Chandra opened her eyes and yawned, "I wonder how much longer we're gonna be here."
Lilianna was already up and getting ready. She shrugged, "I wouldn't know. That all depends on Elspeth really."
"I know. I know. I was just voicing my curiosity," Chandra got to her feet and stretched.
"Are you ever going to style your hair?" Lilianna asked curiously.
"Why? A ponytail's good enough," Chandra shook her head, "I don't have the patience-"
"Come here. I'll do it," Lilianna rolled her eyes, "I'm tired of being associated with a slob."
"I apologize," Chandra snapped. She did as she was bid however.
"Be still," Lilianna ordered preemptively.
"Yeah. Sure," Chandra rolled her eyes.
"I said be still!" Lilianna snapped, "I haven't even started styling it and you're jerking around."
"What the hell are you doing then?!" Chandra glared at her over her shoulder.
"I'm brushing your hair," Lilianna said flatly.
"Why not just comb it?" Chandra asked frustratedly.
"Because brushing it is better for the hair," Lilianna didn't bother going any more in depth than that. Chandra would interrupt her if she did.
"Whatever. How long is this going to take?" Chandra asked impatiently.
"That depends on how still you're going to be," Lilianna smirked. At least she takes good enough care of her hair for it to be soft and mostly undamaged.
"Fine. I'll be still." Chandra sighed and did her best to ignore the less than gentle pulling on her head. She occupied herself by counting all the different items, especially beauty products, Lilianna had, "How many hair styling torture devices does one need?"
"Plenty," Lilianna said almost proudly, "And they aren't torture devices."
They might as well be. "You spent the Black Lotus card on this didn't you?"
"And if I did? It's not like that vampire has limited what one can buy with his cards. I might as well live comfortably," Lilianna stated.
"Wow. You're an opportunistic, and selfish spoiled little brat," Chandra started to shake her head but stopped quickly when Lilianna pulled hard on her hair. She gritted her teeth, "Maybe if you were gentler I wouldn't be jerking around so much."
"Whose fault is it that your hair is still tangled?" Lilianna put her hands under Chandra chin and tipped her head back, "You could've combed it before this whole thing started." She shrugged and continued brushing Chandra's hair, pointedly ignoring her roommate's first comment.
Chandra watched her set the brush down and sighed. She glanced at the clock. That was only TWO MINUTES?! She groaned and slouched, "That was two minutes!"
"Sit up," Lilianna snapped.
Chandra sighed, "Fine." She sat up and looked around without moving her head. It was amazing how very different the two sides of the room were. Lilianna's side of the room had all sorts of statuettes and other ornaments that were generally gothic medieval themed placed in a visually appealing pattern. Chandra's side of the room was relatively blank and empty. Her desk was littered with papers and random things
"Damn. My head hurts," Chandra glanced at her roommate, "How the hell do you deal with this?"
"I do it everyday," Lilianna said evenly. She turned away, "Class starts in five." She left.
What the hell did she do anyway? I mean what kind of hair style takes twenty minutes? Chandra sighed and got ready for school quickly.
"You styled your hair?" Ral commented curiously.
Chandra shook her head, "Lili did it."
"Oh," Ral glanced at where Rick was carrying a profusely protesting Jace, "Cat Ears' hair is long enough to style right?"
"Ral. I doubt he'd appreciate the sentiment," Chandra reminded him.
Ral shrugged. He yawned and stretched, "Oh well. Are you going to eat breakfast in the cafeteria today?"
Chandra walked with him towards the school, "Eh. First class is having some sort of thing with food involved so probably not."
"Have you even been eating breakfast lately Beautiful?" Ral asked.
"Of course I have," Chandra nodded, "It's called ice cream. And it's in the freezer of the dorm building."
Ral snickered, "Wow, Beautiful."
"Shut it," Chandra snapped, "Ice cream is a perfectly acceptable breakfast." She sighed, "We're gonna be late. C'mon." She led the way into the building.
"What is your first class anyway?" Ral asked.
"Math."
"Oh. Cat Ears and I have history," Ral stuck out his tongue.
