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Eliab' response was, "I say we leave and walk around some. Maybe see the sites." Eliab was ready to go if Kat was, as was Rebecca.

While walking with Katherine, Eliab noticed a French bulldog heading their way. Of course, this dog was walking with a person, so this was no stray. The French bulldog walked right up to the Yankee with the bug-eyes looking up at him. Eliab laughed, then gave the puppy a rub on the head, chin, and belly.

Rebecca, meanwhile, laughed a little. "Eliab's an animal whisperer, I swear!"

Eliab looked up with a smirk. "Your point is, Rebecca?"

"Nothing. It's just funny."

The boy shrugged before his soft smile returned. Soon enough, he was back to walking with Katherine and Rebecca. "Any particular site you wanted to see, Kat?"

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Charles chuckled at Sasha's eagerness before paying for the ride. Agatha giggled a bit, herself. The mood changed once they both entered the restaurant and saw Sasha in the company of two drunk boys, one of which was familiar, somehow. Charles, using his crutches, went up to them and poked Roland with one of them.

The red-head smirked a little while doing so, though you could tell he was a bit angry. "Yo, Ro! Methinks you're drunk and acting like a bloody idiot! Why don't you go somewhere you can't bother us? Like, say, to sleep all the alcohol off? Don't get me wrong: I do enjoy an occasional drink, but I don't overdo it like you do!" Another poke, and he said, "Get lost!"

Agatha, whom sat down next to Sasha, shrugged while saying in Italian, "Sorta di mi ricorda di notti ad Atene." Sort of reminds me of nights in Athens.

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((Akira's face claim is Yzak, from Gundam SEED/SEED Destiny))

Akira was just walking by the hotel when he saw Cameryn coming out of it. He did like how smart and observant she is. Only problem is, she may find out too soon about his crush on her. On top of that, she was a year above him in school, which added a bit of pressure. However, none of that showed.

Politely as only a Japanese individual (like himself) would, he bowed his head and said, "Konnichiwa, Cameryn-senpai."

Katherine Prescott

Placing some money on the table, Katherine along with Eliab and Rebecca got up and left the little poetry pub. As they were walking down the street, Kat was thinking about what they could go see. "Let's see now…." She muttered to herself, slightly looking up to the sky. She almost continued walking on without noticing that the Othniel siblings had stopped. It wasn't until she heard the two laugh, that she noticed they were petting a French bulldog, or at least Eliab was.

Kat went back over to the two. She gave a little chuckle hearing Rebecca say that her brother was an animal whisperer. "That's quite a talent. Tell me. Do the animals whisper back?" She joked, as they started walking down the street again.

When he inquired any particular thing she wanted to see, Katherine shook her head. "No, not really. I mean, of course I want to see like everything. But I just don't know what." She said, her Finish accent coming through. She was now listing places off in her head. There's Big Ben, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace. "Tar…Traf..lgar…Trafalagar…Square…" She murmured, trying to pronounce the place. Tower Bridge, Hyde Park "No it's too late for a park…"

With a sigh, Kat hung her head in defeat. "I have no idea…I chose the poetry pub place. You guys decided where to go next." She lifted her head to look at the two.

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Roland Croisseux and Giovanni Napoli

Roland cracked his neck, something out of habit, before looking at Charles. "I always act like a bloody idiot!" He joked, placing his left foot on one of the empty chairs and his left elbow on top of his knee, while resting his chin in the palm of him left hand. His right hand was on his hip, as he glared down at the red-haired boy.

"Listen. I don't take orders form an underclassman. Ya'got that!" Ro scowled, as he was poked again with the crutches. "Look here you…" He ceased ahold of the crutch, but Giovanni was quickly able to take it away from him.

"You did have a bit more drinks than you said." Gio lightly said, his hand on Roland's shoulder. "Ro, come on. Let's just go." He handed Charles the crutch back.

With a 'tsk' from Roland and a jerk of the head, he removed his foot from the chair and turn to leave with Giovanni. A sigh of slight relief escaped Gio as they left, since he was able to prevent a fight that would of ended badly for Charles.

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Sasha Pavlichenko

"I'm glad there was no fight…" Sasha said, as Charles took the other empty seat. "I mean, don't get me wrong you look like you could take him. But having crutches right now, would of put you at a slight disadvantage." She told him, with a shrug.

After the sour mood lifted, Sasha smiled scanning the menu. "What to eat, what to eat…" She was looking at two items: the Herb Spaetzle and the Chestnut Pasta. Not knowing which to get.

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Camryn Shaffer

Thankfully Roland did as he was told in the morning. He dropped Camryn off at the hotel her family was staying at, only to drive back to the Academy to pick up Giovanni and go out drinking again. Sometimes Cam wondered why she put up with his crap.

Cam had spent the past five and a half hours with her family, catching up and whatnot. She said her goodbyes and made note to stop by next weekend for her mother's birthday.

Leaving the hotel, Camryn had to pause, as a not-so-familiar boy bowed his head in front of her and said "Konnichiwa, Camryn-senpai."

Cam knew little Japanese, but she knew 'Konnichiwa' meant 'Hello'. "Ah, hello to you too." She smiled, though feeling a bit bad she didn't know the boy's name. "I'm sorry, but what's your name?"

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Léon Croisseux

Léon was working in his office, or at least was suppose to be working in he office. Instead, the Headmaster was out tending to his privet garden in the greenhouse. There were piles upon piles of unread and untouched paperwork scattered across his whole office space. Most likely, you couldn't even see the floor because of all the papers and books laying around.

Léon knew he had to get the preparations ready for the Back-to-School dance that'll be held next Friday. But the lazy Headmaster felt no need to rush these things. As he would rather spend time in his garden than anything else.

Eliab Looked at his watch and saw the time. "Well, since we don't have time for a park, we might as well head back to campus."

This gave Rebecca an idea. "And, why don't we head over to Eliab's dorm? We'll have time before curfew for something."

Eliab gave a questioning look towards his sister. "Hva er vinkel med dette?" What's your angle with this?

Rebecca smirked. "Ingenting. Det er bare du fikk noen hyggelig gizmoer som du brukte til å prank meg. Jeg er sikker på at hun ønsker å ta en titt." Nothing. It's just you got some nice gizmos that you used to prank me. I'm sure she'd like to take a look.

"Hva om ting du brukt på meg, da?" What about the stuff you used on me, then?

"Kanskje neste gang." Maybe next time.

Over at Eliab's dorm, Rebecca began showing Kat the different gadgets her brother used in pranks, much to Eliab's annoyance. He knew she was trying to help, yet he also realized she could take things a little too far, sometimes.

Rebecca brought out one of her favorites that was used on her. "This one just cracked me up when it activated! I stepped on the button without realizing it while practicing on my own for gymnastics, and down came these fake waffles from so many different directions, and afterwards came a recording being played. It was from a scene in an episode of Invader Zim!"

She brought out the recorder and played the exact thing she was talking about: Gir going, "Guess who made waffles?"

Eliab could not help but laugh along with Rebecca, then say, "Kind of funny you thought it was hilarious, considering how dedicated a gymnast you are."

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Charles grit his teeth at how Roland was about to fight him in a restaurant, of all places, let alone while the half-Scotsman was in no condition for such a confrontation. Not only that, but taking someone's crutch away? That was low, and it seemed to have sealed Charles' dislike towards the person. It was great that Giovanni was there to intervene, which meant at least one of the two he could trust.

Agatha, though, at the moment of seeing a near-confrontation, froze stiffly as she heard the voices of hatred in Athens, all over again in her mind. The particular memory was of when her grandfather on her mother's side, whom was still alive, pointed his cane at one of the anti-Turk advocates with an explanation of how Jesus demanded love even for enemies, only to have his cane snatched from him and nearly used to smack him upside the head while being branded a traitor. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, that day, but it caused quite a riot in town due to people being outraged at the idea of attacking an elderly person. The poor Grecian young woman only got out of her day-nightmare when Charles poked her in the shoulder before sitting next to Sasha.

When Charles looked at the menu, he spotted a particular type of wine on the menu (which is a bit on the sweet side and semi-sparkling). "Ah, so they have Moscato here, eh? One won't hurt, and I'm not going to overdo it like that French idiot, whom was begging for trouble from both the owner of this place and the cops!"

Agatha interjected with, "You were kind of egging him on my poking him, though..."

"True. Well, anyway, let's forget about that." What am I saying? This will stay with me for a while.

Agatha went with a root beer (since she never got used to the alcohol in the wines she saw fellow Greeks drinking back in Athens), plus some Sorrentina. Charles, on the other hand, ordered a glass of Moscato and a plate of Piadina, which was basically Italian Flatbread, this one having Fontina and Prosciutto included on there, as well as tomato and basil, among other things. Charles used the time all three had to come up with wacky thing to talk about to make the ladies smile and possibly laugh, including a moment where someone misunderstood that he was referring to a baby bird when he said "chick".

"You should have seen the lad's when he realized what I actually meant! Absolutely priceless! That's the dumbing down of society for you!"

Agatha, after some hard laughing, nodded. "Without a shadow of doubt!"

Once everyone was finished, Charles paid for everyone's meals, pluss added the tip, and called for Kenneth (his uncle's chauffer), to pick them up. Once he hung up, he glanced over, with a mischievous smile, towards Sasha. "Don't have to worry about paying for a cab ride, this time."

Waiting along the curb, they spotted the limo, a slim man who appeared to be in his late thirties coming out of it to open the door for the trio. "You know the etiquette, sir."

Charles chuckled with eyes rolling, "Yeah, I know, Kenneth. It's not like I forget to use such manners or anything, but anyway..." The red-head stepped aside. "Ladies first."

Agatha decided to let Sasha go in first, stepping right behind her before Charles got in last. And, of course, what ride with Kenneth would not be complete without the two guys teasing each other along the way? Among other things teased about was how Charles's hair (which stopped at the shoulders) could possibly make people mistake him for a girl, which always brought laughs to both of them.

Charles shrugged. "It's always like this between Ken and I."

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Akira placed a hand behind his neck in embarrassment. "Oh! Gomen'nasi! I forgot to introduce myself!" Looking back at Cameryn, he stated, "Well, anyway, my name is Akira Sasaki." He held his hands up in protest. "And no, the Vice Headmaster is my aunt, not my mother. I tend to get that a lot, so I'm just pointing it out so we're clear." Lowering his hands, he added, "Anyway, I think we have the same dance class, don't we? As well as a couple others before that?"

True to what his first name implies, Akira is indeed smart, which showed in his being in Trigonometry class with the girl. He was also in her Physics, Cooking, and Modern World Studies classes. Granted, Akira could cook, though he was not yet familiar with non-Asian dishes, having learned mainly how to cook Japanese meals before transferring to Masuta Academy. As for sports, he mainly played baseball (try-outs were next week).

Looking at his watch, he knew Aiko (his aunt) would arrive at the spot he was told to be at, soon. "Well, it's close to time, so you want to come along with me? Where she's picking me up is not far from here. It beats waiting for a cab, anyway, even if marginally." Facepalming himself, he gave an explanation. "A word of warning: Aunt Aiko finds it hard to resist whatever she finds cute. In that sense, she is pretty annoying."

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Aiko winded up organizing Leon's papers all day, which was such a drag. She knew the headmaster slacked off, yet she never imagined he'd leave such a mess in his laziness. At this point, he definitely could not handle it all on his own. It was honestly rather fortunate thawt Aiko was organizing things for a student council of representatives from different clubs (teams counted as clubs, as well) meant for organizing events and such, which would alleviate some of the burden off Leon's shoulders, aside from finances, disciplinary action on troublemakers, scheduling, and some other stuff not covered by the student council, that is. She believed she finally had everything thought out, except for one thing: who to nominate as Student President, Student Vice President, Student Secretary, and Student Treasurer. She would work out the details, later. For now, at least, everything was organized.

Katherine Prescott

"Ah, alright. But I need to...go and do something at around 5. So, I'll be leaving then." Katherine informed the two.

On the way back to the Academy, Kat stared out the window of the cab. The Othniel siblings were talking about something to each other in Norwegian. She was too busy planning out things in her head than to pay attention to what they were saying.

At Eliab's dorm, Rebecca was showing the brunette all the different gadgets that Eliab had used in pranks on her. A few of the gizmos were quite interesting. Much more complex and well thought out that how she and her brothers pranked each other.

Rebecca looked like she really loved explaining what each of the machines did. In fact, it seemed like she was the only one talking. Eliab had commented now and then, but Rebecca was doing much of the talking. Not that Katherine minded, even though she felt comfortable around the two, she couldn't help but be her shy self and stay quiet. Only joining in slight conversation when she was addressed to.

When Rebecca brought out one of, what she called, her favorites; she seemed to enjoy telling what it did. Playing the little recording afterwards, the three started laughing.

