Dom followed Livia into the cab without much thought about it. They couldn't stay where they were so getting in and going somewhere was really the only option. They could always find their way back to the museum if need be... right?

Ari frowned at Leo and let him push her toward the cab. When all the others were inside already she hesitated and looked around once more. The hum didn't seem to stop. She wondered if it was just in her head. She climbed into the cab and buckled up before leaning her head against Leo's shoulder. Even at her best she sometimes felt sick in cars... and she was already feeling ill.

Dom told the driver where they wanted to go and was relieved when the man seemed to know exactly where it was and headed off in that direction.

~

Ana went without complaint, falling silent into her brooding mood.

Damien did the same, annoyed by the command Livian just gave him. He wasn't as subservient as her normal boyfriends and didn't appreciate her bossing him around like he couldn't make his own decisions. Especially ones as simple as walking to the stupid bus so they could go to dinner. "Whatever."

Livia smiled softly at last something normal, relaxing a little she got buckled in. "Well lets see...." She was thinking and leaned into Dom a little. Perhaps something else was different but she watched people outside some of them stood out to her but the rest were just normal people. "I can't wait to get back and eat something." She muttered softly moving her hands over her stomach feeling hungry.

Leo smiled some. He knew of Ari's dislike for moving vehicles and gently slightly cautiously took her hand to help make her feel better. See Leo had a thing for Ari but never the desire to risk making everyone's friendship on voicing it since she often found the more intelligent guys to her liking.

---~~~

Leonardo got on the bus and let Adriana have the seat next to the window. He watched Livian get in and look around. One girl commented on her hair and she played off that. "Thanks I was worried about it." She said softly. Sitting down she looked out the window. She didn't expect Damian to sit next to her, especially since she ordered him around, but she left room anyway.

"Food does sound good. It's got to be almost time we were supposed to meet back with the group. Do you think they'll miss us?" He considered the flash of people like them he had seen but kept silent about it. He didn't want to worry the others or talk about it in front of the cab driver.

Ari smiled at Leo for a moment but focused her eyes forward. Looking at the horizon was the easiest way for her to not get sick. His hand holding hers was comforting and she wished he wouldn't let go but knew he eventually would. Right now she needed someone to lean on metaphorically and physically and she wished Leo would be that person... but she knew they were solidly in the friend zone. There were times when she wanted to be more but times she was glad they weren't. Leo wasn't her type but due to her past experience of crap boyfriends who were her type she considered that maybe going for someone of a different type might be a good idea. She couldn't bring herself to risk losing Leo's friendship and pursue him, though. It wasn't like he was that into her anyway...

~

There was no where else on the bus to sit so Damien flopped heavily beside Livian and ignored her completely. All he wanted right now was a shred of respect from his friends or at least his girlfriend. Instead he got insults and commands. At least Ana hadn't opened her mouth to piss him off just yet. If she did she'd be the one who got the blunt force of her annoyance. She was the punching bag of the group thanks to how quiet she was until she decided to say something a little too honest to one of them. It was easy for her to step on their toes as it was easy to forget she was there sometimes.

The bus lurched to a start and Ana turned to face Leonardo. "Can I spend the night with you?" She whispered to him, blushing slightly at being forward enough to ask. "Things are just so weird... I think I'd rather not be alone."

((Feel free to get them to the school and to skim over dinner with the others unless there is something you want to happen while they're eating...))

Livia laughed a little. "No, I don't think they will." She said softly closing her eyes lightly and resting against Dom. She had, had a very eventful day. Before they got on the bust to the museum she had, had a very bad and very extended visit with her parents. Something she hoped her friends didn't know about, her family life was something she didn't share. Then this she didn't know how much more excitement she could cram into her day. "I hope I can grab something before bed." She whispered softly yawning a little.


Leo smiled lightly again. He watched the scenery fly by. It was almost like he was in a trance. Something he didn't expect to fall into. Everything was a blur, and nothing seemed to stick. He ended up closing his eyes and sighing. "God its been a long day." He murmured. "I don't think I'm ever going to have a more exciting day in my life." He whispered with a chuckle.

---~~~

Livia looked at Damien and sighed slightly. "Your angry with me." She said softly. "You know if you didn't have such an ego we'd get along better." She muttered into her hand so it was hard to understand what she said. With that she looked back out the window. Her hair sitting along the side of her face so no one could see it. Livian hated how Damien acted most the time, he was a good friend but she wasn't sure how good of a boyfriend he was.

Leonardo smiled at Ana wrapping an arm around her and barring his face in her hair playfully. "Of course have I turned you away ever?" He asked. "You can stay with me any time and considering the circumstances you two can stay with me too." He said with a grin. A little while latter they were at the restaurant where the students unloaded and sat down to eat. Leonardo saved them a place to eat and made sure there was room for Ara to sit next to him. He made sure to pay the difference that the school didn't cover for his friends and offered to get dessert.

"I'm sure we'll be able to get something before bed. If not I think I still have some stuff stashed in my room... you know, for the late night hunger pangs." He winked a little at Livia, since his food stashes were actually for days when he faked sick so he could stay in his dorm room playing on his laptop all day.

