The bus ride had been in silence, Warren who usually sat in the back instead sat with Ebony. This had been going on for the last week. In front of the stairs they where greeted by Layla and Will who both looked at Warren in curiosity wondering what he was doing with the Angel girl again . They had tried to make friends with her but she always acted with a cool politeness but never excepted their friendship. An now the Ice Princess and their very own Pyro had walked into school together almost everyday .

" Um I have to go to my locker see you later" Ebony said

" Hey Angel remember to wait for me after your math class" Warren said

" You do know I wasn't being serious when I said I would stay with you, but I

guess now I'm stuck" Ebony said

" Yeah and If you didn't I would get roasted by my mom so math class" Warren

said

" Fine but just because I would feel bad lying to your mom" Ebony said then

walked away

" What was that all about" Will asked confusion on his face

"Long story and its between me and her" Warren said

" Come on Warren what happened" Layla said

" Lets just say she got her wings clipped and I was the one to catch her" Warren

said

" So who ever left the bruises hurt her even worse" Layla said quietly

" You noticed them to" Warren said with a sigh

" Yeah although she does a good job of hiding them" Layla said

" Wait somebody's hurting Angel" Will said

" Her names Ebony and Yes" Warren growled

" But you just called her Angel" Will said

" It's a pet name" Layla said with a smirk

" I don't give pet names its more like a nick name" Warren said glaring at her

" What ever you say" Layla said still smiling

The bell rang and the three friends headed toward their first class which happened to be social studies. Even though it was superhero school they still had to take normal classes it helped with their cover up. Since the superhero classes didn't start till 5th period Warren wouldn't see Ebony for a while. Will and Warren both hated the normal classes which usually took place in the morning and couldn't wait for save the citizen. As they headed to history class the they talked about how they could get their title back in save the citizen.

" Well that's easy beat Ebony and Riley" Layla said

" Well we can do it today" Will said

" No" Warren said

" But I thought you wanted our title back" Will said

" Not today" Warren said agitated

" Fine don't kill the messenger" Will said holding his hands up in surrender

" well the messenger needs to stop giving stupid messages" Warren muttered

Layla just shook her head at how stupid these boys where and then they continued into class. When they finally got there they had just enough time to get to their seats before the bell rang.

As Ebony sat through math she couldn't help but feel that something wasn't rite with her body. When the bell finally did ring Ebony was dizzy but new that she had to pull it together because Warren would be waiting and she had to pull it together. Slowly she walked out the door hoping her wouldn't be there but unfortunately the Pyro was leaning against the door waiting as he was every other day. She moved a little slower then usual but not so much that she hoped he wouldn't notice. Once again they walked in silence but that was soon interpreted when they where met by Will and Layla.

" Hey Ebony, hey Warren" Layla said

" Hey" Ebony said quietly

" You guys ready for super hero history" Will asked

" O yes its just my favorite class" Ebony said sarcastically

" You don't have a partner for the project Ebony" Layla said

" Nope I'm just going it do it by myself" Ebony said

" Well I don't have one either so would you like to be mine" Layla asked

" Um…" Ebony started

" Please it would be cool" Layla said

" I guess" Ebony said once again not used to this attention.

" Great I figured we could do it on Women super hero's and how there powers

differ from men ect" Layla said

" Ok sounds good" Ebony said unsure

" Well we should make dates and stuff so why don't you sit with us at lunch"

Layla said

" I usually sit outside but that's fine with me" Ebony said putting on a (fake)

smile

Ebony knew that letting these people get close to her would only hurt her in the end but it was hard to say no, all her life she had craved this attention an now she was getting it. With Warren there was something there that just made her want to tell him everything and have him promise it would be ok. Ebony wanted to have him hold her and protect her against the world that had hurt her so much. But she knew that if she let him in he could be her breaking point if he ever hurt her, she had been hurt so many times she wasn't sure she could take it again. She was brought out of her thoughts by a hand gently holding her wrist, looking up she could see the concern in Warrens face.

" You ok" He asked

" Yeah just thinking" Ebony said

" Flower Childs cool she'll be a good partner for you" Warren said looking in

the class room to where Layla and Will where already sitting

" I know but I would have rather done it alone" Ebony said

" You don't always have to do it alone" Warren whispered into her ear and then

headed to his seat bye Will

Not wanting to think about that Ebony headed to her usual seat in the back of the class room, this was one of her favorite classes so she figured she would try her best to pay attention. As the teacher talked she wrote notes but soon it became hard to look at the notebook as her vision became blurry. Laying her head on the desk she counted to 20 and then picked it up. Looking around she was relieved that nobody had noticed, but what she didn't know was that two people had and they had exchanged glances and with a silent agreement decided to watch her.