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Being a college professor wasn't exactly exciting, but it seemed that the fact the year was almost over made everyone giddy. Not only had that been a problem, but the fact that the finals were going on as well had everyone's feathers ruffled and her ears droopy. One day she just had her students take a break; their finals had ended for her class. Basically a free day, over half the students took the time to sleep, even Add. Eve was gone because she had gotten sick, so he had no one to one-up. He lay there like a sad, bored lump.

Aisha, a genius of seventeen years, wasn't having an easy time either. She complained to Rena one afternoon.

"It's like they're trying to get me to pull out all my hair. I mean, I like college students, but they can really get under my skin. I'm CERTAIN they're making fun of my superior intellect now, probably as a defense to me being awesome. I'm so done with this, please tell me there'll be alcohol at the movie night tomorrow." She had grabbed the coffee Rena had offered her gladly.

"I know. They're just as ready to be done as the teachers are. We have to be patient, but if you want any alcohol, you'll have to go somewhere that serves minors. I'm not going to let you become an alcoholic." She popped open the lid of her coffee as she sat down.

"Pfft, fine. Anyway, do you know who can make it already?"

"Mostly Elsword, Elesis, Ara, and you can make it. Chung's still on the fence; he doesn't know what'll happen tomorrow. He said he'd try to make it. I invited my neighbor Raven to join us too, but I don't think he'll be coming. He's not exactly a people person." Rena counted them off on her fingers.

"Oh? Is he hot?" Aisha looked intrigued.

"Aisha, there is no way in hell you'd have a chance with him. You're too much of an in-your-face person. He'd probably be weirded out."

"No way! I bet you just want him all to yourself. You're probably just afraid he'd fall for me." She flipped one of her pigtails. Rena almost choked on her coffee.

"Wh-what makes you think th-that?" she coughed. "He is just a friend." More coughing.

"Whoops, sorry Rena." Aisha patted her back. "I was just joshing you. Anyway," She glanced at her watch. "I've got a class to get to and so do you. I'll see you tomorrow?" Rena nodded, waving goodbye.

…

Rena was getting ready for her friends to come over when her phone vibrated. She pulled it out of her pants pocket; there was a text from Chung.

'Hey Rena! I'm going to make it to the party, sorry, didn't know till last minute. See you l8r?' Rena smiled; having Chung there would mean that Ara wouldn't be harassing her about her love-life the entire time.

'Awesome! Can't wait to see u here!'

A knock at the door made her look at her clock. It was around an hour before the actual party started. She looked through her peephole to se Elesis standing there. The policewoman was still in her uniform, looking like she had just come from the precinct. Rena opened the door.

"Hey Elesis. What's up? You look like you just got off the job."

"Yeah, my house is a little too far away to go home and change and make it on time to the party, and you happen to be around the same size, so…" Elesis looked pleadingly at her.

"Oh! Yeah, sure thing, El. You can take some clothes from my room. First door on the left, when you walk in there is a closet to your right. Take an outfit from there, should be an alright fit."

"Thank you! Urgh, I'm sorry I didn't think ahead, my extra work clothes had a… stain on them. You're a life saver!"

Rena smiled after her, going and fixing up more food for her guests.

…

"There is no way you were able to make a hip shot at 100 feet away." Ara was saying as Rena walked back into the room.

"It wasn't at 100 feet! It was 60 feet away! Jeez Ara, I'm not that much of a crack shot." Chung was sitting next to her; being a former army sniper, he always had interesting stories to tell. Aisha and Elsword were sitting on the floor, arguing about who was hogging the popcorn.

"Well then, looks as if I missed a good story. Hey guys! I just finished the last batch of cookies, hot fresh snickerdoodles." Rena leaned on the back of the couch. Everyone cheered, getting up and racing to the counter were the cookies sat as Elesis and Rena watched, their own share of cookies safe in their hands.

"Elsword! There's no way you can eat eight cookies without getting sick!"

"Ahahah! Just watch me Aisha!"

"Hey Ara, bet I can hit a cookie this size from 50 feet away."

"No way. A thing this size from that far away it's a slim chance at best."

"Please, Ara, I am a marksman, I could make this in my sleep, watch." Rena's eyes widened, and she looked at Elesis in panic. They ran into the kitchen together.

"Chung, you shoot that gun in here and I will arrest you myself!" Elesis yelled. Chung and Ara laughed together.

"I told you she would say that!" Elsword laughed along with them.

"What?" Elesis looked really confused. Chung and Ara grinned.

"Chung thought that you'd only threaten to arrest someone if they were disobeying the alcohol rule. I told him that if he tried to use his gun here she'd arrest him for sure." Elsword grinned at his elder sister, who in turn glared at all of them. She stormed out, leaving them to fight over cookies. Rena followed her.

"Hey, El, you alright?" Elesis sat down with her head in her hands.

"Yeah, just a little stressed. We've gotten tips that the Black Crow gang is back up. At least we know that their former leader is not back; he was a pain in the ass of the precinct. Also a criminal just escaped and it's just… just so very frustrating." She slumped and Rena rubbed her back.

"I'm sorry. Try and relax, eat a cookie or two. Have fun! That is what this was mostly for, for you and me to not worry about work and take a break. We just… slowly started to bring in our friends." Rena smiled in the direction of the kitchen.

"Yeah, I guess, it is weird now. I see Elsword more and more. He drops by the precinct to bring me lunch. It's great to get to know him after all these years I've been gone. He's a sweetie." Elesis also looked back to the kitchen, where you could still hear laughter.

"Really? Aww, that's so cute! Eve sometimes brings me an apple or a snack. Plus you can totally see her and Add have feelings for each other, it's kinda cute."

"That makes sense. I mean, he's always showing off. Remember, it's almost over, both of them will be done soon. Rena, you'll be fine, and hey, you can take a break over the summer and not have to deal with anyone but your awesome friends."

"Things never work out that well ever. I just hope I can make it through this week. Plus you just KNOW Ara will have some crisis." They laughed, but their respite from their friends' shenanigans came to a close as a crash came from the kitchen, making them both jump.

"… We better see what that was." Rena said.

Elesis sighed and nodded. Seemed like the night would be full of fun and trouble in equal parts.

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