Chapter 36: Lists

Emma

ALEXA POV:

I feel like my head is about to explode. I just switched powers; Elfohrys won't stop stalking me to make sure I don't like…I don't know? Kill myself again? Hmmm, let's see….Oh yes! We teamed up with a team of genetic experiments, Max just had like a huge migraine/vision, Coralline is somewhere in the Olympic Peninsula, AND we have to go to The School and kill all of the Erasers.

Oh, and one more thing. I have to go to FREAKING school. SCHOOL. Which means I have to deal with hiding my eyes, (contacts suck!) a whole bunch of noobs, people staring at us, and paying attention in class. Homework. Protecting the fact that I am not human. I need some serious therapy. Good thing I can go to a school counselor that gets paid by the hour to spill my guts to! Fun! The receptionist gaped at us as we signed in, got the schedule, etc. Why me?

Our first class, English. This should be exciting. One good thing about this whole thing- us elves are all in the same classes. And we have lunch with our vampire buddies.

I sat down in the back with Elfohrys next to me, and Ambrosia with Elyador at her side was in front of us. I smoothed down my red sweater with the white collar coming up from underneath. The teacher announced our arrival to the class, and everyone stared. At elf hearing, I said clear as day: "In diagram number one, we see something truly amazing! Not only are the freaks of nature stuck in a school of all places, but the class is staring at them like they are pariahs!"

Ambrosia laughed at elf hearing for a full 5 minutes, missing the directions for our in-class assignment. We get to work on a worksheet on prepositions! Super! I whizzed through it, and Elfohrys and I talked at elf hearing for the rest of the hour. I went to my locker, and Elfohrys went to his. We had Algebra next. Someone leaned against the locker next to me. I looked up into the face covered with the most acne I had ever seen.

"Hey there…." He drawled.

"Umm, do you need something?" Like a breath mint?

"The name is Ian….Galloway." He drawled. How about a tube of toothpaste? And a tooth brush?

"Well isn't that nice!" I said. Ignoring him, I grabbed my brand-spanking-new Algebra textbook, and closed my locker. Then he was in front of me. I would have loved to deck him so hard he would go flying across the hallway, but hey, you can't do that in a public school.

Or anywhere in public really.

"Alexa right? You're pretty!" He said.

"And you're stoned. Excuse me." I went to move past him. He grabbed my arm, and I felt someone by my shoulder. I knew it was Elfohrys. When I looked at him, he looked like he was going to breathe fire. Ian what's-his-face slowly let go.

"Come on, baby." Elfohrys said at normal hearing and wrapped a careful hand around my waist and walked me to class.

AMBROSIA POV:

Alexa and Elfohrys walked into Algebra right before the bell. I felt her poke my consciousness and I let her in.

(You know the drill by now! Alexa is italics, Ambrosia is underline)

Sucking face again? Naughty, Naughty!

Actually, some stoner tried some pick up lines on me. You should have seen Elfohrys face!

Omg, lol! Seriously? Nice!

Excuse me, Alexa that was not at all funny.

Elfohrys?

Duh, who else?

Don't forget about me!

Elyador?

Yeah baby!

Oookkkk then! I'm…gonna pay attention now…

Hey don't go! This is the only time we can talk without some annoying teacher with a underwear line can't hear us.

Fine. But I still think it was funny. He was so stoned!

Who was stoned?

Some stoner guy, he tried some moves on Alexa.

Nice! Hey Alexa…are you a playa?

EXCUSE ME!

Elyador, you are an idiot. A complete moron.

I am going to murder him!

Oh no you don't!

"Ms. Cullen!" The teacher yelled in my face, snapping me out of our conversation. Elyador was giggling quietly to himself.

"Yes Ms. Fritz?" I asked innocently.

"What is 2x+5=4x-9?

"Ummm, your face?" Alexa said at elf hearing.

"Its 7 Ms. Mentink." I shot Alexa a glare.

"Very good, Ms. Cullen." She snapped, and marched back to the front of the room.

I am so going to kill you!

Dude, she is a nutcase! Alexa chuckled.

That isn't funny.

It is and you know it.

The bell rang. We got out of there like a cork from a wine bottle. Spanish was next, and so our day continued like this. The only time we had to be on our guard was gym. Something tells me that going faster than humanly possible would not be a good way to start off the year. Ian Galloway watched me the entire time. Somehow, we ended up in the same gym class. At lunch we talked freely, glad for some sane conversation. When we got home, I immediately burned off some steam by experimenting with my new power. I need something supernatural, quick. But what to heal… Frustrated, I wandered over to the flock. "Does anyone need a surgical procedure over here?" I asked. "Cause I need to do something supernatural or my head is going to explode." All of them stared at me, shocked. "What? I was kidding." I said.

"Actually…yes, I do." Max stuck out her left arm. I raised an eyebrow. "I have a chip in my arm, a couple inches down from my shoulder. Carlisle can't do it, or I will lose the use of my hand. So you do it." I laid my fingers lightly on her arm, and found the chip.

"Do you trust me?" I asked.

"Of course." She snorted.

"Good. Now try not to move." I numbed the edges of her nerves in her whole arm, and slowly asked the skin to part there.