"Bo, Bo come on, it'll be fine," Kenzi patted the girls shoulder. "We didn't know she would be in this class, it's fine Bo, you can do it."

"No I can't Kenzi," Bo groaned. "You know how it ended between us, she, she hates me." Bo rested against the set of lockers around Kenzi's.

Kenzi shoved a set of textbooks into the small space, "Listen, I know it's tough, but Bo-"

"Yeah I know Kenzi, I've heard this speech before," Bo interrupted.

"No you haven't," Kenzi laid her hand against the girls cheek. "You're over her remember? Plus Tamsin's in this class, she's nice."

Bo leaned away from the girls hand, pushing away from the lockers, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

" I always am," Kenzi smirked.

Bo smacked the girl's arm as she passed her, "Shit," she paused.

"You can do this Bo, you two broke up, you're over her," Kenzi reminded her.

"Over who?" Tamsin spoke.

Both girls released small squeaks before turning around.

"Damn it Tamsin, didn't anyone ever tell you not to sneak up on a girl?" Kenzi pressed her palm against her chest, as if it was able to slow down its rapid rhythm.

"Geez, sorry," Tamsin ran a hand through her damp hair, the ends slowly gathering into curls.

"It's fine Tamsin, you just scared us," Bo spoke.

Tamsin looked between them for a moment, "Why are you guys avoiding chemistry? What, scared of some atoms?"

"Ha ha, very funny," Kenzi adjusted the bag that was hanging from her shoulder. "If you want to know we weren't avoiding the class, but what's in the class."

"What's in the class?" Tamsin asked.

"Hi guys," a voice piped up from behind Bo and Kenzi.

"Son of a bitch, what's with you? Has no one heard of not sneaking up behind us" Kenzi clawed at her chest once more.

"Sorry, I thought I made noise," Dyson whimpered.

"Aw it's okay wolf-man, you're forgiven," Kenzi pecked his cheek.

The bell echoed through the hallway. Bo shifted nervously on her heels. Random children shuffled toward the heavy wooden doors leading to classes.

"Well, whatever you were avoiding, looks like you're gonna have to face it," Tamsin smiled reassuringly.

Kenzi touched Bo's arm for a moment, "You're going to be fine, just remember to breath."

"Thanks Kenzi."

"No props," she smiled. She stopped, "Oh shit."

Tamsin followed Kenzi's gaze. A young girl stood just beyond the entrance to the chemistry lab. She was beautiful, her hair fell in light flaxen waves ending just below the girls shoulder blade. Her lean stature almost intimidating, but something about her made her look fragile.

"Lauren," Bo muttered. Bo went stiff, her usual relaxed stature tightened, making her body look two inches taller.

The girl spotted the group huddled around Kenzi's locker, her race turning a light shade of red. "Hi Bo," she nearly mumbled. The girl swayed lightly as to soothe her nerves.

Kenzi fidgeted with the strap on her bag, nudging Dyson with her spare hand. Dyson glanced at Tamsin, her eyes glued to the scene unfolding before them.

Bo smiled, walking toward the girl, "I haven't seen you in a while, how are you?"

Lauren let her fingers tangle with each other, twisting and locking into an odd tangle resting in front of her. "I've been good," her words she blinked twice. "You?" the corners of her mouth tightening into a smile.

Kenzi kicked Tamsin forward with the tip of her buckled boots, "Ow, watch it," Tamsin protested.

Lauren saw the small action and threw her gaze toward her tangled fingers.

Kenzi coughed lightly, motioning her head toward the door to the chemistry lab. Dyson smiled, waving the girls by as he held the door open.

"But, ah," Tamsin sighed as Kenzi pulled her into the dank room. The pungent stench of chemicals and flames hung in the air. Something burning from previous years clung to the walls and ceiling, a smell that would never leave, that the teacher would have been used to by now.

"What the hell is that smell?" Kenzi grabbed her nose.

Dyson chuckled, "Ha! That rhymed, good one."

Kenzi politely kicked the wolf in the back of his right knee as he walked, forcing him to trip and nearly fall, "Shut up dog breath."

"Last time I checked you didn't mind," Dyson smirked, taking a seat in the back of the class room.

Kenzi took her seat next to the boy. Tamsin covered her ears as she took her seat at one of the desks in front of the pair, "Please stop, you two are borderline gross."

Kenzi and Dyson high fived, "Mission accomplished." The pair shoved their desks together. Kenzi smiled and kissed the wolf on his scruffy cheek.

"Seriously," Tamsin rubbed her eyes, hoping the couples moment would pass. "I think I'm gonna go get a drink, you guys stay here, and try not to absorb each others faces because I might be able to handle it but I doubt the rest of the world can."

"I don't think that's a good idea," Kenzi eyed Tamsin.

Tamsin paused and turned back, "Why? Will the water kill me or something, I mean I've had that happen before."

"No but," Kenzi squinted at the girl, "what? You know what, that's a story for another day. No, Tamsin, Bo's out there with Lauren."