Ari sighed a sigh of relief when the car came to a halt at the gates to the school. They waited for a moment before the gates were opened by the security guard and they were let in. The taxi finally pulled up and Ari was the first out, glad to have her feet on solid ground again. She didn't have money on her but knew Dom would take care of it. He always seemed to take care of things like this. Turning to wait for Leo to climb out, she smiled at him. "Let's go grab something to eat and picnic in my room, okay?"

~

Damien looked at Livian and felt his jaw tense. This wasn't the place to get into a fight but there she was, picking on with him. "My ego has nothing to do with it. You're the one who bosses me around like I haven't got a brain. Maybe if you weren't so condescending and bossy all the time we wouldn't have to fight all the time." He lowered his voice, whispering fiercely to her. "I am not some puppet or underclassmen who you can just tell to do something and expect them to do it that instant. You don't intimidate me. We've been friends for years, Livian... and now that I'm your boyfriend you seem to forget that. I'd be a lot less pissed off if you'd just start treating me like a friend again."

"That's true. You're such a guy sometimes, Leonardo." She grinned and leaned over to kiss him on his cheek. There was really no time he'd deny having a pretty girl spend the night with him and she knew it. Tonight would be a little different as she didn't have ulterior motives to spending the night. She just needed someone with her.

Dinner was uncomfortable with Livian and Damien but Ana managed to block them out and concentrate on Leonardo instead. "Let's get dessert to go and split it back at school. I don't think I can eat any more right now."

Livia smiled and laughed a little. "Ok." She said softly with a nod. When she felt the cab stop she got out and remained by the cab she pulled out money from her pocket and handed it to the cab driver. "Thanks have a good day." She said softly before walking off to the side so everyone could move away as the cabbie left.

Leo got out and walked over smiled at Ari. He gave her a slight hug. "See look that wasn't so bad." He stated softly. "Lets get something to eat." he said walking towards the school. He looked back waiting for Dom and Livia. Livia's hair was a little knotty but other than that she just looked tired and Dom looked fine. He smiled some glad to have his friends here.

---~~~

Livian looked at him. "Oh...." She was going to say something but sighed and looked out the window when they got to the restraunt she looked at him keeping him from going inside for a second. "You know what you work on your ego and I'll work on how bossy I get. And I don't boss my boyfriends around just you because lately you haven't had time to spend with me because your being tutored! If your doing that poorly in school you wouldn't be getting B's!" She hissed at him.

During dinner she just avoided talking to him completely and didn't really eat as much as she was used too.


Leonardo smiled and nodded. "Yes I'm a guy I know. Its not my fault I was born that way." He joked lightly. During dinner it was a bit weird but Livian was a fire cracker and she was set off by Damien a lot. "Sure I'll bring dessert to go. You order something." He said not being one to stay out of Livian and Damien's fights he started in.
"Livi you know just as much as I do Damien isn't that bad and you've been kind of bossy lately." He said taking Damien's side this time. "Maybe backing off a bit wouldn't hurt..." He suggested but backed off some when he saw Livian's glare. "I'm just saying. He's a guy we're naturally touchy." he stated with a shrug. "Expecially when we're smart enough to know what to do and our pretty ladies are giving us orders. We don't like it much."

Livian sighed and glared lightly before taking her hurt pride off the table and forcing herself to give a little. "Fine...Damien I'm sorry for being so bossy." She stated but she wasn't going to go any further that that.

Dom wrapped an arm around Livia again and followed the others inside. The cafeteria was still open, thank goodness, so they were all able to buy food and sit down together.

Ari didn't get her picnic but didn't mind that much. "Everything here seems the same, doesn't it? I mean... the layout the colors, the food, the student running the cafeteria register?" She munched on her food, which was about as bland as she could buy to help settle her stomach. She turned to Leo and grinned. "Maybe the paint fumes are wearing off?"

~

Ana picked out a dessert and let the boys and Livian sort through the argument. She never got involved in their fights if she could help it. She was both of their friend and didn't ever want to be put in a position where she had to choose between them just because they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Damien sighed a little when Leonardo came to the rescue, hating that he was running hot and cold on whether or not Livian and Damien should be together. He thought Livian deserved better but instead of taking the opportunity presented in their argument to drive a wedge between them he picked Damien's side and pushed Liv back toward him.

"I'm sorry, too. I'll try and keep my ego in check from now on." On their way back to the bus he pulled Livian aside. "Liv, listen... about the tutoring. This isn't something new. I just... I failed the last three history tests. Before I was making it just doing study group with you guys but once we started dating we stopped doing that all together and broke into pairs. You move too fast for me in history so I got a tutor. I need the extra help or I won't make it. I'm sorry it's eating up so much of my time. I'm really trying hard to learn better study habits... so I can do this on my own and start spending as much time with you as I want to be."

