Ari licked her lips subconsciously when he pulled his shirt off. It wasn't the first time she'd seen him like this but it wasn't exactly a common sight, either. She'd asked about his scar before and never minded seeing it. In a way she kind of liked it. It gave him a little extra character... Blushing as he reminded her that she was here to look at a schedule and not watch him change, she nodded. "Yeah. Okay." She sat in the chair and felt the bottom of it for the key before unlocking the drawer and pulling it open. It hardly took her any time at all to find the schedule. It was exactly where he said it would be. "Found it."

Dom felt a wide smile spread across his face when she kissed him and agreed. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. He stood up as she pulled the jacket on and took the lapels of it, using it to tug her toward him. His lips met hers in a kiss and he slowly released her before looking down at her outfit. "It looks great."

~

"It's okay... kind of different. I can't really get a hold of her personality. Everything is kind of disorganized but in piles... if that makes sense. And there's a ton of books in there. I think she's some sort of bookworm. I found her school bag and her schedule in one of her notebooks... just like where I keep mine." She frowned a little. "Her classes sound weird. Like our classes in elementary school, before our powers manifested and we moved into junior high. They're all things like English and history but there isn't a single mention of the elements." She chewed on her lip a little. "And the ground here feels different. Like the magic is dormant... or maybe doesn't even exist."

Damien pouted at her. "Now that's just not fair. I suppose that's to stop me from taking advantage in the back of a moving vehicle, right?" He grinned at that idea and pulled himself up to a standing position, brushing her legs away from him as he did so. "Come on. Let's get today started... I have a feeling it'll be worth the struggle."

Leo slid the new shirt on and quickly changed out pants. He looked at the outfit and shrugged. IT was light colors like whites and such. He normally wore darker ones to complement his skin. Sighing he looked at her. "Alright tell me what do I got?" He asked keeping his fingers crossed most the classes were with her.

Livia smiled and blushed softly. "Alright I'm glad this works." She said softly kissing him again lightly before grabbing his hand. "Lets go get whomever is in your room out and maybe find a schedule in there or something." She said letting her hair sway slightly but turning around slowly.

---~~~

Leonardo nodded. "I noticed that." He said with a slight shake of his head. "Maybe its dormient. Remember that story in folk lore class." He said thinking of the classes now. "How our world was ripped from another?" He questioned. "Maybe we were sent here as a test by our gods?" he suggested looking at her with a shrug. "I dunno."

Livian pouted lightly when he got up. Sitting up and walking over to the drawers she searched for something to wear. "That is exactly why you can't wear it. Manly because you've never seen my reaction to the stuff. I'm sure you'll like it though." She said pulling out a strappy sun dress. She figured she'd wear that since nothing else was fast and cute.

((I figured the schedule should reflect Leonardo's powers rather than Leo's so he might run into trouble in classes like Earth Speech since Leo doesn't have Earth powers. And Illusions could be for light or dark magic so it could work for either Leo...))

"Let's see... You have Advanced Control, History of the Balance, Dance, Lunch, Earth Speech, Illusions, and Meditation..." She considered those classes with hers. "So we have History, Dance, Lunch, Earth whatever and Meditation together. That's almost all our classes." Ari sighed. "Honestly, these classes still confuse the heck out of me. And I have no clue where they are. My schedule doesn't have the room numbers written on it."

Dom sighed and nodded. "Alright. Let's go boot the whores out of my room." He felt his heart race as they walked upstairs. This was embarrassing and hard. He was about to break up with someone he had never even been with but was obviously comfortable enough to sleep in his bed while he wasn't there. Opening the door, he saw she was still there but had changed into a low cut shirt and a pair of jeans that looked like they were tight enough to be her skin.

"There you are! I was starting to wonder if everything is- Oh." The girl's pretty blue eyes widened when the girl saw Livia. "Uhm... hi Livian. I was just... uhm." She looked to Dom for him to save her.

He shook his head a little. "Sorry, but the gig is up. She knows and she gave me a choice... you and all the others or her. And I picked her. No offense, but you're just not my type."

"Bullshit." The girl's eyes narrowed and she put her hands on her slender hips. "I was exactly your type while we were doing it for the past month." She turned and picked her jacket up from the bed and headed for the door. Pausing, she looked at Livian. "I liked your hair the other way better... and don't think you've won. The first time you tease him and he doesn't get what he wants he'll come rushing to me for it... just like he always does." She pushed past Livia and huffed angrily as she headed on her way.

