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“You gotta get out of here,” Nick muttered. “Before they try and arrest you.”
“I’m not leaving you.”
Nick absolutely did not swoon. “We can’t let them know who you are. Nova City needs you to be its hero. And you can’t do that if your secret identity is revealed. That’s how it works. Go.”
“Nicky, you can’t—”
Nick kissed him.
It was brief, but he poured everything he could into it.
Seth looked slightly dazed as Nick pulled away. “I’m going to do that to you a lot, just so you know.”
Seth reached up and touched his lips. “I’m okay with that.”
“Go. I’ll call you later.”
Seth nodded as he stepped back. He didn’t take his eyes off Nick as he rose slowly into the sky. Then, there was a great burst of fire and he rocketed off into the night.
Cops suddenly surrounded Nick, shouting things he couldn’t quite make out. He felt a hand on his good shoulder. He turned to see his dad at his side, watching the fire Pyro Storm left behind. “Did you know I can tell the future?”
“I wasn’t aware that was part of your dad powers, no.”
“Well, I can. You want me to tell you what your future entails?”
Nick sighed.
Dad ignored him. “I’m seeing a very long, very involved conversation about many, many things. The least of which is why my son kissed an Extraordinary who saved us, even though he’s supposed to be the bad guy.”
Nick groaned. “Wow. That unfortunately sounds scarily accurate.”
“And should we even mention how a certain best friend would feel about all of this?”
Nick needed to protect Seth’s secret. He could do this. He coulddothis. “Um, well. You see. It’s. Uh. Not. Like that?”
Dad shook his head. “You tell Seth that even though he can light things on fire, I’m still going to threaten the hell out of him with my gun when he comes over for dinner.”
Nick gaped up at him. “That’s not—I don’t—what are you—”
“Secret’s safe with me,” Dad said. A strange look crossed over his face, but it was gone before Nick could figure out what it meant. “And now for a new prediction.” He saw someone and said, “There you are. Take Nick to the ambulance. Shoulder looks like it’s dislocated. Don’t make me tell you twice. You can mace him if he resists.”
Officer Rookie appeared out of nowhere. “Got it.”
“What?” Nick said, outraged. “You can’t—Officer Rookie, let me go! Dad! Howdareyou! I just saved the entirecityand—Officer Rookie, how do you feel about bribes? Good, I hope. I have seven dollars with your name on it. Sidebar—you know how in movies when someone has to have their shoulder shoved back in place, they scream because it’s supposed to hurt? That’s not real, right? It’s not going to hurt when it happens to me, right? Why are you laughing? Officer Rookie? Officer Rookie!”
