After Carolina had left Kagome had asked Inuyasha what he had followed her for. By that time however the hanyou had completely forgotten. Kagome figured he just wanted to have the last word in their latest argument so didn't push the matter. And so Inuyasha returned to his own time.
The next day at lunch Kagome was ambushed by her friends. She had been planning to see if should could find out anything new about Carolina but her friends insisted she sit with them for a change.
Kagome glance over at the corner where Carolina sat. She had her nose in a book again. She didn't seem to notice Kagome being 'abducted' by the three teens. Hell, she'd probably be glad to be rid of the distraction. So Kagome sat with her friends.
Carolina watched the entire thing out of the corner of her eye. Kagome was sitting with her human friends for once, good! Maybe she could get some reading done with out the girl's inccesant chatter. She picked up where she'd left off and scowled. The book had been absolutely fasinating three minutes ago, now...
Carolina rubbed her eyes with one hand. Maybe she had accidently skipped something. She returned to the top of the page. It all seemed dull this time. 'Well duh, dummy. You've already read this part once.' She shook her head and tried to continue but she just couldn't get back in to this book.
A book on Rain forest depeletion? Perhaps it was not so interesting before. No, she had been totally absorbed in it. She was just distracted now.
Carolina sighed in defeat and dog eared the page. Then she turned up the volume on her ipod and sat rubbing her head as one with a migraine might. Only instead of her temple she rubbed the middle, between her eyes.
Kagome watched Carolina out of the corner of her eye. The youkai had put down and picked up her book several times. Now she sat rubbing her forehead in frustration.
"Guys, you know Carolina isn't as bad as we all thought. I'm gonna invite her to join us." Before the others could reply Kagome had left the table.
Carolina looked up and saw Kagome comeing towards her. Before she could greet Kagome the human had picked up her lunch bag and pulled her to her feet.
"Your going to come sit with us." She stated firmly. Carolina fought a little but realized that to get away she would have to draw attention to them and risk someone starting even more rumors. In the end she let the girl drag her to another lunch table and took and empty seat across from Kagome.
The girls introduced them selves and Carolina politly gave a slight, almost imperceptible bow. Had the girls not been japanese they likely would have missed it. Then the teens proceeded to talk about fashion and accesories. All of which were of no concern to Carolina. It took great control to actually listen to them rather than drift off into her thoughts as she so often did.
Then the girl with the short hair metioned a problem with her computer. That caught Carolina's attention. Carolina immediatly questioned the girl and cocked her head to the side as she listened. After the girl finished Carolina told her exactly what was wrong and what to do about it. Then the conversation turned back to fashion and Carolina had to allow her self to retreat in to her own thoughts to save her sanity.
While deep in thought she began rubbing her forehead again. Kagome looked up and thought she saw something on Carolina's forehead, something round and about this size of the eraser on a pencil. She caught Carolina's eye then discreetly rubbed her own forehead.
Carolina looked at her and hear eyes widened just slightly. Damn, her make up! She quickly rose to her feet and left, keeping her held low so her bangs concealed her forehead. Her make up was merely smeared, not gone completly but it still needed to be fixed before anyone else noticed. Once she had reapplied her concealer she returned to the group.
"What was that about?"
"I had a personal problem that required my attention." Carolina replied. The other girls exchanged a glance and nodded knowingly, being a girl could be such a bitch! Carolina once again thanked the Goddess for making her a female, the gender certainly had advantages.
After school Kagome once again cornered Carolina and asked her if she wanted to spend the night at her house on Friday. (Completely forgetting that Inuyasha would come for her). Carolina stared at her, not sure what to think. She had never been asked to a sleep over before.
No, she couldn't do that, that would make her look weak. She would look like she wanted a friendship with this strange girl. Why would she wanted to spend the night at someone's house?
"Yes." She found her self saying. 'WTF? What did I just say? Oh Goddess what on Earth has gotten into me?' She screamed at herself. Of course the cool expression on her face never changed as she yelled at her self.
On Friday Carolina went home long enough to change out of the uniform the school finally made her wear and to put supplies in her bag. Her night shirt, a change of clothes, a book, granola bars, and of course she had to get her ipod. When she left her host family's house she was dressed in flare legged jeans and a pink tanktop that said 'We'll get along fine as soon as you realize I'm God.'
When she got to Kagome's house she heard screaming from the shrine houseing the well. Kagome and Inuyasha argueing. Kagome was trying to explain to a certain dog-earred pig-head that she had company coming so could not leave. Inuyasha wan't a very good listener.
Carolina went up to the shrine. Both of the argueing teens stopped when the door opened. "Don't mind me you two." Carolina told them walking by and sitting on the edge of the well. She wasn't afraid of it now that she knew what the energy emitted from it meant.
"I can wait for you to settle this matter." In truth she found their antics somewhat amusing. Kagome tried to walk away from the arguement but Inuyasha grabbed her arm and told her she wasn't going to walk away. The enraged girl responded by 'sitting' him.
On his way down Inuyasha's foot hit the well knocking a stone loose. This inturn caused a small section of the well to crumble, the section on which Carolina sat. Carolina found her self falling backwards into the well.