Kat's phone buzzed in her pocket. She took it out and turned off the alarm. It was almost five. She got up from her place on the floor and put her phone back into her pocket. "Well, it looks like it's time for me to get going." Pausing to look at the two. "Thank you for having me over, Eliab." She smiled, giving her head a little bow, before she went out of the room.

The brunette was back in her own dorm, but only for a second. She already had everything she needed together, so all she had to do was grab her stuff and go.

Katherine was on her way to the lake in the forest, which almost surrounded the whole Academy. Her shoes lightly clicked along the wooden pathway. She glanced up at the sky and frowned a bit. "It better not rain..." Muttering to herself, as she reached the lake. Though it was only a thirty minute walk to get there, it took her almost an hour because of the stuff she had with her.

Kat had a case, almost the size of herself, and a backpack. She placed them down and opened the case, taking out a folded up easel. Setting up the easel, she also took out a small folding chair and a canvas. She put the canvas on the easel and the chair in front of it. Sitting down, she grabbed the backpack and unzipped it. Inside was an assortment of different colored paints and pastels, brushes and pencils.

"Alrighty, finally ready." She told herself, looking at the view in front of her. The sun was setting behind her, casting a cotton candy pink color across the sky. The moon rose up just above the trees that were behind the waterfall. It was a full moon, supposedly to be the closest to the Earth. There was no wind, but there were rain clouds coming in. "Better get started..." She mumbled, beginning her painting by sketching out the details of everything before it got dark.

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Sasha Pavlichenko

Sasha decided to get the herb spaetzle with some water. She wasn't really a soda or wine person. So she usually got water or lemonade at restaurants. The food seemed to come in no time. As they ate, Charles talked about the most random of thing, causing the girls to laugh and smile.

When they were done, Charles was the one who paid for their meal, despite Sasha's plead to let her help pay. She wasn't use to letting others, mainly just non-family members, pay for things she got. For example, going out to eat. She would always either pay for her own food or pitch in some.

The three were now outside, waiting for their ride, which Charles had set up."Well than, that's the last time I'll ever handle the transportation when you're around, Charles." She smiled, chuckling lightly to herself.

Seeing the limo surprised Sasha. She kept forgetting that the Academy was mainly filled with rich students. Not that she really cared. She was the first to enter the limo, Agatha getting in after her, than Charles.

The ride back to the Academy was one filled with more laughter. Sasha had agreed with Kenneth on when looking at Charles from the back, he really did look like a girl.

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Camryn Shaffer

Camryn let out a little laugh as the boy seemed to be a bit embarrassed. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Akira. I'm Camryn, but I guessed you already knew that." She smiled, as he told her that the Vice Headmaster, Aiko Sasaki, wasn't his mother but his aunt. "Ah, I was just about to ask that."

Thinking for a moment, Cam nodded her head. "Yeah, I think I've seen you in almost all my classes. Except for cheer. Unless you're a cheerleader disguised as a female, to avoid the embarrassment of being a male cheerleader." She laughed at that.

"Already?" Camryn questioned, as Akira inquired that it was almost curfew tome for the Academy. "I guess I could use a ride back. Roland's suppose to come and pick me up. But knowing him, he most likely got himself drunk off his ass somewhere." She sighed, shaking her head lightly.

The wait for the Vice Headmaster wasn't a long one. But before Aiko got there, Akira informed Cam that his aunt was very fond of cute things. "So, what I'm getting at is that you think I'm cute." She said, nonchalantly.

Once Aiko arrived, Camryn quietly got in the car. A minute or two after they started the ride back to the Academy, Cam looked over at Akira. "Hey Akira. This may sound like an odd request, but remember we have our cooking class test sometime next week. The one where we need to learn a new dish we've never done before on our own? You know how to cook Japanese style. Right? I was wondering if you'd like to help me out on a Japanese dish. In return, I can help you on an Australian dish."

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Roland Croisseux

When Roland and Giovanni got back to Ro's. Gio decline Rolands offer to stay and hang out some more. Instead, Gio took his car keys and left the room.

He was now laying across he bed. He had papers scattered out all over. By the look of it, he seemed somewhat sober. He was copying down Camryn's notes and homework that his missed and didn't do. Music was blaring to keep the annoying sound of silence away.

Not so surprisingly, Roland finished copying Cam's stuff in no time. He was now left with nothing to do. So he decided to go practice in the gym until it was time for the Academy to locked. He quickly changed into his uniform, turned off his music and left.

After practicing alone for half an hour, Ro texted Giovanni to come and join him. As he was bored being alone.

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Giovanni Napoli

After getting back to the Academy, Giovanni decided to take a shower. Once done, he went over to his desk and started on hie homework. He didn't have a lot to do, so he finished pretty fast. He received a text from Roland, telling him to change into uniform and go to the gym.

Having nothing else to do, Gio changed into his basketball uniform. He head over to the gym so he could practice a little with Roland. They couldn't stay long, as the school was going to close soon and curfew was just around the corner.

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Léon Croisseux

It was almost time to close the front gates for the Academy. Well, there was still about two hours before he had to do so. Léon headed back to his office, locking up he private garden as he left.

Upon entering his office, Léon noticed it was slightly cleaner and organized than how he left it. "Hmp...Aiko must of came in here to get something, but ended up cleaning...As always." He took quick look around and frowned. "Now where did she move my coffee cup?"

The Headmaster searched his office trying to find his cup. The thought of Aiko might have taken the cup to wash it, didn't cross his mind. It was a light blue cup with a pink bunny print on it. How and why he has such a cup is a mystery to everyone.

((I'll have to separate this into two posts because my reply is so big.))

Rebecca went to the sports area and changed into her red leotard she always wore for practicing. After coming out, she gave a quick glance towards the basketball room and noticed two tall boys practicing basketball in there. She has seen the black-haired one flirt with other girls before, which was kind of funny to her since it told her the guy was not her type (if she even had one). After some personal practice in the gymnastics room, it eventually hit her that her brother was jogging within the forest, just off campus. With the weather that was forecasted on TV, Eliab could get wet. She thus went back to the girls' lockers and grabbed her stuff, only bothering to put some sports pants of hers over the lower portion of her leotard before she went outside.

Once outside the sports building, she put on her raincoat in case of rain, then made her way towards the forest in a hurry. Being a gymnast, her tremendous strength and endurance (for her age and size) enabled her to not tire out as easily as most of her peers. Why'd you pick this time, of all times, to go for that jog, big brother? Where did you head off to over there?

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Speaking of whom, Eliab was already deep in the forest by the time the rain clouds came, which he noticed starting to form. Well, I guess I better get back to my dorm before it rains. Walking along the wooden pathway, he spotted someone in the distance. One push of his glasses closer to his eyes, and he was able to make out who it was. Why is Katherine laying down when there's an easel there she could be working some art on? It doesn't seem like her, to my knowledge. Oh, well. I better stick with her and make sure nobody takes advantage of her or anything else harmful like that. Out here, there isn't any surveillance, meaning things could go wrong if not careful.

Walking a little closer, he called out with a grin, "Katherine, I don't think that is the best of spots to be taking a nap! We need to get going, anyway; it will rain, soon!" No response. Not even the slightest bit of movement, as far as he could tell. Eliab's heart sank at the realization there was something terribly wrong with the situation. Inching closer while surveying his surroundings in case of a stalker, his anxiety built up. "K-Kat!? Y-You all right!?" Once he was close enough to see more clearly the brunette's condition, his eyes widened in shock.

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Meanwhile, Charles opened the limo door for the Agatha and Sasha to come out. Agatha nodded with a small grin at how gentlemanly the boy could be. Now that the Grecian girl thought about it, that boy, clearly Italian by the accent, who kept a fight from breaking out earlier was sort of nice, too, even if he was drunk, at the time. Agatha saw plenty kinds of drunk during the wild nights in Athens, and she supposed the Italian boy's drunkenness was more a happy drunk than one which could induce violence. That thought brought her some relief. Granted, she would never drink, herself, for health reasons. However, maybe that person that was with Ro could at least become a good friend.

Charles walked with both Agatha and Sasha for a bit to be sure nobody hit on them or anything like that. If he knew one thing, it was that shallow guys often picked targets that were not already accompanied by other guys. He certainly did not want a repeat of what happened at the restaurant. Once at the front door to the girls' dorm, Charles stopped and grinned softly. "Well, lassies, looks like from here, you two should be okay. With rain coming soon, I think the lads would rather be in their own dorms. Besides, with it getting closer to curfew, well, you know. See you later."

Agatha waved lightly before glancing towards Sasha. "Well, this was an interesting day, was it not?" After waving to Sasha, she went to her own dorm, where she still had that bag from the candy store she and Andrew went to the evening they met via Anna-Beth. She doubted she would be throwing it away at any point, as it was a keepsake to her since her time with Andrew was so special. With homework completed early, the teenaged half-Greek girl took a shower before slipping into her pajamas for the night, which was simply a shirt which kept her hands out of sight and went halfway down to her thighs. Holding a stuffed kitty in her arms, she went to sleep.

((I'll wait on your post before mentioning the others. I tagged people without actually mentioning them in here, sorry. ^^; ))

Katherine Prescott

About half an hour later, Katherine had finished the pencil sketch of her drawing. Everything was sketched out with fairly good detail. It was getting darker quicker than she expected, probably because of the rain clouds. Letting out a sigh, was lucky enough to have taken pictures of the scenery with her phone before she started. "Guess I'll pack up." She got up, folded the chair, and put it back inside the case as well as the canvas. She just tossed her pencil and eraser in her backpack, zipping it up.

Taking a moment, Kat stretched her arms over her head and took a deep breath. But once she lowered her arms, she started getting light-headed. She placed her right hand on her forehead, the feeling of dizziness washing over her. "Crap..." She muttered, remembering that she had forgotten to take her medicine after eating. she felt as if her legs could no longer hold herself up. She laid her left hand down on the open easel to steady herself, though she missed and fell forward. She didn't have enough time to react, so she ended up falling on top of her left arm. She also got a small cut on the right side of her forehead. She stirred a tad, but her body felt to heavy to move.

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Some time later there was a voice in the distance. It was muffled by the loud buzzing sound in Katherine's ear, yet somehow familiar. She wanted to look around, but everything was black. She tried to move or even speak, but she couldn't bring herself to do so. When Eliab reached Kat, she had passed out completely. A minute or two after being found, the rain clouds drew closer and darker. It began raining lightly, then started getting heavier.

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Sasha Pavlichenko

After getting back to the Academy, Charles walked the girls the the dormitory. Sasha waved bye to him before turning towards Agatha. "Yes, a very interesting day indeed." She nodded, walking off in to the small kitchen on the first floor after Agatha left. She wasn't exactly hungry, but she wasn't tired either. She had no homework to do nor did she want to read. The girl was just bored out of her mind. She decided to look around and see what the kitchen had to offer her. Opening the freezer, she found a small tub of strawberry ice-cream. Smiling, she took out a bowl from one of the cabinets and filled it half way with ice-cream. Putting the tub back, she went up to her room.

Once in her dorm room Sasha plopped down on her bed and turned her TV on. She flipped through the channels trying to find something to watch. She ended up stopping on Supernatural. She finished her ice-cream in one episode. Getting up, she placed the bowl in her (bathroom) sink. Then she took a quick shower. When finished, she put on her pajamas, which were plaid green cotton pants and a regular black shirt. With the light off, she jumped on her bed and buried herself in the blankets.

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Roland Croisseux and Giovanni Napoli

A good hour and a half later, the boys were sprawled on the floor. They were both all sweaty and breathing heavily. "Ah, might as well hit the hay...After another shower that is." Giovanni said, hulling himself up. Now in a sitting position, he looked to Roland and sighed. "You know, you're an awfully rude and flirtatious drunkard. You should probably try and fix that. Or not girl will stay with you for longer than a week."

Roland glared at his best friend. He rolled backwards then forwards to get himself to sit up. "Well excuse me for taking after my father." He rolled his eyes, slowly standing. "And hey! Last relationship I had was longer than a week!" He said, thinking back to it. "It was like...a month."

"More like half a month. Surprised she even stuck with you that long." Gio got up on his feet now. "Anyways, lets get going. I don't want the night guard to catch us again. The school year barely even started and we're already on the school's 'most wanted' list." He laughed, placing the towel he had around his neck.

"Alright, alright it was half a month. Whatever." Ro stood up, shaking his hair in the towel, then leaving it on top of his head. "Fine, let's get out of here."

The boys left the gym and went to their own rooms. After the two took a shower, they went to bed.

((Oh! I was thinking that since the pathway through the woods goes all the way around the lake, Rebecca could go the opposite way then what Eliab goes. That way when Eliab carries Katherine back to his dorm, Rebecca could stumble upon Kat's art supplies and bring them back to her own dorm. Just a thought, what do you think?))

