I hate school.

We're a small colony so everyone fits into one class and we only have one teacher, but listening to her blab on about random crap that most of us will never need to know as we'll never leave this colony and will probably end up as farmers.
Like our parents.

I swear, if it wasn't for Jane being in my class I would probably skip school completely.
But being able to see her and to have silent conversations from across the room was enough, and being able to see her anytime during the school day, with her long red hair, flowing perfectly down her back, never wearing an makeup but clearly not needing any as she was already so beautif-

I shake my head and focus on what the teacher was saying, and stared writing down the useless information to avoid getting in trouble.

The bell rang for the end of the day and the class evacuated like the place was on fire.

Well, the class apart from Jane and I who always packed slower than the others to avoid the initial rush of people.

After I was packed I walked over to Jane and waited for her to finish packing before we started on getting home.

"So that was boring," Jane said, brushing her hair back over her shoulder.

"Tell me about it. Time flies when you're having fun, but in school it just drops out of the sky dead."
Jane laughed a little.

"Tell me about it. You'd think that we would at least learn about important things. Like what happens to teenager biotics without implants.." She looks around and lets her hand glow blue, holding it in front of her.
"We will be fine Jane, we're just-"
"What?" Jane whirled on me. "We're just stronger? Even without the implants, we can do more then people with L2's can, and they're supposed to be the strongest! Some even as strong as Asari.."
I frowned.
"I know, but we just have to do as our parents say, if the Alliance find out then they'll want to train us or something. Then we'd have to leave our families and join with a bunch of strangers and-"
"I know Andrew, and that isn't worth it. Calm down, okay?"

Jane slowed down and hugged me, whispering "It will all be okay, nothing can split us up, best friends are forever."

I sighed, Jane had a habit of getting me worked up then knowing just how to calm me down.

The temperature dropped steadily as Jane and I walked back to my place, and Jane started shivering as she had neglected to bring a jacket.

Again.

"You know, you should really start bringing warmer clothing, you know how cold it gets here," I said, slipping out of my coat.

Jane glanced at me and smiled.

"Now, why would I need to do that when I have you to lend me a hand?"
I looked at her, looking as serious as I could.

"Maybe because someone like me has other intentions in mind.."

Then I moved as fast as I could before she could react and started tickling her.

Jane yelped and tried pushing me away but I was stronger than her, and she had to suffer the tickling for a few minutes, her trying to tell me to stop in a serious voice but having it ruined by fits of laughter.

I tossed the coat to her and she grabbed it, shooting an evil glance at me as she put it on, but the slight smile she was trying to hide ruined it.

We finally got to my house and I opened the door:
No need for locks on such a small colony, everyone knew everyone else, if something went missing and someone else tried selling it, there would be hell to pay.

I stepped to the side and did a small bow, using a fake post voice I said, "After you, M'lady."
Jane laughed as she walked past, and in a similar accent replied with, "Why thank you, kind sir," giving a small curtsey and we both laughed before dumping our bags in my room and going to the kitchen to make some real lunch, as the slop the school provided both looked and tasted like dust mixed with bread dough.

"You up for a chicken sandwich?" I asked Jane, who was sitting on the counter.
She nodded and moved to get the bread while I went to the fridge to get the chicken out.

After a few hours, my mother came home with some groceries, which Jane and I assisted in putting away.

My mother looked to Jane.
"So you're staying over again?"
Jane nodded, and my mother smiled.

"Good, so we can get you two trained a little more with your biotics then. Excuse me for a minute," my mother went upstairs to her room, while Jane and I looked at eachother a little uneasily.
'Red sand?' Jane mouthed to me.

I nodded. 'I think so,' I mouthed back.

My mother came back downstairs, glowing softly with biotic energy.

"So, where did we leave off last time?"

After four hours of biotic training all three of us were exhausted and my mother sent us to my room to relax while she made us dinner and some juice to help us regain our energy.

"That session was harder than usual, like she is trying to prepare us for something," Jane said as we sat on my bedroom floor.

"Preparing us? For what?" I asked, a little confused but also curious to know what she was thinking.

"Well, I was thinking that something might be happening, or is going to happen, that she wants us to be able to help with. Or..." Jane bites her lip.
"Or.. what?" I ask.
Jane looks me in the eye and says, "Or she's using us as an excuse to feed a red sand addiction."