Robert Joseph Hasting's Story

Annabelle, sat there, she was sitting alone today, sometimes she felt things more deeply than she wanted to but luckily she had her very positive demeanor to give her a smiley outlook all the time. Annabelle, had just really wished she could have stayed in bed a bit longer, despite her chronic insomnia, she wished she pretended to be ill and just had Robert take care of her instead. Annabelle, loved Astrid and all but sometimes Astrid was a bit much for how Annabelle liked to be. Sometimes the two of them had difficulty getting along, they were both so different, besides Astrid and Kian seemed to be just fine together and happy, Kian would have probably preferred for Anna to be back at school, she almost wishes it too. Annabelle ordered her food, a vanilla milkshake and a blueberry muffin. She wasn't too much in the mood for eating anyways. Soon an emotional wave hit Annabelle. She could feel her blood rush more, and she knew this was her aura mimicry hitting in. It was her most frequent used power, that would turn on and off by itself. Soon while Annabell had mentioned the whole sleeping bit, she could feel the emotions the other two felt, neither really cared so Annabelle just dropped her topic of conversation.

Soon she got a mixture of emotions running through her body, from the people in the diner. There was happy and bubbly ones, some excited, some in secrets, then there was a darker one lurking about and it set Annabelle on edge, but she decided to dismiss it and when the food came she tried to be more engulfed in that instead of anything else, she didn't like to dwell on things too much. She soon heard that Astrid was excusing herself, and she just went along with it, but Annabelle, wasn't sure what would happen, she didn't control whose emotions they mimicked to her anyways, but eventually she got a small wave of pain before her mimicry switched out and changed to the bored chef in the diner. He really hated his job and Annabelle felt bad for him, and soon it changed back to Astrid as she came back, and at that moment, despite the way Astrid was looking, Annabelle knew something was going on despite her little white lie, Anna was smarter than that, despite being naive to a lot of things, her aura mimicry never lied, and there was more Astrid wasn't sharing, as to what it was, Annabelle didn't know. Annabelle didn't like secrets to be kept from her, but if that was how it was to be then so be it.

Anna nodded to Astrid and for a bit she drank her milkshake a bit, and ate half her muffin. She left her muffin on the table and then she fished into her clutch and pulled out a bit of money and placed it on the table, "Here, this should pay for my food." Anna said giving the two a smile. "I don't feel too well so I should get some fresh air, maybe start walking back to the school and perhaps text Robert or Quinn for a ride if it is an absolute must, I just, it's too stuffy in here, I'm terribly sorry Astry and Kian. I hope you guys enjoy your morning though." She said with a cheery bright smile and then she took her milkshake and she got up out of the booth and she waved to them and walked out of the diner.

Stepping out into the fresh air she breathed in deeply. It was nice to be in the fresh open air, nature was beautiful and she hated to be cooped up inside, plus she needed to be away from all the insane amounts of people, they were making her power and emotions go out of whack, and the more that her power used up the more it wore her out, and even before she had just begun. She was already getting a piercing headache, and she was getting worn out and the day hardly started, this was the one power that ran free and she had no control over. Astrid was too shaken up to talk to, plus she hardly listened sometimes, not to say Anna didn't love her, just sometimes, Anna felt lonely despite being around her. She kept walking or quite a bit before she pulled her phone out, she was going to text Robert, she'd see Quinn later but right now all she wanted was to see Robert and just be wrapped up in his arms and have her headache go away.

"Robby, can you come and pick me up? I'll meet you at the coffee shop. :)"

She sent it and then she continued over to the coffee shop which wasn't too far away but walking distance it could be a bit far. Annabelle sat on the front steps, she knew nothing super bad could happen to her out here anyways, The owner who was her boss would be here in about fifteen minutes anyways and he'd open the shop, so worst case she could fend anyone off if she needed to.

When he felt a sudden lick on his face, Robert realized Husky needs to stop licking people's faces while they sleep. Robert rubbed his eyes, until he finally got his conscious back, after sleeping in everyday for the past few days, he realized it's about time he continued to be productive with his work. The past few weeks, he and Anna had been working on the freshman orientation plan, which took them quite a while to finish. Which was why he needed the break.
The first thing he did was turn on his phone, when a soft ring indicated that he had a message after several rings, oh great....that was how many messages? never again does he believe in turning his phone off for several days is a good idea.