((sounds like an idea. I had in mind Rebecca picking up Kat's things, anyway. By the way, the red words mean the characters are speaking in Japanese.))

Akira face palmed himself upon hearing Cameryn imply that he was saying she was cute. "I didn't say that. I was just warning you about how Aunt Aiko can be." Grunting in agitation at how he gave the wrong impression, he added, "Oh, forget it. You'll find out, soon."

Once Aiko arrived, she opened her door window to speak to her nephew, smiling a bit cutely. "Good evening, Akira! Looking cute, as always! It's a wonder you haven't found a girlfriend, yet, nephew!"

Akira lowered his eye-brows in annoyance. "Whatever."

Upon seeing the two teenagers in the car, Aiko's eyes widened, and Akira could almost swear his aunt's pupils and irises enlarged to where Sclera in each eye was not visible at all. The women was quite literally ecstatic as she gasped in delight and had her hands clasped together, her expression exactly as shown in the picture below:



While Aiko was rather cute in her reaction to seeing the pair sitting next to each other, Akira was not thinking that in the slightest. In fact, he became flustered and angry. It embarrassed him enough that Cameryn mistook what he said as a compliment. (Although, now when considering it, he actually did find the red-head adorable.)

Akira shouted, "I-Idiot! What are you imagining?!" He pointed his finger forward out of frustration. "Let's go, already."

((Inspiration for this reaction of Akira's came from this parody on a few characters from Gundam SEED (and yes, Akira sounds exactly like Yzak, and has a similar fiery attitude to boot. XD ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL_8ma09wwY))

Aiko snapped out of it and said with a smile, "Gomen'ne nasai." Then, she drove.

Akira looked out the window since he had nothing to say, until Cameryn mentioned the test and wanting help with a Japanese dish. Looking at her, he nodded with, "Hai, I'd be glad to." ((Hai is pronounced like you would say, "Hi"; it can mean a number of things, such as, "Okay" and "Yes."))

Once at the Academy, Akira walked alongside Cam while explaining a little bit. "Was there a specific dish you wanted to make? There are some we will not be able to make simply because either London does not have those ingredients or if the city does, the recipes require fresher ingredients for the needed quality. For example, Sushi would require we have a certain kind of rice and seaweed, plus the seaweed and other ingredients have to be extremely fresh. In fact, you may have to eat it the day you make it for the best taste." Pondering for a moment while continuing to walk, he thought of something. "I got an idea. Come on."

At Akira's dorm, he brought out a bowl from the refrigerator, full of noodles. "These noodles are called, 'soba'. They are made in a similar way to pasta, but there are some differences. I will demonstrate how to make the dough and how to form the soba noodles out of them, for the purpose of showing you how it is done. But, because it takes a refined hand and more time than we have when doing it completely by hand, you will need a utensil where you can cut out the noodles mechanically, which I fortunately have one you can borrow." He proceeded to show the ingredients, two of which were different kinds of flour. "I'd recommend, when making them, using 85% buckwheat flour, then 15% general purpose flour, because using solely buckwheat flour will make the dough, and thus the noodles, not hold up." After making the dough and showing how to cut to the dough during the process of making the soba, he repeated to demonstrate that it does take a bit of repetition and time. He stopped at that one repetition and said, "You can also, as I said before, use a spaghetti-cutting utensil to save some time and energy, which I would suggest you do when in class." After further explanation regarding preparing soba, he went on to explain stir-frying and the different foods used in authentic Japanese dishes. "You only need to lightly use the oil while doing it; to that end, you may use a skillet and one or two spatulas. It is rather quick, so you don't need to worry about losing time during class. Most Japanese chefs will often use chopsticks when cooking stuff, as well, but you don't need to worry about that, since I haven't explained a recipe where one would use them."

Bringing out the vegetables and stir-frying them, he verbally gave instructions on how to prepare them, as well as the different meats and seafood, even though he did not have any meat or seafood out. Once those were finished, he brought out a bowl of mushrooms prior to picking one out of there to show Cameryn. "One of my personal favorites to include in Japanese recipes is a mushroom called shitake, which I am holding, right now. Same process goes with the other veggies. While heating up cold soba noodles on a skillet as if stir-frying them, you can apply a bit of teriyaki sauce to add some flavor."

During the whole explanation, he periodically checked on Cameryn to see how she fared on following the instructions. When any mistake arose, he would calmly and gladly correct her and give her some physical help on where she went wrong. This way, the two could be sure the results would be satisfactory. The main difference was how the noodles were cut out, with Cameryn using the utensil he had instead of doing it by hand with a knife (which, he gave instructions on doing before moving on to things besides noodles).

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Meanwhile, Aiko went back to Leon's office in time to see him looking for his bunny cup, which made her giggle a little. "Gomen'ne, Leon-kun!~ I had it washed for you before I picked up my nephew!~ It's up on the shelf behind you!~" She did not know why he had it, but she found that and his searching for it so cute, she could barely hold in her enthusiasm. With the cup matter out of the way, she went on to explain, in detail, her idea of a student council, as well as who to nominate. Two nominees were, in fact, Katherine and Eliab (Katherine as a candidate for President, Eliab as her running mate). It was no secret to staff that she tended to play cupid a little too much, even when taking her work as Vice-Headmaster seriously (which was always).

Then, she turned from enthusiastic to all serious and intimidating as she next said to Leon, "Although, this Student Council plan, if approved, will not excuse you from doing the work left over, which should still be enough to keep you busy as it is. I have my ways of making sure you do your fair share. Got it?" Aiko waited for Leon's response to the affirmative before her dark persona quickly faded afterwards to reveal the typical, cuteness-adoring, cheerful little Aiko. "So, what do you think of this council idea, Leon-kun~?"

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Eliab could not believe his eyes, much more so as he checked the girl's pulse: not only was Katherine unconscious, but also bleeding from her forehead! The poor boy could not even begin to imagine what happened to her. She could have been ambushed, then drugged. Worse yet, something else could have happened that he did not even want to think about.

As if that were not enough, it was beginning to rain. She could catch pneumonia out there. Eliab realized the nurse's office would be closed by the time he took her there, and he had no idea where her dorm was. The only option he had was to bring Kat with him to his own dorm. There was a trick to it: with it close to curfew, staff would be on alert for any girls in the boys' dormitories, to prevent any... steamy moments. This was different, though: for one thing, he was never that lustful. Secondly, for all he knew, Kat's life could be in danger. And so, cradling her in his arms, he began his sprint towards the boys' dorms.

Getting to the building was hard enough with the rain, even harder finding an alternate entrance to avoid being noticed. He could only hope the wet footprints would not result in someone following the two to his dorm. He had to sneak around, yet he managed to avoid staff patrols and get inside his dorm.

Once in, he placed her on his bed and move his fan into position to dry her, having no other option of doing so while keeping her decent at the same time. After turning it on, he brought out a towel and wiped the water off her face and hands before applying a bandage to her forehead. He did not know what else to do, so he kneeled beside the bed, facing the window next to it, and prayed for her well-being. While praying, tears came down his eyes. Eliab did not want to lose her, at all.

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Rebecca kept calling out for her brother in the forest, but to no avail. He must have taken a different route. A little further, and she noticed a case and a backpack in front of her. Isn't that backpack Katherine's? I better return her stuff to her. However, when she brought the case and backpack up to the door of Kat's dorm, no response to the knocks came. That's weird. Everyone should be back in the dormitories, by now. I guess I'll bring this with me to my dorm and tell her tomorrow. The tan-skinned girl figured the blood she saw was paint, so she was not worried.

((Hey! I added a "FC" for Giovanni, Akira and Aiko. They're just to tag them in post and all that.))

Camryn Shaffer

Once in Akira's dorm, he got started on teaching Camryn the dish. She followed closely, listening to the instruction the boy made, taking mental notes on what to do and what not to do. The beginning of every new thing she would mess up on. Though she easily got the hang of how to do it right after a few trial and errors. After it was all done and cooked, the two sat down to enjoy the nice hot fresh food.

"Thanks for showing me how to make this!" Cam smiled, taking a bit out of the food. "It's soo good!" When finished, she helped Akira with the dishes. "By the way. I'll do you one favor, no questions asked, in return for helping me. You don't have to decided now, but once you think of something, tell me." Checking the time, she sighed. "Well, looks like I have to go. Don't want you, or me, getting in trouble because I'm here past curfew." She waved bye and left.

Back at her own dorm, Camryn decided to write down all the steps and everything she remembered that Akira taught her. She took a quick shower then was off to bed.

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Léon Croisseux

When Aiko entered the office, Leon instantly looked up. "Where is my-" He was cut short by his Vice apologizing and telling him his cup was behind him. "Oh. It's fine. Thanks." He muttered, filling his cup up with coffee, before taking a seat in his chair. He listened to the idea of a student council, much to his surprise, liking the whole ordeal. This is a great way to get paperwork off my back! He secretly cheered in his head.

Though hearing he'll still have work to do, brought the high spirit of the Headmaster down some. "Ugh...Fine, fine. We'll have this student council. And I promise that I'll, maybe, do the left over work." He took a sip of his coffee and lifted his free hand, making a shooing motion. "Now. As you can see. I have much to work on. You're done for the day. You can go now." He said, pretending the look through the many papers on his desk.

((Oh, before I forget. I was going to have Aiko and Leon be like the dorm Mother and Father. As all boarding schools have one. So they also live in the dorm. Sound fine?))

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Katherine Prescott

When Eliab first touched Katherine's skin, it was almost as cold as ice. She had been laying on the ground for a good half hour before someone had found her. When Eliab picked her up, even though she was unconscious, Kat could feel the warmth of his body. She was quite still the whole way out of the forest and to Eliab's dorm. As her breathing was a bit slow as well.

Kat subconsciously winced in pain as she was placed down on Eliab's bed. But she couldn't feel anything else. Not the fan blowing on her or when Eliab gently wiped some of the water off her exposed skin.

After what seemed like forever, Katherine slowly woke up. The room was pitch black. I-I don't remember coming back to my dorm... She thought to herself, sitting herself up. Her whole body ached in pain and she sat up too quickly making her feel dizzy. Oh, that's right...I fainted...But who brought me back? She noticed her clothes were soaking wet, she gently swung her legs over the side of the bed, opposite of where Eliab was. Right was she got off the bed, she knees instantly gave in and she fell to the floor. She hands luckily fell in front of her, catching herself. Though a jolt of pain ran up from her left hand to her shoulder.

Kat made her was to the closet by crawling, she had no idea she was in someone else's dorm, but all dorm rooms have the same layout, so she knew her way around. Reaching up, she flicked on the closet lights. The illuminating room, quickly blinded the girl, but after a minute her eyes got use to the light. Blinking a few times, she noticed something very wrong. This was not her closet, everything in the space were male clothing. Turning to look behind her, she saw that there was someone sitting on a chair his head in his arms laying across the edge of the bed. "Well...I hope whoever that is, they won't mind if I borrow something to wear..." She whispered to herself, looking around for something she can change into.

She found a long-sleeved button-up plain blue shirt and P.E. Shorts. Satisfied with her find, she turned off the light and made her was to the bathroom. She closed the door, then turned the light on. She took off all her clothes, since they were all wet, and put on the shorts and shirt leaving the top three buttons undone. She grabbed a towel that was hanging up, probably a towel to dry your hands, and ruffle her hair in the towel. After two minutes, her hair seemed dry enough. She left the towel on the floor, on top of her clothes and turned off the light. Leaving the bathroom, Katherine made her way back to the bed. She hauled herself up on it, despite the aching pain in her bones. She carefully reached over and turned the fan off, trying not to wake the sleeping person on the chair. Before she got under the blankets, she took the top one off and gently put it around the sleeping boy. Then she went under the blankest and fell asleep.

((fair enough.))

Rebecca got up earlier than usual, partly because she was meeting up with a fellow gymnast, though mainly due to the fact she has neither seen Eliab nor Katherine since she left her brother's dorm. The fact Katherine did not answer the door to her dorm last time left her a bit uneasy. However, she figured she would give it another try. That, too, resulted in no response. Rebecca came prepared, however: she wrote a note about picking Katherine's things when they next see each other, then slipped it through the slit under the door. Well, that takes care of Kat. Now, for Eliab. I hope he didn't catch pneumonia while he was out in the rain. He seriously needs to check up on the news more often for the latest forecasts.

The moment she went downstairs was when she heard a familiar voice in the lobby calling out, "Ohaiyou, Othniel-Chan!~" Aiko often used last names and gender-specific suffixes from the Japanese language to address the students, aside from her nephew, whom she uses his first name, instead.

Rebecca waved with, "Good morning, Miss Sasaki." With a shrug, she added, "Say, have you seen Katherine, this morning?"

"Iie~! I have not!~" Aiko thought for a moment, her face becoming serious and thoughtful. "Now that I think about it, from what I saw on the screens for the cameras, last night, neither Prescott-Chan nor Othniel-Kun went through the main entrances to the dormitories."

