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She's been lying to them for months now. At first, when she was dying, it was because they would demand she come home and they'd waste all sorts of money trying to keep her alive. She didn't feel like telling them she dropped out either and was working on her own cure. Since she started the whole superhero thing though it was mostly it's because

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It's her father that answers.

"Strong residence."

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"Hey, Dad. It's me. Checking in."

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He sounds relieved. "Tara, honey..." He lowers the phone to call out, "it's Tara," to someone else in the room, and there's a quick scramble as Tara can imagine her mother making a dive for the other phone.

"Tara, are..."

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Sure enough, her father's voice is interrupted by the other phone picking up, and her mother's voice.

"Tara, sweetie, are you okay?"

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"Dad, if he runs the White House like the lab I quit, write in John McCain on the ballot next time. Or a Kennedy. I don't care. Just not that guy. Mom, I'm working..."

Oh, how to explain this one.

"I'm sort of between classes right now. I have one internship in physical fitness training, and some hand-eye coordination research...and...er...and someone here I worked with at the clinic has a small holistic practice he'd like to have an assistant for. He's pretty darned talented."

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"So you've joined a gym, ha..."

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"Holistic? Is that like, marijuana? Oh, god, you're not using drugs, are you?"

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Just a gallizon chemicals to save my ass from dying, mom

Another sigh. She might be a nurse, but the office she works at is Western way or the highway.

"No, Mom. He does this blend of traditional medicine and Eastern medicine, with some dietary and herbal stuff worked in. It's pretty cool."

And it works on the crazy, crazy stuff the world just got infected with.

"And, Dad, yeah, part of the training is going to the gym, but there's a lot more to it."

That's mild...How did the Titans manage this circumnavigation of parental units when they were minors anyway?

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When my boyfriend can fly?

She's going to have to put up or shut up at some point.

"I'm sure he does, Mom. Getting there isn't the factor as much as timing. Speaking of which I have to get back to work. My fifteen are up. Talk to you soon and love to everyone."

Before another word gets spoken - hang up then *headdesk.*

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She hangs up and turns to her husband.

"Well, wasn't it nice to talk to Tara?"

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"I wouldn't know..."