Livia smiled and walked with Dom. It wasn't hard for her to find the school a relaxing place once they were eating she seemed to feel better. "Um...you know what though I think the cake got better." She said softly before putting the last piece in her mouth. She finally had color back in her cheeks. It was then, however that things got weird again. She saw a girl with bluish hair walk over.

"Livian I love what you did to your hair! Did you get extentions too?" She asked standing there. "It was weird when you left the party with out a word but I totally figured you had a good reason. Guess you forgot about your appointment?" She asked.

Livia sat dumfounded and then nodded some. "Something like that. I don't really know I must of hit my head on something. I'm having a hard time remembering anything right now." She said softly lying but making it sound reasonable.

"Oh my god are you ok? Well you should talk to one of the professors, they can help you with that you know." She said before looking at Dom. "Damien you look different I think the nerdy look works for you. I hear you got a new tutor in math." A giggle left her lips. "I'd love to do a study group sometime." Her flirty manner although would have evaded Livian caught Livia.

"Well it was nice talking to you." She said shooing the girl off without an answer. "That was super weird." She said soflty.

Leo was smiling at Ari and agreed. "Maybe our brains made up everything else." He questioned. When the girl came over he raised an eyebrow. "Or maybe we didn't inhail enough." He joked looking at Dom. "Man you seem to turn on them ladies." He joked laughing some.

---~~~

Leonardo put the money down and said good night before getting on the bus with Ana. "Lets let those two talk it out." He said walking over and getting in the bus.

Livian looked at Damien with a slightly half caring expresson. Then it softened. "Promise?" She asked softly knowing what he would say. She nodded some. "Alright." She said softly. "Alright." She gave him a hug and kissed him lightly. "But can you promise to at least come by my dorm and say hi after your tutor sessions?" She asked looking up at him with a smile.

(Got to give my puppy a bath. Be back in a bit.))

Dom just kind of smiled and nodded until the girl left, not promising anything. When she was gone, he grinned a little at what Leo said. "Somehow I don't think Damien, whoever he is, was studying with that girl." He turned toward Livia. "Think we can invite her over for a two on one study date?"

Ari nearly choked on her water when Dom suggested a threesome and then laughed. "You're horrible, Dom."

Dom shrugged. "Well, if this nerdy look is going to work for me I guess I need to take advantage of it, right?" A moment later he ran a hand through his hair. "Do I really look like a nerd?"

"More like a future starving artists... you know, the kind of guy who works at a hole in the wall coffee shop where they do poetry readings and trash talk Starbucks..."

"Um, thanks... I think..."

~

Ana nodded. "That sounds like a good idea to me. I don't want to be in their crossfire. I don't know why you get in the middle of their fights. I sometimes think it'd be easier to just let them fight and break up and get back to being how we used to be when we were all just friends. I mean, it didn't get weird when you and I started seeing each other..." She hesitated, looking to see his expression. They weren't exactly and official couple but everyone knew they were sort of together so it didn't matter if they assigned the titles to each other or not.

"Of course I promise," Damien said, pulling her close and hugging her tightly before he let her kiss him. Until he was sure she wasn't mad anymore he wasn't risking going in for a kiss. "I'll stop by after my tutoring sessions, sure. If I even have them here. Maybe whoever these people seem to think I am has straight A's. Then I won't have to worry, really... at least not until the end of semester and I'm hoping not be here by then."

He let her get on the bus first and went to sit down next her without any attitude this time. "You know," he whispered, "With all the compliments you keep getting I think you're probably hotter than that Livia girl."

((Alright.))

Livia laughed hard. "No way, you'd be lucky if you got a one on one study group." She said truthfully. Giggling a little she looked at Dom. "Oh I don't know he looks like a cute artist to me. Not a starving one. Not a nerdy at all." she said with a grin. "To cute." She said blushing lightly before returning to the juice and water she had gotten to wash down dinner.

Leo laughed some. "Man I would say so if you didn't appear so attached to Liv. I bet you wouldn't even know what to do in a two on one." He said with a chuckle. He could hardly see him managing to seduce Livia which put a bad image in his head that he quickly got out. Laughing lightly again he looked at Liv. "Oh Liv you got it wrong he looks like a musician, one of those song writers." He added with a laugh.

---~~~

Leonardo smiled softly. "I know I shouldn't but I don't know how Livian would take to being basically rejected. She's working harder than normal to make this one work." he said before smiling and wrapping his arm around Ana. "Yes but we also get along better." he pointed out. "And I couldn't think of fighting with you." He added with a smile. It was true he was at her feet and to him there was no one better to be with. He rarely told her so but his affection and constant companionship spoke for itself.

Livian smiled and nodded. "Ok. I can live with that. If you don't have to then maybe we can spend a little more time I dunno getting more acquainted with each other." She said in a teasing manner. Her since of humor was slightly twisted but she always did love leading him on. Once on the bus she smiled at Damien. "Well I am one of the curviest girls at our school, that has to help out a little." She said with a grin. She was joking of course pretending to have one of those pampered ego's she always made fun of. She wiggled her hips a little to add to the joke. However it was mostly true. Livian had hit puberty early and got the picture perfect hour glass body. Still looking healthy added to it too. It was a scary look instead she maintained a rather flattering and sexy appearance. She however never realized this for whatever reason.

