hung over black and blue breakfast

[FreezeFrame]

"Seriously? Dude, that was not even as painful as the dare I did, or as gross as the one that Sky did. You suck!" Chase reached over and stuck his slobbery wet finger in Lian's ear, and then took off running. He wanted seconds and he was going to make it quick. Plus the Wet-Willie he just gave Ripple was really mucus heavy because he was just drinking milk.

The night before was a wild time. The team practice and then the bonfire and truth or dare. He didn't bother to even get back into his own clothes when Ricki gave them back to him since his dare came right up. It had seemed simple enough. He just was not to use his power, easy he had thought, but he didn't know that everybody was gonna throw flaming marshmallows at him. They burned as they stuck on him and he was mad that he didn't go for truth that round but then the next time around when he did pick truth he was sorry. Oh boy was he, but he wasn't alone the truth turn made everybody sorry.

The way they had played it was Riker's way, because he wanted to swim in the creek, and if they had a dare then they had a truth the next time around. After that skinny dipping and the hook ups, and those were hot. They were all scattered around the fire pit in pairs or threes, Chase didn't really look up much with the hand fulls he was working with. Sky was enough to wreck a guy's video gaming career from wrist sprain or thumb-itis-carpal-tunnel-ness or whatever it was called. Her boobs were big.

After that practice when it was like their lives were really over everything was so incredible. Every bit of that night was incredible and his little double D tomboy and him really connected. It was fun, and a lot of beers and now even as his head throbbed he wanted more food and the bacon smelled sooo good and he wanted that cheesy sauce from the Eggs Benedict to pour all over his plate full of scrambled eggs and cooked pigflesh. He used to laugh when he thought it was called 'eggs bend-yer-dick', but that was a long time ago when he was young, like two weeks ago when everything was all still fun and games. Now it was fun and games and TEAM too, at least for Chase. He knew now that he had a kinship with his peeps, even Raggin-Ripple and he had to take care of them when he could. He scratched his chin as he thought back trying to remember who it was that Lian hooked up with the night before, because he thought he saw her sitting alone chewing on her toenails. It was not a good habit.

Seeing little Kevin there looking all delicate he gave him a little hip check. He liked the little guy and thought he had been coming on to him before in art class. He didn't know how to go about a hook up with him, but it had been something in the back of his mind as he was behind Sky last night. His mind took a step and he was imagining it was Kevin and not Skylar he was with. When he realized he was into the kid Chase found himself even more turned on and now in line right beside him his body just wanted contact.

"Hey, get some bacon Kev. You need to put some meat in ya." he winked at him and walked back to the table where his friends were. He laughed a little at the joke but then felt a flush on his face as Sky was looking at him. Did she know? he wondered Was I that drunk? Did I say his name last night? Oh shit!!! panic was starting in Chase now as he sat down. His mind was burning up and he tried to remember the night before. Even though he wasn't asked directly if he was gay, his truth question could have had a double meaning. He started to sweat.

[Riff~Raff]

A plate full of bacon and has browns and a large glass of orange juice was just enough to keep Riker very satisfied that morning, just as he was last night. Who would think that Kat would satisfy the wolf in him so well? But that she did and more, for Riker liked that he found someone that could bring out his wild and primal side and he could bring the same out of her. It was a new experience in a way for him, and he loved it, so much that while sober he invited her back to his room for the night. The two had animal senses, and they could easily sneak around the school without being caught. In the end though all the risks were worth it.

"MMmm now this is some well deserved food, ain't it lass?" Riker winked at Kat, a deep smirk coming over his face when he met her eyes. She was fun, that he would contest to anyone, and she was chill enough that he knew she'd never be the type to give grief. "Oui Ricki, pass the ketchup over 'ere will ya?" he said while piling hot sauce on his hash browns. He needed a big breakfast since he was working with Colossus in the garden that morning. He liked the big friendly art teacher and he knew it would be something to keep him calm above all else. After last night, he didn't think he could get more relaxed.

[Hardlight]

Kevin froze and his eyes went wide. Did he heard that right? Was Chase coming on to him. What? Did he just- and he bumbped into- Kevin was noticeabely stunt and turned to see if FrezeFrame was looking back at him. He was relieved to see he was'nt and Kevin could breath again wonce Chase sat down. Mabey I should have a little bacon- no. Even though Ian wants me to eat a lots more and fattyer meatier stuff I can'nt do it to my body, it's gross. he finished putting the eggwhite omlet on his plate and selected a few strawberries to acumpony it. He thoght it looked pretty and he smiled at the plateful of food before he turned to go and sit down.

