" Caerys tensed a little, barely visible in the dim, reflected street-lighting coming through the back bedroom and into the hallway. Muttering somethi...g under her breath, she reached a hand out, and a small, blue glow appeared in her palm, lighting up her grin from beneath."What... is it getting easier?" The magic?" Caerys tossed the glow gently into the air where it circled Christophe's head, slowly. "Some of it. I think I'm finding where my talents lie, slowly." Behind them, from Gabriel's. I just try to keep up with them and stay a little ahead of them when I can." Those two are about the perfect pair. I just wish he had met her a long time ago maybe he wouldn't be so backward now. I sure haven't been any help to him these last few years. Trent got me in so much trouble I didn't have any time to spend with him. Every time he tried to talk to me I shut him down. I have had to live with that for a long time. Now that he is so happy I want so much to help him, and maybe share in. My hair once was like a black cape as soft as silk, glittering with a purple hue in the light,but thats damn near changed since him. My hair is now grimy and has a shattered effect to it from when he takes a knife to it if he thinks its become to long. I was once a Queen, loved by all till he invaded my tribe of warriors, men and women alike. He claims to love the fact that I fight no matter what the odds are, and still I fight, no ones touched me in years, im still as virtuous as when he. He looked up at her sweet face past her sweeter breasts. “What courses are you going to take next year?” she asked while playing with his hair. That opened the floodgates.“Well, they open up when you’re that far along. And so much is a prerequisite that I couldn’t have taken much if I’d put off the distribution work. Then, too, AP Calc in high school, despite all the problems it caused me, will really free me up next year. PDE is normally a senior course. So, I can take one more – three more if.