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She's Back!

I walked into Stan's class about 15 minutes late. He was talking about far guarding again. I was glad the he didn't stop what he was doing just to hassle me although I wouldn't have cared. My mind was still reeling from my previous encounter with Christian.

"And now that Ms. Hathaway has joined us we can continue." he said not turning around to even see me sit down. So much for ignoring me.

And I swore I was going to be good today. But who am I kidding Stan brings out the Smart ass in me. This should be fun, so bring it on guardian Alto. I thought.

"Well you know me, grand entrances are my thing so what did I miss" I said adding as much snarkiness in my voice as possible.

"The usual but since you think you know everything why don't you come up to the front and help me present this lesson." he said with a smug smile. I had to keep from laughing outright because I was actually prepared for class today and I had done near and far guarding during one of my training exercises with Belikov.

Showing him up was bad because he hated me and thought I was incompetent. He would have found a reason to kick me out even if I where doing well and then there was the other option, to be a totally smart ass. Hmmmmm….what to do? Either way I would get kicked out eventually.

So I gave him my best man eating smile and spoke. "I'm flattered really but won't that be showing favoritism?" I asked.

"And how so?" he said his smile faltering.

"Because you don't want every one to know you have a crush on one of your students but hey to each his own." I said with an ever growing smile plastering my face. Although, I knew this was far from the truth, I just liked getting under his skin and him constantly singling me out was annoying and maybe this would help things a bit.

I could see his blood starting to boil; the color change in his face reminded me of the cartoons. When a character would get so angry their head would explode. With that I had actually started laughing, no I wouldn't be seeing Stan's head explode today. But it was still funny. Other members of the class started laughing as well. This was too good, and I knew that trouble was following it, but he deserved a little of the embarrassment he dished out.

"Ms. Hathaway" he started.

"Count backwards from ten and then forwards do this three times and the urge to punch me will disappear." I said putting on my most professional sounding voice. "Men and their ego problems"

"Kirova now" he yelled.

"Gladly" I said grabbing my books. "Some people are just so touchy. See you later Eddie." I said before I actually left the room holding both my books and my sides.

Being in the hallway sobered me up a little and I thought about what Kirova would say, I just hope that this didn't get me expelled. And if it did I know for a fact that I would go down in history as the Novice that almost made Stan's head explode. Oh yeah I was totally expelled.

Yes i know that it's a little much but i guess that's why i love her. lol read and review.