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Cassidy stopped outside of The Cat's Cradle, rocking back and forth on her heels and trying hard not to call her sister [@Framing A Moose] for backup.  She was to meet someone here.  Someone who would no doubt be mean to her.  On purpose.  She bit her lip slightly, worrying it back and forth between her small, white teeth.

When she had received the call from her childhood bully a week ago she had completely freaked out.  After all, they hadn't seen each other in years! What could Melany even want? But instead of facing up to her fears and answering no to the possibility of meeting up at The Cat's Cradle she found her lips moving to form a yes.  What was she thinking?

She breathed in deep and purposely flipped her phone so that the only incoming calls she would receive would be from Melany.  Cassidy shifted her light brown leather shoulder bag and headed inside, the subtle scent of alcohol hitting her.  She didn't drink but she settled onto a bar stool anyway.  Right in front of a handsome, bad boy esque bar tender [@TwelveOf8] that other girls would've probably started batting their eyelashes at.  
[color=crimson]"Could I have some sparkling water please?"[/color] She would've liked a mug of hot chocolate way better but this was a bar and it wasn't that cold out anyways. 
She glanced at her phone.  She was 30 minutes early.  A sigh escaped her lips as she leaned on the counter and put her head down onto her folded arms, brown-black hair spilling everywhere.  

If only she had a forcefield to protect her from verbal insults. That would be nice.  A small cage covering her easily broken heart.  Her phone vibrated with texts, none of which actually involved her.  Group texts between all of her school friends.  They were excited to meet up and see each other again.  Normally, she would've been furiously sending emojis with all of them but there was too many things on her mind and too many thoughts weighing down on her.  

What was the use of a power if you couldn't use it to protect your heart?