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[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Yeah?" He asked, smiling a bit. "I'm glad, since I'd like doing this many times more..."

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"I wouldn't be opposed," she said and tried to hide her smile.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Great." He replied, chuckling a bit. "I'll walk you."

[☣ EMᕈRESS SERΔ ☣, Supreme Mod of Overcomplicated Projects]

She almost objected, but refrained since at least he was being polite.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Caleb stood, wiping his hands before holding one out to her.

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Chastity hesitated momentarily before taking his hand and standing as well. What could it hurt?

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Caleb smiled a bit, waiting a few minutes before letting go of her hand.

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"My room is down this hall," Chastity said, pointing down the left hall even though it was fairly obvious that's where the girls dorms were.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Perfect." He replied, biting his bottom lip. "Uh...lets go?"

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She just nodded and started in that direction. She felt awkward like that, but it was nothing she could do about it.

((Night :) ))

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

((Night ^-^))

Caleb walked alongside her, his hands in his pockets.

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Chastity walked to her room in complete silence. She figured that she had run out of things to talk about, and it seemed he had as well.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

((Evelin; sorry for the wait))

Maria-Louise decided to venture out of her room for once and spend some time in the common room. She hoped nobody would try and talk to her today, but she had figured she'd be fine. None of the other members of her House seemed to be particularly chatty. She had brought a few books with her, which she laid out in front of her on the table. But they weren't for reading. Instead, she pulled them open to reveal some pressed flowers within. She had pressed them in a few months earlier so she'd have flowers in the winter months and thought now was the perfect time to open them.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

((Its fine, dont worry))

Anastasia walked into the common room then, chewing on a piece of gum as she read the small book of magic she checked out. She wanted to be alone too, but her room didnt seem all that appealing either since it was so small. And unless she had some magic hiding around... she couldn't make it any bigger.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

Maria-Louise didn't look up from her work as she pulled out the flowers that she had pressed. A few were more crushed than others, which she frowned at, but ultimately she couldn't do anything about it. She set those aside on the table in their own separate pile.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Anastasia looked up when she saw some movement, frowning because it wasn't someone she recognized, even if it was her roommate. She usually went to her dorm late and left early, so she hadn't had the opportunity to speak to her roommate. "Will you be leaving soon?" She asked in an annoyed voice, putting a hand to her waist.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

She briefly glanced up at the owner of the voice and blinked for a bit, simply staring at her as she tried to think of a good answer. "Maybe." She responded in a meek voice, going back to her work.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Deciding that was good enough for her, Anastasia went over to sit on a nearby chair, crossing her arms as she looked over the girls work. "What are you even doing, anyways?"

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"Flowers die in the winter," She said simply, taking a few crushed ones after one book that was huge enough to accommodate several. "This saves them."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"They dont look safe." She replied, raising her chin as she looked at it. Really, they seemed more dead than that one pet she had as a kid. "And cant you just put a spell on them?"

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"They're alive." Maria-Louise insisted, still doing her work. "I garden. I don't like seeing dead flowers," She hadn't even answered Anastasia's other question.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Anastasia made a face, since they were definitely dead to her. "Yeah, well... I dont like seing them dead either." She said, looking at the flowers even as she said it

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

Maria-Louise smiled at her just a tiny bit. She then stared at her. "Neither do I,"

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

"Yeah, I know. You just said so." She replied, rolling her eyes because she seemed to have forgotten.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

She didn’t say anything else as she finished her work, gently shutting the current book she had open.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Anastasia finally pulled her book out again, having a feeling that she was about to go.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

After she had all of hr flowers out, she gathered them all up in her hands. A few of them fell out before of how many she had.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

Stupid Gwen. Coral didn't need her anyway! If anything, Gwen should be glad they're both finally getting what they wanted. Gwen won't have to deal with an annoying roommate anymore, and Coral herself would get to have a big room all to herself again...at least until the school inevitably gives her another roommate. A roommate she'll have to get used to all over again, who was likely going to be an annoying jerk Coral wouldn't want to deal with. Who knows what they'd do to her, they'd probably put something gross in her bed or ruin her concentration during yoga or...something else equally horrible! But whatever. Coral wasn't about to admit she missed Gwen or anything, she certainly didn't like her, it was her fault they all got detentions and dragged her along into their stupid scheme by making it sound like it was something super cool!

Well, it was no matter. Coral could just find a way to deal with whatever came next. She always had. Not willing to stay in her room at that particular moment, she had hauled out a huge selection of her makeup and spread them out over the table and sat down, trying to settle on an eyeshadow shade. Most of her palette was neon pink and green to match her clothing, but that day she was feeling a bit...electric. She took out a compact and tried to adjust it accordingly as she settled on an electric blue shade and started doing it.

