A/N: Ciao! I'm now officially back from my long hiatus! Been quite a while, hasn't it?

I'm really sorry about the long wait. I didn't have really any internet connection for my laptop and then their was the long process of unpacking and all that that I had to go through. Plus I've been on summer break for a little over a month now, and time tends to get away from you some of the time...

Anyways, I like to really thank SupernaturalHero1542 for the follow and favorite! It means a lot to me when people do that. Now onward to the chapter!

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Look back to previous chapters please.


Um how shall I start this? …Alessa suggested I "just jump in". All right, so let me see…

I glanced through my Biology study guide packet. "Hm… 'What is the endocrine system? What does it do in the human body?'" I read aloud. I quickly leafed through my notes, though I already knew the answer.

"The endocrine system is in charge of body processes that happen slowly," I spoke aloud as I wrote down my response. "It releases hormones that influence almost every cell, organ, and function in the human body. It is instrumental in regulating mood, growth and development, tissue function, and metabolism…"

I felt two pairs of eyes glowering in my direction. I glanced up to see my two friends, Riley Kramer and Amaya Carson.

To my left, surrounded by a somewhat neat pile of binders, notebooks, and textbooks, a girl of about sixteen glared at me with her deep blue eyes and that odd regalness of hers that would make you feel as if you were standing in front of the Queen. Shoulder-length brown locks cascaded down Riley's back, over her white lace peasants blouse. She also wore a pair of dark-washed skinny jeans and fringed moccasin boots that went up to her ankles.

Seated to my right, across the circular table a bit, was another teen of sixteen with a petite and slender stature. Amaya's strong-willed hazel eyes peered at me from behind a few stray strands of her curly, dark brown hair, featuring glimpses of caramel highlights here and there. She wore a red vest top beneath a black, white, and gold plaid shirt tied around her waist along with a pair of skinny jeans and her favorite pair of black combat boots.

"Charlotte," Maya asked, "how the heck are you even able to remember all that?!"

I cocked an eyebrow. "Plenty of studying."

"And it's one of your favorite subjects as well, considering your high grades and the effort you put out in the subject," Riley added. "Am I correct?"

I brushed a hand through my silky, dark chocolate-colored hair that falls towards my elbows in voluminous waves, pulling out a miniature white flower hairclip from the right side and readjusted its placement. I smiled internally. I tend to be quiet and it can just take a while to find out my interests sometimes…

I nodded, earning a successful and proud smile from Riley, and finished answering the question I was on. I continued working through the review for a while.

It was currently our 5th period Biology class and from the expressions of my friends and the majority of our peers, they were ready for class to be over. (And none too happy about the hours of studying for the finals we had in three days' time either, might I add.) Mr. Peterson, our teacher, had given us another study hall so we could, well, study.

"Char?"

I glanced up from my textbook. "Yes?"

"Would you mind helping us?" Maya asked. "None of this from earlier third quarter still doesn't make much sense."

"All right," I responded, taking note of the time. We still had about half an hour left, plus our scheduled study session over at Mason's apartment later after school. "Where do you want to start?"


A/N: Well, I hoped you all liked it. It had been a while since I had worked on this particular story when I wrote this, so I've been out of practice a bit.

Storm229, I hope got Charlotte's personality right like the way you pictured her. Some of the wonderful characters that I've been able work with have been taken me a little while to get their various personalities down right so I can write as them.

Anyways, thanks for reading! What did you think of it? Was it good? Okay? Bad? Please let me know in a review!

Thanks again! Until next time!

~Azami