"Bella-Donna this is my coworker Dr. Frederik Andersen and his family. His wife Ellen and their daughter Simone." She smiled and waved her hand. "Why don't you go play with Simone while we talk, darling."

"Alright Papa. Come on Simone, Papa finished putting up the swings in the backyard." The blonde's eyes went wide in excitement and she looked up at her parents.

"Go ahead." Simone grabbed my hand and began pulling me along.

"You can call me, Donna."

"Be careful girls!" Ms. Ellen called from behind us.

"I still can't believe I'm a big sister." Simone said as she laid on my bed before rolling over to look at me. "You know, Rasmus is cute when he isn't crying but I think you would have been better for a little sibling. Do you think your dad would let me trade the two of you?" She asked laughing.

"I don't think our parents will agree to that." I shook my head at her.

"You know he always follows you around whenever we visit. I think he has a crush."

"Simone! Rasmus is only 3."

"Exactly! He's plenty old enough! I had a crush on your dad when we met!"

"Ewww!" I scrunched up my nose.

"When are you finally going to get a boyfriend Donna?"

"I'm 13 Simone. I don't need a boyfriend."

"But it'll be good to have one. Just close your eyes for a moment. Well, come on!" I rolled my eyes and closed my eyes. "Just picture it we go to the park and waiting there for us are two cute boys with our favorite flowers. They have a picnic set up and they feed us finger foods." I break out laughing.

"Finger foods? Really Simone? And besides a boy might be able to get daisies for you but what boy our age will be able to get me stargazer lilies?"

"Then get an older one?" She told me, her brows going up and down.

"Papa, would hate that!"

"But you wouldn't?" She looks at me with a sly smile and we both giggle.

"So when will I finally get to meet this boyfriend of yours, Bella-Donna Winther?"

"Did you just full name me?" I looked at her with a wide smile before settling down. "Papa, doesn't know about him."

"Haven't you been seeing each other for a few months now?"

"Yes, but I shouldn't have even told you! He's older than me. He's older than you!"

"Are you calling me old?" She hit me with a pillow. "Wait. How much older, Donna?" She looked at me worriedly.

"Not as much as you are thinking, Simone. M-, He's only 3 years older than me."

"He's 18!" She practically screamed and I rushed to cover her mouth.

"Sshhh!" I looked at the door that led to the staircase. "Are you trying to get me in trouble?"

"I don't know about this, Donna. Is he, has he been pressuring you? At all?"

"No! Simone, no. We just talk and he holds me. We kiss but that is it. He hasn't even mentioned sex. He isn't like that." Simone just looks at me with disbelief.

"He's never asked?"

"No, Simone. He hasn't. He makes me comfortable and happy. His kisses give me these tingling butterflies in my stomach." I smile thinking of him, my fingers touching my lips. "When we're together I can't help smiling." I never noticed her frown.

"Where is she? Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. What are we going to do? The exam is in thirty seconds. Where is she?" Igor banged his head on the table, frustrated.

"It's just not like her to be late." Sophie said looking at her phone after calling Simone yet again.

"She'll be here! I'm sure." Mila spoke trying to comfort her girlfriend.

"what do we do? We're all going to flunk. W- what do we do?" Igor started again this time getting up from his seat.

"Hello, Are you ready?" Our professor asked after opening the classroom door.

"Two minutes I just have to . . . take a dump." Igor told him. Professor Wilke looked at him disgusted.

"Two minutes if you're not in by then you'll have to take a re-examination. Ok." He closed the door behind him.

"Fuck!" Said Mila.

"Call her again." I told Sophie. "If she's not here in a few minutes we'll go off the previous version. She can't have made that many changes in one night." I grabbed my tablet. "I'm forwarding it to your phones. You can put on an earbud and have it be read for you and you just repeat."

"That's brilliant!"

"Woo! I'm here! I'm here!" Simone rushes up to us and the three of us girls whoop back, happy we won't have to explain our missing partner.

"You're late!"

"Come on. Come on." Sophie tells her after hugging Simone and heading back to the table.

"We've got lots of time. I just changed a little and wrote marked out says what." She hands us the papers. "It's not that hard."

"So what do I talk about? I don't get it." Igor spoke to Simone getting close to her.

"You talk about the water. Easy, right?"

"We owe you." Mila spoke.

"And a date." Igor put out and Simone looked at him a small smile forming before releasing a chuckle before glancing at me as I shared a look with Mila and Sophie. "Tonight?"

"You better fucking pass then." I tune them out as I pick up my phone and walk a few steps away to answer.

"Papa?"

"Donna! Donna, you need to get home. You get home right now!"

"Papa, I'm staying with Simone for the weekend remember?"

"Good. Good, go with Simone and her father! He should be there soon if he isn't already. Do not go out in the rain! The rain is dangerous!"

"Papa, what are you talking about?"

"Dad, I've got an exam!" I turn around hearing Simone's voice only to see Dr. Andersen grabbing hold of her arm

"Go home! Go home and stay there!" He turns back to look at us before dragging her along.

"Dad, Donna's staying with us for the weekend. Her dad is out of town, remember?"

"Dr. Andersen?" He turns to look at me, hesitance clear in his eyes before they harden sending warning bells ringing in my mind. My magic begins to rush forward just as it did at the height of the war whenever I was close to danger.

"Donna! Donna What's going on?" I hear my dad's voice from my phone as I look on confused.

"Go home, Bella-Donna. We can't take you with us, its an emergency. Come now, Simone. Come." He pulls her roughly.

"Papa, Dr. Andersen says there is some sort of emergency. I can't go with them."

"Bastard! Donna listen to me, get home darling! Get home and whatever you do, don't go outside. Go. Go now and don't stop! If it rains don't go outside. You can't get wet!" He hangs up.

"Papa? Papa!" I look down the hall to see Simone look back at me from the steps. "Head home, you guys. Go home and don't come out!" I grab my things before rushing out, ignoring their calls for me as I rush to the 2016 Toyota Hilux Papa had bought for our regular road-trips. While not legal to drive at my age, I did have a fake ID and Papa had looked the other way so long as I promised not to do anything that would get me in to trouble.