Clara cupped her hands over her mouth as she yelled out, "Let's go! You can do this, come on! Don't give up! It's the last minute so give it everything you've got. I need everyone to work together. Let's go!"

"I did it!" a girl cheered as she passed the finish line of the obstacle course.

"Congratulations, Rose!" Clara clapped, "Team red wins!"

Sean reached over and hugged the girl on his team as he said, "Way to go!"

"Alright, you guys, bring it in. Good job everyone, it was all pretty close" Clara told everyone as the last team passed the finish line.

Rob heaved out a sigh, "We could've won, you know that. If I could just use my powers then we would've won. Why can't we use our powers for PE once a month?"

"Because that's the headmasters rule"

"Don't be such a sucker, Rob!"

Clara watched as Rob's girlfriend, Rose, got up onto her tiptoes to kiss him on the cheek. The frown immediately turned into a smile as he looked over to his girlfriend. Clara couldn't help but smile to the couple as she took out her watch and glanced at the time. She had to dismiss the class soon if they were to have time to shower and change for their next class. She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear as she turned to her class and smiled to them.

"Alright, guys! Like I said, it was a great game!"

Some people nodded and glanced to each other, even the ones that came in last seemed to have enjoyed it. She smiled to herself as some were even talking about what they were planning on doing for the next round. Clara raised up her hands as they lit up in flames as she waved them over her head. The motion distracted the talking to the point that they all looked over and became quiet.

"Now that I have your attention" Clara cleared her throat.

"I hope to see your fitness journals turned in by Saturday" Clara told everyone, "Make sure to document everything, even the food intake, how you felt afterwards, and how much water you normally drink"

Some of her students heaved their shoulders down and groaned at the sound of the journal. She's been trying to keep everyone on track with the list but knew it was a chore to the other students. Still, she ignored it and pressured on.

Clara continued, "Don't worry about it not being completed to the T. All I need is about 7 days minimum of journal entry and I made this assignment, what? Four weeks ago? Do you guys have any questions?"

After saying that, everyone glanced around each other as if deciding on a group question. Clara raised her eyebrow as she placed her hands on her hips and counted down the seconds until one.

When she mentally went down to one, they all looked over to her and shook their heads in unison.

Clara laughed, "Alright guys, enjoy your day. Hurry up and change alright, you guys stink!"

Everyone just laughed at her joke as some got up and immediately ran off to the mansion. Others took their time as they chatted with their friends about the practice today. Then there were the nice few who walked back to the obstacle course and helped take stuff down. Clara smiled and told them thank you as she helped a student named, Arne pull down a net. She took this time to glance around at the field with students lounging around and basking in the spring sunlight.

Clara thought that after her first class she was going to pack it up and leave back to Poland. Instead, she ended up staying for 7 more years as with each passing year, it felt more and more like home to her. She loved how she could stay for part of the year and once vacation was coming, she packs up her bags and goes off to wherever her heart feels like it. She always thinks in the back of her head that maybe this was her last year, but Clara always finds herself coming back.


Later that night, Clara stretched out in front of the fireplace as she flipped through a magazine. She wasn't surprised to hear footsteps in the middle of the night before hearing them enter the living room as Hank plopped himself down on the opposite side of the couch. Clara looked up as Hank reached out his hands to the flames and rubbed his hands together, trying to get warm.

A smirk came onto her face as she made the fire go close to Hank's hands, making the man gasp and move back. Clara leaned her head back and let out a loud laugh as Hank turned and scowled at her.

Hank mumbled, "Very funny"

Clara shrugged, "I couldn't help it! It was just too easy. You fall for it every time"

"Not everytime" Hank glared at her.

"So what brings you here?" Clara asked.

Hank shivered, "The cold. Honestly, how could it be so nice during the day and freezing at night? I have too many sensitive equipment in my lab that would blow up in a heartbeat if the heater turns on"

Clara gave a side nod as she remembered how she was recently banned from his lab. Clara teasing him with her pyro power has made him nervous of her being around. She loved getting the chance to scare the crap out of Hank just because he was the opposite of her. Clara glanced over to his gadget as Hank haunched over and continued to work on what looked like a simple remote. She just stiffened up and shook her head as she bit her tongue from asking the man what he was working on.

Clara stretched, "Don't you have a class to teach at 8 in the morning? You're cutting it pretty close if it's 1:40 right now"

Hank mumbled something under his breath as he tried to keep his hand as still as he could. Clara rolled her eyes at the man ignoring her as she sat up in a sitting position. She hated whenever Hank answered back with mumbling and knew that she had already lost him to his gadgets.

It took some time, but after Hank started to get used to having Clara around, they sort of bonded on their had nothing in common but that seemed to be the fun between them as they just simply liked being in the others company. Clara sometimes can't help but think that if she had a little brother, he would be like Hank. Someone who was smart and who needed to be reminded of the simplest things in life like getting enough sleep.

Clara sighed loudly to see if that would work but, of course, it didn't. She tossed down her magazine near Hank who grunted and looked up to her.

Hank glared, "Watch it! This is very sensitive. I could've clipped a wire that destroyed everything I worked on"

Clara gave an exasperated nod as if she understood why this was so important to him.

Clara scooted up, "That's very interesting! Now what about you getting ready for bed so that you won't fall asleep in class again"

Hank finally glanced up to the clock before he let out a defeated sigh and placed down his tools. He groaned as he leaned back, closing his eyes, and rubbed the tiredness out of them. It only took Hank a couple of seconds before exhaustion had finally hit him. Clara picked up the magazine she had used for his distraction as she found her page and continued to read. She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear as she hummed to herself.

"What about you?" Hank asked.

"I don't have any classes until after 2. So unlike you, I get to stay up for as long as I want"

"Lucky"

Clara turned to the flames before her eyes suddenly zoned out as a vision of the future filled her eyes. She saw Erik, making Clara gasp as she lurched off of the couch and landed in front of the fire as a tear rolled down her eye. She could tell he was in pain as he screamed out in agony to the sky as the wind moved around him. Clara couldn't feel it but her heart shattered into a million pieces for him as he cried before the vision died away into the fire.

Hank's voice spoke from behind her, "Clara? What is it?"

"Nothing! It's nothing" Clara shook her head as she wiped the tear from her cheek.

Clara stood up as she tried to summon the vision back but it never works like that after receiving a vision already. She knew well enough that Hank wouldn't bother to hear about anything what happens to Erik. Ever since what happened in front of the White House, Hank has had more of a grudge on Erik than ever before.

But something told her in the flames that Erik was going to be in trouble, she just wished she knew where. Clara turned around and smiled weakly to her friend as he gazed at her more closely.

Clara did a big, fake yawn as she waved her hand of the fire and made it die down so that only light was the lamp by the doorway as their only source of light.

"I guess I'm just as exhausted as you" Clara said as she walked over to the hallway.

"I guess so" Hank shrugged as he walked with her, "I guess I'll have to finish this tomorrow then. Are you sure you didn't have a vision?"

"I thought I did. But it was just a flicker of light. It's happened more than once" Clara lied as she turned and gazed back into the dying embers, wanting to know more of what she saw.