Part 17
Now what the hell was going on? If one new person wasn't bad enough, not to mention those weird things going on with two groups of people...
Caprice found herself asked very politely by the principal if she wouldn't mind helping another new boy, Lucifer, settle in. Weren't there any other people they could ask?
It was pretty obvious that Sephra didn't like her. Her hopes at a new friend had flown out the window the minute they'd met. She wasn't sure if she wanted to walk in, all good intentions, then be sneered at because she wasn't model-pretty.
"Caprice, you can go in now."
Caprice sighed with impatience as she went into the principal's office. Great. Hello, Essence of Darkness number 2, she thought, seeing the boy in the chair opposite the principal's desk.
"Lucifer, this is Caprice, she'll be helping you settle in this week." The principal smiled.
Caprice felt like punching her. She forced herself to meet Lucifer's eyes. And was surprised to see his expression was almost one of complete *longing*. As if he'd been waiting to meet her all his life.
Huh? No body had never looked at her like that before. The only boy who ever looked, or even spoke to her was Rylan. Even he'd been kind of distant lately.
He followed her out of the office. She didn't like the way he just *stared* at her like that, his odd yellow eyes glowing with an obsessed heat.
The fun part of the morning came when she and Lucifer walked past Miria and Deanna, who stared at her with jealousy and unabashed hatred.
"There should be *laws* against that," Miria said, loud enough for Caprice to hear as she passed.
"Get a life, Cordelia," Caprice said dryly.
Lucifer looked blank. "What's that all about?"
Caprice waved dismissively. "It's not worth explaining. Miria hates me."
"Why'd you call her Cordelia if her name's Miria?"
Caprice's eyes rolled. "Forget about it."
"Oh." He sounded almost as if there was so much he wanted to say to her, but couldn't quite seem to get it out. Who the hell *was* this person? He made her skin crawl.
"Look there are - what the hell is *he* doing here?"
Caprice blinked. Lucifer had started to say something - why he was acting so weird? - when he'd broken of, spotting a tall blond boy, lanky and elegant at the same time - walking down the hall. Caprice didn't recognise him. She frowned, seeing Leandra already her claws in.
"Don't know. Who is that?"
Lucifer was frowning. "The boy is Ash Redfern. Who's the girl?"
"She's Leandra Blackthorn. Popular girl. You know." Caprice made a face. Wasn't Sephra's surname Redfern? Were she and that boy - Ash - related?
"What's his deal?" she asked.
Lucifer shrugged. "That's a good question."
Caprice sighed as she led him into their first class. Okay...
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Now what the hell was going on? If one new person wasn't bad enough, not to mention those weird things going on with two groups of people...
Caprice found herself asked very politely by the principal if she wouldn't mind helping another new boy, Lucifer, settle in. Weren't there any other people they could ask?
It was pretty obvious that Sephra didn't like her. Her hopes at a new friend had flown out the window the minute they'd met. She wasn't sure if she wanted to walk in, all good intentions, then be sneered at because she wasn't model-pretty.
"Caprice, you can go in now."
Caprice sighed with impatience as she went into the principal's office. Great. Hello, Essence of Darkness number 2, she thought, seeing the boy in the chair opposite the principal's desk.
"Lucifer, this is Caprice, she'll be helping you settle in this week." The principal smiled.
Caprice felt like punching her. She forced herself to meet Lucifer's eyes. And was surprised to see his expression was almost one of complete *longing*. As if he'd been waiting to meet her all his life.
Huh? No body had never looked at her like that before. The only boy who ever looked, or even spoke to her was Rylan. Even he'd been kind of distant lately.
He followed her out of the office. She didn't like the way he just *stared* at her like that, his odd yellow eyes glowing with an obsessed heat.
The fun part of the morning came when she and Lucifer walked past Miria and Deanna, who stared at her with jealousy and unabashed hatred.
"There should be *laws* against that," Miria said, loud enough for Caprice to hear as she passed.
"Get a life, Cordelia," Caprice said dryly.
Lucifer looked blank. "What's that all about?"
Caprice waved dismissively. "It's not worth explaining. Miria hates me."
"Why'd you call her Cordelia if her name's Miria?"
Caprice's eyes rolled. "Forget about it."
"Oh." He sounded almost as if there was so much he wanted to say to her, but couldn't quite seem to get it out. Who the hell *was* this person? He made her skin crawl.
"Look there are - what the hell is *he* doing here?"
Caprice blinked. Lucifer had started to say something - why he was acting so weird? - when he'd broken of, spotting a tall blond boy, lanky and elegant at the same time - walking down the hall. Caprice didn't recognise him. She frowned, seeing Leandra already her claws in.
"Don't know. Who is that?"
Lucifer was frowning. "The boy is Ash Redfern. Who's the girl?"
"She's Leandra Blackthorn. Popular girl. You know." Caprice made a face. Wasn't Sephra's surname Redfern? Were she and that boy - Ash - related?
"What's his deal?" she asked.
Lucifer shrugged. "That's a good question."
Caprice sighed as she led him into their first class. Okay...
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