Where to sit? Where to - he looked for a place he wanted to be, but not near Chase or Kris either. He was a bit shoked at all of the attention, even thogh he had been flirting with both of them. It was still not right for him. At least not what he exactly wanted, because he wanted a relashionship. Kevin wanted a boyfriend, to be proud of him and walk holding hands and they would kiss without worying who was looking at them, and to not be embarased of him and one that Kevin could be proud of to and atrackted to also. Chase and Kris were both nice enouf guys and acording to the little bit he heard the last night before in Veronika's room they had been able to survive something real real hard and did somthing very honorable together all of the Paragons did.

He felt sad still about his team breaking up like it did. Loralie and him he rememberd how they use to sit like old times, friends for ever. He didn't feel as strongly now the next day as he did then last night, but he knew what he had said was true and his warning to watch out for her was a good thing for her new team to know. It was hard to say but, there was something about Veronika's room that made things seem easier. Like she would take care of everything as long as he was honest with her and, he always was, he never lied because he had no reason to. Too bad about the morning because he wanted to stay there, he wished he could.

He found himself looking for Frostbite, and saw that she was'nt in there yet. Or mabey she went to the bathroom, or was in the kitchen looking for something. With a shrug he went to sit where he felt best. He saw she had saved him a seat too, and that Kris was not too close but the lunchroom was only so big even thogh it was breakfast and not everybody came exspechully on the weekends. He knew some of the people went places and he was glad to sit right next to Allure, she made him feel special.

As he sat down he saw Ian and Niki and he smiled at them, and when Ian pointed to his wrist like for the time and then pumped his arms like he was lifting for his shoulders Kevin knew it was the signal to hury for a workout. He was glad that he had a good friend on his team that was helping him, next to Veronika Ian was his best friend now. As he thought about it he had to say they were eqally his best friend, but he felt different around either of them. He grinned at Diesel and nodded quickly as he sat. He was pretty sure Ian had somthing to do in the garden, or the stables, but he did'nt know for postives.

[Stoney]

Chester loved the weekends. Even after a night when one of his team mates didn't show up for practice and all hell broke loose, there was nothing like a Saturday morning meal. Nothing better, that is, except for a Sunday brunch and a couple of days for fishing and pitching stones in the lake. Stoney had simple enough desires and he had a heart as big as the whole outdoors. ~HHHHHHhhhhaahhhHHH~ he breathed his hot breath on his spoon loudly enough so all the Alphas at the table with him would hear and look over. He didn't have to speak or say for them to look, the noise he made had all their little cute faces upturned. He knew what it was to be a role model and he set an appropriate tone for table time fun. Placing the spoon on the end of his nose carefully, he ever so gently let go of it and grinned as it dangled there a delight for the kids to see.

He knew they were looking and he didn't care. He felt their eyes on him. The looks would have burned his flesh or torn jagged gaping tears in it if looks of theirs could do that. After meeting Mr.Summers he realized that looks could kill so he never put it past a mutant to be able to, but his own team mates powers he knew, and Norrison and Rose did not have those kinds of powers. He didn't care though, he loved the children and Karma liked to have him around to help. He didn't feel as though he needed to explain himself to Inflict or Machete, even though they would surely put the screws to him sooner if not later. Ignoring them, or at the least trying to, he winked an exaggerated wink at Chopper to say 'go ahead, try it' and he then he wiggled his nose to test how well placed the spoon was.

[Chopper]

Chopper's eyes went wide in delight as he saw Stoney do his neat trick. "Austin! Austin look what Stoney's doing! I told you he was the coolest. Just wait till you meet Aideen, you'll see I was right about her too!" He said excitingly to his new friend and grabbed his own spoon, placing it on his nose and trying to balance it on his face. The spoon fell a couple of times from his nose. "Aw man, how did ya do it Stoney?" Chopper looked over at his very bestest friend and studied him for a moment before doing his best to mimic him. Even though Austin was here now and Chopper was thrilled to not be the only guy, he still called Stoney his best friend ever. Austin and him were talking in the fort that Chopper made in the room using sheets and pillows all night, and played some tricks on the girls. He had a new partner in crime when Stoney was busy with the stupid people on his team, and a new friend.

