Before entering the lunchroom, Aithne met up with Aaron to ask how his mission was coming along.
"It's going great. Have you met Mimi Force?" Aaron asked her. "She likes me."
"That's probably not a good thing," Aithne informed him, making sure he knew not to let her drink his blood instead of vise versa.
"I'm going to sit with Mimi at lunch. You can come if you want to…" Aaron really didn't sound thrilled to have his "sister" sit with him at lunch.
"Go ahead, I've got friends," Aith assured him, pushing him into the cafeteria. They parted ways as Aaron headed to Mimi's table, and Aithne went to Sky and Oliver's.
"Hey," she greeted, taking a seat next to Oliver.
"Hey," they replied. She knew that this was the worst time to talk to them, when they were together. They had each other to lean on, and weren't as weak.
"Oliver, Aithne agrees with me about the Committee," Sky stated randomly. Oliver looked to me, not at all surprised.
"I just think that the Committee is too afraid to take charge. To admit that they're not the strongest things out there," Aith explained before taking a bite of her sandwich.
"It's not like it was at Plymouth," Oliver added. Aith looked him in the eye. "Silver Bloods are stronger now, and there has to be a different approach. One better than doing nothing."
"Aith, you ok?" Sky questioned. Aith looked down to find a piece of lettuce on her jeans.
"Shoot!" she exclaimed, picking it up and putting it on to a napkin. "Sorry, I just…it's an emotional thing, you know?" Sky nodded, thinking back to Cordelia's death. Suddenly, Jack appeared by Sky's side at the table. Ollie slipped Aith an annoyed glance. Aith smirked in response.
"How's everybody doing?" Jack asked, although Oliver and Aithne knew he was doing it for Sky's sake. He didn't honestly like Oliver, much less Aithne.
"Fine," Aith replied, trying to be civil if just for the sake of getting to know Schuyler. Schuyler had a kinship with Aithne, one that no one else could possibly understand. That would make drinking Sky's blood that much sweeter.
"I'm alright," Ollie stated, but by that time, Jack and Sky were already deep in conversation.
"What do you want for dinner?" Jack asked.
"Whatever you guys are having," Sky replied.
"Well, you can eat whatever you want," Jack insisted.
"I'll eat whatever's cooked," Sky argued.
"Oliver," Aithne cut in. "Would you show me where the library is." Looking relieved, Oliver and Aith got up from their seats, with little notice from the other two.
Once in the library, Oliver stated. "Thank you."
"It's nothing," Aith assured him. "It was getting…sickening."
"Like how attentive he is?" Ollie questioned.
"They're both so "I want you to be happy", you know?" Aithne inquired. "It's just odd to see that." The moment she finished her statement, she regretted it.
"Why? Are your parents not like that?" he inquired.
"It's more like we live to serve them, you know?" Aithne knew she needed to seem like the victim if she was going to pull this off. "They've always been so busy achieving their own dreams, that we sort of faded into the background."
"We?"
"My brother and I. You might know him. Aaron."