Part 7
"What'd you guys think they're up to?" Celeste asked, flipping through a magazine. She, Cle and Triana were supposed to be working on a social studies project, but Celeste's mind kept drifting back to Scarlet, Dathan and whatever game they were playing with the new girl Erica.
"What'd you mean?" Cole asked, browsing through Celeste's CD collection.
Triana sighed heavily. "Sometimes Cole, you really have no idea what's going on, do you?" She pushed a lock of red hair behind her ear.
"You mean the stuff at lunch with Caleb and the new girl?" Cole sat on the bed, shoving a pile of papers and books to one side.
"Hey!" Celeste protested. "*Some* of us happen to care about our work, even if you don't."
Cole just shrugged. "This is boring, anyway. What's the big deal?"
"Oh come on!" Celeste snapped. "You don't think Dathan and Scarlet are plotting something evil?"
Their reputations as bad, wicked Night Worlders wasn't really living up to typical standards by them helping some poor new girl. It just pointed out that Scarlet and Dathan were up to something.
"You said she had a run in with Scarlet this morning, Celeste," Triana said. "What happened?"
Celeste frowned. "Erica knocked into Scarlet, which pissed her off. Scarlet must have taken that notebook."
"And Dathan is using it too...?" Cole left the question open ended.
No one said anything, mainly because no one knew - apart from the obvious fact they were up to no good.
"She doesn't know where Dathan's taking her," Triana told them. "I asked her in English this afternoon."
"I don' think Dathan would be stupid enough to kill the girl on her first day," Cole said with slight contempt.
Celeste and Triana exchanged glances. Celeste wondered vaguely if Cole had a crush on Dathan. It wasn't an unknown fact that people of both sexes flooded to get Dathan's attention.
Celeste herself didn't get the fascination with him. So he was gorgeous, so what? That didn't automatically make him wonderful.
But Cole did have a point. If they wanted to find things out about Erica, then she wasn't likely to turn up dead.
"Maybe we should do some investigating of our own on this girl," she suggested finally.
"Why?" Cole asked. "She's human."
"She has black irises on her top," Triana pointed out.
"Coincidence," Cole said dismissively.
And he was probably right too. It wouldn't hurt to be absolutely sure.
"Let's just keep our eye on her for now," Celeste said. "I guess she doesn't need to know unless it's necessary."
"Which it isn't," Cole added. "Your probably just overreacting. Dathan and cronies will probably watch her tonight, and ditch her when they realise she's just plain human."
Celeste and Triana exchanged glances again. She hoped for Erica's sake, that's all there was to it.
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"What'd you guys think they're up to?" Celeste asked, flipping through a magazine. She, Cle and Triana were supposed to be working on a social studies project, but Celeste's mind kept drifting back to Scarlet, Dathan and whatever game they were playing with the new girl Erica.
"What'd you mean?" Cole asked, browsing through Celeste's CD collection.
Triana sighed heavily. "Sometimes Cole, you really have no idea what's going on, do you?" She pushed a lock of red hair behind her ear.
"You mean the stuff at lunch with Caleb and the new girl?" Cole sat on the bed, shoving a pile of papers and books to one side.
"Hey!" Celeste protested. "*Some* of us happen to care about our work, even if you don't."
Cole just shrugged. "This is boring, anyway. What's the big deal?"
"Oh come on!" Celeste snapped. "You don't think Dathan and Scarlet are plotting something evil?"
Their reputations as bad, wicked Night Worlders wasn't really living up to typical standards by them helping some poor new girl. It just pointed out that Scarlet and Dathan were up to something.
"You said she had a run in with Scarlet this morning, Celeste," Triana said. "What happened?"
Celeste frowned. "Erica knocked into Scarlet, which pissed her off. Scarlet must have taken that notebook."
"And Dathan is using it too...?" Cole left the question open ended.
No one said anything, mainly because no one knew - apart from the obvious fact they were up to no good.
"She doesn't know where Dathan's taking her," Triana told them. "I asked her in English this afternoon."
"I don' think Dathan would be stupid enough to kill the girl on her first day," Cole said with slight contempt.
Celeste and Triana exchanged glances. Celeste wondered vaguely if Cole had a crush on Dathan. It wasn't an unknown fact that people of both sexes flooded to get Dathan's attention.
Celeste herself didn't get the fascination with him. So he was gorgeous, so what? That didn't automatically make him wonderful.
But Cole did have a point. If they wanted to find things out about Erica, then she wasn't likely to turn up dead.
"Maybe we should do some investigating of our own on this girl," she suggested finally.
"Why?" Cole asked. "She's human."
"She has black irises on her top," Triana pointed out.
"Coincidence," Cole said dismissively.
And he was probably right too. It wouldn't hurt to be absolutely sure.
"Let's just keep our eye on her for now," Celeste said. "I guess she doesn't need to know unless it's necessary."
"Which it isn't," Cole added. "Your probably just overreacting. Dathan and cronies will probably watch her tonight, and ditch her when they realise she's just plain human."
Celeste and Triana exchanged glances again. She hoped for Erica's sake, that's all there was to it.
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