(evil laughter LOOKIT! I GOT OFF MY LAZY BUM! I deserve a COOKIE.

Seriously, I apologize. : I blame highschool. )

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Fish walked with Runt to school a day later. He was put through hell by his dear mother last night about the bite on his shoulder. He claimed he was horsing around with his friends and got snagged by a tree, but he wasn't so sure she was beliveing him.

"So.. She bit you?" Runt asked for the hundreth time. Fish sighed and nodded, feeling if he had to nod one more time, his neck would snap in half. "Wow... I never knew love bites so much." Fish snorted at Runt's unintensional pun, blowing tiny bubbles inside his diving bell.

Runt was quiet for a moment then started freaking out. "OH MY GOSH! WHAT IF SHE HAS RABIES! YOU COULD BE INFECTED! OR SHE COULD HAVE INSERTED GERMS THAT CAN GIVE YOU A STOMACH TUMOR, OR YOU COULD BECOME A WEREWOLF!" Fish looked at him strangely for his outburst, and lifted his eyebrow at Runt's last worry. A werewolf? OH, COMMON. Runt blushed and realized with horror that he'd left his english homework on the island in his kitchen at home, and bolted home.

Fish, not wanting to be late again, told Runt he would meet him in Mutton. About a block from the school, a black blur ran past him, apparently not caring about looking out for walking fish. The black thing knocked hard into his shoulder and continued running. Fish regained his balanced, and stared ahead, his huge eyes refocusing. He was able to catch a glimps of a large, furry, black tail and a rather large pony tail. "Aorta..' He thought savagely. 'She's still angry at me and I don't know why.'

Then, all at once, it hit the goldfish. That night with Abbey, when she fell atop of him playing a game.. Aorta was nearby... meaning, she might have seen and misunderstood the situation. It was decided then, he needed to speak to the wolven and set things straight! He chased after her the best he could, and decided to get her after school.

All through the day, Aorta kept popping her colored pencils in and out of a little crayon box she had, furiously working over a piece of paper, and Fish swore that she started to cry slightly at some points during the day, as he watched her from the corner of his eyes. Instead of being rude to him now, she seemed to be pretending he just didn't exsist in her world.

The final bell rang, as cheers rang throughout the halls. It hit Fish once again; today is a friday! He raced out into the hall, skid and ran toward the algebra classroom, Aorta's 6th period. Sure as sugar, the fae came out of the classroom, clutching the piece of paper she was drawing on all day. Fish screamed her name over the heads of students. Her ears perked, and she turned, seeing Fish battling the rampage of spazzing students.

However, she just turned and ran in the other direction. Fish yelled again, but was forced backwards, the river of students turning into rapids, and he was forced to go with the current, away from Aorta. He was able to escape around the Geography room, near a pair of backdoors. He opened up the doors, ran out and to the front. 'Time to imitate a wolf.' He thought. He crouched behind a bush, hidden from the front and remained still.

Aorta was one of the last kids out of school; she walked with a slight slump towards the street when Fish leapt out. Aorta turned around, hearing the sudden noise, and barked, "Oh. It's only you." Fish stood his ground, his expression full of determination. "It's only me." He blubbed at her. "We're settling this here and now!" He yelled, pointed at the ground below him.

Fish inhaled some sweet water, and continued his rant. "I think I know why you're acting cold to me, and I want to say that it's not what you think!" Aorta leaned on one foot and crossed her arms, eyebrow raised, but she remained where she was. "I wanted to say, whatever you saw with me and Abbey that one night, it's not true! Aorta.. I love you." He stopped and blushed at those last three words.

The wolf's eyes opened a bit more and her mouth opened slightly, her expression softening. As Fish appoached her slowly, her expression changed once again, back to angry. "THE NERVE YOU HAVE!" She yelled in his general direction furisously, making some young birds in a nearby tree chirp angrily and take flight. "TRYING TO GET ME BACK BY SAYING A LIE!? TELL ME, HOW MANY GIRLS DO YOU GO THROUGH!? THEY ARE GIRLS, RIGHT?" She added nastily, before turning on her heel, and stomping off towards the road.

"AORTA, YOU BIT-" Fish began to yell out of pure rage, but his feeling changed from anger to pure terror. "AORTA! WAIT!" He ran after her the best a fish could. She was halfway across the wide street, purely aggitated enough to just not care about anything. She held up her hand above her head, yelling, "TALK TO IT." Fish screamed, "NO! AORTA! MOVE! AORT-"

It was too late. With a earshattering scream and a sound of screeching tires and a yell from Fish, the bus claimed it's next victim.