Family Chapter 3) Vee's (Second?) First Day, an owl house fanfic

Chapter 3) Vee's (Second?) First Day at School

A/N: We've had one from Vee's POV and one from Camilla's POV, now let's have one from Luz's POV. Enjoy!

"Good morning everyone! Before we get started, we have a new student joining us from today. Could you stand up and introduce yourself to us all, please?"

I give Vee a big smile and a double thumbs-up, and she gives me a small smile back as she gets out of her chair.

Everyone is looking at her, and she… doesn't look so good. Shuffling her feet, rubbing her arm, looking all around the room but not directly looking at anyone else…

"Um, h-hello everyone. I'm… my name's Vee. Vee Noceda. I'm Luz's sister. It's nice to meet you all."

She sits straight back down as soon as she finishes speaking.

She called me her sister. I'm her sister! I have a sister! I still feel all warm and fuzzy inside every time it comes up, especially when Vee says it.

But my warm fuzzies fade away as I see Vee look down at her desk, gnawing on her lower lip and bouncing one leg up and down.

The thing is, I'm not really sure why Vee looks so on edge. This morning she was super excited to be going back to school again, yelling at me to hurry up and get ready so we wouldn't be late, shovelling her breakfast down so quickly she almost choked on her toast…

And it's not like this is her first time here or anything. She spent months going to school here while I was gone and she was pretending to be me. Heck, I'm pretty sure she already knows everyone here, and they all know…

…oh, right. Now I get it.

I mentally facepalm for not putting it together sooner.

They don't know her. They know me. Or at least, the me who was her. Who was pretending to be me. But Vee's not me, I'm me. So they don't know Vee.

Yeesh, if I'm struggling to wrap my brain around it, I can't imagine what Vee must be feeling right now.

I should say something. Or do something. But what? I don't wanna make everything worse again. But I can't just let Vee carry on feeling uncomfortable like this. This is all at least partly my fault in the first place, I have to help.

Plus she's my little sister, and as the older sibling it is my sworn duty to do everything in my power to help her.

OK, so I have no idea which one of us is actually older. Vee doesn't remember her birthday or how old she is exactly, so I guess she could be the older sister here. But either way, we're family, and that means we look out for each other.

Our homeroom teacher is reading out a bunch of announcements about stuff that I'm not really listening to as I quickly tear a page from one of my notebooks and scribble down what I hope will be a nice, supportive message.

Everything will be fine, don't worry. You've got this, sister! Love you, Luz. xx

Vee's desk is right next to mine, so I just have to lean over a little bit to slide the note to her. She opens up the folded paper, and I watch a little nervously as she reads the short message I wrote.

Vee looks at me and smiles. It's still a pretty small smile, but she doesn't look quite so uneasy anymore, so that's good.

She scribbles something else on the note, folds it back up again, then passes it back to me. But before I can read it, the bell rings and everyone is moving, heading off to first period.

Where did the time go? I must have spent way longer than I thought I was thinking of what to write if homeroom is already over. Ah well, I'm sure I didn't miss anything important. Most of the morning announcements are about sports teams and clubs and junk, nothing I need to know.

I shoulder my bag and head out after everyone else. Vee's already gone. She and I won't be sharing all the same classes, so we won't see each other again now until first break. I really hope she'll be OK.

I still have the note in my hand, so I pause for a moment to open it up and see what Vee wrote.

Thanks Luz. Love you too. Vee. xx

I feel all fuzzy again, and if the looks I'm getting from everyone I walk past are any indication, I have the biggest and dumbest grin on my face.

…

The bell rings, and I immediately bolt out of the room and towards the lockers, only to wind up getting caught up in the mass of other people trying to do the exact same thing.

Uh, excuse me? I am trying to get to my sister, so if you would all kindly get out of my way now, that would be swell.

I don't say that out loud though, so instead I just slide past everyone and skirt the edge of the hallway. Once I'm against the wall, I just need to crab-walk along the edge and avoid the biggest part of the crowd. From there, it's just a hop and a step to the lockers.

If I can navigate Hexside's hallways, then I can for sure handle this ordinary, non-lethal hallway just as well.

That's what I tell myself. Unfortunately even Hexside, with all her chaotic energy, can't hold a candle to the pure, unrestrained chaos that is first break at a human school. My brilliant crab-walk plan is foiled immediately as a door behind me opens up and knocks me back into the crowd, and I'm swept up in the flow of people and carried away, helpless and defeated.

