Hello there! It's me again. After the great response from my first three chapters, I have decided to focus more on this story than my other one for the moment. This means more chapters faster for you all. YAY! Well, enjoy the story!

A month went by, and the tutoring sessions seemed to be going better. Well, sort of. They weren't as uncomfortable with each other as they were before. Warren seemed to have less of an attitude than he did a month ago when the sessions first started. He seemed to be catching on to a lot of the different theories as well.

The tutoring sessions seemed to be second nature to Alice as well. She didn't worry about it as much as she used to. In fact, she didn't think about it outside of school at all. I wonder what mom is making for dinner… She though to herself as she walked home. She seemed more care free now that school had gotten more involved. She was, for the first time, involved in an after school activity that she enjoyed. She had discovered the school newspaper. A place where people actually liked her writing style instead of calling her a freak for it. She opened the door to her home and went onto the kitchen. Her dad was waiting there.

"You're home late." He said to her. "Any reason why?" he seemed to be upset. She couldn't imagine why.

"Yeah." She said, getting a water out of the refrigerator. "I stayed after for the newspaper. I told you that this morning." Not like I expected you to notice She thought to herself.

"Newspaper?" he said. "How is that going to help you in the real world? You're a hero Alice, not a reporter. People are supposed to write stories about you." He seemed really pissed at this point.

"What's wrong with newspaper? It's something that I enjoy! And since when do you care about what I do with my time?" she was starting to get really annoyed with her father.

"No child of mine will be on a newspaper! Why can't you be more like Will? He's popular! He's a great hero and would never do something like newspaper."

Alice was about to burst. She didn't care if her brother was going to get in trouble, "HE'S NOT A HERO!"

Her father just stared at her for a moment. "What in the world are you talking about?" he asked in disbelief. "Of course he's a hero."

"No dad, he's not. Will doesn't have his powers. They put him in with the side-kicks. All those friends he brings home are other side-kicks that he hangs out with. You're so bent out of shape about him being the next big hero that you can't even see the truth." The room was silent for a moment. She could see her father getting more and more upset. The next thing she knew, Alice felt a sharp pain across her face. Her father had smacked her across the face. Tears welled up in her eyes as she realized what had just happened. She put her hand on her cheek.

"Don't you ever talk bad about your brother again." He said.

Alice shook her head in disbelief. "I hate you." She said, the dropped her water, spilling it on the floor, and ran out the door. She ran. She didn't know where she was going, she just had to run. She eventually came to a small park. She stopped there, grabbling hold of a tree so that she didn't collapse onto the ground. It had gotten dark out. She turned so that her back was against the tree, and she slid down the trunk, sitting on the cold ground. The tears kept streaming down her face. She just wanted to disappear. She hated her father for what he said to her, she hated her brother because her parents favored him, and she hated her mother for not saying anything to her father all these years. She sat there in the dark, hoping that everything would just go away…..

Yay! Another chapter is done. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I am hoping to get the next one up within the next 24 hours while I still have the mood set in my head. Please R & R!

The next chapter: I'll Shield You from the Rain