~

Ana paled a little. "You don't really think that story has merit, do you? I mean... flooding around here? We're in the highlands... and..." She frowned and hugged her arms around herself, looking about at the cafeteria they were in. "I don't like that idea at all. If we are in that other world... there's at least a link back in time so maybe we can find one in this time era and make the switch back? I... don't want to be stuck here, Leonardo."

"I really hope you're trying to subtly tell me that cologne is like crack to your sexuality... 'cause I might just start bathing in the stuff if that's true." He wanted to know her turn ons, what made her tick, but had never taken the time to figure it out other than what worked on normal girls didn't quite work on Livian.

Leo nodded. "Um good question and we'll ask someone but until then lets get breakfast." He said taking the schedual and putting it in his pocket. He rubbed his shoulder again out of habit mostly. "Um..." he looked in the drawer and smiled. They did think alike there was a picture of Ana sleeping in the drawer she looked almost exactly like Ari when she slept. He closed the drawer and put the key back where it was which was awkward considering it put them in an odd position. His cheeks caught fire and he moved quickly. "Sorry." he said walking towards the door out to the hallway.


Livia looked at the girl. "Oh trust me I'm sure Livian would have fun dealing with her." She said feeling herself get hot with anger. She wasn't angry at Dom but the girl was a complete b. Smiled some and looked at Dom. "Just so we're clear if anything like this happens and your the one with them I might have to kill you." She said with a nod. She walked into the room and shook her head. "God this room stinks." She said looking at the bed. "This guy is seriously a whore." Her voice was smothered in disgust then she smiled. "The complete opposite of you." She said with a content voice. She looked for a schedule and avoided other things as much as possible. "Ok we're going to get you new bedding, air freshener..." She started but stopped as she got to the desk. She was affraid of what was in those drawers. "and trash bags." She said pulling a drawer open.


---~~~

Leonardo looked at her. "Baby we're not going to be stuck here. Ok? We'll get home if I have to go across the entire world to find the link." He said softly moving over and kissing the top of her head rubbing her back. "I swear." He said holding her for a second before pulling the waffles out and putting them on a plate.


Livian smiled. "Don't bathe in it. I'll get to used to it and we'll have to buy a new one." She said softly skillfully answering his question. She pulled her pajama shirt off and slipped the dress on so it covered her lower half before taking off her pants. Tossing them off to the side she stretched some and walked to the bathroom to brush her hair.

((Thats fine with me. Did you want to do each individual class or sort of speed through it?))

((Kind of skim through, probably... but I'd like to rp the meditation class as the end of the day.))

Ari blushed as well, suddenly very aware of how much of her legs were showing with her short skirt now that he was right there. He moved away as fast as he could and she sighed inwardly. Back to that sort of thing. She stood up and checked her appearance in the mirror before following him out. It wasn't that the clothes she was in were uncomfortable... just different. She felt vain to keep checking the mirrors they passed but she was trying to get used to this look. "I bet there are school maps up by the offices... we could check there and figure it out that way, right?"

"You have my full permission to beat me senseless if you ever catch me with a girl like that." He shuddered a little at the thought of it and went right to the window, opening it and letting in a breeze. Something seemed to shift inside of him as he tasted the air here. His hands twitched and the papers in the room all rustled as a gust of wind blew in and then seemed to be sucked right back out the window, leaving only fresh air in its place. Dom blinked, staring out the window as if he had seen a ghost. Had he... just made that happen?"

~

Ana nodded, trying to convince herself he was telling the truth. It was hard to stay positive but he was doing his best to be there for her and she didn't want to discourage him from it. "You're right," she said, trying to further convince herself. "This is all only temporary."

As they were headed back to their seats a guy dressed in greasy jeans and a band t-shirt called to Leo, running to catch up.

Ana paused, but then said she'd wait at the table.

"Hey man," the guy said, watching Ana walk away. "Were my eyes deceiving me or are you really a thing with Ari now? I saw the way you held her waiting for the waffles." He grinned and clapped Leo on the shoulder. "It's about time you grew the balls and asked her out."

Damien had a hard time concentrating on anything once she was ready to go. Even picking out what to eat for breakfast was hard as he couldn't stop thinking about what he and Livian might be doing later. He was going to get lucky and he just knew it. He smirked and pointed out Ana in the cafeteria before walking over to join her. "Where's Leonardo?"

