mutancy.