((Do you want to list the elements and try and figure out which character gets which. Cause its kind of confusing for me right now.))

Dom laughed. "Alright. Alright. I get the point. I'm handsome in an artistic way but not so handsome to be a true ladies man. Thanks guys."

Ari blushed darkly at what Leo said. Would he know what to do with a two on one? She wasn't so sure she knew what to do on a one on one... but Leo had more dating experience by her by a long shot. Girls were always falling for him. She'd lost track of how many girlfriends he'd had since they'd met and usually liked to just plain not think about his love life since she wasn't in that picture.

~

Ana smiled and cupped Leonardo's cheek. "That's good... because you know I'd win if we did fight." She gave him a soft kiss and snuggled in beside him as the bus took them back to school. For the moment it was easy to forget the strange situation they were in and how far from home they might be... even if they were all together right now.

Damien half groaned in protest and half in agreement when Livian pointed out how much more appealing she was than the other girls. He wanted very much to get to be more acquainted with her. The other girls had things they had to make up for. Insecurities and imperfections. Livian was just confident enough that he knew she joked when she said egotistical things like that and just perfect enough that he didn't want any one as badly as he wanted her... even if his actions didn't always reflect that want.

He slid into the bus seat beside her and kept on sliding until he had her pinned against the window. A wolfish smile crossed his face and he gave her a not-so-soft kiss. "You drive me wild when you wiggle your hips like that," he half-purred at her.


((I still haven't figured out which elements I want Dominick and Ariana to have... but the elements are; Fire, Water, Earth, Metal, Wind, Light, and Dark... Each person should probably have one element that they're the strongest in but they should be able to learn one or two others... Does that sound okay?))

Livia smiled. 'Your welcome." She said jokingly as she sat down her bottle of juice. "Man i'm tired." She said before yawning. She was still uncomfortable enough at the thought of being alone that she didn't really think of going to her dorm, or Livian's dorm, just yet. Looking at Leo she shook her head. "Jeeze Leo your such a man whore." She joked.

Leo grinned. "I know but hey as long as I'm cute and have you three. WHo cares?" He asked with a shrug. He often avoided questions on his more entamint personal life but sometimes he bragged or joked about it. Having experience was one thing but most the girlfriends he had never lasted long enough for him to be really "bedable". Looking at Ari he grinned knowing just how deep that blush could get. "Does Ari want a two on one study group?" He asked as a complete joke of course.

---~~~

Leonardo laughed and nodded. "But of course." He agreed holding her close but not uncomfortably so. He ignored Livian and Damien for the time being. He was happy with Ana and zoned out the rest. The best thing about her was that she helped him forget his woes. His unhappiness and brought out the best side of him.


Livian smiled slightly and getting pinned was nothing new for her, not anymore anyway. A devilish smile slid over her face. "Well baby do you like it better when I wiggle my hips or when I sway them?" She asked holding onto his shirt slightly. "Cause I can do both very well." She added with a teasing tone. Her teasing was always on a tight rope. Fall one way and she'd have him in her dorm, fall another way she had him hooked just right so that he was almost driven mad by a want. She often stayed on the rope, in the middle, so he could get a large portion of what he wanted with out getting it. And she could have her fun. Leaning as much as She could, Livian gave her boyfriend a kiss.

((Ok sounds good. I got to get to bed. I'll reply tomorrow))

Ari blushed even darker and bit her tongue for a moment before answering Leo's tease. "Yep. I do. So Dom, Liv... when you guys are ready for a two on one you know who to call." She winked at them both suggestively, smirking because she knew that wasn't the reaction Leo would be expecting out of her.

Dom laughed brightly at that and shook his head a little. "I wouldn't want Leo to feel left out and I won't do a three on one if he's in it. Sorry Ari, you'll have to find a different study buddy couple to shack up with on cold winter nights."

"Oh well. I'd rather get in on an all male study group anyway, no offense Liv."

~

"Sway, swirl, wiggle, thrust... anything you want to do with your hips is fine by me so long as you're doing it with me." She was driving him mad slowly. None of the girls he fooled around with could light this kind of fire and yearning inside of him. Livian had control in this relationship because she was holding back from being too physical to him. He wondered if the teasing would ever end. Surely she knew if it did he was going to take control... and oh how he wanted the dominant position in their relationship... he wanted to dominate her.

Forgetting that they were on a school trip, Damien kept Livian pinned and made out with her the rest of the way back to school. Once they were there and the bus pulled to a stop he let her up, a grin plastered on his lips. Nothing was quite as fun as making up after a fight.

Ana yawned as the bus stopped and looked up at Leonardo with a sleepy expression. "Home sweet home," she joked lightly. As they stepped off the bus she felt the strangeness of the place they were in again and frowned a little. "I just want to go to bed and sleep this off," she whispered to Leo, taking his hand in hers.

((Good night!))