Leo looked at Ari. "I think so. I'll walk you to class if you'd like." he offered. He kept getting close to just spitting it out but it got stuck in his throat every time he thought of telling Ari how he felt. He stopped right before the cafeteria and took in a deep breath turning to her. "Ari I um..." He shook his head. "Never mind..." He said at the last minute mentally kicking his own ass.

Livia smiled and nodded. She sat there and looked at her boyfriend. "Uh...what the heck was that?" She asked looking at him. "Not that I mind but it was kind of weird." She said softly. Looking down in the drawer she found all the copies of the pictures from Livian's room. "OH that jerk!" She said with a glare. She moved the two from her room and found a couple of the other her in a bikini. "Damn..." She said softly she suddenly considered wearing one herself. Moving those to the side she found a pair of womans under garments and tossed them to the side before finding a schedule. "Here you go." She said looking at the classes with a weird look. "Today is going to be interesting she said walking over.

---~~~

Leonardo looked at the guy and smiled some. "Yep sure did. Its been a blast since." He said simply with a grin. He didn't want to know who this guy was but he must of been a friend of Leo's. "Can't believe it took me so long." He said with a chuckle, that part wasn't true he hadn't but this Leo apparently hadn't asked Ari yet. "Hey man I'm going to go eat with her so she doesn't get cranky with me. IT would ruin the mood." He said simply before patting the guy on the back and walking off towards the table.

Livian found her schedule before she left the room and smiled some at Ana. "Hey you look different. I think your other hides behind her clothes." She said softly. "Mine does too." She said softly hoping to make her feel better about it. Her mind was pretty focased unlike Damien she was able to push planes of latter out of her head for now.

Every time Leo started to tell her something, Ari's heart raced. She kept hoping it would be what she wanted to hear but she was getting nothing but disappointment each time. Her face fell a little when he said never mind and she shrugged it off. They found the school map and teacher directory and from there were able to figure out where their classes were.

"Thanks... for walking me to class. I guess I'll see you in history next period." She smiled a little at him, but felt nervous that he was about to leave her alone again.


"I don't know. I guess just a wind burst. Maybe that's why the window was closed? Because the wind gusts in here?" It was a faulty lie but he wasn't sure what the truth was either so it was more like an excuse to not talk about it anymore. He chuckled a little as she tossed a pair of panties aside. "Hey, for all you know those could be yours... and interesting how? What's my schedule?"

~

"Well good for you. Hope she's worth the wait." He winked suggestively and headed back off to his own circle of friends.

Ana smiled when Livian sat down. "Yeah. She's kind of... withdrawn I think. And her and the other Leo aren't even dating. I think that's about to change, though." She smiled at Leo came over and she gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "We're going shopping later, to try and fix their wardrobes a bit."

"We're going shopping later, too," Damien said offhandedly. If he didn't get to wear the cologne until they were back at school he saw no harm in telling the others about their plans. "Maybe we should all go together?"

Leo looked at Ari and smiled some. "Your welcome." He said softly before looking at her. "You know I'm not good with words. So bare with me for a second." He said forcing himself to talk it was terrible timing but he had stayed up most the night figuring out how to get it out. "Um I've got this thing for you...and I was wondering if you had a thing for me? If not its cool I've dealt with it but...ugh." He rubbed his head with the palm of his hand. "I suck at this um...this Leonardo and Ana their dating...maybe we...um..." He froze up again and chocked on his words. This was why he was never in public speaking. "Oh screw this." He grabbed her lightly and kissed her square on the lips before pulling away. "Ok there maybe you can understand that." He stated simply.


Livia smiled and nodded. "Maybe your right. Um you have History of the Balance, Ways of the Wind, Lunch, Um...Weather watch, something else its smudged, and meditation.." She said looking up at him. "I don't get it but thats what it says. Did we find a schedule for me?" She asked. "Maybe your um stained class is one I'm taking?" She suggested.

---~~~

Leonardo smiled softly wrapping an arm around Ana. Apparently unlike his counter part not only was he dating Ana but the wait was over. They had a very passionate romance going on though no one here needed to know that. When she kissed him he smiled. "Have you tried breakfast yet?" He asked worried it wasn't made right or something. Hearing Damien he smiled. "Sounds fun to me. What do you girls think?" He asked.

Livian brightened up. She very much liked the idea it would help her greatly keep herself in check while in public. "We can probably use the same Taxi too." Liv added before looking at Damien. "Can I ask you a favor?" She asked him since she didn't have breakfast yet. She was trying very hard not to order him around.

Leo smiled accepting her agreeing nature and then again when she asked before asking for something...that kind of hurt his head but he left it alone.

