Alice waited impatiently for an answer, praying he would agree with her. Why couldn’t this be a group project? That way she could for once sit quietly and not participate, only occasionally throwing in small comments. Sure it would probably get her a worse grade than if she did it herself, high schoolers could be so lazy, but it would be well worth it.

And then he did the worst thing possible- suggest they keep it. Alice was about to dismally slump back into her chair and accept defeat when Lucas added the most peculiar comment. [i] “I mean, it's a pretty cool topic, don't you think? These people are, like, modern-day superheroes, straight out of the comic books.”[/i]

The girl stared at him, tilting her head to the side a bit. “You really think so?” she finally asked, scooting to the edge of her chair to get a look at his paper again. “I’m not sure the teach will agree,” she laughed, reading over the questions. “That might hurt our grade, but I suppose we could fight for it. It is all opinion, and the media has certainly made theirs clear.” Why couldn’t they as well? “Hm, that first part. Do you know any psychics?” That would be the tricky part in all this.