Leo gawked at her for a second sending Livia into a heartily laugh. "Oh poor Leo." She joked lightly giggling madly. She calmed down a little. "Oh that's alright Dear Ari I'd prefer an all male study group too." She said with a giggle. She pushed her hair out of her face trying hard not to fall into another giggle fit.

Leo got control of his mouth again. "Hey now wait a minute thats not what you were supposed to say!" He said bluntly. He had to take a moment to think everything through which sent Livia back into giggling madness. Leo finally got a hold of himself. "Nope I won't allow this to go on any further...." He said looking at Dom. "You sir are injuring my manly hood." he joked a grin on his face. "And so you must...uh..." he paused thinking for a second. "You must" Mind drawing blank of a reasonable enough request he looked around. "You must kiss a pig." HE decided. Livia was once again laughing till her sides hurt.

---~~~

Livian grinned and nodded. "I'll keep that in mind." She said lightly. Damien was a rough guy to rumble with. She knew what he wanted and almost found it to entertaining seeing him beg almost for it. IT was exciting the way he treated her, something to make her heart race without causing to much harm. It wasn't all about control either for her, though she knew it gave her the upper hand, it was also, for her, a never ending game. She wanted to know if he would chase her around long enough to be worthy enough to have her.

When the bus stopped she smiled lightly as she was finally unpinned from the side of the bus. Being able to move again was nice, she had succeeded in repairing Damien after the argument. It wasn't hard for her to get him to forgive her, a sexy move here and some kissing there. A touch of teasing and flirting, it ruffled his feathers in the right way. Running her hands lightly down both sides of her mouth fixing her make up slightly. She flicked a hair out of her face and caught up with Damien. She looked at the faces of the two girls that sat across the isle from them. Her grin wouldn't be wider. Indeed this was a new place she knew that and it was also an opportunity to get things to work for her and Damien. The minor fight they'd had was hopefully going to be the last one till they got home.


Leonardo smiled softly and nodded. "Alright lets get up stairs then." he said softly. He held her hand and turned back to Damien and Livian. "Night guys we'll see you tomorrow." He said before leading Ana into the school and towards the dorms. He didn't know how Livian or even Damien could stand being in such a fiery relationship. It wasn't easy for two people who got a long to keep up on a relationship, not including himself and Ana, let alone to people who had such strong passions and wants. It was like an explosion every time they were around each other. IT was not something he could handle.

Ari couldn't help but laugh at Leo's reaction. He was so flustered it was cute. Livia's giggled were contagious and soon she was lost in a giggle fit as well.

"Kiss a pig?" Dom said in disbelief. "Alright, fine. I'll kiss the biggest pig I can find around here." Without saying another word he stood and leaned over the table, planting a big one right on Leo's lips.

Ari nearly shrieked in laughter and clapped a hand over her mouth to try and stifle some of her laughs. They were drawing a lot of attention to themselves.

Looking smug, Dom sat down again. "There. I kissed a pig. How's your manhood doing now? Actually. Don't answer that. I don't want to know."

~

Damien took a deep breath of the fresh night air and frowned. The fresh night air was... a little too fresh. He couldn't taste the factory smoke from the crossroads. It normally drifted right here when the wind was right. Casting out his powers, he felt the wind was moving in the needed way... and yet there was no factory tainting the air. He half waved goodnight at Ana and Leonardo.

Reaching out, he caught Livian by her arm and pulled her toward him. "Taste the wind," he whispered to her. "The factory smoke isn't here. It's too clean."

No one in the boy's hallways seemed surprised when Ana was with Leonardo and it made her wonder if this was normal for the people everyone thought they were. She secretly liked the idea that no matter what dimension or whatever this place was, that she and Leo would be together. Punching in the lock code she smiled when it swung open a moment later. "I guess great minds think alike, your door combo is the same here."

Livia laughed nearly falling off her chair. She was holding her sides and crying she as she laughed. Taking in deep breaths she laid her head down on the table trying to breath. Once she had her breath back she looked over at Dom. "that was awesome." She said laughing a little before yawning. "Oh man I'm tired." She said softly rubbing her eyes slightly. "I think I'll see if I can get into my dorm, or Livian's dorm, or whatever." She said simply. Liv wouldn't say it but she wasn't looking forward to going alone.

Leo sat in complete shock. "Not Me!!!" He stated scrubbing his lips with the sleeve of his jacket. "Ugh! That...eww." he stated simply. "Sorry Dom I only go for girls." he stated sticking out his tongue in disgust. Leo looked at Livia. "Night Liv, see you tomorrow." He said with a shake of his head again. "I think I'll go find some mouthwash myself unless you'd like me to stay, or come with me." His eyes shifted to Ari. He wasn't talking to Dom at the moment.

---~~~

Livian was a bit disoriented when she was grabbed. She took in a deep breath of the air and nodded in agreement. "Maybe this is a different place. Or before it was built." She said softly with a shrug. "Damien I don't know it feels nice though, the clean air." She said softly taking in another breath. "Where are you staying?" She asked meaning which dorm. Her's was open for him if he wanted. She clarified just in case. "My dorm or yours?" She asked before thinking of the half a dozen ways he would take that. "Or if you'd prefer I can go to yours." She added thinking of his ego though she didn't say so and she didn't seem to hint at it. It appeared to be a real interest of hers.