Rebecca went wide-eyed. "What!?"

Agatha overheard the conversation and knew something was up, her drive to help getting the better of her as she walked up to Rebecca with, "What's wrong? Are Eliab and Katherine all right?"

Rebecca turned to Agatha and shook the poor Grecian by the shoulders in a frantic manner. "I have no gosh-darned idea, Agatha! It's not like my brother to disappear like that! He had no reason to! Not unless somebody else he cared about was hurt or in trouble!" It was then that it clicked in her mind. "Wait a minute... back at the forest... he must have found her there and then... oh, crap... something must've happened to Kat and he carried her someplace to do something about it..." Now that she pieced that much together, the tan-skinned Southern girl began a mad dash towards the boys' dormitories to see if Eliab was there, so that she could find out what happened.

Of course, Agatha stood still for a moment from shock, until she heard a gasp of delight behind her, which prompted her to glance behind herself. She spotted Aiko in the middle of a cuteness fantasy, where the Vice-Headmaster imagined a bruised Eliab holding an elated and grateful Katherine in his arms after a triumphant rescue from a group of thugs. Okay, so Aiko is pretty much a majorly hopeless romantic, but she means well. Poor Agatha had no way of knowing what Aiko was imagining, however.

So, the Grecian girl timidly asked, "Um... Miss Sasaki? Are you okay?" She then noticed Cameryn walk by. "Oh, good morning, Cameryn!" She then pointed towards Aiko. "Oh, before I forget, can you help me with Miss Sasaki? I think she's in some sort of trance."

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((Grey means he is speaking in Scottish))

Charles woke up as he nearly always did, not entirely awake, yet not entirely asleep. Not having much to do, he put on more casual clothes than his typical brown suit and purple tie, sporting instead some khakis and a brown button-up shirt. "Ugh... what is there to do, today... Eliab should be off to church, like he usually is on Saturdays... Agatha may be attending the same one... Akira will likely be studying extensively on who-knows-what... Rebecca is definitely someone to avoid due to being so feisty... Camyryn shall likely be found by that French idiot's side, if he's not practicing for basketball with the Italian lad... I guess that leaves Sasha to spend some of the day with, within reason, that is..."

Yawning, the half-Scotsman made his way to the garden, where he knew Sasha would want to take pictures at. He eventually fell sound asleep while sitting on a nearby bench, however. He kept himself up most of the night reviewing the botanical names of plants so to prepare for taking over his mother's landscaping business.

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Akira was always an early bird, waking up at hours most students would not consider doing so. This time, he figured brushing up on all the advanced mathematics for his trigonometry class would not hurt for a couple hours. Yes, he took his studies that seriously. After those two hours, he knew most students would be waking up after he finished his studying, thus he closed his textbook before heading out to see what was happening on campus. Hopefully, he would see Camryn, not that he would know what to do if she did appear somewhere. He had the tough and hotheaded demeanor, yes, yet he was inwardly a softie.

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The alarm clock sounded in Eliab's dorm, which woke him up fully enough for him to hit the snooze button and turn the alarm off. Before he prepared himself to get out of the chair, however, he noticed the blanket wrapped around him and instantly knew who did that. Upon that realization, Eliab immediately jerked his head in Katherine's direction. Tears of relief began to fill his eyes before coming out.

Once Katherine was fully awake, he spoke in Norwegian to her, his voice cracking up while he grinned softly. "God morgen, Katherine." Good morning, Katherine. The poor boy could barely keep himself from crying so much in a mix of joy and relief as he wiped away the tears, then reached for his glasses on the dresser next to him. "Takk Gud, du har rett! Jeg var så bekymret da jeg skjønte du var slått ut kaldt! Kutt på pannen din og blodet som hadde Oste ut av det gjorde meg frykter verste!" Thank God, you are okay! I was so worried when I realized you were knocked out cold! The cut on your forehead and the blood that had oozed out of it made me fear the worst! Once the crying subsided, he calmed himself some before holding out his hand to the Finnish brunette. "Hvor om vi får du til sykestua?" How about we get you to the infirmary?

Sasha Pavlichenko

Sasha hadn't woken up nearly as early as she wanted to. She had meant to wake up around five to go take pictures of the sun rise, but her alarm failed to go off at the right time. Instead it buzzed an hour later, making the girl very upset. "Tomorrow! I'll definitely go tomorrow!" She said with determination as she got dressed. She wore a simple outfit that consisted of faded black skinny jeans, a red plaid long-sleeved flannel (with the sleeves rolled up just below her elbows). Her hair was down, reaching to her waist, and was a bit curly as she had her hair in braids when she went to bed and just took them out.

The girl had no plans to do anything with her friends, so she looked about in her room trying to find an inspiration of sorts to give her an idea. Spotting her camera on the desk, she smiled. "Well, even though I can't get the sun rise, I could go and take some nature pictures in the garden. I did want to do that the first time, but I didn't have my camera than." Nodding with her decision, she grabbed her camera and left her dorm room, heading for the garden.

After about six pictures in, Sasha noticed something she thought was highly amusing. Charles was sound asleep sitting on one the the benches. Quietly getting closer, she drew her camera up and took a photo of a sleeping Charles. She let out a small giggle because of it. She had to admit he looked so peaceful like that. She almost didn't want to wake him, but she knew the sprinklers to water the plants would go off soon.

"Hey Charles." Sasha said, lightly poking his shoulder. "Hey sleepyhead, you outta wake up before the sprinklers com on. She informed him in a somewhat soothing voice. "You don't want to get soaked now, do ya?" Her Russian accent leaked through, as she continued to poke Charles's shoulder.

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Giovanni Napoli

Giovanni got up early, as usual, though he decided not to go to morning practice. So he texted Roland that he won't be going. Instead he dressed in casual clothes; his favorite jeans (which had holes in the knees), a dark grey hoodie, and his green converse. Then he ran a brush through his hair and headed out to the cafeteria.

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Roland Croisseux

The only reason Roland got up this morning was because he received a text from Giovanni, which said he was skipping practice, that woke him up. "Good, I didn't want to go anyways." He muttered, dragging himself out of bed since he was already awake. He got dressed with out any effort. Jeans, a plain v-neck shirt, a dull jacket zipped up less than half way, and shoes. He left his dorm room, not even bothering to comb his hair.

Ro arrived at the cafeteria shortly after Giovanni, who already had his breakfast and was sitting down at an empty table. Once Roland got his food, he also grabbed an extra cup of coffee, knowing Camryn will soon be coming to get some. They were almost out of coffee, so it was a good thing he took two before they ran out.

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Camryn Shaffer

Getting up was probably the hardest and worse part of the day for Camryn. Heck, everyone hates getting up, but she really isn't a morning person. It took the girl an hour after waking up to finally crawl out of bed. She chose to not put much effort in her appearance, so she wore a blue tank top under a baggie navy blue hoodie (which in fact is Roland's), black sweatpants, and dark gray toms. She put her hair up in a messy bun, as she didn't want to brush it.

Going through the halls of the dormitory, she was greeted by a "Good morning." from Agatha. Camryn gave her and Vice Headmaster Aiko an emotionless look before saying "Whatever" and walking away. It wasn't her fault she seen rude to the Grecian girl, it was the mornings fault. Mornings always made her a bit too grumpy.

The pink-haired Australian scanned the dormitory's kitchen, but found barely anything to eat and no coffee. "To the cafeteria..." She mumbled, making her way to the cafeteria. If she didn't get her morning coffee fix soon, she'd be in a bad mood all day long.

Entering the cafeteria, Cam spotted Roland and Giovanni, which they waved her over. "Can I at least get some coffee first..." She growled, as she walked over to the table. "What?" She was glaring at Ro, who had a quirky smiles on.

"Here, I got you some nice hot coffee. Now what do we say?" Roland joked, holding up the coffee cup.

"Give. Me." Cam replied, snatching the cup from Roland and sitting down. She took her for first sip and instantly felt relaxed. "Ah! Much better~"

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Léon Croisseux

Léon had been asleep in front of his desk. He was sitting on his leather chair and his arms were laying on the desk, his head resting on top of them. Surprisingly, the Headmaster as up all night trying to do some of the manys of paperwork he had. But he had quit doing it around two in the morning, as there was too much work he had to do that he couldn't handle. He was still wearing his clothes from the previous day.

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Katherine Prescott

Katherine was fast asleep, dreaming away, when a piercing alarm sounded. This woke the girl up and the noise stopped. She rubbed her eyes before opening them, blinking a few times until her sight was adjusted to the light. She gently set herself up in the bed, since her body still ached. A wave of dizziness washed over her and she felt her cheeks flushed (and not the blushing kind), which stood out because of her pale (almost white) face.

Kat turned her head to the now awake boy in the chair, a bit surprised to see that her savior was Eliab. She could tell right away that he'd been crying for a while, despite the tears in his eyes now. His nose was a tad red, his eyes pink and puffy. He looked as if he was crying all night. She wanted to ask what was wrong, but he spoke first.

It took the brunette a minute to realize Eliab was speaking Norwegian and another two minutes to translate what he was saying. She whispered a "Good morning" and she slumped back to lean against the back of the bed. When he mentioned a cut on her forehead, she reached up and touched it, wincing as she did so. How bad did I look? How bad do I like now? She thought, seeing how scared he looked when he told her how he found her.

Katherine then noticed Eliab's hand held out to her. Suggesting that they should go to the infirmary. Hesitant at first, she took his hand, but lowered it onto her lap. "N-No, I'm fine. R-Really." She lied, truth is she felt like crap. Seeing the disbelieving look on Eliab's face, Kay tried to look okay, but failed. Signing, she said, "O-Okay, I'm not all that fine...But I don't want to go to the infirmary." His face now showed confusion, so she continued. "My parents told the Headmaster, Vice, and the nurses about my...condition. They said if I go to the infirmary for anything bad that happened to me, they would want to be informed right away..." Her slight grip on Eliab's hand tighten, but not much as she still felt weak. "If I go to the infirmary like this, they'd call and tell my parents...You would think it's no big deal, right? Wrong. When my parents find out, they'll come and take me home. They'll lecture me about how they knew going to school would be bad for me because of my health. I'll be bedridden until they say I'm well enough to go back outside." She stopped, tears now filling her eyes. "I-I don't want to leave...I've met so many lovely friends...a-and I don't have to worry about stupid bodyguards (another story for another time) scaring people away from me here... Please, please... Don't make me go..." She said, sniffing in between sentences try not to cry. But nevertheless, the tears did run down her cheeks.

Agatha tilted her head sideways in confusion as to why Cameryn was behaving that way. Sure, a ton of people were not entirely awake, yet, but Cameryn was being especially grumpy. Shrugging, the Grecian decided to poke Aiko with, "Hello? Miss Sasaki? Time to wake up."

Aiko finally got out of her fantasy after five pokes. Looking around, the woman spotted Agatha and told her with a cheerful tone, "Oh! Gomen, Amaranth-Chan! Was there something you needed?"

Agatha's Greek accent leaked as she timidly said, "N-no, Miss Sasaki, I was just concerned since you entered that trance, is all. I-I'll be going, now."

Making her way to the cafeteria, she spotted Cameryn at a table with Roland and Giovanni, where the red-head angrily snatched a cup of coffee from a mischievous Roland (the scary boy, in her book), right before taking a sip and instantly feeling calmer. Agatha could not help but giggle softly at the scene, it was a bit comical to see Cameryn like this in the morning. She worried for her health, though, given that too much caffeine could make someone moody or sick. The Grecian decided to sit alone due to not even wanting to be near Roland. Besides, she always had breakfast alone in the morning so not to disturb anyone's business, added to the fact she was never that much of a talker.

Her breakfast consisted of some blueberry bagels and strawberry cream cheese, along with a fruit salad containing an array of melons, grapes, and citrus fruit. To drink, she got herself some grape juice and chocolate almondmilk. As she ate, she certainly hoped the trio did not come to her, since she did not want to have to deal with Roland.

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Meanwhile, Akira made had just gotten his own breakfast when he noticed Cameryn in a grumpy mood before snatching a cup of coffee and taking a sip. The scene sort of annoyed him with how Roland teased her with the coffee, but what could he do? To himself, in Japanese, he said, "I hope that issue does not become serious."

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Aiko elected to head on over to Leon's office to check on him, only to notice him sound asleep in the same clothes he wore yesterday. In all honesty, she found him quite cute whenever he was asleep like that. Poor Miss Sasaki felt her urges come in and fought them as hard as she could, closed-mouth smiled apparent. In the end, her emotions won out and she let out a loud and enthusiastic, "Kawaii!~" She instantly regretted that and went into apologetic mode. "Gomen'nasai! Gomen'nasai! I tried to keep quiet, Leon-kun! Honest!" She now shook her arms wildly as she explained herself further. "I just can't help it whenever there is something moe going on! I know I should get a grip on it, but it's just so hard!" Clasping her hands onto her cheeks, blushing furiously in embarrassment, she calmed herself and had a sad expression on her face. "I'll just, uh... be checking on some things, Leon-kun..." With that, she went out the door to her own office to get some of her own paperwork completed. She had no idea that her sad and apologetic faces often had this puppy-like innocence about them that could charm many a man.

