Just one lie

"Yes." she said, and then, for good measure, "I don't know what my power is."

He smiled, believing her without any doubt. Even though it was her ability, she was shocked at how easy it seemed. "Alright. So, Ashley, do you want to enroll in the Xavier Institute?"

Ashley nodded vigorously.

"Wonderful. I'll explain things to your parents. Do they know about your-?" she shook her head, and he trailed off. "Alright, they'll think the Xavier Institute is just an ordinary college."

He smiled, and she felt guilty about lying to him with her power. She wished there was some way she could repay him, aside from using her talent to steal a bunch of money for him or something, but she couldn't think of anything. He had been so nice to her, she reflected as he talked to her mom, and she had betrayed him, and her principles. Maybe, she hoped, when she got to the Institute, she would think of something.

Soon, she was stepping out of the airport with her bags. Scott had assured her and her parents that almost everything would be provided by the school, but she still had a few large bags of things. She had been surprised at how easy it was to convince her parents, but it turned out that while the Xavier Institute's recruitment policy was strange, the school actually seemed relatively legitimate, although her mother probably was just happy that she had gotten into any college at all.

She looked around, and saw someone holding a sign with her name on it, and headed over.