But not for long! Time for Plan B. It's probably cheating a little, but I am a woman on a mission, and I will do whatever it takes to see it through to the bitter end.

"Psst! Stringbean!" I hiss. "Time for the Spider Slip!"

From inside my backpack, I hear Stringbean hiss back, and I feel her agreement, and excitement, with my idea.

The zipper on my bag opens up, and Stringbean quickly slithers out and takes up her position in my hair, hidden from view. Step one: complete.

Next, I search through my pockets until I find… ah-ha! There it is! I pull out the toy spider and hold it at the ready. Step two: complete.

With a little motion, I send the spider toy skidding across the floor until it ends up in the midst of the main crowd of students. Step three: complete. All I have to do now is wait for-

"SPIDER!"

"WHAT!? WHERE!?"

"RIGHT THERE! IT'S GONNA CRAWL UP YOUR LEG!"

The crowd parts, everyone scrambling to get as far away from the (fake) creepy-crawly as fast as they can, and leaving a nice clear path for me with no-one paying any attention. Step four: complete.

Now for step five. I send a little mental nudge up to Stringbean, and she answers with a much stronger nudge of her own, readying the magic that we need.

I will never, ever, get over how amazing it feels to use magic like this. To feel it flowing right through me, buzzing and powerful and full of life!

Just like Hunter taught me, I focus on where I want to go, and I lean forwards, letting the magic do the rest as I release the spell.

The lockers are at the far end of the hallway. And I'm right there in an instant, the loud crowd of students left far behind.

I don't even faceplant into the wall his time! I really am getting the hang of this!

I turn… and fall flat on my face.

Ow.

I can feel Stringbean laughing at me as she helpfully lets me know that I somehow tied my shoelaces together mid-flash step.

I inform her that I clearly just discovered a new means of magically tying my shoes, which I count as a win.

She settles down after a few more seconds of giggle-hissing, then returns to her little pocket inside my backpack, zipping the bag up as she does so.

Once my shoelaces are successfully untangled and tied properly again, I get back up and round the corner, eyes scanning for any sign of Vee.

She's not very hard to spot. Her hair stands out quite a bit, and her bright orange sweater (a real one now, since it's getting cold enough for it) is easy to pick out among the more dull colours everyone else is wearing.

And hey, it looks like she's talking to someone! That's great! She's already making friends…

Oh dear. They saw me.

And they recognised me.

It's Miles, the tall boy whose hair covers his eyes. Well, it used to. Now it only covers one eye.

He and I stare at each other for a bit. He looks as awkward as I feel right about now.

He says something to Vee, but I can't quite hear it. He turns and leaves, rounding the next corner and walking out of sight.

Vee turns around and spots me hanging back. For a split-second, I see it: the hurt written all over her face. But then she smiles at me and walks over.

"Hey Luz. How was your morning so far?"

Oh dear. Is this what I sounded like whenever I tried to act like everything was fine when it absolutely wasn't?

"My morning was alright," I say back. "Yours?"

Vee's smile is a little strained. "Fine!" she says, voice higher than normal. "I'm getting really good at my Spanish! My teacher was really happy with me!"

"That's great!" I reply with as much enthusiasm as I can gather, trying not to let my emotions show too much.

We both just kinda stand there, smiling awkwardly and not doing anything else, until Vee shakes herself and opens her locker, burying herself in it and searching for something or other.

She's just distracting herself, I can tell. I do that too.

This isn't partly my fault, this is all my fault. I never even tried to get to know the friends Vee made when she was pretending to be me. After everything that had happened on the Day of Unity, and everything that happened (and didn't happen) in the months after, I didn't really socialize with anyone at school unless I absolutely had to. I was so preoccupied with worrying about Eda and King and everyone else, and worrying about how Amity and Gus and Willow were doing without their families, and worrying about Hunter and everything he was dealing with, and worrying about how to get back to the Boiling Isles, and worrying about whether or not anything else was going to go wrong… and feeling guilty about all of it on top…

But that's no excuse. I should have at least said something to them. They were Vee's friends. They thought they were my friends. They deserved something, some explanation at least.

But no. I was too wrapped up in myself to even consider what they must have been feeling, seeing their friend act like she never knew them and carrying on like they didn't even exist.