Ari stood perfectly still as he tried to say whatever was on his mind. A blush rose on her cheeks the moment he said he had a thing for her. Before she could really wrap her mind around the fact he'd actually said that, he had pulled her to him and kissed her. Her face was burning when he let her go again and her heart was going a million miles a minute. "Leo... I..." His awkwardness with words was spreading to her. If she didn't say something soon she wouldn't get a chance to. "I didn't think I was your type." It was her turn to grab him and kiss him, but she did so now, closing the gap between their bodies and deepening the kiss so there was no doubt in his mind that she understood what he was saying and she felt the same way.

"The only part of that I understood was the part where you said I have Lunch." Dom took the schedule and tried to read it but couldn't make it out. "Huh. Let's run to the office quick... have them print off a new schedule. We can get you one, too."

~

"I started. It's cooked perfectly. It's just... the syrup isn't real. It tastes kind of weird. Taste it and you'll see what I mean." Ana looked up at Damien's suggestion. "Sure it sounds like fun. Liv can help me pick some stuff out..." She kind of hoped there would be a trip to Victoria's Secret in the mall so she could get Leonardo a present he wasn't likely to forget.

"Alright. Sounds good. We'll all go together." Damien tried not to groan when Liv asked him for a favor, his mind jumping right back to the gutter when he looked at her. "Sure, what's the favor?"

((I think Vane is going to get upset if we don't start posting on her thread too.))

Leo had started to feel stupid when she had lost her words but when she kissed him it put him at ease. He slid his hand around her waist and the other took her hand. So the awkward part was over but there was still the worry that this wouldn't work out since they were different most the time. HE didn't have to be as happy as his counter part as long as he was at least half that with Ari.

Livia nodded softly. "Sounds good to me." She said looking around. "I know the perfect excuse too." She said with a grin lightly. "You can just say you didn't have time to memorize it. And we don't have math so I guess that girl really was trying to sleep with you." She said giggling a little.

---~~~

Livian nodded. "Only if you help me too. This is the cutest thing in that poor girls drawer." She said with a soft chuckle. Looking up at Damien she could see he didn't really want to do the favor so she switched courses not to ruin his fine mood. "Tell me what you want for breakfast so when I grab mine I can get yours." She said with a playful grin.

Leonardo raised an eyebrow curious to why Livian wouldn't want to be bossy today, other than the fight last night, but they fought most the time anyway so he didn't think that was it. He ran through a list of possibilities in his head and the only things he could come up with weren't good enough to mention. "Alright I'll pay for mine and Ana's stuff if you pay for your's and Liv's things." He said looking at Damien.

((I don't know what to post there... I don't like putting in the effort and not getting it in return, if you catch my meaning?))

Ari forgot she was supposed to be in class and wrapped her arms around Leo's neck as they kissed in the hallway. It might not have been the perfect moment but it really was a perfect kiss. The flood of emotions was just right and the way his lips felt against hers... it was like it was meant to be. The bell rang and she pulled back a little, grinning and blushing darkly. "We're late for our classes," she whispered, giving him another soft kiss. "We can... talk about this later, alright?"

Dom laughed a little. "Yeah. I really think she was just looking to get a turn in my bed. Maybe I'll skip lunch and wash my sheets... do you think the school would object if I burned my mattress and asked for a new one?" He picked up the book bag, a leather messenger bag, and slung it over his shoulder. "Let's go lie to the school administrative staff and get to class."

~

"Sure," Damien said with a grin. From his back pocket he took out his school ID. "Check to see if I can charge things to my account. If we're lucky me and my other have the same ID number. If not..." He pulled out his wallet and fished out some money and handed it to Livian. "Buy me something pretty? Or a breakfast sandwich. Whichever you find first."

Ana waited until Livian had gone before she looked at Damien. "What's up with you today? You can't stop smiling."

He shrugged a little. "I don't know. I guess I'm just excited. This place is a fresh start. I think Liv knows that. We're working some stuff out and I think... it's going to be okay."

((Ah I see. I get what your saying.))

Leo smiled lightly and nodded softly to her. "Alright but don't kiss and tell." He joked lightly holding her for a second longer before letting her go to class. He didn't want to, but he did. There was no way he could have a bad day now. He felt energized and happy, in a weird way, almost too happy considering the circumstances. The blond bit his lip lightly and almost started dancing till he realized that here they were together already.