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Charles had no idea he had an mischievous bystander taking a picture of him in his sleep, as he was having a dream where he was working on a landscape project and putting in the finishing touches. There to thank him was... Sasha? It was weird: he thought for sure, before he fell asleep, that Anna-Beth would be part of whatever dream he had, if at all. Why it was the Russian red-head was beyond him. He had to admit, though: Sasha did have a sweetness and charm of her own. What was weirder still in the dream was the fact he was poked repeatedly, afterwards. That was what caused him to wake up, though, however groggily he did so. "Huh?... Wha...?" He heard Sasha's voice, somewhat soothing, telling him that the sprinkles would come on, soon.

"Okay..." He was now fully awake, yet, so it did not register that he was in the academy gardens, yet. Of course, whereas Sasha got out of the way in time, the poor half-Scotsman suddenly got sprayed with water as he used his crutches to walk. He instantly spurted out frantically in Scottish, "What the hell! Is there a malfunction in the irrigation, already!?" He then noticed Sasha in front of him, still dry, and smirked, now speaking in English. "Oh. Now, I get it. You didn't want this to happen." Getting out of the way of the sprinklers, he saw that he was not too wet; just his face was covered in water. "You know, they got the sprinklers installed wrong: there shouldn't be any water getting on the benches or pathways, or even spraying high above the ground, for that matter. Oh, well. Eliab and I can fix that during Landscape & Horticulture class."

His smirk now gone, he thought out loud, "Speaking of water, there is an indoor pool not far from campus. I could sure go for a swim, right about now. Would be avoiding some of the drama at this hour, too." He then looked at his crutches he still had, his ankle next. "Oh, I forgot: I can't really do that until this ankle heals up." He sighed before adding, "What to do... what to do..." He glanced towards Sasha with an embarrassed look. "Uh... well, the reason I was sleeping on that bench there is that I was up most of the night reviewing botanical names. Being the heir to a large-scale landscaping company can put a lot of pressure on you, you know?"

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Eliab saw Katherine lower his hand to her lap and wondered what was going on. He obviously did not believe her when she said she was okay, as it was obvious she was not. "Katherine..." He did not say her name loud, it was closer to a whisper. His eyes widened at her saying she did not want to go, which prompted him to say, "What's the matter?" He listened intently while she explained the scenario. He answered her question with a shrug and a casual, "Sure, why not?" Kat saying wrong startled him a little, yet what frightened him even more on the inside was what she said about her parents being overprotective. Okay, he heard her mention bodyguards once before, but now it was becoming too much to think about. He wanted to believe she was making the story up, yet he knew in his heart, by seeing her tears and feeling her grip on his hand tighten slightly, that she was telling the truth.

Upon thinking about it more clearly, he got out of his chair, leaned a little closer (but not too much), and placed his free hand on her shoulder nearest him. All the while, he smiled softly, but his eyes were of sadness, even with no tears, this time. Calmly and soothingly, he told her, "Then, I'll look after you." He gently pulled her into a hug as he continued. "Trust me, everything's going to be okay. We'll bring you back to health without your parents even realizing what happened. So, please, don't cry."

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Rebecca made it to the door to Eliab's dorm without stopping once, causing her to take heavy breaths. Even with her athleticism, she realized the urgent sprint would still be tiring. Okay... okay... just, relax... He should be here, by now... everything'll be cool...

Camryn Shaffer

After finishing her coffee, Camryn realized she didn't get anything to eat since Roland called her over right as she got to the cafeteria. Getting up from the table, without a word, she went in line to get some breakfast. Once she got some food, Cam saw Akira sitting alone. "Eh, Ro won't mind." She shrugged going over to the table where Akira was at. "Mind if I sit here?" She asked him and when she got the 'okay' she took a seat across Akira. "Oh, I don't remember if I thanked you last night, so Thanks. And in return, is there anything you'd like me to help you with?"

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Giovanni Napoli and Roland Croisseux

Watching Camryn leave the table, Giovanni spotted the girl from last night. "Hey, Ro. We should go over there an apologize to that girl for what happened last night." He said, pointing to Agatha. "And while we're at it, the other two when we see them next."

Roland didn't looked up from his food. "I don't remember last night. So, no."

"Well, I do. So let's go apologize." Gio got up from his spot, as Roland stayed silent. "Fine. Whatever. I'll go do it." He sighed, walking over to Agatha.

Once Roland finished his food, he got up from the table and left the cafeteria. He headed back to his dorm.

Standing on the opposite side of the table from Agatha, Giovanni cleared his throat to get her attention, before saying. "Hey, um about last night. I just wanted to apologize for Roland's bad behavior. He's a horrible drunk and I'm sure he didn't mean to be so rude to you and your friends." He scratched the back of his head, slightly annoyed he was the one apologizing and not Roland. But what needs to be done, has to be done.

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Léon Croisseux

Hearing a loud and rather annoying shout, woke Leon up. He slightly lifted his head up from his desk to see an apologetic Aiko in front of him. He was only slightly listening to the VH's (Vice Headmaster) explanation, as he was still half asleep. Just when Miss Sasaki calmed herself, Leon was about to say that 'it didn't matter, he needed to get up anyways'; she was already out the door and in her own office.

Taking a deep breath, Leon stretched his arms and back, then let it out. "Well, might as well go to my room and get ready for the day.." He got up from his desk and left id office, which lead into Aiko's office. "Miss Sasaki, I'll be taking my leave." Was all he said, before heading out.

Back at his room, Leon took a rather long shower, before changing into his usual attire. Which consist of a navy blue button-up shirt, a black pea coat, dark gray pants, a dark green scarf, and black shoes. Before going back to his office to finish up the devastating about of paperwork, he got himself a cup of Blue Mountain coffee. Though it was in a regular coffee mug and not his favorite 'special' one since he left it in his office.

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Sasha Pavlichenko

Sasha couldn't help but laugh when the sprinklers went off and sprayed Charles in the face. He shouted in a different language. Scottish maybe? "I tried to warn you." She told him, smirking. When he mentioned that the sprinkler system was installed wrong, she shrugged. "Well, I don't think it matters that the pathway's getting wet, but I get the benches since they're wooden and could rot."

After Charles mentioned the indoor pool, Sasha though it was a great idea; but with his injured ankle, she guessed going swimming wasn't the best to do. "No, not really." She answered, as she doesn't have the pressure of being an heir to a family business. "Now, back to things to do. So swimming and staying in the garden are out of the question. What else is there to do at this school?"

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Katherine Prescott

Katherine was still feeling a bit dazed when Eliab got up and placed his hand on her shoulder. She wiped her eyes once he told her he'd look after her. "Really? You'd do that for me?" What she didn't expect was for Eliab to gently pull her into a hug. And what he said after surprised her even more. A wave of weariness came over her as she hugged him back. She didn't know what to say and she felt to tired to think of something. The only thing that came out of her mouth was a quiet "Thanks..." before her arms slowly fell from his back. She had fallen asleep with her head resting on Eliab's shoulder.

Akira noticed Cameryn coming and waved. when asked if she could sit with him, he said, "Go ahead." He responded to her gratitude with, "Doutitamashite." You're welcome. He heard her ask if he needed help with anything, to which he placed a hand at the back of his neck and told her, "I can't think of anything, right now, Senpai." He ate some more of his natto (using chopsticks) and swallowed before continuing with an embarrassed look. "Although... I still haven't thought of anything for cooking class."

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Agatha noticed a tall boy coming her way and immediately noticed who: the Italian boy from the restaurant. He obviously felt some stress from what happened, and the fact Roland was not apologizing, instead. She smiled softly before saying, "Va tutto bene." It's all right. Her eyes widened in surpirse at the fact this was the first time she spoke in Italian to someone else. Before, it was her way of saying something out loud without anyone knowing what she said. Of course, it was too late, now. Besides, judging from the accent, he knew the language, as well. "Oh, Oh, pardon per stupire voi. Mia madre era dall'Italia, mio padre dalla Grecia." Oh, pardon me for surprising you. My mother was from Italy, my father from Greece. Her smile returning, she said in English (her Greek accent leaking out), "My name's Agatha. What's yours?"

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Charles shrugged when she responded to the negative on knowing what it is like. He knew not everyone could relate. Hearing her question on what else is there to do in school he thought for a moment. "Hmm... I have some videos and DVDs, if you like watching stuff. I'd recommend a volume of Monty Python's Flying Circus, but that is... geared towards a male audience. I don't know how Agatha is able to watch it. Maybe she covers her eyes during some parts. Anyway... Maybe Eliab has a DVD set of The Cosby Show we can borrow from him. That show would be more appropriate for both genders to watch. Then again, he has not really been seen coming in the boys' dorms, last night, which is not like him." Sighing, he concluded, "Well, first thing's first: we need to be sure he is okay." Playfully nudging the pink-head, he added, "Then, if he's fine, we can all go eat breakfast together and watch something after that."

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Eliab heard Katherine utter her thanks before he realized her arms were slipping down his back. He wondered if she was growing even more tired, which her head resting upon his shoulder confirmed it. This is awkward... His face went redder than it already was. Freeing one of his arms while using the other to keep holding her, he removed the blankets for a moment before cradling her and placing her on the bed with her head on the pillow. After that, he tucked her in. He was about to head out the dorm door to look for Kat's things when he heard a few knocks. Who could that be? He opened it to reveal his sister.

Rebecca went frantic. "Hvor pokker der du, storebror? Miss Sasaki sa du ikke ta hovedinngangen til denne flersengsrom bygningen! hva har skjedd?" Where the heck where you, big brother? Miss Sasaki said you did not take the main entrance to this dormitory building! What happened?

Eliab placed a hand on his sister's mouth before silently saying, "Vil du være stille? Katherine er sover!" Will you be quiet? Katherine is asleep! He let go after that.

Rebecca went wide-eyed at what she just heard, and only after a moment of hesitation did she quietly pose the query, "Har du seriøst...?" Did you seriously...?

Eliab placed his right palm on his forehead. "Som ser jeg ut? Jagger? Selvfølgelig ikke! Hun var bevisstløs på tre veien og blødninger fra pannen!" Who do I look like? Jagger? Of course, not! She was unconscious on the wooden pathway and bleeding from the forehead!

This nearly caused Rebecca to raise her voice, yet she kept it low. "Blod? Jeg trodde det var maling!" Blood? I thought that was paint!

Eliab pointed a finger at the girl. "Hva gjorde du gjør ute i regnet, uansett, Rebecca?" What were you doing out in the rain, anyway, Rebecca?

This time, Rebecca raised her voice, but just a little. "Ser for deg! Det er det!" Looking for you! That's what!

Eliab's eye twitched in furstration. "Innser du at du kunne ha fått syke eller skadet?" Do you realize you could have gotten sick or hurt?

Rebecca was now a bit louder when she remarked with, "Jeg kan håndtere selv, vet du! Det er ikke som når vi var bare barn!" I can handle myself, you know! It's not like when we were just kids! Upon seeing Eliab turn his head in a calm sadness, Rebecca calmed down as well and told him, "Uh... Beklager, jeg sa det uten å tenke." Uh... Sorry, I said that without thinking.

Eliab shrugged. "Ikke bekymre deg om det. Uansett, hvor er Kats ting, nå? Jeg var i skogen.?" Don't worry about it. Anyway, where is Kat's stuff, now? I was in the woods.

"I mitt dorm. Kom igjen." In my dorm. Come on.

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In her office, Aiko managed to do most of her own paperwork without distraction, but then thoughts revolving around Leon came to mind. She quickly brushed them away, yet she did not deny she had a crush on him and never gathered the courage to admit. One day, she will.

Camryn Shaffer

"Well, if you want I could teach you an Australian meal?" Camryn suggested, having a small smile. She took a bit out of her cinnamon toast, before saying "And please, enough with the Senpai. Just call me Camryn." She then thought for a short second. "Actually call me Cam, that's what everyone calls me anyways." She finished her toast and started eating her fruit bowl.

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Giovanni Napoli

Giovanni was a bit taken back when the girl spoke Italian, just like he did. "Well, I'm glad he didn't offend you." He sighed in a bit of relief. "Sorpresa? Credo di essere stato un po 'scioccato si sapeva italiana. Che città era tua madre da? Entrambi i miei genitori sono in Italia. Mia madre è siciliana e mio padre da Venezia." Surprise? I guess I was a bit shocked you knew Italian. What city was you mother from? Both my parents are from Italy. My mother is from Sicily and my father from Venice.

