I get the strange feeling that double updates are going to be a common thing in this story... I doubt any of you mind... but if you do... tell me.
Wednesday in class was the second Ginger Snap, and nothing else really. Eren and Levi had their usual after class walk, which ended when Levi went to eat with Hanji and Erwin in their dorm room, and Eren went to the cafeteria with his vampire friends. Eren couldn't wait to go home and tell his mother that he had made werewolf friends. He could call her, but he wanted to see her face himself.
Friday rolled around, as did Friday the 13th. Vix came into the classroom with a huge smile on her face.
"Alright class, today we will be taking a small break from our werewolf section, which means we will be finishing the Ginger Snap trilogy on Monday. Since today is Friday the 13th, I thought we'd have some fun. So." She clapped her hands together and rubbed them together. "Let's go threw some basic Friday the 13th urban legends and bad luck myths?" One person raised their hand in the back. "Yes! Miss. O'Conner."
"Step on a crack and break your mother's back?" Vix smiled wide.
"Yes! There's one!" She automatically put it on the board. "What else. Come on people. Let your inner superstitions out!"
"Break a mirror and get seven years of bad luck?"
"Is that only once, or every mirror? Because if it's every mirror, then sorry man, you've got more than seven." A few chuckles around the room because no, college might as well just be another round of high school.
"Now now, the truth hurts. Try being nicer about it." A few more chuckles. Professor Vix was vicious.
"A black cat crossing your path?"
"Spilling salt?"
"Walking under a ladder!"
"Opening an umbrella inside!"
"Singing at the table!"
"Sleeping on the table!"
"A bird coming in or running into your window!"
"Refusing a mistletoe kiss."
"Who the fuck does that?"
"Language class! Come on, give me more bad luck!"
"Goldfish in the house."
"Chasing someone with a broom!"
"But that's fun! And what about witches?"
"No one cares about them right now! And dropping a dishcloth."
"Getting out of bed on the opposite side you got in on."
"Rocking an empty rockng chair."
"But what if it's a ghost?"
"It's already dead. What should it care? Killing an albatross."
"Wearing opal when it's not your birthstone." And the list continued on and on and Levi and Eren just stared. When Vix looked at them.
"Mr. Rivaille, Mr. Yeager. You haven't said anything. Give us two more things that cause bad luck... if you can... we've got quiet the list up here." Eren and Levi sighed.
"In Germany it's bad luck to toast with water."
"In France it's bad luck to put bread upside down on the table heralds." Professor's Vix's eyes sparkled.
"International superstitions! Yes! I think that'll be all today. Now, let's play a game. Let's say that someone was carrying a tray of salt, trips over a black cat, under a ladder, the salt shaker flies and hits a mirror, shattering it, and when they get up off the ground, they step on three cracks. When they get home to put their umbrella away, it opens. How many years of bad luck did they cause themselves, and how many horrible things are about to happen in their future? Write it down. The four with the answers farthest form correct will have to write papers on three of the bad lucks we have on the board. Telling me where they originated from, about how many get that bad luck a year, and the worse place to be if you commonly run into that bad luck."
Eren and Levi looked at each other breifly before sighing and beginning. After half an hour, Vix stopped them.
"Pencils and other writing utensils down. Either email me your answer or pass it in now." After ten minutes she had everyone's answers. "The correct answer was 21 years of bad luck, decreased longevity, mother's back breaking in three places, and demon possestion." Eren and Levi sighed happily knowing that they weren't going to have to do extra work for nothing. With class over Eren and Levi left.
"That was stupid." Levi said. "But hey, at least we had a break from that stupid fucking movie." Eren nodded. "So, any other German superstitions?"
"Wishing someone Happy Birthday before their birthday. What about France?"
"Putting on new clothes on Friday." Eren was quiet for a minute. "What?" Eren just shrugged.
"Just thinking of the difference in cultures and their superstitions. It's interesting." Levi rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, but I'm not a superstitious person." Eren noded.
"Neither am I. I don't think vampires and werewolves are very superstitious in general." Levi nodded.
"You working at the club tonight?" Eren noded.
"It's Friday." Levi nodded.
"Guess I'll see you there. It's Eyebrows birthday tomorrow and Hanji wants to spend all day with him, but wants him to still have a fucking party. Be prepared." Eren nodded and smiled.
"Thanks for the heads up." Levi nodded and they went their seperate ways.
You guys have no idea how much fun it was to research all the bad luck superstitions! And creepy. Some were seriously fucking creepy. And I don't know about you, but I didn't know about half the things I ended up reading. Oh, and if I'm wrong with the answer to my bad luck test, please tell me so that I can fix it. =)