"Look I'm doing it, I'm doing-" The spoon clattered down on the table. "Aw Nuts, I had it!" Chopper scowled and put it back on his nose, trying to balance it just right. "Hey Stoney, we're still going fishing today right? Oh and Aideen's not coming, she told me yesterday before lunch that she was leaving for the weekend. Wow you shoulda seen her, she looked like a secret agent, dressed all in black leather and stuff. But she told me to say bye to you in case she couldn't catch you," he informed only a little sad that she was not going to be here to go fishing with them like they always did.

"Hey do you know that Austin's Decay's sister? She's the one who always makes food with us and dresses like a boy. She still got cooties, but not as much cause she ain't as icky. Oh and Austin beat up that skinny Chinese girl with cooties yesterday. I wish I coulda seen it," Chopper saw the look that Stoney was giving him, cause he never approved of hitting girls. "Hey she deserved it though! Austin said she was making fun of him for being little and all he did was throw some spaghetti at her and she chased him and was gonna beat him up too! He was only defending himself from cooties, right Austin?" He nudged his new friend again and then returned to trying to balance the spoon on his nose.

[Lymited~Ink]

Kat giggled and gave Riker a Cheshire cat grin as she nodded enthusiastically. “Oh aye, like having a yummy little trapped mouse after a nice…long chase round and round with a big big pounce,” she said in a happy voice, in a very good mood after the previous night. She discovered a wilder side of herself she didn’t even realize she had even though she knew she was wild in a way, however this was different. It was one of the most fun things she’d ever done and quite looked forward to having another go. For now, she found herself starving and poked her tongue out a little to lick her lips cutely as she daintily picked at her plate of breakfast food, some hash browns, a few sausages and a small pile of scrambled eggs. “And when yer done Riker, hand the ketchup to me, I want some for me eggs,” she told him, grinning again.

She looked at Ricki and smirked. The Acolyte had looked like she loosened up a bit last night, especially after hearing about how she had always been attached to a little girl whom she babied and spent all her time with. Considering, her transformation to becoming a drinking pal of the rest of them looked to be coming along nicely. “Did ye have fun last night Ricki? I’m sure ye did, specially with all the lads lookin’ at yer legs and getting’ loosey goosey with the lightweight stuff, eh?” she said, wiggling her eyebrows up and down at her. It was fun to watch an uptight person get loosened up, especially when they take part in bonfires like the one they all had last night.

[Diesel]

"MMmmmMMmmm Bacon. Bay-CON. Baaaaaacoooooooonnn!" Ian marveled over his plate piled with an obscene amount of bacon. He loved his bacon, and today he came in extra early and had a huge plate full of bacon. He was pumping up on protein since he planned to work out after breakfast with Kevin. "Hey Gavin man, think you can pass the salsa? Mmmm Bacon and salsa." He patted his tummy and winked at Niki.

They had a pretty good night except for the disaster date, which Ian should have expected would go the way. That's okay though, cause him and Gavin chilled for a bit before they both went out for the night, and then this morning they were both blasting Led Zeppelin and playing air guitar and banging on things all over the room to the song. On top of spending the night with his girl, Ian was pumped. He was moving his head to the music of the 'Black Dog' which was stuck in his head.

"Man I love Bacon," he said popping a crispy strip into his mouth while he used his fork and knife as drum sticks and hit the table as lightly as he could to the beat of the song in his head. "Hey babe, later on at the barbecue, Imma teach ya how to surf. Blondie promised me the other day she'd make some waves for me and its supposed to be mad hot today anyways. If the water's too cold, we could always ask Spitfire to heat it up," Ian said excitedly and stuffed some more bacon in his mouth.

[Decay]

Sky scooped her crazy combination of hash browns, crumpled pieces of bacon, eggs and salsa all mixed together in a salad bowl and dosed in Habanejro Tabasco sauce. It was a lethal combination for those who couldn't handle spicy food and those with weak stomaches, but she loved it. The night she had last night was fun, and in the morning she was always half starved. It was a bit different last night hooking up than it usually was though. Sky suspected that the practice hit her and Chase particularly, because last night seemed more of a need for comfort and sense of reality than anything else. Both of them stood side by side ready to die, and she knew that it was at a point where they had forgotten they were in a machine. When reality came shooting back, it threw her off a bit, never fully registering that the experience in the danger room was not real. She saw the same look she had in Chase, and that's probably why them hooking up last night felt needed. Something to tell them that they were in actual reality now and they were never going to die, no matter how real it may have felt.