Livia looked at him. "You need to change." She pointed out before he forgot. "Hold on." She went to the closet being sure these would be clean. "or you could wait till you can wash something. And I don't think burning your mattress is an option." She added looking at him with a laugh. She walked over taking his hand and leading him towards the halls again.

---~~~

Livien rolled her eyes and got up to grab breakfast. She found him a breakfast sandwich and got herself a bowl of fruit. She pulled out her student id from like a pocket on the back of her shoe. It worked and she payed for it. Going back to the table she sat his food in front of him and handed him the money and id.

While she was gone Leonardo looked at him. "Are you starting fresh and leaving tutoring to Livian or is she starting new and not being bossy?" He questioned with a grin. He had a feeling it was both.

((I'm going to be going offline soon... but I'll be back a little later))

Ari was glad to see Leo in her next class and that they had so many of them together. It was an exhausting day and most of what was being said made no sense to her what so ever. Meditation was like a gym class. They changed into comfy clothes and then moved into a room with a padded floor, kind of like a wrestling room but without the smell of sweat. Each of them sat down and calm music started to play. Ari watched as the other students let their eyes sink closed... and to her astonishment some of them began to glow. The teacher spoke quietly about clearing their minds and finding inner balance within themselves, sensing the flow of the elements inside of them... Uncertainly, she closed her eyes as well.

"I'll wait," Dom said, sniffing his shirt to make sure he didn't smell bad. Passing the guy test of cleanliness he took Livia to the office and got copies of their schedules. They had a few classes together and he saw Ari and Leo on and off during the day until they all ended up in Meditation together. He sat rigidly, aware that there were at least three girls watching him.

~

Damien half-glared at Leonardo. "Well," he said slowly. "I haven't really had a chance to look at my schedule yet so I'm not sure what kind of tutoring I might need. For the time being, Livian is more than enough for me."

Ana frowned, sensing the boys weren't talking about torturing at all. When Livian came back she was glad as it seemed to cut the tension a little. "How about we meet in my dorm room after classes, okay? My code is the same here as it was back home."

((Leave them in Meditation class, please. There's something I want to happen but I don't have time to type it into this post))

((Alright no problem.))

Leo made it through most of his classes and was trying to wrap his mind around it. It was a little easier for him since he wasn't so into normal things anyway. When he got to meditation class he followed the lead of his fellow classmates and closed his eyes listening to the teacher. He wasn't really used to meditating the closest he got was when he layed on his belly while his back healed.

Livia made it through class and talked to her friends as much as she could through out the day. Mostly though she was on her own. It was a relief to see them in Meditation. She sat close to Dominick to make him feel less tense and shot warning glances behind him. She tried to help him relax a bit.

---~~~

Leonardo smiled some. "Well thats good. I remember her passing all these classes." He said simply looking at Ana. When Livian sat down again he smiled and nodded again. "Sounds good to me."

Livian smiled popping a grape in her mouth before making a face. "Wow I've had better." She muttered softly. Looking at Ana she nodded. "Alright I'll be there." She said softly looking at Damien. "Do you know her code? If not we can go together." She offered.

(I'm going to catch these guys up with the others.)

After breakfast Livian pulled out her schedule and went to class. It was really easy for her at least most of them. She hadn't played and instrument in a while and that made it a little hard to play cello. But other than that she found the day went by quicker then she would of liked. It was gym class that she expected to see everyone since it said mandatory on her papers.

Leo had the same classes as Ana so he stuck with her through out the day. There was only one time he had to pull away from her and that was for mechanics class. He just handed parts to people today and talked about his relations with Ana/Ari.

Ari had her eyes closed and was trying to concentrate on what the teacher said, but there was that humming again... She felt it as it seemed to vibrate her body at the same rate it did the earth... like they were connected somehow. Curious, she delved deeper inside herself and found a small ball of knotted up energy. She poked at it and caught a string of pale green energy, the magic of the earth, and slowly started to untangle it all within her mind. It was near the end of class as she was nearly finished when at last the final part of the string seemed to unravel. Inside the mess of green knots was a blinding white light. She poked this and something quite different happened, something the other students would notice.

The white light flashed into the room as she exposed that part of her raw magic and for just a moment she opened her eyes wide before fainting. The teacher ran to her side and knelt on the mats, touching her forehead gently.

"Leonardo. You're strong enough to carry her. I need you to take her to the nurse's office and tell the nurse that she just had powers of light establish themselves in her body." For whatever reason, the teacher was smiling brightly, as if it didn't worry her at all that one of her students was laying unconscious on the floor.

