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And yes, the love triangle arc has begun! After that will be the ********** arc followed by the two different ****** arcs followed by Randy then Azusa! At least, with what I have planned at this point! (Sorry but if I put the actual words there, it will spoil them a bit, and I'd hate to do that!)

Chapter 18

Zave dropped me off, with another kiss on the cheek, at my class a few minutes before the first bell. He had offered to show me around the town that was near the school tomorrow, which was, I could hardly believe, was already Saturday. I had accepted, ready for a break from school. Seriously, it was a lot more work than the scattered education I had gotten at home-which, for the past few years, was more self-study than anything. I skipped into the classroom and sat on the edge of Elias's desk.

"Wh-what the? H-hey!" He was reading, of course, and now was turning red.

"Hello! Good morning, Eli!"

"G-good morning." He looked at me funny, "You seem unusually perky."

"Mmhmm. I'm in a great mood!" I giggled as I threw my arms out dramatically, nearly whacking poor Eli in the face. I giggled again, "Sorry. I haven't been getting enough sleep lately and I guess it's starting to get to me-I'm a tad bit loopy and giggly."

"I can…see that." He seemed uncomfortable at how close I was to him, so I got up after mussing his hair (his reactions were always funny) and hopped over to my own desk, which was right behind his. Yukiya was yet again staring out the window. I put my bag on my lap and pulled out three muffins-Luca had just walked in the door.

"Yo! Luca, catch!" I threw a muffin and it was caught by a surprised Luca, who grinned as he saw what it was. "It's a cherry muffin! Enjoy!" He walked over.

"You seem hyper today. Does it have anything to with the upperclassman who escorted you to class?" He pressed a hand to his chest, "How it pains me that my love wasn't enough for you! How you needed the love of another!"

I leaned over and flicked his forehead, "It has nothing to do with Zave, Luke. I'm just in a good mood and the lack of sleep is making me giddy. Though it might have a little to do with him dropping me off."

He looked at me, confused, "What?"

"If you don't know then never mind." I quoted one of my favorite anime rom-coms. Gotta love the red-headed twins!

He shook his head, smiling, "You're an interesting little vixen, all right."

"Go sit in your seat." Meaning the one right next to mine. Lucky me… "Eli, here's yours." I set his on top of his it slid into his lap, as he had gone back to reading. I turned the other way and held out one to Yukiya, "Want one, 'Kiya?" This got his attention-he likes the food I make.

"Sure." I handed it to him, then looked at his face

I gasped, happy, "What was that? A small smile! I'm so lucky! Yukiya smiled!" He blushed slightly and looked away. Luca laughed at it all, making me stick out my tongue at him like a child.

…. …. ….

After Professor Merkulova's class, we headed to Professor Schuyler's class. It had turned out that Klaus was, in fact, subbing. Basically, we were told that the lesson was to work on magical stamina and control-which meant mini tornados at the end of the wand. I actually did fairly well-managing to keep it for nearly ten minutes this time. Practice makes permanent, folks! Klaus, though, didn't say a single word to me. I guess that means I was doing well, since I wasn't getting scolded, right? But the fact that he was kind of just ignoring me…

Anyway, I did okay in history, because I was starting to catch up and make connections between event, times, places, and importance. We also began our projects in Professor G's class today-the goal was to make an amulet that had some sort of magical function. The book I checked out last night was very helpful in figuring out just how one went about making an amulet magical. Since I'm good with fire magic, I decided to make an amulet that makes one unaffected by fire, preventing burns and such.

Basically, after casting the spell that imbues itself with the object, you fill it with magical energy for the spell to use when activated. The spell should be self activated to perform the function for which it was cast. By suffusing a spell that is otherwise temporary with an physical, non-living item, you allow it to remain as long as the object does, only activating when needed. The material you use to bind the spell determines how magical energy is used. For instance, if you use any type of pure stone, it cannot hold magical energy, and therefore will take it from the holder when it is activated-but if you use a gemstone (some work better than others), it'll be able to hold energy that is put into it until it is needed. It's really cool. Some metals will have the same effect, but the energy stored in metal becomes useless after a time. Stone, gems, and metals each have their own usages and times they should be used-but for this project I'll be using a gemstone, specifically, Amber. It's supposed to have natural properties against evil spells-and since my amulet will be to prevent burns, it'll help when fire spells are used against the wearer.

Unlike water, air, and earth spells, which can all be used to detain/contain/imprison a threat, when fire spells are thrown in battle it is usually aiming to harm and maim, or even kill. See the connection there? Also, amber is a common gemstone, easy to get my hands on-and usually pretty cheap. I'm going to put this whole idea past Klaus, though, to see if I'm missing anything from my plan. And since I'm going to go to town with Zave this weekend, it's the perfect time to find the perfect stone-we're supposed to have an idea of what we're going do by Monday so we can have it approved by Professor G, all the materials gathered by the next Friday, and the Monday after that is when it's due. Although, at least a third of the class had theirs approved of today, including Elias and I.

Elias is planning to make an amulet that helps keep someone calm and focused. I recommended he use amythest, as it is said to help one keep a clear mind. Hey, during on of my years of self-study I had a phase where I was interested in gemstones and what their properties were-and it did end up being helpful! In your face, Matthias!

Also, during lunch, which was after Practical Magic class, I was invited by Zave to sit with him, Isa, Alex, and the rest of their crowd at lunch-all of them upperclassmen. I had a lot of fun, because everyone was all very nice and accepting. There was one guys who was being overly friendly-in a flirty way-but Zave fended him off while I laughed. It was like two puppies play-fighting, and when I told them that, they both blushed (especially Zave) while everyone else laughed. It was all in good fun.