Flipping through, he sees two messages from Anna asking whether he could pick her up at the coffee shop. Realizing that he is late he quickly typed back

"Sure, will be there in a second, just woke up :D "

After pressing send, he quickly went through his closet only to find a Oxford shirt and a navy blue blazer that fits him before setting out to the coffee shop. He has to admit, school has started and he is surely going to miss his full time summer job as a barista in the coffee shop. Although he would still drop by the store sometimes, but it's time to move onto freshman orientation. Every year, you get at least 50 of them who have no idea what they are doing here, or still thinks this is Hogwarts. Surely, we are somewhat like Hogwarts but hey at least Eltz is cooler.

Walking down the corridor, it seemed as if everyone is out of the dorms and busy getting ready for school, since it's so quiet. However, his attention was broken by another sudden beep of a text message sent in by his brother, Kyle.

"Hey Robert, do you have time tonight for dinner? let's take sometime to catch up"

Let's honest, it's quite surprising, two brothers that grew up together depending on each other, and yet there is always a big gap between them, that they need a dinner to catch up with each other. Thinking back, his brother despite being only 1 year older, there is nothing that makes him more experienced in life than Robert is.. no sports, hardly any friends, just always a cold face and an internship at who knows where

However, thinking back it's already been almost 45 days since they've talked. So he replied

"Yes, I do I'll make sure to come, can I bring Anna?"

With the response returned
"Sure, I'll probably ask Lucy to come as well, we all need sometime to catch up with each other"

He tapped a message to Anna:
"Annie! I am on my way right now to pick you up, by the way are you free tonight? My brother is asking me to go to dinner and catch up....I desperately need emotional support because I have a feeling the connection there would really awkward....or worse, out of hand...please even Husky says you should :D "

Another thing he has to admit....previously there has been cases where umm.....a dinner had gone wrong and both parties went screaming at other. Which is why every time from that time on, Robert will bring Anna as his support.

After putting his phone back into his pocket, he continued down the hall, into the elevator and down to the parking lot.

Knocking on the door to the headmaster Ryan's office, Kyle heard a response.
"Enter please"
Slowing opening the tall wooden door to the room, he entered the office. The room was filled with shelves of hardcover books, and different magical items that scattered on the table. Surely that was what he was expecting a headmaster's office to be like, a room filled with knowledge and science. However, he directed his attention back to the headmaster when he said:
"Oh, Kyle it's great to see you, I was actually expecting you"
Puzzled, by what the headmaster was speaking about, Kyle asked "Sir, What do you mean by you are expecting me"
"Well, I do realize you wanted to become an official member and work at the order before you graduate, is that right? "
"Yes, sir that is correct"
"Well, for permanent spot in the order, we usually only take alumnus, however, I would need to discuss it with the other member to see what they think before actually coming to an conclusion about the offer. However, I pretty much can guarantee you that you'll mostly likely be able to work with us next year when you graduate. Right now, to be honest we are actually thinking about putting you on the team of students for a special mission, but nothing is final yet" Headmaster Ryan explained

After exiting the headmaster office, Kyle felt a sudden pain in his head, a clear site of the day that Katherine, his girlfriend had embarked on her first mission for the order. Just as he heard the words "I'll be back in a couple of weeks, wait for me" from Katherine, the image disappeared and he was simply facing the same hallway he was facing. Again the thing with katherine was that nobody knew what she was doing, which is why nobody knew what happened to her when she didn't return.

Then he realize he has some freshman orientation plans that need to be discussed with Eleanor, so he sent a text to her
"Hey, Eleanor I was just wondering how the freshman orientation plans are going, I was thinking we could give a brief introduction to what their responsibilities are"

Proceeding down the hall he received a text from his brother, Robert saying he wanted his girlfriend, Annabelle to come to the dinner. Kyle has never really had a problem with Robert dating, he just hopes that Robert doesn't get too caught up with his relationship and forget about his career. He simply tapped a message saying "Sure, I'll probably ask Lucy to come as well, we all need sometime to catch up with each other"

After that he tapped another message to Lucinda, his childhood friend, inviting her to dinner
"Hey Lucy, You think you have time to have dinner tonight with me and Robert, we really need to catch we haven't talked for the whole holiday"

