"Mara... Let it go," whispers Kelsi.
"Why should I? This guy has been provoking me on purpose, no one stopped him, neither did the professor. Why should I stop? He's the one who played with fire!"
"Miss, you are disturbing my class! Please leave!" suddenly yells the professor.
To my surprise, Kelsi jumps on her feet before I say anything.
"Sir, he is the one disturbing us! Why don't you ask him to leave?"
"He isn't disturbing my class, unlike you two!"
Ugh, I want to puke. This is just messed up herd mentality. Once again, Kelsi reacts faster than me and furiously packs her things, pulling the sleeve of my sweatshirt, furious.
"Come on, Mara. This class is shit anyway. They don't deserve you wasting your fire on them."
"That's right. Fuck off, witches!"
I light up my full hand, showing off my fire, making him shut up. I'm really tempted to burn down at least his desk or something, but then, I wouldn't be able to attend this university anymore. Let's not get kicked out before I decide if I actually want to keep studying or not...
We finally leave that class and Kelsi loudly slams the door behind her.
"What the heck?!" she grumbles.
"Sorry, Kelsi. You tried to convince me not to come back and I–"
"No, boo, you were right. You deserve the right to study like anyone else and you can't control what the crowd thinks. I mean, I knew you wouldn't be in danger or anything, but still, this is so fucked up. This is the fucking twenty-first century and we are all adults. How can freaking adults act like this? They don't know the first thing about you!"
"They are just scared of me," I sigh as we start walking in the corridors. "Werewolves are already a different species that humans have to deal with, and now they have me. They have seen what I can do. I just need to be extra patient and show them I'm not dangerous."
"Yeah, well, I won't blame you if you burn some asses until then. That guy deserves to eat some gravel for breakfast!"
I chuckle, and we find a ladies bathroom. The girl inside leaves as soon as we enter, and Kelsi even checks all the stalls to be really sure we're alone. Then, she drops her bag and looks for her makeup pouch.
"Anyways," she sighs, "did you tell Ben?"
"Yeah, he knows. He said he'll leave me with Liam, anyway. I don't think the werewolves are really watching me anymore now. After what happened recently, I'm probably not at the top of the dangerous people list anymore..."
Kelsi nods and gets up, opening up her pouch and taking everything out. She's got so many tubes of different colors, I'm getting a bit worried. Moreover, why does she have so much when she barely puts on any herself? I did notice she began putting a bit more effort into her appearance since her past as a model was revealed, though.
"Any preference?"
"As long as I don't look like I raided a makeup store..."
She rolls her eyes, but picks a palette, and has me close my eyes. I feel her put some light brush strokes on my eyes.
"What have you decided, by the way? About your classes?"
"Nothing for now, except that Clarissa picked the most boring classes in the world. If I'm still studying here next semester, it will be nothing like that."
"From what you told me, it sounds like your sister does want you to keep studying, anyway..."
"Yeah, she sounded sort of... motherly."
"You don't sound like you hated it, though. Open your eyes?"
I open my eyes, and she's frowning, checking what she did, and grabs something else.
"No, I didn't. It was kind of... nice. I guess it's going to be a messed up family relationship, anyway..."