Leonardo smiled laughing softly. "That's good." He said lightly letting her go in first before walking in. Leo's room was very neat an organized with pictures up of cars and animals. They didn't mix but Leonardo didn't really care. "At least its neat." He said softly before pulling off his shirt and folding it up putting it on the desk. Sitting on a chair he untied his shoes and got ready to turn in. "Um, you can wear my shirt to bed if you'd like." he offered softly. He was as well built as Leo but he had a tattoo on his right shoulder that symbolized the elements and another on his left shoulder with his family coat of arms.

Dom smirked and shook his head. "Don't worry, Leo. You're not my type either." He turned to ignore his outraged friend and looked to Livia. "Can I walk you back to your room? I'm afraid if I stay any longer Leo might find a reason to punch me."

Ari rubbed Leo's back comfortingly but even when her giggles subsided a grin was plastered on her lips. His offer for her to go with him surprised her but she nodded. "Sure. The cafeteria is closing soon anyway... and I can protect you from any more surprise kissing attacks Dom might have up his sleeves."

Dom grinned and stood up, offering Livia a hand. "Good night you guys. We'll see you at breakfast."

~

"It's nice... but different. I still don't feel comfortable here. Something is very very wrong. I can't feel the hum of magic at all. And these lights are artificial again." He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead lightly. "Let's go back to your room. I want to see what this girl Livia has on you. Think she's got anything sexy stashed in her drawers?"

Ana went right for the drawer where she kept her stuff in Leonardo's room back home and frowned when she just found mens clothing in there. His offer made her look up. A smile spread automatically over her face when she saw him without his shirt on. Coming over to where he sat, she stood behind him and gently started to give him a shoulder and neck massage. "You sure you don't want me to sleep topless?" She was teasing him. Sleeping in one of his shirts was always something she enjoyed. He smelled so good and his clothes smelled like him... it was just the kind of comfort she needed.

Livia got up taking Dom's hand. "Sure, I could use the company." She said softly. "See ya guys." She said softly heading off. Looking at Dom she giggled a little. "I can't believe you kissed him." She said lightly leaning on his shoulder lightly for a second. Once the laughter of her friends was gone and it was just her and him she could feel discomfort settle in her stomach. "Well what do you think happened?" She asked.

Leo smiled and got up cleaning up after the group. "Yep I need the protection." He said with a nod. He noticed a few other people in there a couple of shy girls and a couple of annoying looking guys. "Hmm doesn't seem the crowd liked our laughter." He stated with a grin. He tossed the extras and put the trays where they belonged before heading towards the dorms. "Do you think something weird happened?" he asked softly.

---~~~

Livian smiled and wrapped her arms around him when he kissed her forehead. "I don't know, I hope so." She said looking up at him with that glint showing off her want to tease him again. She looked away with a plan and grabbed his hand leading him towards the girls dorms. Up there, there were a few odd glances but other then that people mostly ignored the two. She got to the dorm door and stood for a second. Tapping her hand on her chin before punching in her code. "Hey it worked." Her voice surprised as she walked in. Livia's room was also very clean but there was a large cello off to the side of the desk. Ignoring the instrument Livian walked over to a picture sitting on the desk. "Hey this must be those guys we're mixed up with." She said looking at the little note tapped to the desk below where it sat. "From left to right, Me (Livia), Dom, Ari, and Leo." She read aloud. Shrugging she walked over and opened the top drawer of the dresser. "Ooh looks like little Livia has a crush." She said looking at a hidden picture of Dom that sat in her drawer so he never got the chance to see it.

She looked through the drawers for something to wear and it didn't take long, she found a half top tee shirt and a pair of flanel pants. Livian could defenitly make this work for sexy. Smilling slyly she made sure the door was closed. "I'll be right back." she told Damien before going to change. She was going to enjoy this.

Leonardo smiled as he relaxed into her hands. "Mm thats your choice I think you'd be warmer in my shirt though." He said softly reaching up and grabbing her hand softly pulling it around and kissed it lightly. "Oh its been a long day." He said softly. After his shoes where off he got up and wrapped his arms around her lightly. "I'm going to finish changing, If you want I'll leave while you change." he offered softly.

Dom frowned, not liking how serious thing changed to when they were alone. "I don't know, Liv. I really don't know. We'll figure it out, though. We'll stick together as a group and we'll work it out. We'll find a way to undo it and go home." He wrapped an arm around her and gave her a half-hug. "I promise. I've got your back here." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head and smiled.

"Well, it is a little late for hysterical laughter I guess." Ari shook her head and fell into step beside Leo on their way to the dorms. "Something weird definitely happened but I have a sneaking suspicion that the weird stuff is only just beginning. You realize we have to go to classes in the morning? I don't even know what my schedule is supposed to be here. Everyone seems to know who we are but I have no clue." She touched a hand to her forehead and let out a sigh. "This is so frustrating!"