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William was lounging in the common room, feeling like he had nothing to do. His thoughts were empty and it actually bothered him for once. It felt like there were two layers, something he had never realized before. There was his consciousness where he lived and observed, but it was becoming increasingly apparent that this part didn't get any say. Unfortunately right now the second layer was like a brick wall of nothing, or perhaps like a dog awaiting a command. All he knew was that he had things he wanted to do and yet he was just...there...devoid of anything really. The awareness came more and more infrequently as time went on, but he still found times where he registered the separation inside of himself. Where he saw himself standing somewhere, not knowing where he was, how he got there, or why. This was apparently one of those times. For some reason he hoped it lasted.

Whitlea found him there, which to her was quite lucky since it was pretty much the first place she'd looked. She didn't want to put too much effort into it, but if her suspicions based on Maxine's observations were correct, she really did need to find him and fix whatever had happened. She didn't think her manipulations would have reversed, or rather she didn't think they could be reversed on their own. With help, perhaps. Little did she know that her blockers, the fixes she put in place, had been completely shattered. They had been weak, a pathetic first or third attempt at fixing someone's mind from being controlled. What could anyone expect from a self taught beginner?

"Can I help you, Madame Warden?" William asked, the words slipping right out unhindered and making Whitlea narrow her eyes. That was oddly reminiscient of when they'd first met and she had taken it upon herself to keep watch of him all the time. In fact, why would he call her the warden otherwise?

"I'm here to check on you," Whitlea said, getting straight to the point. She didn't have the time or patience to beat around the bush, even though doing so would give her the same answer as her being direct based purely on his actions. "Maxine said you're acting odd. We both know you don't want that life back. I know you'll never say it, but I know you don't want it. So what's going on?"

"Nothing is going on," William said, the words hollow in his mind. But he didn't really get control. Even so he was feeling that separation awareness slipping away as the side he didn't control grew defensive. "I'm perfectly fine. I just don't feel like hanging out with her. She's a killjoy now with the baby."

Leah frowned, and started slipping into his mind while he talked, trying to get past the shields she had put up. She was a little surprised they were even still up, considering. It was strange, though, since that should keep him from acting odd. It didn't seem tampered with.... "She is not. She would have fun with you, if you wanted something that wasn't awful. And we had a deal on that."

"I've kept my side of the deal," William said, almost snapping. He was clearly agitated and it made Leah way more concerned that something was wrong. So she dug a little more past her shields and was almost knocked right over backward. The maelstrom of disruption in his mind was far stronger than it was the first time around. Something had gotten in there and ripped apart what she had tried to patch up. It hadn't been a great job, but she'd proud of it and she had hoped it would hold up. But someone was trying to make sure she didn't go digging around again.

Whitlea put a hand to her forehead, since it actually hurt her head to slip in. It did any time she forced it, but especially with that disturbance. The only time slipping into someone's head didn't hurt was when she did it accidentally, like when she got angry enough and couldn't handle it. This...this made her almost dizzy. She was definitely not strong enough to help him now. She would have to spend some time figuring out a better path. "I...you had better," she said, keeping up the pretense this was just a normal conversation. Or she hoped that was what she was doing. "I just came to warn you. You can't be hurting people or else your time here is done."

"Yeah yeah, I know. I don't need you babysitting," William said, literally waving her off. Whitlea was annoyed but now too dizzy to fight it. She scowled and warned him once more before turning to leave. This...was much bigger than she could handle.

[Haaley, ᙏoᑯ oƒ ᙏᥲ⳽tᥱɾɩᥒɠ ᙃᥙᥒɠᥱoᥒ⳽]

((very nice. turned out well.))

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Even though Vanesa was flirting with Rafael regularly, there was nothing currently between them. Which meant she was allowed to have her fun elsewhere if she wished, and she wished. She'd found an incredibly attractive guy who seemed a little down and decided she could cheer them both up. He seemed into it too, which is how they'd somehow ended up in this revenge plot. Or maybe it was a jealousy plot? She couldn't be sure which, but she didn't care either way. She would still have her fun and there would be no strings.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Unfortunately or fortunately for him- depending on who was watching- their jealousy plot ended up being more of a make out session between them, which he didn’t mind. He had kissed girls other than Chastity before, so he wasn’t as affected.
He would have done this in his dorm but decided against it, since his roommate was there nearly all the time and it would be pointless to call it a jealousy initiator if they didn’t at least run the risk of his ex finding them on the common room couch.