Chandra shrugged, "It's better than math."
"In your opinion," Ral muttered mutinously.
"Even so," Chandra shrugged again, "I'd rather be in art than math."
"I thought you hated having to do anything artistic," Ral snickered.
"That should tell you how much I-"
"Good morning you two," Mrs. Hills said warmly, "Don't be late Chandra."
"Of course not!" Chandra smiled, "I do love math after all!" Once the energetic math teacher disappeared from her sight she scowled.
Ral was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe.
"Shut up," Chandra snapped. She turned on her heel and stalked down the hallway dramatically.
"Chandra!" Melody hurried up to her as she walked into math class.
"Hm?" Chandra looked around curiously. The food was typical for a potluck. There were a lot of snacks and a lot of soda but not much else.
"Do these taste any good?" Melody asked nervously. She stuffed a garlic and butter bread bite into her mouth without waiting for her to speak.
Chandra cocked her head to the side, "They taste fine. Why?"
Melody visibly relaxed, "Okay. Phew." She chuckled somewhat uncomfortably, "Hades and I made them this morning for the potluck but then I left him in charge of them because I was going to be late to volleyball practice-"
"You play volleyball?" Chandra stared at her friend in surprise.
"Well..." Melody's cheeks flushed brightly and she looked away, "Yeah."
"Wow. Alright. You should've told me," Chandra patted the girl on her head. The two of them were technically the same age but Melody wasn't very confident in anything she did and was very shy and easily embarrassed. She seemed very much younger. She shook her head, "You haven't had any games yet have you?"
Melody shook her head, "No. I thought you would've known. You are a part of student council."
Chandra laughed, "Claire and Lili don't let me do any admin stuff. I'm just in charge of the school activities budget and the promotion of different activities that the council does for the students and staff, like festivals and stuff."
"I thought Izzy did that," Melody said in confusion.
"We both do," Chandra nodded, "It's kind of a shared role type thing."
"Oh," Melody nodded, "Okay."
"Wow. You two are so cute," Emalia appeared out of nowhere.
Melody squeaked in surprise, "Where'd you come from?!"
"Over there," Emalia pointed across the room where Kyle was laughing and Whisper just looked confused, "Are you two dating? If not you totally should. You'd make such an adorable couple."
"Wha-NO!" Melody shook her head quickly.
Chandra stared dully at the green haired girl that was pacing in front of her, "Emalia...why?"
"C'mon," Emalia grinned. She looked at Melody, "By the way what's up with you and Hades?"
"Huh? He helps me bake things and wants me to teach him how to cook," Melody explained, innocently missing what Emalia was hinting at completely.
"Emalia," Chandra snapped.
"Huh?" Emalia smirked.
Chandra sighed, "Melody, go find something to do."
"O-okay?" Melody asked in confusion. She walked over to Whisper and Kyle.
Chandra looked at Emalia, "Don't ruin her innocence."
"I'm not. I'm just wondering if it was a thing," Emalia grinned broadly.
"And yet not even two seconds before that you suggested that the two of us become a thing," Chandra threw her hands into the air, "You can't possibly-"
"Well, there's always Ral."
"Huh?" Chandra stared at her for a moment, "How many romantic suggestions do you have for any given person?"
"Plenty!"
"Not everyone wants advice on their social life you know," Chandra pointed out.
Emalia shrugged, "Unwanted or not it is necessary and I have taken it upon myself to be the deliverer of bright pink packages of love!"
"Whatever," Chandra sighed and gave up, "You have fun."
"I will. Thank you!" Emalia grinned and darted over to the food.
"Emalia, aren't you supposed to be in Mr. Spencer's?" Mrs. Hills asked.
"Um..." Emalia chuckled softly, "Maybe. I'll just take some of this," she sped around the table, "And this, and I'll just go now..." She disappeared out the door.
Chandra shook her head and walked over to Kyle, Whisper and Melody, "So. What's up?"
"Nothing much."
"Rick and I have another design for the Spring Festival promotion posters!" Kyle said excitedly.