~

Damien wasn't so sure he was going to enjoy this. Livian was a tease and he loved that... but too much tease was just cruel and they were already close to the point of him either needing a little something more than her coy smiles and kisses or them needing to shut off their sex drives for the night. While she was out changing he pulled his shirt up over his head and let it hang on the back of her desk chair. He stripped right down to his boxers, not giving it a second thought.

He picked up the picture while he was waiting and looked at the others. They really did look alike... he couldn't help but wonder what the other version of Livian was like.

Ana hugged Leonardo, resting her head against his chest and simply taking a few moments to relax like that. It had been a long day. Far too long. "No, that's okay. You can stay in here if you want to." She wasn't terribly bashful about changing in front of him since he'd probably sneaked a peek at her before now. Grabbing his shirt, she changed out of hers and into it. The difference in their sizes made his shirt fall to her thighs. As she sat and pulled off her shoes and socks the shirt slipped off one of her shoulders, leaving it exposed. Finally she took off her pants before crawling into his bed, perfectly comfortable to sleep like this beside him. "Do you think we'll be okay here?"

Livia smiled and then held onto his waist lightly. "Alright." She said leaning into him some as they made their way up to the top of the stairs to the dorms. She looked at the numbers till they came up to her number. Hesitating she typed the code in smiling lightly as it worked. She pressed the door open with one hand not letting go of his hand. "Oh noo!" She said softly looking at the place that her cello would be. "" She muttered.

Leo sighed and nodded. "I just thought of that. I'm worried I have to take Chemistry again." He stated simply with a chuckle. "Oh kay not really but I know that I do kind of worry about the classes tomorrow." She said softly.

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Livian knew not to push Damien to far. She had done it once and ended up pinned to the wall in a kind of good way. She changed and looked at herself to make sure she wasn't putting off to much of the wrong vibe and smiled. It would look better when he woke up tomorrow but until then he'd be stuck all night with the question of what she'd do to him in the morning. Grinning lightly she let her hair down and used Livia's brush to get the knots out. Walking out with her hair over one side she looked at Damien. "Well you should be comfortable." She said lightly walking over and giving him a kiss.

Leonardo smiled and as she changed he switched out his pants to pajama pants in the other guys drawers. "Yes, we'll be fine. Or you'll be fine because i won't let anything happen to you." He said softly getting into bed giving her a soft kiss. "Too cute." He said with a smile. Laying down he held up an arm so she could cuddle into him allowing his arm to drape around her.

Dom's eyes widened when he entered the room. His eyes went right to where her cello should have been. "Oh god..." His heart raced. Would his instruments still be in his room? He had a cello, violin, two guitar, and a keyboard. If they were gone his room would be next to empty and he'd feel absolutely rotten.

"Liv... can we go to my room? I have to see it or I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"Maybe we can find a copy of our class schedules inside our rooms." Ari suggested. "Otherwise I'm faking sick and there isn't anything anyone can do to stop me." Without really thinking she walked toward her room, with Leo in tow. At her door she paused and looked up at him, her heart fluttering a little in her chest. "Do you want to come in? Help me look?"

~

Damien set the picture down and smiled at Livian. His eyes swept down her body and up again, taking his time to overtly check her out. "Mmm, you look comfy, too." He kissed her back and hugged her to him. "Let's get some sleep."

Ana didn't need more of an invitation than that to snuggle in against Leonardo. Being in his arms was the most comfortable she'd been since they arrived here. She closed her eyes and hugged herself to him. "I'm glad you're here with me," she whispered. "I know... not matter what happens... I'll be okay. Because we're in this together."

Livia looked at Damien and bit her lip lightly nodding. Her heart was on the ground basically her Cello was gone! The stand the sheets of music her bed was in the wrong place...she knew this couldn't be her room. She followed him towards the male dorms. Her chest felt like it was being ripped and fear started setting in.

Leo smiled some. "Sure lets see what we can find." He said softly reaching over and punching in her code. He wasn't going to tell her how many times he'd used it to check on her on hard nights. He shrugged lightly pretending it was a lucky guess and opened the door allowing her in. "After you." He said softly.

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Livia smiled and nodded. "Sounds good to me." She said with a soft voice she walked over and laid down on the bed cautiously before sliding under the blankets. "Coming?" She asked rolling on her side and watching him. Damien was a very handsome man but she was almost immune to his charming good looks by now. She had seen him with out a shirt on many times and there was a couple nights in particular that she had fallen asleep on him.

Leonardo smiled softly and nodded. "I'm glad you know that." He said softly making sure they were comfortable before he started falling into a light sleep. "I'll make sure this works out for us." His voice fading slightly but still getting the point out. He wrapped his arm around her snugly and using his power to warm them both up.

Dom punched in his door code and held his breath as the door opened. He flicked the lights on and not only felt his heart sink but his jaw drop. There were two guitars in the room but no cello or violin and no keyboard. The desk had papers and books on it and the bed... the bed had a girl sleeping face down on it with no shirt on. He felt his cheek darken and he turned toward Livia. "I swear I don't know who she is," he whispered to her. "Let's get out of here."

