~Chapter 17~

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For Now in Dialouge: Japanese will either be written as Romanji/ or underlined. While English will be written text
      Spanish will be italicized and translated at the bottom!

Hundreds of passengers huddled around the conveyer belt. Each wished to retrieve their luggage and rest their worn bodies. Unfortunately, blocking the people awaiting the passengers.
Our dear (Name), walked on her toes; using them as leverage to see over the shoulders of others. 'Wait...I can transform!'
      The girl groped through her bag, eventually pulling out a baggy filled with sulfur.
      (Name) transforms and ignores the gasps surrounding her. She gazed at her surroundings, hopefully picking out her crazed family.
She picks out Ethan's miniature ahoge and walks up to him. She patted down his brown hair, as she greeted the family.
      "Kon'nichiwa min'na, nogashita!" The boy gives her a perplexed gaze as her mother coughs.
      "We don't speak Japanese (Name)."
      "Sorry, sorry forgot. How are ya?" (Name) begrudgingly hands her luggage to her expectant step-father.
Her eldest brother ruffles her hair, "We're Good!"
      Their mother hurriedly ushers the family into her mini-van and quickly halts their reunion.
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      "Surprise!" The bodega's lights flicker on and reveal her family and a couple of her 'friends'.
      The aisles that usually held the merchandise, was spread against the walls allowing a table to be placed in the center. Atop it was metal tins holding her grandma's specialty arroz con pollo, and her famed dulce con leche flan.
      The curvy elder rushed up to the girl and showered her in kisses. "Mi Bebe! How much ju grown! I'm so proud of ju!" The woman stretches her cheeks out and makes a kissing face.
      "Si, abeulita. Let me greet the other guests."
      She greets her aunts and uncles, and teases her cousins.
      "No chiste, (Name)!" Rosita gently pulls on the girl's ear.
      "Yeah, ma! I'm just playin'"
      (Name) reluctantly makes her way to her former peers.
      "Margaretta, Luzita." She nodded at the two.
      "(Name)! It's Marge, remember? We're friends!"
      The second bumps into the first, "And it's Luz!"
      (Name) clenches her fist, "Of course..."
Luz twirls her hair and sends a wink, "I'm still y'know...single."
A slap reaches the girl's shoulder, "He's a She."
"Oh, yeah..."
"Sorry ladies, need to borrow my sister." Zach, luckily, comes to the rescue and leads the girl outside.
"Thanks..."
"No problem...I thought they were your friends?" Zach seats himself on the first step marginal to the girl.
"I thought so to... they left me when I needed them the most." (Name) follows the boy's actions and closes her eyes, "They deemed me 'unpopular' and left for the 'popular'. It doesn't bother me, it goes to show they weren't loyal."
"I can never seem to understand you. You seem so warm and kind, yet aloof and logical. I would've been bummed."
"Heh, I take pleasure in being unpredictable." The two share a well-deserved laugh before silence ensnares them.
Zachary finally sighed and looked at the cloudless sky. "When you bring up Dad, take it easy on mom."
"You could always read me.."
"It is a perk from my power."
"I will, but I need to know. What happened to the once just man. I don't want to be fed lies any longer."
Zachary pulls the girl into a hug, "I know. I want to as well. I know you'll uncover this mystery." He paused and smirked, "You are ma's favorite."
"It's only cause I'm the girl." (Name) points at her current form, "Then again it's not 24/7."

Translations:
~ arroz con pollo - rice with chicken
~ dulce de leche - caramel
~ flan - a custard like cake
~ Mi Bebe - My Baby
~ Si abuelita - Yes granny
~ chiste - jokes

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