Even after everything worked out, I still never said anything.

I'm a horrible person.

But I've known that for a long time-

"Stop it."

I snap out of my thoughts. Vee is looking at me, frowning and with both hands on her hips.

"Huh?"

"Stop beating yourself up," Vee says firmly.

"What are you talking about?" I shoot her a smile and rub the back of my head, trying my best to play dumb…

"You're blaming yourself for what happened, like you always do. You had enough problems to deal with without having to deal with all of mine as well. If anything, I'm the one who should have said something to them before now."

Am I that easy to read?

I drop my hand back down and avoid looking Vee in the face. "I still should have-"

Vee doesn't let me finish. She just wraps her arms around me and hugs me tight.

"Please Luz," she says softly. "Don't blame yourself for this. I hate it when you're sad."

Vee loves hugs. She's always hugging me and Mom, she hugs Willow and Hunter and Amity and Gus whenever she sees them as well. She's a real cuddle-bug.

Something we have in common.

I hug her back, because I know she needs this as much as I do.

"I'll try," I whisper back.

And I am trying. I'm really trying to love myself more.

It's just not always easy. So sometimes I need a little help.

…

"Noceda, please stay behind after class, we need to have a quick word."

Uh-oh. Maybe the Spider Slip wasn't such a good idea after all. Ms June doesn't sound happy.

Hey, it could be any number of things she wants to talk about. I shouldn't assume.

Everyone else is out and on their way to lunch, leaving me and Ms June as the only two people left in the class.

"Noceda, could you come over to my desk please?"

As I make my way towards Ms June, I feel Stringbean rustle in her pouch. She's thinking about the same thing I am.

"Here, these are for you."

A small pile of papers is dumped into my arms, and I only just manage to avoid dropping them all over the floor.

OK, now I'm confused. "Uh, what are these?"

"Work packs for the next two months," Ms June says. "When you're not here, I want you to work your way through these. They'll help you stay on top of your studies and keep pace with the rest of the class."

Ah. I see. I guess I probably should have expected this.

I'm not entirely sure how she did it, but Mom managed to sort out an agreement with the school to allow me to alternate attending Gravesfield every other week. That way, I can still attend Hexside while also finishing out my human education.

I knew that it would come with some sort of catch, but I was ready for it. To still be able to attend Hexside with everyone every other week was something I wanted so bad. So whatever the trade-off was, be it remedial classes or weekend classes or night school, I would take it all on.

A huge pile of dull science worksheets, though?

"Uh, Ms June? Is there any-?"

"No." She shoots me down straight away. "I don't have the time to set up anything else for you. I have the rest of my classes to teach as well. Be thankful I'm even providing you with these."

Ms June never liked me. The fact that I almost never really understand half of what she's teaching probably has something to do with it.

"I would assume your other teachers will be providing you with the same soon enough. Do try not to fall behind, Noceda."

I swallow and nod, excusing myself and heading towards the lockers to deposit the stack of pure boredom in my arms.

I wonder if Vee understands science better than me?

…

"Sure thing, Luz! Let me have a look at them when we get home, and I'll see if I can help!"

I bow my head in thanks towards my saviour. "Vee, I owe you big time."

"Then you wouldn't mind if I had your brownie?"

I hand it to her right away. Honestly, she'd be welcome to it for free otherwise. I don't know how you can mess up brownies this bad, but Gravesfield School cafeteria somehow found a way to make the least delicious brownie in the world.

Yet for some reason, Vee likes them. She told me they were her favourite food served at school when she was here before, and she'd been looking forward to having them again.

I need to bake her some real brownies sometime soon. She needs to know what they're supposed to taste like, as opposed to… I can only describe these ones as brown squares of clay.

I'm just about to start eating my own lunch when a tray slams onto the table in front of me, followed by a familiar voice.

"Loose, how ya doin'?"

I raise my head and plaster on as convincing a smile as I can. "I'm doing great, Rachel. Thanks for asking."

Rachel. One of the more popular girls in school, and someone I really don't like interacting with. For various reasons.

"I heard you're not gonna be in school much anymore. You didn't get yourself in trouble again, did you?"

The concern in her voice is so obviously fake, sarcastic and intended to get a rise out of me. She does this all the time. As soon as some new rumour about me starts spreading around the school, she'll chime in and try to get me to spill something she can add to the story, so she can score more points with her posse.