Ari noticed that he knew her door's code but didn't ask how he learned it. He'd been standing next to her a million times before and she'd never been secretive about it. Out of all their friends she'd probably trust him the most with free access to her room. The colors the room was decorated in was right but there were subtle differences. The bed was pushed up against a different wall and the area in front of her window held several miniature trees that she didn't have in her room normally. The pictures on the walls seemed the same until she stopped to actually look at them. "Hey Leo?" She pointed to a picture of what looked like them kissing. "Did you get me drunk and do this or is this not us?"

~

Damien kind of knew he didn't have the same sex appeal to her as he did with other girls. They had been friends for so long he had been worried she didn't think about him that way but then she'd agreed to go out with him... and now she threw her sexuality at him as a weapon all the time but never seemed to get caught up when he tried the same thing. It was discouraging, to feel like she wasn't turned on by him when she had the exact opposite effect on him. He crawled into bed and laid down on his back, crossing his his hands beneath his head. "Night, Livian."

Ana closed her eyes and fell asleep with ease, despite all that should have been running through her mind, just because Leonardo was there, keeping her warm and safe.

Livia stifled a laugh. "I don't think we're at home anymore." She said softly trying hard not to let him notice she found this quiet funny. Looking around the room she noticed whomever was here normally had little to no care about girls being in his room. Quietly backing out she closed the door and lead him back to her room. "So it appears that whomever that room is for uses as his own personal mating den." She said giggling a little. Walking back into her room she noticed that there were two pictures sitting on the desk. One was of what looked like Leo and Ari sitting down for a professional picture together. Leo was looking at him in such a romantic way it shocked her. "No way..." She muttered picking up the next which had a girl who looked a lot like her and a guy who looked like Damien in it. Sighing she could see the girl's face had a fake smile and he wasn't looking at the camara but more likely the woman taking the picture. Shaking her head some. "I think these are the people we're mistaken for." She said softly. "Livian, Damien" She said softly holding them out to him.


Leo shook his head. "Look my hair is a different color and way shorter." He said softly liking the idea anyway. "Besides I have more respect for you than that." He added. Looking at the picture with a slight day dream look before snapping out of it. "They look a lot like us though." He stated simply looking at some of the other pictures. "I think they're dating too." he said softly. Walking around he looked at papers trying to find a schedule. He watched her slightly out of the corner of his eye. Wondering what she thought of the picture.

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Livian looked at him for a second holding back a sigh. She would curl up on his chest and go to sleep but Livian was way to aware that her tempreture dropped when she slept a side effect of her ice powers. She wrapped the blanket around her and closed her eyes. Secretly she was jelouse of Leonardo and Ana. They were perfect for each other and so romantic...Damien was no joke the closets to it she'd gotten. Sad as it may be. He had his moments when he could be a sweet heart but other wise he was just a sex driven kind of guy. Thinking about it she had noticed he was getting a bit more bitter with her as the months went by. As thoughts went through her head her heart started beating a bit faster. Making sure she was turned away from him she bit her lip. She knew exactly what to do to make him happy with her for a while. It was with these thoughts she started to fall asleep.

Leonardo fell asleep soon after and kept the bed warm. He shifted from time to time but he never turned away from her or took his arms from around her.

Dom face was still beat red when they returned to her room. "I'm not sure how I feel... about the person people mistaking me for being a man whore. I hope no one expects me to keep that up because I really don't plan on sleeping with anyone." Except maybe Livia, when the time was right. He respected her a great deal and didn't want to rush her into anything, so he never really brought it up... but he thought she was worth the wait.

He came over to look at the picture. "My my... our other halves sure do make a happy looking couple, don't they?" He flipped to the other photo and a grin spread across his lips. He whistled a little. "Well, well... Looks like little Ana and Leonardo have quite the fling going themselves. I don't think I've ever seen our Ari and Leo looking this happy, do you?"

Ari examined the photo more closely, picking out a few little details that were different. It bothered her that Leo was so quick to dismiss it as not even possibly being them. She blushed and turned away from him to look at the other photos, not wanting him to see that she was upset. It was stupid, really, to be mad that some girl who looked like her was getting to kiss a guy who looked like Leo when in reality... if that's where they were now... Leo thought of her like a little sister of some sort. "Look on the first page of the notebooks. That's where I always write down a copy of my schedules."

She picked one up and flipped it open. A very dark blush spread across her cheeks. "Um... maybe I should check the notebooks. If they all have surprises like this I don't think you want to see them." She flipped the notebook shut and picked up a second one. "Here we go... a schedule... I think." She frowned as she looked at it. "What the hell kind of classes are these?"

She read them out loud for Leo's benefit; "Metalworking, History of the Balance, Dance, Lunch, Earth Speech, Veterinarian Sciences, and Mediation." Looking up at Leo, she felt confused. "I think the only thing on here that I can do is eat lunch."

((I'll pick up with the others once everyone is asleep so our time lines don't get too screwed up))