Chandra nodded, "Alright. Cool. That'll have to wait until after school though."
"Rick's going to be taking everyone out for lunch today," Whisper said, "At least according to him."
"Yeah," Kyle nodded, "Apparently he's trying to get Jace to eat 'real' food. Something other than crackers and the occasional ice cream."
Chandra shook her head in amusement, "Alright."
"I wonder where we'll be going," Melody said curiously.
"I'm more worried about everyone fitting in the van," Whisper muttered.
Chandra started laughing, "That is gonna be a bit of a problem."
"How many are there now?" Kyle asked.
"Well...to begin with it was Erin, Michael, David, Onyx, Jenny, Tina and I. Melody started hanging out with us a little bit later." Whisper said.
"Then Chandra, Jace, Ral and Lilianna showed up," Melody said, "along with Nix. Then last semester happened."
Chandra snickered.
"Oh yeah! Those tunnels are still there," Kyle snickered.
"That's good," Chandra shrugged, "We might need them again."
By the time math class ended the food was completely gone.
"Kyle. Wake up. Class is over," Chandra growled frustratedly and kicked him in the leg.
He squawked and sat upright quickly.
"Class is over," Chandra repeated impatiently.
"Oh. Okay," the brunette yawned and stretched and followed her out of the classroom, "Why is it so bright?"
"It's ten in the morning," Chandra refrained from calling him a name.
"Has Rick told anyone where we're going for lunch?"
Chandra glanced at him, "You're already thinking about lunch?!" She shook her head, "Why am I still surprised? And I wouldn't know because I've been in class."
"Cat Ears! Wait!" Ral wailed as he hurried past them through the hall.
"Leave me alone."
Chandra snickered, "Typical those two I see." Suddenly she put her hand in her pocket. She snarled, "You sneaky, sneaky little brat." She glanced at Kyle, "Rick is right there so ask him yourself." She darted through the halls, maneuvering around people to get to Jace.
Jace noticed her and shot away.
Chandra could just see the chain of the medallion wrapped around two of his fingers in his left hand. She tackled him, "Gotcha! Give it back!"
"No!" Jace wriggled out of her grasp.
She cursed under her breath and scrambled to her feet. She raced after him, catching him a second time. The medallion was securely wrapped around his wrist and taking it from him would more than likely end up breaking it. Dammit.
"Get off me," Jace tried to escape a second time.
Chandra took the ring from him and rolled away, "Mine!"
"No!" Jace reached for it but she managed to hold onto it through his telekinesis and pull it out of his reach before he could grab a hold of it. "Ha!" Chandra smirked, "It is mine."
"Dammit," Jace growled, "Give it." He held out his right hand insistently.
"No. You're being impolite," Chandra got to her feet and put her hands on her hips. She kept her grip on the ring tight. She could feel pieces of it digging into her palm but ignored it.
"Why is your hair different? I thought you didn't have the patience to style it beyond a messy ponytail," Jace attempted to divert her attention.
"Actually I didn't style it. Lilianna did," Chandra smirked.
Jace cocked his head to the side, "She did?"
Chandra nodded.
"I'm surprised it actually looks better than it normally does," he growled and stormed off.
Chandra snickered, "Nice try." She sighed and walked up to her science teacher, "Hey. Do you have a chain or cord or something?"
"Um…maybe. Why?"
"Because I have something I want to put on a cord."
Ms. Eve searched through her desk. Eventually she pulled out a cord, "Will this do?"
Chandra nodded, "Thanks Ms.."
"You're welcome, Student."
Chandra scowled and stuck her tongue out at her before sitting down.
"You can be so childish," Claire muttered disapprovingly.
"Sorry my personality is more appealing than yours," Chandra shrugged and put the ring on the cord. She then put it in her pocket. There. That should work. Hopefully it's sturdy enough. She yawned and looked around at all the science posters that littered the room. Why is science important again? She sighed, "What are we doing today again?"
"A test," Jade said happily.
"Oh," Chandra rested her chin on her hand and zoned out as the teacher explained the rules of the test.
