Taking steps (Macie)

[Anthy Blacksmith]

It was about that time, wasn't it? Time for her to give in, to accept something she had been kind of running away from for the last two years? It was time for her to stop trying to just learn how to suppress her power and learn how to use it. Maybe that would help her keep from having so many accidents. Maybe it would keep her from hurting anyone ever again. It hadn't been so bad when she had been the only one that had been getting burned but when Matt had gotten caught up in it... It had become unacceptable.

"Mrs Wyatt?"

It was more of to get her attention than to see if the woman was there. Anthy knew she was there. Well, she was sitting right there at the desk so how could she miss her?

The girl tugged at her sleeves a little to cover the bandages that were peeking out. Quite uncharacteristically, she was wearing long sleeves and long pants today. It was so strange, and a little uncomfortable, but it was better than flashing bandages everywhere. The fact that she looked like she had a bit of a sunburn in the places where she hadn't burned as badly was already enough to make her a bit self conscious.

"I think I might be ready. Ready to start learning how to use this, I mean." She said softly, smiling a little.

Why was it she spoke so fluently to the woman when she was so stammery and shy with most other people? Well, the two of them had history together, them both being bio-luminescent and all. They were both shy in the beginning, but the woman had been here a year. A year had been more than long enough for them to get to know each other. It was to where they were even on a first name basis. Anthy had just slipped back to calling her by Mrs Wyatt due to the feeling of the moment.

[Macie Wyatt]

Macie was diligently adding things to her to-do list when a blonde head poked in the door. "Anthy," she said with a smile, as she caught sight of the young girl. It'd been a while since she'd seen her, mostly because Anthy was having trouble wanting to learn how to use her power, and rather than pushing her, Macie found that she'd eventually left it up to her, she'd told her to come by when she was ready, that she would be waiting. She saw a lot of herself in Anthy. In the stammering, the unsure wavering of her step. It brought Macie back, perhaps not to the good times in her life, but to accepting who she was. Anthy needed to do the same, but Macie also understood how hard it was to do.

She was so pleased that Anthy came by, though she could tell she was incredibly nervous given the fact that she wasn't calling her by her first name. Macie didn't very much liked to be called 'Miss Wyatt' as it made her sound dignified or professional and she merely just saw herself as a person. She set down her tablet on her desk and paid attention to her trainee. "I'm so pleased to hear that," she said, clapping her hands together. "Would you like to sit down? Talk about it?"

[Anthy Blacksmith]

Anthy bit her lip even if the woman seemed to be pleased about her decision. This... this wasn't easy for her. But, it kind of had to be done. She couldn't risk another flashplosion. She didn't want to hurt anyone again. Anthy was the same kind of girl that felt guilty when she swatted a fly rather than letting it outside, so of course it tore her up inside to know that she had hurt someone she had cared about. That things could have turned out a lot, lot worse had she not pushed away in time or if they hadn't been at the pool when it had happened.

The girl was silent and wrapped up in her thoughts and guilt some before pulling herself out of it and nearly blushing at how rude she had almost been. As she was asked on if she wanted to take a seat, she shifted slightly. Anthy wasn't really sure on if she did, seeing how it wouldn't exactly be comfortable. But, it would be a bit awkward if she didn't wouldn't it?

"I think I might do that." She said with a tiny smile before taking a seat near the desk.

"I kind of had an accident... And I don't want it to happen again. I'm terrified of it, actually, Macie. And I'm sorry I didn't try to learn sooner, as I think that's why it happened." She said, fidgeting with the hem of her shirt some and not quite making eye contact.

[Macie Wyatt]

Macie smiled as Anthy took a seat. It was really nice that Anthy had come to her. Maybe they could finally make some progress. After all, Macie was a firm believer that training wouldn't work until the student wanted to train, to become better at their power. It seemed that Anthy was finally taking that much needed step.

"Slow down," she told the blonde girl soothingly as the started to go on, avoiding actually looking at her. "What happened?" They needed to start with that. She was already putting so much guilt on herself.

[Anthy Blacksmith]

She shifted a bit uncomfortably when the question of what had happened, came. Detail was exactly what she had not wanted to do with how bad she felt about all of this. Well, not all about this but all about what had happened to cause her to feel the way she did...

Anthy gave a bit of a swallow and blinked a couple of times to keep her eyes from glassing or welling up. She bit her lip and was silent for a somewhat drawn moment before beginning to speak. And even then, her voice was very soft.

"I had a flash... one of the brighter, hotter ones. It... it might actually have been the worst one I've ever had. Actually, it was the worst one. I don't know how things would have turned out if we hadn't been at the pool and the water was so close.... I burned him... and I feel terrible about it. And I got burned too. I'm actually wearing bandages right now from it, and the tan came from the lighter burn that was over my whole body." She said, all of her pep and cheer gone for the moment.

"I... I don't want that to happen again. I don't want to hurt anyone again. If I learn control rather than trying to just learn how to bottle it... maybe the contents wouldn't be under pressure like this or something..."

[Macie Wyatt]

Macie had never really had problems with her bioluminescence burning. If it got bright enough, produced enough heat, it sure could, she knew that, but she'd always just been more bright than warm. And when she was warm, it just always seemed that her cheeks were rosy, but even if you had the same power as someone else, there was always going to be differences. That was one thing she'd learned while being a powers trainer.

"Just be thankful that you were in water," she told the young girl, trying to get her to slow down and also calm down. "Did you go to the infirmary?" she inquired. "Or to the hospital? I hope you brought your friend as well, to make sure you were both okay." Safety first.

"I understand not wanting it to happen again. This might be the push you needed, Anthy. Bottling it makes accidents that happen a lot more severe. You're right about that. Learning control would help lessen those accidents." She wondered briefly who the 'him' was that Anthy kept referring to, but didn't want to pressure her. She was obviously having a really hard time dealin with this.