After Some Research

I had taken a week to research mutant and mental abilities, as well as a few basic principles of hypnosis. It was finally time to try out my powers for real.

I still hardly believe it but I've got actual superpowers! I shouldn't get ahead of myself, but I think today's gonna be fun

As had become normal for me, I avoided eye contact throughout my morning classes. At lunch however, I was ready to see what I could do. I sat down across from Grace, a girl in my math class.

God her lips look so soft. I wonder how they'd feel wra–

"Oh uh..Connor, what's up?" Grace interrupted my daydreaming

"Oh nothing much just, how are you...doing..."

I looked into her eyes on reflex and soon they were empty. I grinned at the success of my newfound power, but had to decide what to suggest quickly.

Nothing too drastic, but it's gotta be something easy to check—preferably enjoyable.. I suppose I'll start with something subtle, to make a foundation, and then comes the fun stuff

"Grace, can you hear me?"

"Yes.." she replied monotone

I blinked, glancing at her lips momentarily, but the trance held just fine.

"Grace; when you awaken, you won't remember being entranced, or anything while you were hypnotized. You will forget everything after I sat down. Do you understand?"

"...Yes... Forget..."

"Good. Now Grace; you think I'm a nice guy, and you want to get to know me better. That's right, isn't it?"

"Yes.."

"And in order to get to know me better, you're going to–"

I flinched as the intercom came on, breaking the trance as well. More annoying and somewhat concerning was me being called to the office.

Thank God I started with the forgetfulness. Guess I'll pick this up tomorrow. Unless they know. Shit, if someone found out I'm screwed

"What's that about?" Grace asked

"No clue. At least I wasn't hungry today" I replied being mostly honest

I made my way to the front office going over the past week or two in my head, searching for anything I did wrong, trying to figure out what was going on. All I could think of was the cafeteria situation, which just happened. Arriving at the office I tried to calm down, figuring that whatever I was called for wasn't necessarily bad.

The vice principal, Mrs. Reagan, lead me back to her office. Inside were two strangers who looked barely older than me; a slim athletic guy wearing weird red sunglasses, and a beautiful girl with fiery red hair. Mrs. Reagan explained they were from a special private school that had scouted me, but it was hard to pay attention without making eye contact or staring at the perfect body I'd just laid my eyes on. Mrs. Reagan asked if I was listening, to which the guy cut in.

"I'm sure he's paying attention Mrs. Reagan, this is just a lot to take in. I'm Scott, by the way."

"And I'm Jean" They both put out their hands

"Nice to meet you both." I nodded shaking their hands, but still didn't risk looking at their faces.

"If you'd like, we can take you to your house to explain all the details? It's quite a unique school so it might take a while to answer all your questions." Jean said, apparently picking up on my apprehension