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Since coming to the school, Vanessa hadn't been dating around as much as she wanted. She'd been with Francisco too long, she knew that when it hurt when he'd broken up with her. He was a great guy and all, but she'd grown too attached when she knew his heart was somewhere else. It kept her from exploring her other options, too. But now that she was back in the game, she'd been too busy with her friend's stuff to even find a quick relationship, which was why she was so pleased that she'd met Caleb. She could be a rebound, easy. Plus he turned out to be quite a good kisser. That other girl was missing out. Maybe she'd walk in and realize how wrong she was. Then there might be a fight, which would not be fun, but maybe that was what Caleb was hoping for.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Caleb shifted so that he was leaning back against the couch before he stopped, pulling away to look at her. “Do you like being on top or…?” He asked somewhat breathlessly, since Chass had been… well, more into being on top when they kissed than she liked being on the bottom. Something to do with him being huge and that she was pretty small. But Vanessa seemed pretty tall too so he was lost.

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Vanessa stared at him for a second and then breathed a laugh. "You know, nobody's ever asked before," she said and then tried to think about it. "I don't think I have a preference. Do you like being on the bottom?" She had to ask now because he'd asked and she was curious.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“I don’t have a preference either.” He replied, chuckling a little when she laughed because he supposed it was an odd question.

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"Too bad. I guess we'll just go with it however it goes, right?" she asked smiling with a little amusement. She wondered if maybe his old girlfriend had been more controlling about things like that, which was why he had to ask. If so, that was sad.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“I guess we do.” He said, chuckling still before he leaned in to kiss her again, although he still wasn’t sure of how they should be kissing. He knew Chass had been pretty…. Controlling, but he hadn’t seen a problem with it. Not until after they broke up. He still loved her- loved her so much that it hurt that she didn’t seem affected by their breakup.

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Vanessa didn't want to get involved, but the more she heard about his old relationship, the worse it seemed. Maybe he really needed this even more than she did. She leaned in to kiss him again, being a little more insistent now because he seemed to be overthinking it. Once they pushed past that, this would be good.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

After a minute or two, Caleb shifted so that he was over her, careful not to lean down too far so that he wouldn’t crush her. He didn’t stop kissing her, though, because he was pretty sure that was all they would be doing. He wasn’t even sure Chass would see them either.

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Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately depending on whose perspective it was, Chastity was happening to walk through the common room which was simply unavoidable to return to her room. Initially, she rolled her eyes at the couple making out on the couch which was, another unfortunately, not uncommon. But then she noticed who it was and something inside her tightened, unable to let it go. Politely, or at least in an attempt at such,she cleared her throat to make her presence known.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Caleb pulled away then, slowly though because he knew who it was even before he turned to look at her. “Can we help you?” He asked, any hint of mischief from earlier gone from his face.

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"No, but apparently you can't help yourself either," Chastity said flatly, undeterred by his attitude to her. She didn't have to worry about it anymore. "Don't you realize people have to walk through here?"

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“No one but you has complained.” He replied, shrugging a shoulder as he leaned down to kiss Vanessa again. If she was going to pretend this wasn’t angering her, then he was going to pretend he wasn’t pleased by the reaction. “But then again, not everyone here is as old as you are and complain about the littlest of things.”

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She frowned slightly. "Just because no one has complained doesn't mean they aren't disgusted. I forgot how much children dislike being corrected, so please, keep arguing how appropriate your position is."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“Even when we’re not together, you find a way to make a situation unpleasant for the both of us.” Caleb said instead, kissing Vanessa again before he pulled away to look as Chass. Oh, he loved her- he really, really did. He missed her and couldn’t stop thinking about her, but… but she hurt him. She made him feel insecure about the smallest of things. Made him hate himself because he though he wasn’t enough to make her happy. Had he been wrong? He wouldn’t know, because she would never tell him. “Is the issue really that you’re disgusted by the PDA or that you’re jealous it isn’t you?”

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"In the time we were together, did I ever let you kiss me in public?" Chastity pointed out. In truth, she rarely ever let him kiss her. Not because she didn't like it, but because it always felt like she was robbing the cradle, like she was using him, and it made her feel disgusting. "The issue is that you feel the need to do your private things out in public. The reason I said anything is because I know who you are."

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

“We’ll, I don’t want to hear it. From you or from anyone- but especially from you.” Caleb replied, then turned to look at Vanessa. He hoped she wouldn’t tell- or mention- how embarrassed he felt. “Do you want to get out of here?”

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Chastity shook her head at him, trying to find more words to say but she was just beyond bothered.

"Yeah, lets go," Vanessa said smoothly and stood, reaching for his hand even though they weren't together like that. She could tell he wasn't handling this well so she was fine with getting him out. Exes were...difficult.

[Evelin ☪️ Queen of Witches]

Caleb took her hand once he was standing, but he turned to look at Chass one last time. “Do me a favor and stop considering me someone you can talk to. You wanted to be alone and so… you’re finally getting it. I’m sorry it took me this long to finally understand.” He said, then took Vanessa’s hand and walked away with her.