"So? What, are they doing it on the fountain?" Tamsin smirked.

Kenzi looked at Dyson, "Does she not know we're at school?"

"I know where we are dumb-dumb," Tamsin leaned forward, playfully jabbing at the girl.

"She just means that Bo and Lauren have a history," Dyson answered. "They, they're unpredictable, for awhile they were fine but suddenly boom, done."

"And I care why?"

Dyson and Kenzi gave each other a look. "Listen Tam," Kenzi spoke, "Lauren's the jealous type, she doesn't like it when other girls hang around Bo, hell if my heels weren't pointy and my mascara game on point I would have been gone long ago."

Tamsin tapped her index finger against her chin, as if contemplating the girl's words. After a moment she spoke, "Again, just to clarify, what does this have to do with me?"

Kenzi turned to Dyson once more, "Damn, she's just not getting it, is my subtext that bad?"

"No babe, I think she's just oblivious," Dyson threw his arm around her shoulder.

Tamsin had stood listening to the couple, their cuteness unbearable.

"Tamsin, it's just," Kenzi paused, "Well how do I put this?"

"Spit it out short stack, I'm dying here. I swear if you make me wait one more minute I might actually die of thirst," Tamsin began tapping her heel against the cheep tile.

"You and Bo get along, I, I don't think Lauren would like that," Kenzi finally spat out.

Tamsin huffed and walked into the hallway. Bo and Lauren were leaning against the lockers, Lauren's back toward Tamsin. The color of Lauren's cheeks had flattened into a pale glow. The girls exchanged smiles as Tamsin emerged from the class.

"I just," Bo watched Tamsin gather her hair into her fist and bend toward the spout of the fountain. The cool water splashing against her lips, grabbing Bo's attention.

"Bo?" Lauren followed Bo's gaze. "Really?" she smacked Bo's arm.

"Hey!" the succubus protested. "What was that for?"

Tamsin saw the altercation occur. "You guys okay?" she directed at Bo.

"We're fine, thanks," Bo smiled.

Lauren watched in awe as Bo's gaze followed the girl back into the classroom."Seriously Bo, now is when you choose to flirt?" Lauren smacked Bo in the same spot.

Bo snapped out of it, her eyes focused on Lauren's, "We barely said two words, how was that flirting? She's Tamsin, she's new, we were showing her around yesterday."

"You know what, I really don't care. You have your friends, I have mine, I think we should keep it that way," Lauren stomped.

Bo's lips twisted, her eyebrows resisting their instinct to react, "Fine, go ahead. I just thought..."

Before Bo had a chance to continue Lauren was gone down the hall.

"Where are you going? Chem is this way," Bo called after her.

Lauren spun around, glaring at Bo, "I'm in AP, I needed Potassium Nitrate." She pulled a small plastic bottle that had been nestled in her back pocket, pulling at the tight denim. She shook the container, rattling the contents before turning back and continuing down the hall.

"Bitch," Bo murmured as she stepped into the classroom.

Kenzi cleared a desk in front of her as Bo walked into the classroom. "Incoming?" Kenzi mumbled before patting the desk in front of her.

"Hey! I was sitting there," a scrawny boy with shaggy red hair protested.

"Sorry," Bo brushed her hand up his arm, pulsing red waved radiating from her hand.

The boy laughed weakly, his cheeks flushed, "He- here you go," he pushed the desk closer to Bo.

Bo smiled, her hand dropping to her side, "Thanks."

Kenzi smirked, "Do you have to do that to everyone?"

"No, but it sure beats confrontation," Bo sat sideways in her desk.

Kenzi huffed, "Speaking of confrontation how was Lauren?"

"Bitchy as always," Bo grabbed the bag under Kenzi's feet and pulled her phone from the leather pocket. Bo placed the cell phone before Tamsin, "Put your number in."

Tamsin had been glancing the textbook under her desk, now her eyes were glued to the soft silicon pink case hugging Bo's phone. "Uh, gonna have to work for my number," Tamsin smirked.

"Why?" Bo laughed.

Tamsin flipped the page she was reading, "I'm not easy," she smirked.

"No one said you were," Kenzi patted the girls shoulder.

Dyson leaned forward, joining the conversation, "What's the matter Tamsin, you can handle a river monster but you're scared of texting?"

Tamsin closed the book and dropped it to the floor. She pulled the small flat silver device from her pocket, "Fine, put it in," she pushed the phone in front of Bo.

"So easy," Bo whispered.

Tamsin smacked her arm, "Shut up."

"Ow," Bo grabbed at her arm. "What is with people hitting my arms, I may be strong but I am easily bruised."

Kenzi and Dyson snickered behind the girls. "I don't know Bobo, you didn't seem to bruise last year," Kenzi grinned.

Bo shoved the small Russian girl from her seat. "You shut up, and you," she pointed at Dyson. "Why are you giggling like a schoolgirl?"

"Because I know what she's talking about," Dyson coughed.

Bo scowled at Kenzi, "I hate you."