Dom saw the flash of light through his eyelids, like when someone took a picture and he wasn't looking. When he opened his eyes, though, he saw Ari on the floor. "Crap," he whispered, looking to his other two friends without a clue what to do.

~

"I think you all know my code, actually." Ana's room was usually a safe place to meet. It was neat and comfortable and she didn't mind the company. Ari's room wasn't so different, except it had even more open space thanks to the lack of plants in there. She headed for classes, not at all surprised when people started asking her if she and Leo were finally dating. It was kind of fun to get to gush about how much she liked him like no one knew that she was crazy about him already.

By the end of the day Damien was bored. None of the girls looked at him or flirted with him. Classes were simply work and no fun. He couldn't wait to get to Ana's room and then go shopping. Ugh! He was looking forward to going to the mall. This really was sad... He let himself into the room and looked around with mild interest. Whoever Ari was, she had an even boring life than he'd expected.

Leo's eyes got wide but he nodded getting up. He gently picked Ari up and moved her so nothing but her feet where dangling down. His heart was beating thirty miles an hour. "Yes ma'am." He said walking out of the room with Ari. It was frightening that this was the first day they were here and here all day and here she was out in his arms. Sighing he looked around finding the nurses office with help of other students. Walking into the office of the nurse he laid her down on the bed. "Um the meditation teacher told me to tell you that the powers of light just established themselves in her body." He said softly moving off to the side to watch her.

Livia's eyes snapped open when she saw the light and she gasped seeing who it was. "Miss...will she be ok?" She asked frightened for her friend.

---~~~

Leonardo made it to Ari's room after Damien he typed in the code like it was his own and walked in. "Hello Damien." He said simply before walking into the bathroom to wash off his hands and arms from mechanics earlier that day. "Alrighty ready to get to the mall?" He asked with a chuckle.

Livian made her way slowly to Ana's room. She bit her lip a little feeling her pulse get a little faster. They go to the mall she gets something for him he gets the cologne and she was in for a long night. IF she backed out now she'd never hear the end of it. Typing in the code she walked in and smiled at the boys and sat down.

((Got to go for the night. I'll be on again tomorrow.))

((Alright. See you tomorrow then))

The nurse came around the desk and showed Leo where to lay Ari down. Like the meditation teacher, however, she seemed more excited and happy than worried or scared when he told her what had happened. "Oh, this is very exciting. Developing new powers at her age is very rare. Did you happen to see how it happened? No I suppose you didn't coming from Meditation class..." She forced Ari's eyes open one at a time to check them and clucked her tongue. "My my... it looks like the powers are going to be very strong." She paused and looked at Leo. "Come here. I'll show you what I mean." She forced one of Ari's eyes open again. "You see how her eyes are brown with that rim of green? Look closer to her pupil. It's turned white. She's got a strong affinity for earth magic and light, it seems. She'll need rest and some guidance. Remind me again, what powers do you have?"

Back in Meditation class the teacher looked at Livia and Dom, both of whom looked pale and smiled. "She'll be just fine after a little rest. Then the real fun begins. She has a whole new power to harness and learn to control."

Dom frowned and looked between Livia and the teacher. "Do you think we can be excused early to go check on her?"

"Yes, I suppose that's just fine."

"Thanks." Dom stood up and offered Livia a hand up before leaving the room with her. "Do you understand what just happened?" He asked her in a whisper.

~

"I sure am," Damien said with a laugh. "You know nothing gets me going quite like the chance of accidentally walking in on Livian trying on something skimpy in a dressing room."

Ana was the last to arrive and she seemed surprised to see her friends all already there waiting for her. Smiling, she tossed her bag to the floor. "Let's get going. I'd like to be at the mall before my afternoon hunger kicks in. I really hope their Chinese food tastes as good as ours does back home. Everything I've eaten today has just been weird... I think it might be the lack of magic in the soil."

Leo nodded some. "Oh I see, thats pretty cool." He said softly. "Um..." he shook his head some. He came up with a wise excuse why he didn't want to talk about it and sat down nest to Ari. Well she would quickly start fitting in here if this is what all the classes were centered around. Things started making since to him.


Livia got up and took Dom's hand. She smiled at the teacher nodding softly in understanding. Walking off towards the nurses office. Livia looked up at Dom. "Do you think we're all going to go through something like that?" She asked softly. Worriedly more or less.

---~~~

Leonardo chuckled some but stopped the conversation when Livian came in. "Ah I half expected you to back out." He joked not realizing it was a possibility. When Ana came in he walked over and kissed her lightly. He took her hand and waited a bit fidgety to get going.