Not this time, Rachel. There's no way you can spoil this one for me.

"Nah," I say casually. "I'm just gonna be going out-of-town every other week to attend a different school that offers more classes than Gravesfield does. No big deal."

"Aw, they're making you take extra classes so you don't flunk out? That's such a shame."

What's such a shame? That you can't ruin this for me anymore? That you can't spin this into anything juicy for your friends?

"What's the name of the school you're going to? If you don't mind me asking?"

You'd ask even if I did mind.

"It's called Hexside," I reply.

"Hexside, huh? Maybe I'll swing by and pay you a visit sometime? You can introduce me to everyone."

I almost burst out laughing at that. The mental image of Rachel getting lost in Hexside, stumbling into one of the lockers, getting caught in some magical mishap…

"What's so funny?" she snaps, all her fake charm gone.

Oops. I guess I didn't quite manage to stop myself from laughing a little.

"Oh, nothing," I say, just about managing to get my giggles under control. "I was thinking of something else."

Rachel huffs. "And here I am trying to have a friendly conversation with you while you just daydream like a little kid."

I shrug. "I guess it just wasn't that good a conversation."

Some of Amity's sassiness is starting to rub off on me. Either that, or I just don't have the patience to put up with Rachel and her friends anymore.

She glowers at me. "Y'know, for a while I was starting to think you were alright, back when you first came home from that stupid camp of yours."

"Leave her alone."

I whip my head around. Vee is standing up and staring Rachel down furiously. I don't think I've ever seen her so mad.

"Excuse me?" Rachel seethes.

"I said leave her alone. Go away."

Rachel looks Vee up and down, one hand on her hip. "Great, another weirdo."

Now I'm glaring at Rachel. "Get lost."

"Fine," she snaps, grabbing her tray. "I've wasted enough time talking to you already."

She walks past me, and I'm just about to start eating my lunch again when I'm drenched in juice, a full cup dumped over my head.

It's been a little bit since that's happened, so it catches me off guard. I gasp at the sudden cold, and my dripping longer hair is in my eyes and I can feel some of the liquid running down the back of my top.

"Bye, freak."

I can hear laughter all around me. I can't see it, but I know everyone is pointing and staring at me.

It's nothing new, and I've gotten used to stuff like this, but today I guess it just hits me a little harder than usual. I can feel my eyes start to sting a little bit, and my throat tightens up a little as I try to hold it in-

SPLAT!

The laughter stops dead, and someone is screeching very loudly.

Rachel is screeching very loudly.

I push my soaked bangs up out of my face and see Rachel standing a ways away, a clump of mashed potatoes in her hair.

What?

I turn, and I see Vee beside me, a spoon in her hand that still has some potatoes clinging to it. She's breathing heavily, and she looks absolutely furious.

"Leave Luz alone!" she yells.

Rachel stops screeching and stares at Vee with pure hatred.

"You're gonna pay for that, Orphan Girl!"

What did you just say!?

How dare you!

I'm moving, walking forwards. My palms hurt. I think my nails are digging in. If they were any longer I'd probably be drawing blood.

Maybe I wanna draw blood. Maybe she deserves to-!

"Luz Noceda!"

I stop. The red haze of anger hanging over me falls away, and I suddenly realise what I was about to do.

Rachel is looking at me with wide eyes, slowly backing away from my raised fist. Everyone else is staring at me, but not like they usually stare at me.

I feel s tug on my sleeve, and I turn to see Vee looking at me with worried eyes, one hand clutched against her chest.

No no no no no, what have I done? What have I done!?

"My office. Now."

I turn around fully. The Principal has his arms folded as he glowers at me.

"Rachel started it!"

My eyes go wide as I hear that. Was that…?

"Rachel insulted her sister!" Miles continues, shoving past the rest of the crowd.

"She dumped juice all over Luz!" Alex, the kid who wears the blue-and-white t-shirt all the time, comes to stand next to Miles. "Are you gonna let her get away with that?"

The Principal turns to glower at the two of them, but they don't back down. They stay right where they are.

"Very well," he huffs. "Luz, Vee and Rachel: all three of you come to my office at once."

"She attacked me!" Rachel screeches, pointing at me, then at Vee. "And she threw potatoes in my hair!"

The Principal turn his glare on Rachel, and she goes quiet.

"Office. Now."

He turns and leaves. Rachel starts to follow after him.