The night didn't get any less interesting when they all had to sneak back in. They never came all at once, because that was too risky. Sky, Ricki and Lian had come in last of the group, mainly cause they took the riskiest route in through the side of the house thanks to Lian. The two Paragons mastered the skill of sneaking in and out as inconspicously and with as little noise as possible. On the way to the girls dorm though, quiet as a mice, they spotted a sight that made them all raise their eyebrows.

"Oh man Chase, you guys ain't gonna believe what we saw when we were coming back in earlier," Sky said and motion for the group to lean in, exchanging a look with Ricki and Lian. "We saw the Acolyte in Green coming from the boys dorms and heading to her room. Or rather waddling to her room." She put a hand over her mouth to giggle to herself a little. "And she was like in only a bra and was holding onto a shirt. She looked out of it too, dude it was bad," Sky said with wide eyes. "And yea she was definitely coming from the boys dorm. Looks like the Ice Princess got some action, and I bet we all know from who. Lucky bitch. Or not so lucky, but hey I'd still go for him." She giggled again and watched the look on her friend's faces at the news.

[Clutch]

"Good Morning Veronika, Kevin," Ana said sweetly as she sat into her seat at the table, nothing more than a child size container of plain vanilla yogurt on her plate with a tall glass of milk and a banana. She hated eating so much at once, but Kitty forbid her from praticipating in certain activities until she was closer to a healthier weight. It was really a pain to be forced to shove so much food in her throat, but it was just one of the sacrifices she was forced to endure after leaving her wealthy life in Finland to come here, from being treated like a princess to being treated as common as anyone else. "I am so sorry I could not make it last night, I was soooo tired that I fell asleep still wrapped in my towel," Ana apologized to her dear friends. She usually spent Friday nights with them, but she was just so tired last night that she didn't have the strength to make it.

Ana smiled at her two friends and took a spoonful of her yogurt. "Did I miss anything big? Oh I must ask Heather how her date went, she looked so excited!" She did adore her teammate, who was lovely and svelte and kept her figure well, and she was just so sweet. "Oh excuse me hold that thought, I am to show Riker that I am eating a solid meal, and I almost forgot." Ana smiled sweetly at her friends and took her tray standing up gingerly and walking to Riker's table. He was sitting on the side facing her and they were all huddled together listening to that vile girl Sky talk about something. Ana only came closer to show her tray, but managed to catch majority of what Sky said. Her dark blue eyes widened when she heard the news, so surprised that even her mouth dropped a little. Oh my goodness! I cannot believe it! Oh wait until the others hear about this! she thought, forgetting about Riker and rushing back to her seat.

"You will not believe what I just heard!" Ana said with wide eyes sitting back in her seat. She was a bit of a gossip queen, but proud of knowing almost everything that went on in the school. She felt that the more she knew, the higher her status was among the students. "Late last night, Sky and some others saw Lorelai coming out of the boys dorms waddling! She was clutching a shirt and was going to her room, looking disoriented!" Her dark blue eyes moved quickly between the occupants at perhaps the best table in the house. "That must mean she went to see him! I cannot believe she did it! I mean yes he is very handsome, probably the most handsome man I have ever seen, but I would be very frightened to get involved with him. I never thought she would so this!" Ana said with eyes as wide as saucers looking between the people at their little table.

[Fleet]

Fleet appeared in the cafeteria from out of nowhere and took a long smell of the food. "Hey who's cooking?" He grinned as he walked in and then he saw who all was here. Moving to the buffet line and grabbed an apple so he could walk around and eat while he found a seat. His legs hurt but the medicine was helping alot. "It smells great!" Kyle had set his mind on pancakes, like old times in the kitchen with the original group eating the food cooked by Heather. It was great back then, well now it seemed that way. He felt like an outsider, he had been gone too long.

Looking around to all those here he noticed a couple things and shook his head. He only knew like three or four kids. But he decided to keep his thoughts to himself about how Aqua was affected by seeing Ian and Haven together. But it wasn't his business. He had already voiced his thoughts to Aqua a while ago, back when Ian was with his new teammate Frostbite. Besides she looked like she was into the guy with the wings anyway. So after eating a bite or two he stopped and placed his usual smile on his lips and reached a hand up to run through his hair. Stopping himself he closed his hand into a fist before dropping it to his side, he wanted to break that habit.