Livian shook her head. "Nope, when have I backed out of anything?" She asked. Leonardo sat for second thinking. "My point." She said softly walking over to Damien and wrapping her arms around him lightly giving him a kiss. Right about the time Ana came in. Livian grinned before sighing. "Oh yeah I was talking to a girl in my music class and they were talking about grabbing a taxi. They gave me this number to call. So I did and we should have a taxi down here. They don't have summoners around here." She stated simply. "People thought I was talking about a person when I said that Too." She shrugged some. "Tis weird." She walked over to Ana and grinned. "So chinese then while we're out. Sounds good to me." She headed out into the hall and waited for her friends before making her way out of school.

It took Ari nearly half an hour to wake up. When she did, it was with a headache. She groaned and rolled onto her side, burying her face in Leo's lap without realizing it was him or what part of him it was. All she wanted to do was block out the light in the room. It was too bright and she felt like she had a hangover.

"I'm not sure," Dom said honestly, wrapping an arm around Livia as they walked. "I guess it will. It seems like a natural part of life here. None of the other students seemed that worried and the teacher was... well, she acted like Christmas came early." He frowned a little. "Do you think they have Christmas here? What if we're still here during winter break? I'm not sure I want to meet Damien's family and I highly doubt I could fool them into believing that I'm him."

~

Damien stood up and followed Livian out, like an obedient little puppy. Really, his mind had dog like ideas running through it and his smile was that of a wolf. Tonight was going to be very fun. "I like that you never back down out of anything," he told Livian quietly as they walked together. "All the more fun for me."

Ana paused in her room with Leonardo and watched their friends go ahead of them. "Do they seem... different to you? Damien is being a lot more attentive and Livian isn't bossing him around like she normally does." She didn't really want to admit it, but it weirded her out almost as much as anything else they'd come across in this other-world so far.

Taking his hand in hers, she led the way out into the hall and headed for the cab behind their friends.

Leo's face became a bit redish. "Ari you ok?" He asked softly placing his hand on her head and then rubbing her back. He was worried more for her than anything else but he was also very put on by the fact that her head was burried in his lap. It did not look as innocent as it was.

Livia laughed a little. "I should think they do. I should also think that we will be home before then." She said softly walking into the nurses office to turn bright pink. "Oh..um thats an interesting position." She said softly trying not to laugh. Leo just glared lightly.


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"Hmm and I should only assume you won't back out on me will you?" Livian asked in a tempting way. She took his hand in hers and entwined their fingures.

Leo nodded. "ITs freaking me out a bit. There are only a few things that I know would do that to Damien and I know Livian enough to assume none of which are a reward."

((Got to take my dog for a walk I'll be 20-35 minutes.))

Ari hardly even blushed when she heard Livia. "Turn off the light," she groaned, not moving her head from Leo lap, even if it might embarrass him to have it there.

Dom tried not to laugh. "Sure, and then we'll leave the two of you alone. Looks like you're... got a mouthful without having to explain what happened." He burst out into laughed then, unable to contain it.

The nurse shot him a dirty look and closed the door behind them that separated this little room from the main office. Dom found the light switch on the wall and flicked it so the only light came from a thin window in the door. "There. Better?"

Ari sighed in relief and rolled onto her back, using a lower part of Leo's lap a pillow. "Yes," she breathed. "I feel like I've got a hang over."

~

"Don't you worry," Damien told Livian with a smirk. "I'm not backing out on you. Although... I might have a few ideas that involve you being on your back." He winked at her and pulled her close in a half hug, kissing her cheek. "You won't regret this," he whispered to her as they climbed into the taxi.

"I don't think I want to know," Ana said quietly. She'd long suspected Damien of being the sleaze ball he was but she had never sought to confirm it because ignorance was bliss. If she knew for certain she'd have to tell Livian. And then Livian would castrate Damien and it'd make a big ol' mess of all their friendships.

They arrived at the mall a little while later and Ana stopped in front of the map, looking at the store names to be sure all her favorites were still in place. "Hmm. Guys? Do you mind if I steal Livian and we go off on our own? That way we can cover more ground... since we won't be shopping in the same places as you?"

Damien looked at Leo and then Livian and shrugged. "Sure. Just meet us in the food court around six? Then we can eat and finish up the rest of our shopping afterward." He shot Livian a meaningful glance to let her know that's when they'd go find him some cologne.