I follow behind her, with Vee still holding on to my sleeve and walking beside me.

…

We don't get detention, but Mom does get a phone call. Great.

Rachel doesn't get any punishment, but whatever. I've long since stopped caring whenever any of my bullies get away with what they do.

I'm just glad I didn't get Vee in serious trouble.

We leave the Principal's office together, and are immediately greeted by Alex and Miles.

"You two OK?" asks Alex.

And now I really feel bad. They came to check on us, even after I cut them off for so long. They stood up for us, for me, even after I abandoned them.

I really am a horrible person.

"Look, you guys…"

I can't even say anything right now. I can't even say thank-you.

"Luz," says Miles. "It's alright. We get it."

"Get what?" I manage to say.

"You had stuff you needed to deal with. We did too, I guess. Yeah, it sucked you stopped talking to us, but we're not mad at you or anything."

"So whenever you wanna talk," Alex continues. "Just come get us. We'll make sure Masha comes as well."

"When you're ready," Miles adds. "We can wait if you need more time."

I should be on my knees apologizing to them. I should tell them the truth. I should say or do a million things…

"Thanks," is all I can say.

They both nod and wave as they leave. Now it's just me and Vee in the hallway.

"We'll figure something out," Vee says, taking my hand in hers. "But not right now."

I squeeze Vee's hand in my own. "We can go after them now if you want."

She shakes her head. "No, not yet. I'm… not ready. I still don't know what to say to them."

"Vee, I'm-"

"What did I say earlier?"

I swallow. "Don't blame myself?"

"Don't blame yourself," she repeats. "I mean it. This is not your fault. And I'll keep telling you that until you believe it."

I shoot Vee as much of a smile as I can manage. "You might have to say it a lot," I half-joke.

"Then that's what I'll do." Vee squeezes my hand back and smiles as well.

I don't believe her when she says it's not my fault.

But I want to believe her.

…

The PE teacher blows her whistle.

"Time! Red Team wins!"

Turns out Netball is a heck of a lot easier than Grudgby. Or maybe several months of running for my life from all sorts of dangers in the Demon Realm has turned me into a bit of an athlete.

Either way, I am very happy, because we didn't just win, we won against Rachel, and I'm petty enough for that to feel pretty awesome. The look on her face when I scored the last point, right after Vee sent the ball my way, is something I will treasure for a very long time. I'm gonna ask Willow to use the memory tweezers next time I see her so I can get that moment framed.

"We won!" Vee cheers, and she strikes the most adorable victory pose, one fist held up in the air as she balances on one leg, wobbling a little while grinning from ear-to-ear.

Before I can run up to her and join her in striking a victory pose of my own, she's surrounded by several other members of our team.

And although I don't really pay much attention to the goings-on with Gravesfield's sports teams, I do recognise one of the girls as being the captain of the school Netball Team.

"You're pretty good, Vee," she says. "Were you on a team in your last school?"

"Uh, no. I did play sometimes though."

"Well, let's change that. We need a new Wing Attacker, and you've got the skills for it from what I just saw. What do you say? Wanna give it a go?"

Vee blinks, and I think I see a bit of an embarrassed blush on her face.

"Really? You want me to join?"

"Absolutely," the Captain says, holding out her hand towards Vee. "Come on, say yes. You won't regret it."

Vee lights up as she shakes her hand. She's not just smiling, she's beaming. She looks absolutely over the moon. "Thank-you!"

"No, thank-you Vee," the Captain replies. "Now come with me! I gotta introduce you to the rest of the team!"

As Vee gets pulled away by her new Captain, she turns and shoots a look back my way.

I wave at her and wink, mouthing 'good luck' as well.

I guess today hasn't been all bad, after all.

…

"… and we meet for practice every Thursday after school, starting this week!"

Vee has been grinning and talking non-stop the entire way home as we walk back together. The bus route got shut down, so we have to walk to and from school now. Not a big deal, it's a nice walk, and it gives us a chance to properly catch up after school before we arrive home.

Vee's excitement and happiness is infectious, and I'm smiling along with her.

"Look out, world!" I announce, miming holding a mic and channelling a sports announcer as best I can. "She's gonna take the Netball scene by storm! Gravesfield's newest star player: Vee Noceda!"

Vee takes a bow, flipping her hair as she rises back up. "Thank-you, thank-you all! You're too kind!"