Gio decided to take a seat at the table, there was no point in him just standing there if he continued to talk with the girl. When she spoke in English, he grinned a bit. "Ah, I can hear the Greek in your voice. I'm Giovanni. Please to meet you Agatha." He smiled at her, placing his elbows on the table, linking his hands together, and resting his chin on them.

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Sasha Pavlichenko

"I've seen rather a few of the Monty Python. I find it very entertaining actually." Sasha smiled, letting out a small quiet chuckle. "The Cosby show is also a great watch." She then thought for a bit about Eliab not being seen coming in last night. "Hmmm, the same goes for Katherine apparently. She didn't come in last night according to a couple of the girls in the dormitory." She paused, her eyes slightly widening."I hope nothing bad happened to them!" Nodding, she agreed to check on Eliab before doing anything. "Let's hope Eliab and Katherine are both alright, and if they are, we definitely should all go get something to eat for breakfast, then watch something."

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Katherine Prescott

Katherine weaved in and out of consciousness. She first noticed that she was laying back down in the bed. Then she noticed there was another voice in the room. A female one, though she couldn't tell who's voice it was. The conversation between the two was in Norwegian, but she couldn't grasp any of it. Except for the last bit, about her stuff being in the girl's dorm.

After a while, she heard the door opening. Forcing herself to stay conscious, Kat sat up just a little. Her vision was slightly blurry, so she still couldn't recognize who the other girl was. "Wait...Eliab..." Her voice came out in a scratchy whisper. "Could you please...bring back my...medicine..." She chocked out the last word, she hatted saying it. "It's in my backpack...the one that was left behind...in the woods...it's in a little black bag..." Her head started spinning, this was taking a lot of effort out of her. She ended up sliding back down in the bed, loosing consciousness again.

Akira nodded to her suggestion, but then felt totally embarrassed when Camryn told him not to call her senpai, anymore. Crap! I keep forgetting that I'm not in Japan, anymore! Note to self: need to remember to address fellow students at higher grade levels as I would anyone else. Placing a hand behind his neck with a timid laugh, he told the girl, "Sorry, Cam. I guess I'm still adjusting to life in Britain. I'll keep in mind what you said." Akira nearly completed eating his natto, at this point. One last bite, and all that was left was to finish up with the green tea he had. "Well, Cam, I imagine the lessons can wait until are stomachs are empty enough for it. What do you want to do in the meantime?"

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Agatha nodded with her smile still on her face. "Same with you." Upon thinking about where her mother was from, her grin faltered a little. "My mother traveled from Rome to Athens, where I was born and raised. She absolutely loved art and gardening. My father was a Greek Orthodox missionary." Pulling on the chain around her neck (which was relatively hidden) she revealed an Eastern Orthodox cross hanging from it. "He would wear this very same necklace all the time." Her smile now completely disappeared as she lowered the hand displaying the cross. "I... I'm sorry. Talking about my parents brings up violent memories of their deaths back at Athens. And... to be brutally honest, seeing Roland grab the crutch the way he did brought back another memory from before that. You see, my family had a knack for peacefully protesting the heated atmosphere of politics between Greece and Turkey, despite all the negative feedback. That's all I can bring myself to say on the topic."

Before the conversation could go any further, one of the basketball team members ran up to Giovanni with a frantic, "Gio! Our Trainer went ill, this morning!"

Agatha tilted her head sideways. "Trainer?"

The boy responded by saying, "The one who gives medical attention to the athletes on the team. He's the guy who helps relieve any pain from the exercise involved in both practice and the games." The boy turned back towards Giovanni. "What're we going to do if somebody gets injured, mate!?"

Agatha stood up with her hand on her chest, posing the query, "Maybe I could be of help?" She resumed by stating, "I volunteered a lot for a Greek Orthodox church in Athens. Medical duties were among a number of things I have conducted there."
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Eliab and Rebecca heard Katherine from just outside the bedroom of the dorm. The poor brunette mentioned her medicine and in what luggage to find it. The Othniel siblings figured it was best to hurry and get the medicine for her. Right after exiting the boys dorms, Eliab and Rebecca were met by Charles and Sasha.

Charles berated him in anxiety with,. "What were you thinking, mate, not returning to the building at the appointed time and worrying the bloody crap out of us!? We heard Kat was not at the girls' dorms, so something had to have happened to both of you! What gives!?"

Eliab simply walked around him while replying. "Sorry, Charles, but I have to retrieve Katherine's medicine. She was unconscious in the woods when I spotted her there, last night. Now, if you'll excuse me..."

Charles interrupted by posing the query, "Shouldn't that be handled by the nurse?"

"No good," Eliab answered. "I offered taking her to the infirmary, but she's too afraid of that due to family matters."

Charles' eyes widened. "How serious is her condition?"

Eliab simply said, "Not right now, okay?"

Rebecca looked towards Charles while shrugging. "No use, Chuck. Once he sets his mind on helping someone, he won't stop until he completes the task."

Charles simply froze where he was for a moment. "Holy..." Once he could move, he walked alongside Sasha while saying, "Now that I can think on it, Eliab's face shows signs of a lot of crying. Must've been that serious. At least we know Kat's alive."

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At the girls' dormitories, Rebecca let her brother into her dorm and handed him the backpack. Halfway back to the boys' dorms, she said to Eliab, "I'll go get you two something to eat."

"Make sure Kat gets something light."

"I know, big brother! I'm not stupid!"

Eliab next told Rebecca, "Also, do you mind lending her some of your clothes when you get the chance? Sorry for delaying your gymnastics practice, by the way."

Rebecca shrugged. "Don't worry about it. Taking care of someone takes precedence. And, after practice, today, I'll go fetch some clothes from my dorm." With that, she headed off to the cafeteria.

Eliab reentered his own dorm and entered the bedroom, placing the backpack on his lap as he brought out the bag Katherine mentioned before setting the backpack down on the floor. He showed the black bag while saying, "Rebecca will come by with breakfast. Later in the day, she'll even lend you some of her clothes." He next opened the bag as he asked, "Is there any medication you think you need, at the moment, or can it wait?" He wanted to be sure he was not messing up.

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At the cafeteria, Charles waited in line with Sasha. "Well, Sasha, I guess we shouldn't bother Eliab all that much until Kat feels better, don't you agree? If what we saw and heard of him does not prove he loves her, nothing does."

Camryn Shaffer

When Akira apologized, Camryn let out a small laugh."It's all good." She smiled, finishing off her fruit bowl. "You are quite right. We wait until lunch when we are hungry again to do the next meal lesson." She said excitedly, then started thinking of things to do. "Well, lets see. Its still overcast outside because of the rain last night, so if we go off Academy grounds, we'll need to bring umbrellas just in case it starts raining again." She paused, still thinking. "There's not that much to do here, if you think about it, since most of the school is all closed up until Monday." She couldn't think of anything to do until lunch, so she asked Akira "Have you got anywhere in London you'd like to see?

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Giovanni Napoli

Giovanni looked at Agatha in slight shock. "I'm truly sorry. I didn't know." He lowered his head just a bit, his bangs falling in front of his face and covering a small portion of his eyes. "I'll definitely have a talk with Ro later..." He whispered, hopefully quiet enough that Agatha didn't hear him.

Gio's head then shot up when he heard the frantic voice of Trevor, one of the guys on the basketball team. "Again? Damn, that kid is always sick. How'd we get stuck with him anyways?" He asked, slightly irritated that Cole, the trainer, had more sick days than actually showing up.

"Well Coach said he was the only one with some medical training who wanted to be on the team. And since he sucked so much at basketball, Coach made him out nurse." Trevor laughed, as his answer calmed his nerves a bit. Then he looked to Agatha when she questioned what a trainer was. To which he explained.

Considering Agatha's offer to become the new trainer, Giovanni sighed. "We'll have to ask Coach..." He paused, looking at Agatha, "...and Roland, as he is the team captain." He stood up and looked about in the cafeteria, Roland no where to be seen. "Probably in his dorm." He grumbled, turning to Trevor. "Go take Agatha and ask Coach to see if its alright. I'll go make sure with Ro." Looking at Agatha now. "Unless you'd like to join me?"

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Sasha Pavlichenko

Sasha kept quiet when Charles and Eliab talked, or what seemed like a little argument. When the Othniel siblings left, and Charles could move again, they walked to the cafeteria. She then started thinking."I do hope Katherine is alright, but I wonder why she's afraid to go to the infirmary? I mean, what kind of family matter would prevent her from not wanting to get checked up on with the nurse?" She asked, mainly to herself, as they went inside the cafeteria.

Now waiting in line to get food, Sasha gave a little smile at Charles' opinion. "I think its funny how practically everyone knows Eliab is madly in love with Katherine, but Kat herself." With saying that, she giggled lightly. "What has happened to her is a serious situation, but how he acts about it is oh so cute."

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Katherine Prescott

Katherine was in a light sleep, but when the door to Eliab's dorm room opened then closed, she woke up. Her vision was not as blurry as it was before, just a bit fuzzy now. She slowly sat herself up, as Eliab reached the bed, and blinked a few times to get rid of the little black dots in her vision. Which was from a small light headiness she got from sitting up. "Thank you." She mumbled, as Eliab told her Rebecca was getting something for her to eat and some clothes she could where. When he asked her what medication she needed, it took her a bit to remember. Before talking, she closed her eyes, keeping them shut as she spoke. "Umm I need the bottle of iron supplements...its the uhh...bigger bottle of the two in there." Kat brought her right hand up and gently rubbed her right side temple. "I needa...I need to take them with water." Stopping, she lowered her hand down to her side. "I also need to do my insulin...after I have eaten something...but could you give me that uhh...that little machine in there...I need to umm...check my blood or uhh sugar level..." She told Eliab, having an easier time speaking, but having a slight difficulty remembering exactly what she needed. "I really appreciate all that you're doing." She said quietly, opening her eyes and looking at Eliab.

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Roland Croisseux

After he got back to his dorm, Roland had taken another shower. He had not remembered if he already took one before getting breakfast or not. Then he amped up his music and cleaned his dorm room up some. Once he finished, Ro decided to take an early Saturday morning nap.

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Léon Croisseux

Léon had returned to his office with a nice cup of hot Blue Mountain coffee. He sat down at his desk and stared miserably at the pile of paperwork he still had to do. "Alright! Let's finish these!" He told himself, for a little encouragement, as he started on one paper after another.

Akira took a sip of his tea as he thought about where he wanted to go. "Well, there is the British Museum. I hear it contains millions of artifacts that can be viewed. We do not need to pay anything for entry, it's totally free." Finishing up the last of his green tea, he ask Cameryn, "Want to go see what they have on display? I'll pay for the taxi."

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Agatha thought for a moment on going to see Roland. On the one hand, she was still a little scared of him. On the other, she could not let a chance to help people pass her by. Besides, she did not want Roland to be talked to too harshly for what happened, if he even remembered.

"Okay, I'll go with you, Giovanni."

At the boys dorm, Agatha was a little nervous. She did not want to give a bad first impression, which made the encounter with Roland all the more important. She wanted to show both boys that she held no personal grudge. However, as Roland appeared before her eyes, her fear sunk in as she hid behind Giovanni, clinging to him by the shirt.

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Charles chuckled some at what Sasha said about practically everyone knew about Eliab's crush on Katherine. "Bloody hell! Word does travel fast, it seems!" Smirking towards Sasha, he added, "And, yes, Eliab's reaction to the whole thing is rather heartwarming." Charles got himself the typical English breakfast: a bowl of cereal with milk, some toast, orange juice, and a cup of coffee. Sitting down with Sasha after they both paid for their meals, he thought about what to do. "Let's see... We were already at the garden. Perhaps London Zoo would be fitting?"

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Rebecca wasted no time in selecting and paying for all three breakfasts. One was for Eliab, another for Katherine, the final for herself, of course. Having the gracefulness her years of gymnastics training granted her, she made her way back to Eliab's dorm.

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Eliab listened carefully to what needed to be brought out for Kat and took them out of the bag. First the bottle of iron supplements, next the insulin, and finally the machine to check the blood sugar levels. I wonder if she has Type-1 diabetes, where she was born with it, or Type-2, where she ate sugary or fatty foods so much, she became diabetic that way. It's probably too rude to ask, anyway. Hearing Katherine's words of gratitude, Eliab smiled softly towards her with, "No problem." He handed the machine, then went to the kitchen to get a cup of water for Kat and brought it to her when he returned, also reading the label for the iron supplements before handing the right amount to Katherine.