Liv held the laughter in and swallowed it down. "Is that all?? No real pain other then your head?" She asked walking over and taking her friends hand. Ari looked better then she obviously felt.

Leo looked at Damien. "I had a feeling that was coming." He grinned knowing he would of laughed at Damien. He ran his hand gently down her face making sure to move the hair out of her face. "Well in that case I know exactly how you feel." His voice rang true for the most part. He had gotten a hang over on more than one occasion.

---~~~

Livian smirked some at what he said. "I'm sure I won't." She said simply before looking at him again. "And I'm sure you do." She added. Moving her hair to one side as they got in the cab. At the mall she looked at everyone. "Alright then, that sounds like a plan. See you guys in a bit then." She said looking at Ana to lead the way.

Leo nodded. "See you guys then. Come on Damien lets see if we can find some better clothes for ourselves." He said simply. He moved towards the map finding a couple places to go shopping.

"That's all," Ari said with a tiny shrug. "I mean... it doesn't hurt it's just like... I pressed too far and got this as backlash or something. Did the teacher or anybody say what happened? I was just," she frowned a little. "I don't know how to explain it... I was doing something in my head and then there was this flash and now I'm laying in the dark." She perked up a little bit. "Did it take us home again? Was that what the flash was? I almost passed out last time did I actually do it this time? Are we back?"

Dom frowned at Ari's outburst and let Leo handled telling her the bad news. He didn't want to crush her hope, or try and explain that she had magical powers. Something came to mind as he was standing there and he touched Livia's back gently. "Hey," he whispered. "There's something I have to go take care of. I'll be back as soon as I can. If you want to get started on with my dorm room I'll meet you there."

~

Ana walked away with Livian, letting the boys break off on their own. "So," she said conversationally. "I was thinking that this girl is in some serious need of sex appeal. Would you mind if we stop at Victoria's Secret first? She needs something better than plain cotton panties and a couple things to really get the other Leo going..." She grinned brightly. "Of course, I hope she doesn't mind if I get my Leo worked up with them first."

Damien let Leo lead the way, as he was pretty comfortable in the kind of nerdy musician clothes Dom had. His only reason for coming was so he could get into Livian's pants later.

Livia looked at Dom and caught his hand kissing it lightly. "See you latter then." She said softly avoiding Ari's questions. She watched Dom for a second longer before looking at Leo. "I have to go I'll be back soon though." she promised softly getting up and heading towards the janiters office. She had two things to ask for, gloves and large bags.

Leo sighed not liking that he had to break the news. "No, we're not home but the teachers and the nurse said that you've got two things. First power of earth and the second power of light. Its like a magic power that kind of overwhelmed you at first but I have a feeling your going to have an easier time in class now." He said softly.

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Livian laughed a little. "I was hoping to stop by there anyway so we can go there first. The cutest/sexiest thing that my other me has is a half top pajama shirt." She said with a sigh. "So we'll stop by there and then maybe just look in the other stores?" She suggested seeing the sigh for Victoria Secrets up a head.

Leo looked at Damien. "Your not here to get clothes." He said bluntly. "Other wise we wouldn't have passed your favorite store. So spill what are you here to get?" He asked, Leonardo was being his overly snoopy and observant self.

Dom smiled and kissed Livia on the cheek before leaving. He made sure he wasn't being followed before he ducked out of the school altogether and summoned a taxi to take him back to the museum. What he had planned really only gave him one chance to try... and if it didn't work he'd probably end up in jail.

Ari frowned. "So... I have magical powers?" She said this kind of slowly, as if she didn't believe him, and then laughed. "Great. I'm officially a nut job. It might make classes easier but seriously? Powers of earth and light? This sounds crazy, Leo." She sat up and turned to face him, looking a little pale as the blood rushed out of her head. "Did this happen to any of you yet? You'll tell me if it does, right?"

~

"A half top pajama shirt isn't very sexy," Ana said, flinching a bit. "At least it's better than oversized sweaters, long skirts, and I think... one pair of heels. They had a layer of dust on them. It's no wonder she and the other Leo aren't together. There's no way a guy is going to find this," she made a sweeping motion with her hands to show off her outfit. "Sexy."

"Me?" Damien asked with a grin and a shrug. "I'm here to get lucky. And some cologne. Livian and I don't have any major complaints about the other men's style of dressing. It's kind of fun, actually. But she asked me to start wearing some manly scent. I think it's a turn on for her... 'cause she told me if I do we can... start doing other stuff."