We both laugh a little bit, and Vee gives me a little nudge against the shoulder with her own. "You'll come watch me play, right?"

"Of course!" I exclaim. "How else am I gonna be able to write your biography when you go pro?"

Vee smirks. "You might have to leave a few things out of that."

"Eh, I'll write two books. The Demon Edition will be the full version."

We just kinda carry on like that for a while, making silly jokes and small talk. Vee tells me how her other classes went, I tell her how mine went, I vent a little about the worksheets I got given, she asks if I can help her with her History homework…

It's all so… mundane. And I mean that in the best way possible.

It all feels so natural. To just talk about my day with Vee, laugh with her about little things, make plans for helping each other with different subjects.

Sure, today had some… bumps, to say the least. But at the end of it all, I'm happy. I'm going home from a day at school, and I don't feel miserable or tired at all. When was the last time I could say that about school? Aside from Hexside, of course.

"Hey, Luz!"

I stop walking. That voice sounds familiar…

Sure enough, I turn around and spot Masha jogging up to us.

OK. I guess we're doing this now.

"Hey Masha," I greet them with a wave. "How are you?"

Masha just shrugs. "Eh, pretty neutral. What about you?"

"Same, I guess."

Masha seems pretty relaxed. Then again, they always are. Granted, I don't see them very much, but I don't think I've ever seen them look anything more than mildly bored.

"Miles said you tried to punch Rachel today."

I cringe as they remind me of that. "Yeah… I kinda… lost it a little."

"Hey, I'm not judging. She probably deserved it. What'd she do, anyway? Miles wouldn't elaborate."

He probably didn't wanna repeat what got said, which I appreciate.

"It's not important," I mumble.

Masha doesn't press me for an answer. They just shrug. "Fair enough."

She turns to face Vee next. "So, you're Luz's new sister, huh?"

"Y-yes!" Vee squeaks.

Wait. Squeaks?

"Cool." Masha winks at Vee. "You two keep an eye on each other. I know you both like to get into trouble."

Masha walks past us and turns down a different road. They pause and turn to wave at us. "See you both around!"

And they're gone.

That… wasn't what I was expecting. They just acted like everything was normal. No questions, no comments. It was almost as if they already…

No. They couldn't.

Could they?

I shake myself and turn back towards Vee… who is staring after Masha with a very noticeable blush.

Squeaky voice? Going quiet when Masha was talking? Blushing and staring?

Oh.

Oh my gosh.

This is amazing.

"So~…" I draw out the word and wiggle my eyebrows a little. "How long?"

Vee goes from pink-faced to red-faced even faster than Amity does.

"Uh… I mean… I just… W-w-well, you see… I…"

Yep, that confirms it.

"They're nice," I say, nudging her with my elbow. "You'd make a cute couple!"

Wow. I'm surprised Vee hasn't caught fire.

"L-Luz!" she whines, shoving me back. "Stop teasing me!"

"Nope~!" I sing-song. "As the older sister, it is my solemn duty to tease my little sister about her crushes. It's in the rules."

I don't keep it up for very long, though. I can tell Vee is getting more than a little uncomfortable, so I apologise pretty quickly. I don't wanna upset her.

We're almost home. Just a little further down the street. I can see Mom's car in the driveway. Guess she finished early today.

"You had a good day, right?" I ask out of the blue. I don't really mean to ask like that, but it kinda just tumbles out.

"Yeah," Vee replies easily. "I had a good day. I had fun. I'm glad I get to go back to school again, and I'm glad I get to go with you this time."

I'm glad I get to go with Vee as well. We may not see each other much during the day, but she's there.

I'm not alone.

Not anymore.

Hello to you all, readers new and old! I'm Not Scot.

I had intended this to be a cheerful, light-hearted chapter involving Luz and Vee getting into fun shenanigans at school together. Instead, it turned out like this.

Luz was trickier to write than I was expecting. I hope she doesn't come across as too out-of-character here. I wanted to dive into her insecurities a bit more, but also still get across her energy in her thought-processes. Did I get it right? I guess that's up to you to decide.

Please feel free to leave a review if you liked this chapter. I really mean it when I say I love reading each and every one I get.

It's getting late, so for now I shall take my leave.

Until next time,

Not Scot.

P.S: Go watch Across the Spider-Verse. Now. I mean it, drop everything and watch it right this minute.