To keep matters from being silent the whole time, the blond boy decided to tell Katherine more about his Boston terrier, Davy. He started off with how Davy would "ruff" Eliab up whenever it was time for a walk, and how excited the dog got whenever Eliab asked if he wanted a "walkie". He even mentioned how Davy was always eager to get outside to bark at the storm whenever lightning and thunder struck. Not to mention, the numerous laughs the whole household got whenever seeing Davy chase shiny lights moving about because of the sunlight reflecting off of certain items, or whenever a flashlight was on.

Finally, Rebecca was in the dorm with the food. "A bit of tomato soup ought to help. Also got the bread."

Eliab saw all three bowls and nodded. "It won't hurt her stomach, so that's a plus."

Katherine was given one bowl, next Eliab, and the final went to Rebecca. They divided the bread evenly so all three could enjoy. To drink, there was orange juice. After breakfast, Eliab made sure Katherine got her insulin.

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Friday night was no easy night for Amnon, mainly because it was difficult to keep Shabbat while still being back at his dorm by curfew. The Messianic Jew seriously considered finding people of similar beliefs to celebrate Shabbat with. It was still going on since it was Saturday. Masuta was diverse in regards to ethnicity and belief systems, so chances are, he could find at least someone. It would not guarantee upholding school rules about curfew and when to go to bed (it was unlikely they would be upheld often, anyway, considering the nature of Shabbat), but at least it would remove the need to be off campus. The biggest issue was finding somebody to fill in as the de facto rabbi (de facto because he/she would not actually be ordained to do it, since it would be a high school student performing the duties). Amnon already had the equipment in his dorm, meaning that would be no problem.

Deep in thought as to how to go about setting everything up, he accidentally bumped into a girl that was more than a foot shorter than him. Thankfully, he caught her right on time. "Sorry, miss! I didn't see you, there! I... was kind of lost in thought, for a moment..."

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Aiko was about to go in Leon's office to speak to him about something when she heard him try to motivate himself to complete the paperwork he had stacked up. She decided it was best to wait until the man made himself available. Sure, Leon could get on her nerves, sometimes, when it came to work. Then again, poor Aiko did find the French man cute in his own way. Just thinking about it made her heart pound a little. the trouble was, she feared what could happened if she opened up about such feelings. Would it end up a distraction, in the end, or would the scenario made be manageable? Too many questions, too few answers.

Noel was in a sense the one and only member of the gardening club. It's not that the club itself did or did not exist. It's just that Noel found herself more often then not walking about the schools gardens, fixing things, transplanting things. No one asked her to do it, and she had not really asked them she just did it. After awhile she guessed that the gardeners and the teacher who taught horticulture realized Noel's pass time. As they began leaving her the tools, blueprints, seeds, and keys to other areas. They allowed her to tend most of the plants but they helped out a little. And that is what Noel was doing today, dressed in a pair of skinny jeans and a big baggy lavender t-shirt her hair was braided and out of place and she had dirt on her hands and face as she worked.

Today she was actually transplanting the herbs as many of them were running out of room in there makeshift pots, Felix her cat was of course helping her. Noel picked up a Lavender plant it's roots pushing out from its container and its leaves wilting. She frowned and tutted looking for where she'd put the larger pots. Felix gave and meow and when Noel looked over he was standing by them. "Thanks Felix." She walked over and quickly transplanted the small lavender before picking up the watering pot... Only to realize it was empty. Mumbling to herself on how forgetful she seemed today she spun around and walked toward the general direction of the hose that hung up on the green house. But while she wasn't paying attention she walked right into someone and slipped but in a moment the taller gentlemen had caught her and was already apologizing. "W-Wait! You have that absolutely wrong... I wasn't paying attention either you see! It was also my fault... Guess I have my head in the clouds... Or... Would it be plants..." Noel looked to the side as her mismatched eyes became distant with thought.

As Noel thought Felix on the other being the cat he was, sat atop the table nearby glaring at Amnon. Slowly he began to hiss as his fur puffed up, after all this stranger had been holding on to Noel far too long he should have let go and left by now. The sound of hissing brought back Noel and she jumped. "Felix no!" His fur slowly de poofed as Noel came nearby. "I'm so sorry... Felix really hates strangers around me... He's grown up to be more of a body guard then a house pet it seems." Noel gently coaxed Felix closer and calmed him with gentle petting while avoid getting dirt on his black fur. Soon he was a ball of fur and purring as Noel gently smiled water can still in one hand Lavender plant waiting in its new pot for some liquid life.

Amnon was not the least bit afraid of the cat, whom was named Felix. In fact, he chuckled and let go of Noel so she could pacify him. "I believe I've seen you in Horticulture Class. You're Noel Luma Mai, yes?" Bowing slightly and gentlemanlike, he introduced himself. "I am Amnon Angelo Chaikin. It is quite a pleasure to meet you outside the classroom, seniorita." Straightening up while still smiling, he held his hand out for Felix to sniff. Once Felix was sure the Arab-Jewish-Italian Israeli meant no harm, which was apparent by the purr, Amnon rubbed the black cat's head, similar to how Eliab did it when he met Noel. "Come mio padre e mio nonno, mi sembra sempre di attirare gli animali da compagnia mi. Ho sentito che mio cugino ha quella stessa affinità. Io lo conoscevo solo da foto e lettere che è venuto dall'America a Israele. Non mi aspettavo di vedere lui in Inghilterra, figuriamoci in questa Accademia." Like my father and grandfather, I seem to always attract pet animals to me. I hear a cousin of mine has that same affinity. I only knew him from photos and letters that came from America to Israel. I never expected to see him in England, let alone in this Academy.

Looking at Noel, Amnon added, "Mind if I help out? Sorry for the Italian, I heard you mumble in that, so I figured you were fluent in it."

Camryn Shaffer

"British Museum it is." Camryn smiled, as she finished off the last of her juice. She then got up from the table to throw her trash away. "It's strange, I've lived here for 10 years and I've only been to the museum once." She said, slightly to herself. "Anyways, are you sure you wanna pay for the taxi? I mean, I don't mind pitching in a few bucks." Before exiting the cafeteria, she thought for a moment. "I can even see if Roland will give us a ride. And if he doesn't, I could always just take his car." Cam laughed. It was always funny to her whenever she took Ro's car without permission or just because he didn't want to take her somewhere.

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Giovanni Napoli and Roland Croisseux

"Alright then, let's go." Giovanni said, as he and Agatha left the cafeteria. It took them a few short minutes to reach the boy's dormitory. Once in front of Roland's dorm door, Gio knocked. "Oi Ro! Open up!" He called out, waiting a few seconds only to hear a loud snore from the other side of the door. "Ugh, for crying out loud. He's sleeping.." He banged on the door louder. "Hey! Roland! Get your lazy ass up and open this god damn door!" He shouted this time. After another minute or two, there was a low grumbling noise, feet shuffling across the floor, then the sound of the door's lock coming undone.

Roland opened up the door, shirtless, and since his hair was still wet when he took a nap, it made for some serious bedhead. "Can I help you?" He muttered. "I was in the middle of a good nap." Yawning, he stretched his arms up.

"You just wake up 3 hours ago, you don't need a nap." Gio said, just as Agatha hid behind him, and clung to his shirt. "Look you're scaring Agatha. Go put a shirt on."

With a sigh, Ro left to get a shirt. When he came back, Gio surprised him by putting him in a headlock. Which was easy for Giovanni since he was 7 inches taller then Roland. "Okay, so this here is Agatha." Gio turned Ro around so they were facing Agatha. "And Agatha, as you may know, this is Roland."

"Yo." Was all that Roland said to Agatha before he tried to look up at Giovanni. "So what do you guys want?"

Gio released Ro and straightened up. "Well Agatha here has something she'd like to ask you."

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Sasha Pavlichenko

"Well not only does word travel fast, it's also obvious by the way Eliab looks at Katherine and how he acts around her." Sasha smiled, getting herself the same breakfast as Charles. Once she paid for her meal, she took a seat across from him. "Hmm, the London Zoo? That seems like a great place to spend the day!" She smiled .

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Katherine Prescott

As Eliab left to get some water, Katherine pricked her finger with the machine so it could read her blood sugar levels. She waited a short moment until the machine beeped. "Ah...it's fairly low.." She mumbled to herself, just as Eliab came back with a cup of water. Placing the machine on the end table, she took the cup and two of the iron supplements from Eliab. "Thanks" Placing the two pills in her mouth, she took a big gulp of water, swallowing them both.

Kat wasn't really up for talking just yet. So when Eliab started talking about his Boston Terrier, Davy, she kept quiet through most of it. There was the occasional comment about her own dog, Goldie, acting much of the same as Davy, but other then that the girl did't talk. She rather enjoyed just listening to someone else's stories, than telling people about her own.

Once Rebecca came back with the food, Katherine gladly took the bowl of tomato soup from her and took the first spoon full right away, after she had blown on it took cool it down some. The warmth of the soup sliding down her throat and into her stomach made her slight aching stomach feel better. It even helped the lightheaded feeling she had as well.

Each spoon full of soup and bite of bread she had, had made her feel a whole lot better. There was even a bit of color returning to her pale skin. Though that might be because of the hot soup making her cheeks a little flushed. When she was done eating, Kat placed a new insulin cartridge into the insulin pen, then click on a new pen needle. She turn the dial on the end of the pen to the number of units she needed to take. Pausing, she glanced at Rebecca and Eliab. She was a bit uncomfortable with having them in the same room as she was about to take her insulin. Only because she always did it when she was alone or with her doctor when she was too young to do it herself.

With a deep breath, Katherine realized it was silly of her to get embarrassed over taking insulin in front of others. Blushing slighting, she lifted the shirt up, just enough to insert the needle into her left abdomen. She press the button on the end of the pen to deliver the dose and counted to five, before she removed the needle. She grabbed her little bag bag and took out a needle-deposit baggie that was thick enough so when she disposed of the needle, it wouldn't poke out, and put it back in the bag. She then just tossed the empty insulin cartage into the bag as well as her insulin pen and blood sugar machine. Zipping her black bag shut, she placed it back on the end table, leaving her iron supplement pill bottle out next to her medicine bag.

Noel let out a relieved sigh as Felix stopped his hissing. She could tell her cat was wary though he always was at first, even if he knew they meant no harm Felix just seemed to hate the idea of anyone touching her... Maybe even he knew how very delicate she was. Was it so apparent? Did she appear to people like a cracked vase ready to shatter at even the harshest word? Or maybe she looked like a flower planted in the wrong place where the smallest change in weather could cause her to wilt and her petals to turn brown drained of all life? As Noel watched Felix eye Amnon and purr suspiciously she wondered these things. And all too suddenly was Amnon talking and she found herself listening a smile coming to her face.

"We have... We have several classes together... Actually... I sit in the back so If I have a coughing fit I don't bug to many people... I'm also scared of the teachers..." She flushed. "But we also have about... 3 other classes together including dance. Uh... Sorry if that seems weird..." Noel smiled shyly her cheeks flushing. "I have good memory... As for the Italian... Sono nato e cresciuto in Italia devo dire che il tuo italiano è molto buono. (I was born and raised in Italy I must say your Italian is pretty good.)" Noel smiled giving Felix another scratch behind the ear as she ducked under Amnon to get to the hose her cheeks now burning red. Could she be any more embarrassing? As she filled the watering can she tried to distract Amnon from herself. "A-Are... Are you Eliab and Rebecca's cousin? I-I... Umm, were pretty good friend I mean... And you have certain traits like them... Also they told me about you I think..." Noel's cheeks only burned brighter as she suddenly realized she was overfilling the watering can. Quickly she turned it off and tried to lift but the large amount of water made it difficult and her arms shook as she slowly walked back to the lavender plant... But she did this because she wanted to try and build muscle.

With difficulty Noel lifted the metal watering can and slowly poured what the plant would need without spilling it. As she set the watering can down she smelled the lavender and smiled taking the plant to its new spot and selecting a new one to transplant. Suddenly it dawned on her that through all her rambling and fumbling Noel had not even answering the poor mans question. "YOUR ALLOWED TO HELP OUT!" Suddenly Noel's cheeks were worse then before and she was apologizing and looking down and pulling on her shirt. "Y-You asked and I never answered I-I'm so rude I'm sorry! I'm sorry! You can help if you want! But only if you want its optional really! You can leave also I know this must be embarrassing I-I'm the only one really part of the gardening club that doesn't even exist and no ones ever caught me doing it and asked to help and you can join and you don't even have to join if you don't want too help out for the day maybe but you don't have to do that either and and..." (Hooray for the use of a run on sentence because that's what she sounded like just then) Noel stopped her cheeks bright red as she starred at the ground wishing she could just fade. "Umm... You can help." She whispered hiding her red face behind a plant as she tried not to cough having realized she'd used any oxygen left in her frail lungs and now felt light headed.