Fleet saw the groups and he decided to sit with his team. He slipped into the seat next to Lian across from Chase. "Hey, what did I miss?" he saw the looks on everybody's face as he kicked his feet up on the end of the table and layed his head back in his hands the apple hanging in his mouth. "DoK fwed I haff to keeff em elwabated." He crunched a bite off his apple as he grabbed hold of the apple and put an arm around Lian. He had his usual smile on his lips as he stared at the guys chewing loudly. "Looks like we're all having a rough day. Hangover? Hangover? Hangover? Three orange whipped Hangovers!" he said turning to look to Lian, Sky and Chase.

His hair was a bit of a mess as well, but it looked natural for him. He was doing his best to not show how much pain he was in, he thought it would help them accept him back better if they saw him not too banged up. Kyle hadn't really had much time to talk to Heather, his team, or anyone else. The time on the Dagger bridge was cut short by all the dying, and the attack before that had kept everyone occupied. Punch in the face, testing at the lab and then right to the Danger Room, it was a whirlwind return to the school.

Then he turned to the other girl Sky and smiled a bit and nodded to her. "Hello again." Turning his attention back to Lian, who he knew a bit more then the other girl."Practice was rough out there. I'll have to step up my practicing once I"m done healing up that is." He smiled through his own pain at her and tried to find an old connection there. "I'll be right back, get anyone anything?" He decided to dial up again and not too much just to four then he thought better and only went to three.

Fleet was moving around the room in a blur making sure to keep out of everyone's way as he moved back and forth and the syrup and butter were on the table, it may have seemed odd but there was also a jar of peanut butter on the table as well spinning a little until it settled as he ran back for the pancakes and sausages. Kyle loved peanut butter on his pancakes, he used to care if he got teased for it but now he didn't, he just wanted to belong. Slipping back into the chair next to Lian. "All set!"

[Iceman]

Frostbite is not at the table or even in the cafeteria. Please read posts carefully before you write.

"We're doing some surfing today? Sweet!" Bobby said as he sat at the table with some of his favorite students. He should probably be eating with the other teachers but he rarely did. The kids were like his buddies and he preferred their company. Besides Ian and Gavin were some of his favorite students, and he liked to be chilling with them better sometimes.

"I got my board all ready and everything. Its been awhile since I caught some real waves. Well... we're in a lake so that doesn't really count but I'll take what I can get," he said with a laugh and dug into his eggs that were piled on with salsa. "Oh yea forgot to ask, you guys had a good night last night? I'm sorry I couldn't drive you guys but come on, it was a Scooby Doo Marathon." Bobby grinned at them and looked slyly at Niki. "I gotta ask, how many times did you beat someone up or make 'em cry? Don't hide it Niki girl, I know you," he said with a wink. When Iceman came to the school, he was one of the few teachers that refused to hold a grudge against her. It was upsetting what she did, but hey she's a kid and kids are allowed to make mistakes. He liked the side of her that he did get to know a lot though.

[D'mnchyld]

"O-M-G!" K'8 said, eyes growing wider with each letter. "Holy crap! Me and Sean, and Alex and our new girl.." She tried hard to remember her real name and gave up and then quickly blurted out "..Perrywinkle?..." but she knew that was wrong. With a shrug of her shoulders she kept right on talking. The girl was sitting right nearby and she could correct her anytime.

"Well, we're all watching the late late monster movie like we do every Friday night, right?" She hunkered down as she drew everyone in closer by whispering, but in a loud way so they could all hear it, and motioning for them to lean in. "When it was over we all went up to our rooms and, well I don't know if the guys saw anything on the floor, but Penny and me we saw footprints." She looked over to Perigee and pointed her hands in a bit of a frantic way to the floor. "Remember!?! They were bloody footprints!?!" she then calmed down and turned back, whispering again in that loud way so everyone could hear "I know blood, you know...well anyway they went into Frostbite's room and I just thought, like... 'Wow, that musta been a hell of a practice' ...or something. OH mannnn!"

She wanted to tell that to somebody because she was a bit worried but now it all made perfect sense. Then it struck her that the girl might not be there now because she might have died! "Holy Crap! You guys! She's not here, you think she's dead? Did she bleed out?" Thinking of the amount of blood there was and it not even being a full foot in the blood trail, just a few toes and the ball of her foot, K'8 thought better of it. "Noo, no wait...sorry it wasn't that much blood. Hey! Lurai!" sitting back she called down loudly to Puppy~Love at the end of the table. "Did you smell a lot of blood from Lorelai's room this morning?"