I also noticed something during lunch-I had never seen Klaus in either of the dining rooms, in the boys or girls dorm. According to Amelia (this was on my first day), both dorm dining rooms are open to girls and boys during lunch and dinner, so friends could all eat together-though usually the boys dorm dining room was where the upperclassmen went, while the underclassmen usually dined in the girls dorm, even though there were some of each in both. If I had to guess, Klaus ate in his office, the workaholic. Maybe I should invite him to come sit with me at lunch sometime-it's not a good thing to always be working. It's not healthy! I couldn't tell you how many times I've had to intervene with Merlin, who is also a workaholic, though in a different way. Klaus seems the type to at least take care of himself, unlike Merlin, who won't stop working on something until it's done and perfect unless you make him. It's a sad thing.

Now, on to after school! I went to Klaus's office, as had become the norm, and knocked, reviving a curt answer to come in, but it seemed to be more annoyed than usual. "Hello! Hey, I've got an idea for my magic amulet project that I wanted to run by you-I think I've got it pretty much figured out. I'm going to be making an amulet that makes the holder immune to the effects of fire…wait. How am I going to test it if I'm already immune to fire? Hmm…I wonder if anyone would be able to test it for me…?" I started rambling off course into a conversation with myself and then I had an idea which made me turn my attention back to Klaus, "Hey Klaus, would you be willing to help me test it when I get the prototype working?"

Klaus's POV

She comes in and starts talking about a project for one of her classes, but I can't pay very much attention. I keep thinking about when I saw her this morning, and seeing how she interacted with the Moonwalker boy. She was far different than I've ever seen her, almost like she was happier and more relaxed-and she had this extreme feminine quality about her that I had never seen in her before. She looked almost like…a normal teenage girl, older than sixteen-one who was in love but didn't quite realize it.

"Hey Klaus, would you be willing to help me test it when I get the prototype together?"

I jerked out of my thoughts when she said my name. "Why don't you get that Moonwalker kid to help you? I'm far too busy!" I snapped.

Her face held a look of utter shock, "What happened to you to sour your mood?"

I rolled my eyes, "You're obnoxiousness. Don't you ever just silence yourself?"

Her face morphed into a mask of no emotion, but her eyes held hurt, "Are you okay…?" She looked almost confused.

"No. I'm not. You do nothing but get in the way and cause trouble for me. I'm sick and tired of your attitude and your pathetic magic skills. You can't even use a simple water spell! It's almost disgraceful to have such a useless buddy like you!" Oh, I wasn't done! I'm far too far to stop this rant now. "Seriously, what in this world is wrong with you?! It's not that difficult even for a normal kid. But you're not normal! You're far too peculiar and bizarre to fall into that category!"

She was silent for a moment, her head down and her hair falling over her eyes. She hands were balled into shaking fists. Her hair was ever-so-slightly starting to flicker like flames."Well you're not the best buddy either! Always so rude and demanding! Being a perfectionist isn't always a good thing, you know! Especially when you're so plain mean about it! It's not like I try to be strange! And I'm not going to change who I am just because you want me too! I'm not that kind of person! I don't crave acceptance so much that I lose sight of who I am! As for the water spells-don't you think that I've done everything in my power to change that?! I've spent hours, draining my magic and energy and stamina at rates that I don't even think are safe trying to do such magic! I literally am unable to perform that kind of magic-it is beyond my power!" She was angry now. Good! "And as the one who's been teaching me that you should very well know that! At least I'm not so scary and cruel and harsh that I earned the school-wide nickname 'The Emperor'!"

"Well if you don't like the way I teach then why don't you have that Moonwalker friend of yours teach?!" I wasn't yelling, but I was nearly doing so, "Didn't he tell you he would!?"

Anger was what her facial features was twisted to, but her eyes showed nothing but hurt.

"Fine then! I will! YOU BIG JERK!" She yelled something in English before storming off. She hadn't even taken her bag off. "But you know I turned it down because I knew you wouldn't like it!" is the last thing I hear as she storms down the hallway, not having closed the door.

Wait.

What did I just do?

While Klaus may not understand what drove him to this point, I think that I, and you guys, might be able to. *cough*jealousy*cough* Even if he doesn't realize it, I think we all know he is. Man, I kind of wanted to cry while I was writing this-I felt what Selene was feeling so acutely I nearly did start crying. Some of my friends and family think that getting so into a character's emotions is weird, but I have friends in Drama club who understand, so it's good enough for me. You guys understand that too, right…? Comment and let me know.

Authoress: I…

Selene: I remember that! I was so confused, and hurt…!

Klaus *sweeps Selene into an embrace*: I apologize again for doing that. It was merely petty jealousy.

Authoress: I...

Selene *laughing*: I forgave you the next day, dude. Besides, it doesn't matter. There are arguments in every relationship that is healthy. If a relationship doesn't have at least some conflict, it'll never grow stronger.

Klaus: True.

Authoress: Tha…

Selene: And many of the things you said no longer apply~! *she smiles like an idiot (that's what Klaus's calls that big grin of hers)* I can use basic water spells now and one or two ice spells~!

Authoress: Let…

Klaus: And you've been out of school how long now?

Selene: Don't tease! It's only the human in me that allows me to do that, despite what I am!

Authoress: I GIVE UP! *she stomps off, annoyed*

Klaus: I guess we should have let her speak, shouldn't've we?

Selene: Now we've done it. Guess we have to go get Yukiya again.

Klaus: Why?

Selene: Because he treats her like his sister, and Yukiya is truthfully very big brotherly (he is a big brother) and knows how to make her feel better. I mean, she has been stressed lately with everything that's going on...Oh Yukiya~!