Akira raised an eyebrow when Camryn said she could pitch in a few bucks. Doesn't she mean 'pounds'? This is the United Kingdom, after all. hearing Cameryn next tell him about Roland's car honestly left him laughing for a moment. And, that idiot lets her? Now, that is interesting. The laughter was replaced with confusion, however. "Wait. Is he a relative of yours?" Akira was always cautious not to cross any boundaries. Being a straight A student (due to a combination of his entire family putting pressure on him and he himself wanting to succeed), he was one to analyze the situation, most of the time. Other times, he could be an utter hothead. As a side note, stress is what turned all his hair grayish white. At least, Aiko was not so hard on him, unlike his mother.

Waiting until Camryn explained the scenario, Akira thought for a moment. "Maybe Aunt Aiko can take us, if she is not busy. Knowing her, however, she is probably going to be working closely with Headmaster Crossieux just to keep him focused, or so she tells me. If not that, then she is definitely cooking up some sort of plan to play cupid as we speak. Heaven knows who her target pairing is. It gets old real quick just watching her do that kind of stuff." Shuddering at that instant, he made up his mind. "You know, that discouraged me from giving her a call, now. She will just go all ship-mode on us, like yesterday. Let's see about borrowing Roland's car."

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Agatha sort of felt bad for Roland having been put in that headlock. She had one eye open to see that, only letting go of Giovanni's shirt when he informed Roland that she had something to say. The Grecian straightened her composure enough to display some confidence in spite of her timid nature sinking in. "Well, I heard the trainer for the basketball team has gone ill, and... well... if you don't mind, I'd like to help out."

Agatha gripped the cross at her chest tightly with one hand as she continued. "I volunteered at an Orthodox Church in Athens often, and dealt with plenty of ailments. I even received training while doing so. If there is anything I can do, I am more than willing to."

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Charles smiled at Sasha's answer. "Nice! London Zoo it is, then! Kenneth can take us there!" Upon both of them finishing breakfast, Charles used his crutches to walk with Sasha to the front before calling for Kenneth to come over. When Kenneth arrive, Charles let Sasha in first, then got in after her. At the zoo, Kenneth provided the umbrella for the two of them before driving away. Charles paid for the tickets for the two of them. "Any animal you want to see, first?"

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Amnon watched as Noel tended to watering awkwardly. He felt bad for her, now, since she seemed embarrassed, somehow. At first, he did not know what to do, but seeing her run out of oxygen caused him to help her to a bench. That was when he had a closer look at the girl's eyes. He looked in Noel's eyes for an instant with admiration. "Wow... You have beautiful eyes."

Were Noel to try to run off in embarrassment about her eyes, Amnon would run after her in a concerned matter, shouting, "Wait, wait a minute! I did not say that in any sarcastic way! I actually meant it! I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding!"

Catching up to her, Amnon would hug her in an effort to comfort her while saying, "There is nothing to be ashamed of, Noel."

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Eliab and Rebecca were relieved when they saw Katherine recovering. Both siblings looked sideways as Kat took her insulin, so not to make her too awkward. With that out of the way, Eliab tried to think of something to discuss. "So... I guess you were unconscious because you did not take your insulin last evening?"

Noel blinked her mix-matched eyes in confusion as she allowed Amnon to lead her to a bench, she was happy to sit for a moment close her eyes and breath, but when she opened her eyes again Amnon was closer to her face then before and staring at her... Wit expectation? Or was that... admiration she saw? Blinking slowly Noel moved away confused until she heard Amnon

Wow... You have beautiful eyes.

Noel blinked feeling a strange sense of shell shock. No one had complemented her eyes in a long time... Did he mean it? No...

In a blink Noel found herself 13 again with her first love hearing him tell her how much he adored her eyes and the next time laughing at how stupid she was for believing him... She looked like a broken doll that was fixed wrong never perfect. No... She would not have that happen again. Standing quickly Noel moved away from Amnon and covered her face with her small hands. "Don't... Don't lie to me... I know what you really think... I look broken weird... My eyes don't match and I'm small and frail... But I'm not stupid." Noel moved her hands away and gave a weak glare that looked more hurt her cheeks dark red in embarrassment and shame. "Don't you d-dare lie." Noel felt hot liquid poor from her eyes and she quickly covered her face again before bolting down the green house her eyes blurred by tears and unable to tell the exit from the plants.

When she did stop and Noel actually wasn't sure when she did she could only hear her heart beat pounding fast in her ears and feel her body shaking... She'd run into the wall... Like an idiot with her stupid face in her hands. Slowly the world tuned in and she heard Amnon behind her pulling her into a hug and trying to comfort her... It was strange to have someone hug her so easily... Not even her parents did that, they'd always treated her like a sculpture full of cracks, letting no one touch her only her grandma gave her good strong hugs and even those were rare. Letting her hands fall to her side she let Amnon hug her and she let herself hide her tear stained face. "I'm sorry... So sorry... I just did not want it to happen again... I don't want someone to lie and hurt me again... I'm sorry..." She lifted her arms and wrapped them around Amnon... It was nice to return a hug for once. "Sorry..."

Camryn Shaffer, Roland Croisseux, and Giovanni Napoli

Camryn smiled a sweet, sincere smile. "Ah, yes. We are brother and sister. Or well, he's my adoptive brother that is." She said, getting up from the table. "It's a pretty long story, so I'll tell you in the car." She nodded, as if agreeing with herself. "Leon? I mean, Headmaster Crossieux actually doing work? Now that'll be a first." She giggled, as she threw her trash away. "Yesterday...What had happened again?" She asked, since Akira and his aunt Aiko spoke in Japanse and Cam didn't catch a word they were saying.

Once they exited, the two headed for the boy's dormitory. Which was only a short five minute walk and another two minutes to reach Roland's dorm room. The door was already opened and there were other voices coming from within. A male, which was probably Giovanni, and a female voice Camryn didn't recognized.

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"What? Trevor is sick again?" Roland growled, clearly irritated. "That's it I'm kicking him off the team!" He said, in a half shout. "You, um, Agatha." He slightly glared at her, only because he was mad. "You said you want to help out correct?" He asked in a bit harsh tone. He had barely heard or even listened to what she had said as she spoke a bit quietly. Though that didn't matter to him.

Giovanni slightly laughed at Roland's reaction to Trevor being sick. Though when Ro got a bit hostile towards Agatha, Gio placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, giving her a little pull back away from Ro. "Calm down Ro, she's not to blame. She only wants to help us."

Roland took a deep breath to steady his nerves. "Well congratulations, you are now the basketball's new trainer." He said, running his hands through his jet black hair.

Just then, Camryn walked into the dorm room and saw everyone standing in the middle of the den. They seemed to have finished discussing whatever it was, so she just went on ahead and grabbed Roland's arm. "I'll be borrowing him for a moment." Was all she said, before dragging him off to the side next to Akira.

"Cam, what're-" Roland was cut off by being jerked off to the side.

"Well, we're leaving anyways, so you can have him as long as you want Cam." He said and steered Agatha out the door.

"Wait. Gio" He turned to Giovanni, but it was too late, he and Agatha had already left the room.

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Giovanni and Agatha were now in the hall, away from the noise coming from Roland's dorm room. "So, Congrats on becoming our new trainer." Gio said, removing his hand from the girl's shoulder. "We'll be in your care." He smiled down at her.

Thinking for a moment, "Is there anything you'd like to do?" He asked, then realized that maybe she didn't want to spend the whole day with him. After all, he had only meant to apologize on behalf of Roland, then see if Ro was okay with her being their new trainer. His duty was done, he no longer needed to be bothering the poor girl. "Ah, how rude of me. I guess after all that has happened this early in the morning, you'd like to be alone for a bit." He said.

Stopping at the front door of the boy's dormitory building. "This is where we will part our ways." He smiled again, then bowed for no reason. "It was a pleasure to have met you today Agatha. I hope the rest of your day goes swimmingly." And with that, he turned to walk off back up the stairs.

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"Either you drive us to the British Museum, or you give me your keys so I can drive us." Camryn said, letting go of Roland and crossing her arms over her chest.

Ro sighed, except for the gym to practice, he didn't feel like going anywhere today. Walking over to the couch, he leaned back and fell onto the cushions. "The keys are where they usually are. Hanging on the nail by the door." His eyes were closed now. He new Cam was still looking at him, so he pointed at her. "If you screwed up my car, I'll kill you. Dork." He warned her, as his impala just got an upgrade.

"Thanks Bro! Don't worry, I won't mess up your precious impala." She smiled, taking the keys from the nail. "Let's go Akira." She smiled, closing the door behind them.

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Sasha Pavlichenko

Getting into the car, Sasha thought for a moment. "I don't know! All of them. At once!" She laughed, giving the question a bit more thought. "Umm, how about we just start on one side, then go in a circle to see everything." She smiled, glancing out the window, watching the old European building go by. "We can go look at all the animals on, let's say, the right side first. Then go get lunch, and then go around on the left side." She looked back at Charles now. "Hopefully we'll be able to finish in a day. I hear the zoo is quite large. We might have to just do one side on day, then come back and to the other side."

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Katherine Prescott

Some more color returned to Katherine's pale skin. "Yeah, not taking my insulin is part of it. The other part is that I was already feeling a tab bit under the weather yesterday." She sighed, drinking the rest of her water. "Not the smartest of ideas to go outside when feeling ill. Especially when it's about to rain." She said, following a small fit of coughing.

"I'm sorry Eliab...Rebecca. I must be a burden for you two." Kat sat herself up, now sitting completely up. "I don't want you to go another night without a bed again Eliab." She told him, swinging her feet over the edge of the bed. "I best be getting to my own dorm room." She tried standing, but couldn't hold herself up for more than a second. She sat back down onto the bed, sighing again.

The brunette drew her knees up, hugging her legs. "I'm such an idiot.." She muttered, placing her head between her knees. "I can't even take care of myself properly without someone else helping me.." Her tone was a bit louder then a whisper, but still quiet. She remembered the second day of school where she had an panic attack in the middle of the cafeteria. Freaking out over not having her medication. It's only been a short while since school has even started and she has already caused too much trouble. She wanted to cry, but forced herself not to. As it might just result in her being more a burden the the Othniel siblings.

Eliab nodded when Katherine explained the other part of how she ended up the way she did. Her cough left him a little worried. Good thing I got cough medicine. Her apology to him and his sister left him stunned. Her saying she did not want him to be without his bed resulted in the worried, knee-jerk reaction, "Your health is more important than that, Kat! Besides, I..."

Eliab was about to say he had a sleeping bag he could use when he noticed she could not stand and was now more upset than ever. He could almost swear Katherine was fighting the urge to cry. She is that upset that I am helping her? After I promised I'd look after her? Does that not mean anything to her? Does it not say anything to her? Why is she behaving like this?

Eliab was shocked at what he was witnessing. Here he was, looking after her, and Katherine was insisting on returning to her dorm. Her, a burden to him? He would gladly lay down his life just to ensure her well being! He would have said that, were it not for his internal conflict of what exactly to say and how to word it. He simply walked up and sat next to her.

At last, he placed a hand on her shoulder and said with a soft smile, "I promised I'd look after you, didn't I? The bed does not matter. I have a sleeping bag I can use at night. Your health is more important to me. Heck, I'd give up my own life if it meant ensuring your well being."

To Rebecca, he said, "Little sis, once you come back with the clothes for Kat, I got this."

Rebecca shook her head. "Once I come back, I am staying right here."

Eliab's smile faded at that. "Rebecca, really, I can handle this."

Rebecca now turned defensive and angry. "Why are you always like this, big brother!? Why must you do everything by yourself!? You even go as far as to use fake faces to hide your emotions when you feel sad or bothered! Why!?"

Eliab's face went solemn as he replied with, "I don't want anyone getting in trouble or hurt because of me or my emotions. Remember when we were kids?"

The tan girl pointed her finger at her brother with a clear objection. "That incident could not be helped! Those boys associated with the Klu Klux Klan would have beaten one of us up, anyway, and you had no idea they were there in the woods! And afterwards, we could have gotten the police on them instead of you going berserk that night!"

"And look what happened when I went berserk: I nearly was the cause of David's death at their hands when he stood between them and me as they were about to stab me in my beaten state. Had they focused on his Semitic blood instead of his words, they would have killed him as well as me."

"But, that's not the case, Eliab! You're both still alive, today!" Rebecca had her hands in fists while tears came down her eyes. "Nobody can take on everything alone! Accept that!"

Eliab was at a loss for words, after that. He merely sat there with his eyes closed as he fought tears. Any sign of weakness, he reasoned, would add to Katherine's mentality of being a burden. He knew that if she kept that mentality, she would not accept the aid of others, plus Eliab, himself, would stand no chance at winning her heart. A lady never wants to feel like a burden, thus if he fed that feeling, he would only make matters worse.

Rebecca recovered her composure while stating, "If you need anything after I bring the clothes, let me know. Not that you'll ever admit to needing help, anyway." With that, she walked off to her own dorm to do as she said she would.