[StormHawk]

Gavin grinned as he ate from his large plate of bacon and eggs. "I'm looking forward to the barbecue, just so we could have some of Pete's famous ribs. Man those are amazing," he said eating some of the eggs that he loaded with cheese and pepper. He looked up when he heard K'8 shout though, especially when he heard what it was about. "Whoa blood? Thats crazy, I don't think Doc or Nightcrawler would let her go back when she's bleeding like that right?" Gavin said a bit concerned for her. Even if Lorelai did turn her back on the Acolytes that upset him greatly, he still couldn't help but be concerned.

"Man what exactly happened at that Paragon practice? I saw blood spatters in the boys dorm hall too, that must have been one bad practice." He glanced at Niki and Ian and shrugged a bit. "Look I know that she's not your favorite person right now, but still I wouldn't want her to be seriously hurt. She was a good friend for awhile," Gavin said with a shrug. He looked back at the table where Veronika and her friends always sat, smiling slightly at Heather before looking to Veronika. "Hey Veronika, was practice that crazy last night? Is Lorelai okay?" he asked sincerely concerned. Hurt as he was that one of their own would turn her back on them, Gavin wasn't one to be happy that someone he used to be friends with was hurt.

[Perigee]

"I remember," Yoora stage whispered back to K'8. "Perrywinkle? Just wait 'til I think of a good name for you," she grumbled back laughingly. "Stick with Penny, if you can remember it." The goth girl was a lot of fun but she'd called Yoora a million different names since yesterday and it was really funny. The way k'8 told the story was also pretty funny. Giggling as K'8 asked if people though the girl was dead, Yoora stopped herself when her friend finished the story and said "No it wasn't a lot of blood. She just didn't tell you the best part."

"So we're trying to walk back to bed barefoot 'cause our shoes make too much noise. And we get to the top of the stairs and are going down the hall and its kinda dark. K'8s got one hand on my shoulder and I've got one hand on the wall and we're like creeping 'cause I don't do dark. Next thing we know I slip and grab onto K'8 and we fall flat on our butts. My hand, ya know, it lands in something slick and like kinda sticky. K'8 was all 'Watch out, creature from the black lagoon' and grabbed me. I jumped out of my skin and started to really laugh, we both were, but then all of a sudden k'8 stopped and said 'Oh, oh whoa- that's BLOOD' and that was when I stopped laughing too." Yoora's face turned a bit less happy then as she said "But k'8 told me how rough it gets, so I was a little less worried. I gotta admit though it made going to sleep my first night here sorta rough."

[Allure]

"Oh my God. Ew. This is not what I want to hear while I'm eating," Veronika said and tossed her hair while gently stirring her cream of wheat, shuddering slightly at the thought of what happened. "It was not that rough Gavin, I promise you," she said and giggled at what everyone was thinking. "Oh goodness that is so embarrassing!" Her sapphire blue eyes looked over at the people at her table, the one with the best location by window. It was the same people from last night except now Ana could join them. Veronika liked her, she knew of her family well, and kept forgetting to ask her Papa is he did business with the Equilnaiir Family. She liked the girl enough to bring her in her inner circle. Ana may not be as good as manipulating people as Veronika was, but she had some first class breeding and had as much intimate knowledge of the world of the rich and famous.

Veronika was still slightly disgusted and would not eat her cream of wheat yet, just stirring it gently. "I told you this would happen, he used her like toilet paper, though in this case bloody toilet paper. Still, I was right." She gave Kevin a sidelong glance, knowing that it might effect him a little harder. She liked to look out for the members of her inner circle, for she never knew when she might need them. "Oh Kevin, do not worry, sometimes people need to learn the hard way darling, just as I said yesterday," she said in a soothing voice, letting the effects wash over him as she grabbed his hand comfortingly.

"I do hope someone has enough sense to wash the blood splatter from the carpet. That is disgusting. Or at least she would have the decency to wash it herself. How unhygienic." Veronika shuddered again and took a sip of her orange juice to calm her stomach. She would call her father if they didn't clean this up and tell him that she was forced to endure that disgusting environment after he made a very generous donation to the school.