Anabelle had been sitting there holding her phone leaning against the building, at the moment she was terribly exhausted and she just wanted to sleep, but she was happy not a lot of people were around because then she wouldn't have to deal with all the emotions that they all felt and the auras radiating from them like a strong smell. It had given her a headache and she just wanted to go back her room, which was a suite that the heads of the house often shared, Annabelle would try to help with orientation if she could but the headmaster would understand if she couldn't, even though Annabelle was a talented student in the regard of using her power, there still came a line where she couldn't control it and ever since she could remember, she's never been able to control how she has an empathy link of sorts. It's not an exact empathy issue, as that is a whole different power but given she's in a good radius she can feel the auras that people give off which makes a wave of their emotion go over her, which makes her go between states a lot and hence it drains her energy and can cause massive headaches.

Soon she felt her phone vibrate and she opened her eyes and she saw the text from Robert and she smiled. He had been wondering if she was free tonight and if she wanted to go to dinner with him and his brother and Anna knew it'd mean a lot to Rob if she went, if she could just sleep before then, then she'd be alright and be good to go anyways. She'd go either way. She began to write out a message back to him.

"Sure! I'd love to go Robbie. :)" She sent and then she clutched onto her phone as her eyes closed again.

Annabelle had fallen asleep where she was but eventually as the time passed she felt the presence of someone near by and she shot up and woke up. She rubbed her eyes and then she saw Robert there, and she got into his car and then she kissed him softly as she came back and strapped her seat belt on, and then smiled at him. "Thank you for coming and getting me Robert." She said smiling and then she managed to get comfy in the passenger seat. "I think I'm going to just tell Headmaster Ryan that I'm horribly sorry for not helping with orientations and that I'm just going to try and get some sleep, I didn't really sleep last night." Anna said, she had told him of her chronic insomnia, and because they were in the academy with each other for so long he already knew about the effect her powers had on her sometimes. "How was your morning?" She asked smiling at him.

Walking near her, Robert saw Annabelle sleeping, he didn't want to wake her but considering the school hour is approaching soon, he walked near her. She just shot up super cautiously, he laughed "get up, sleepyhead, you can go sleep on the car" and yes, of course he meant it considering the school was a while away from the coffee shop.

Watching her get cozy in the passenger seat, he laughed, she is just so adorable, it's hard to believe they been with each other since forever.

"How was your morning" she asked
"Well, you know the usual" laughing, of course...he didn't want her to find out about him sleeping in, and not eating breakfast, because he has a feeling someone is going to start lecturing him about breakfast being the most important meal of the day.
"What about you?" he asked, changing the topic.
After hearing the answer he said "thank you for coming to dinner again with my brother and I don't know where I'll be without you, I need to make you up a dinner sometime just the two of us"
Until he just remembered he is just sitting in the car, not driving...oops....running late need to get started
"You look really tired get some sleep, you'll need it, considering there is so many classes to come"

Looking at Eleanor's response, he realized he has to find time for it before the Freshmen decides to go crazy around the halls, well maybe not crazy, but hey that is what all freshmen do. Get a little crazy and use the fact that they are new as an excuse, trust me Kyle has actually done something like that. During his first year with Katherine...things got a bit out of hand, they did end up getting butterbeer on their bedsheets, but from then on they realized the serious consequences of their actions, so they never ended up doing anything of that sort there, and look where he is now.

Walking down the hall he replied to Eleanor:
"so when do you have time to meetup to discuss it? you know the first few days are always hectic. Give me a call if you can"

Again continuing down the hall he wanted to find somewhere to go, but it seems the school is still so quiet besides the loud noises made by the freshmen in a distance maybe that is why the headmaster's room is always so distant from the other buildings, it's keeps it quiet. If he ever works here, he'll want to teach....well he hasn't thought about that because right now he only has one goal, get into the order and work like one his respected "idols" Samuel Lively. He had been an alumni a couple of years back but Kyle has never really talked to him back then since he was pretty young, and didn't know much about the order.

Before he realized it, his phone begun beeping again
this time it was Lucy
"Dinner sounds good"
"Great! Thanks, I'll text you the details. don't know how the dinner will be without you, I have a feeling Robert might overreact again...he really needs to learn how to grow up, I have a feeling he hasn't eaten breakfast yet, could you text him and remind him for me, I have a feeling if I texted him he would get angry and decide not to listen to me" he text back

Robert sure has an attitude for not listening to his brother, it's true....