"Oh shut up you lurve me." Kenzi patted Bo's cheek, "And it was last year, so Dyson would have known anyway."

"Why?" Tamsin finished with the phones.

Bo leaned toward the blonde, "Lets just say they spent a lot of time together last year. It was nothing much, they seemed to like yelling letters, most of the time they debated how loud each of them could yell the letter "O"."

Tamsin smirked, "I get it."

"As you should," Bo spoke. "Every once in awhile they would switch to yelling about God and saying 'fuck fuck fuck', well that was mostly Dyson." Bo laughed.

"Ha ha ha, hey whatever happens at the shack stays at the shack," Kenzi frowned at Bo.

"I'm sorry, you refer to your lurve nest at 'The Shack'?" Tamsin pushed her phone toward Kenzi, "Put your number in here while you answer me."

Bo spoke, "No it's where Kenzi and I stay sometimes, our fams are pretty crazy so we have an old crack shack outside of town."

"A 'crack shack'?" Tamsin asked.

"Yep, cops broke it up a couple years ago, hookers, whores, druggies," Kenzi tapped her fingers against the small screen of Tamsin's phone.

"We like to crash there on weekends after going out to the fields, it's pretty comfy, they stole a bunch of furniture around town," Dyson laughed.

Kenzi punched his arm, "We did not steal it, we simply re-purposed it."

"You want to stay there Friday? I replaced the leaky pipe so the shower works," Bo said.

Kenzi stopped, "You? You replaced a pipe, you don't even know how to replace the batteries in a remote."

"I might have persuaded someone to do it for me," Bo smiled slyly.

"Of course you did," Tamsin chimed.

Bo instinctively crossed her arms, glaring at Tamsin who grabbed her cell phone from Kenzi and Dyson. Tamsin, oblivious to Bo, began typing something into the phone before setting it on the table in front of her. Kenzi giggled as the succubus's eyebrows knitted together in frustration.

"Why do you say that," Bo finally piped up.

Tamsin toyed with the chipping silver paint on the edge of her phone now, her focus not directed at the conversation, "You're a succubus Bo, you can persuade people to do stuff you don't want to do, or get them to give you things like that kid earlier. It's also why it didn't work out with the human."

Kenzi's lips parted, "Uh Tamsin?"

"Yeah short stack?" Tamsin looked up. She noticed the growing anger on Bo's features, and the way the wolf and human behind them had grown uncomfortable.

Kenzi relaxed slightly as she leaned toward the blonde, "How did you know Lauren was human?"

Tamsin smirked, "Was it not noticeable? I mean it's not like she hid it well, what, is her neighbor a skunk ape that hugs her every morning, 'cause whew?" Tamsin waved her hand back and forth to wipe away the imaginary stench.

Kenzi and Bo exchanged a look. "Lauren's the only other human allowed to go here, she's like really secretive about it," Kenzi spoke.

"Wait, does that mean you knew Kenzi was human when we met?" Bo asked.

Tamsin pondered for a moment, letting her answer rest on her tongue. "No, she smelt like a succubus when we met, but now she smells like wolf," Tamsin smiled at the human.

Dyson leaned forward, joining the conversation, "How can you smell that, you're not a shifter."

"No, but I'm a Valkyrie and I'm older than all of you put together and multiplied so I've learned a few tricks to tell fae apart."

A woman stumbled into the class room, her eyes drifting among the groupings of children that had formed. "Settle down class," she yelled over the conversations. Her brief case rested against her thigh as she gained her balance for a moment. The woman's clothes were out of order, her shirt only half tucked in and her hose falling from beneath her knee-lengthed skirt.

"Ooh, who ordered a hungover Chemistry teacher?" Kenzi leaned back in her seat, throwing an arm around Dyson.

"Table for one," Tamsin smiled smugly, placing her cell phone into her back pocket.

Bo watched the phone pull against the fabric before tracing the outline of the small object.

"Yo, I know you're a Succubus, but control this," Tamsin laughed, motioning to the Succubus' blue eyes.

"Sorry," Bo smiled apologetically, taking a deep breath and letting her eyes change to their normal brown.

"No problem," Tamsin patted Bo's hand which rested on the table top.

"Thanks."

The instructor stomped toward the white board at the front of the classroom, she scribbled her name out across the board before turning around. "My name is Mrs. McCormick, and this is Chemistry 101," Mrs. McCormick paced the aisles, glancing at faces as she passed. "You," She stared at Dyson. "Can you tell me what they do to dead chemist?"

Dyson reclaimed his arm from Kenzi's shoulder. His face went blank, "I, I don't know Mrs. McCormick."

"You barium," The woman paused, letting it sink in.

Tamsin began to snicker as she turned around to see the confusion on the wolfs face. She turned back to face the woman standing over her, "I'm sorry about him, I don't think he's in his element."

The woman began to laugh as she walked away.

Dyson and Kenzi collectively smacked Tamsin's arms.

"Ow," Tamsin exclaimed.

"You deserved it kiss-up," Bo smacked her arm after Dyson.