see the light

Her reaction was over the top and honestly, it was pure gold. “Calm down, I would’ve told you immediately if there was a test.” He reassured her, trying to stifle his laugh. It was hard for him to do so, as he wasn’t used to seeing someone panic as much over a test before. “And well, yes. We were supposed to go shopping then make the pastries. But hopefully we won’t fail as hard.”

Her ears perked up upon hearing the word hard. "So tell me Emrys, why are we even going to try if we already know we're going to fail eventually" she laughed upon questioning him, she wasn't really expecting him to answer the question, it was more of a joke rather than a question. "Well, do you have the list of ingredients? I'm almost finished with my homework, i'm just going to pass this then we can go. Have you passed your homework already?" she finally pulled her homework from her bag, answering the few set of questions that was left unanswered.

funny the way it is;

"I’m saying, I’m not your brother!" Frustration clearly hinted in his yell, he kept wriggling in the other’s deathly hold. Never ever he felt this repulsed by a hug before; such affection he used to crave when he was younger - no, it wasn’t just anyone he wanted a hug from. Not this stranger who’s hugging him tenaciously. He needed to end this before he dies of goosebumps from a hug (exaggeration shows how much he hates a bear hug from a stranger), he thought. Hands grabbing the other’s arms in a lock, he unwittingly exerted all of his strength to turn over and thus bringing the other down with him to the depths of Tartarus - in actuality, it was just the ordinary floor but it was enough to inflict terrible pain on his tail bone when they fell to the floor with a thud.

All she remembered was she was just hugging her brother, her legs and arms were wrapped on him as if he was a pillow but with a series turn of events that happened so quickly, she just found herself on the floor. The impact left a subtle pain on her sides, “Yah! What the hell are you doing—if you wanted to play wrestling you should’ve said so! Now, feel my wrath!” she was ready to grab the other—but instead her hands snaked into his sides, attempting to tickle him instead. “I was kidding, I don’t want to wrestle with you, I am not match!” Now, that was Riley’s kind of wrath.

If eye rolls were measured by size, the one that Jamie just did would’ve been her biggest yet. For some reason, she had already forgotten what they were talking about in the first place. All she knew was that this argument was getting pretty stupid. “Whatever floats your boat, Riley.”

Jamie, obviously annoyed by pretty much everything that Riley’s said so far, raised her arms. “Okay, you know what?” She banged her hands back down on to her desk (quite lightly so as not to disturb the others), and stood up. She glared down towards Riley without saying a word. She excused herself from the room. Turning back to face Riley before completely disappearing from her view, she glared at her once more.

"Don’t panic." He chuckled, reaching to pat her head as a gesture for her to stop and calm down. "We don’t have an exam. I was talking about our little outing later." He noted, huffing as he crossed his arms. So she really did forget, he thought, pursing his lips as an attempt to seem down about the news. He didn’t really mind, though, since he was able to remind her before venturing out of the Academy alone and probably getting lost. “Remember now?”

Riley sighed in relief. "Oh god i am so going to kill you Emrys!" She narrowed her eyes at him. "You should have said it already! Stop giving me unfinished phrases, you're giving me heart attacks!" She sat comfortably on her seat, finally starting to calm down -- then only to realize what was he talking about. Her mouth suddenly went into an 'o' shape. "Oh my god! I'm sorry-- i did forgot about it. Were you talking about that baking session you mentioned the other day? That session where we'll be going to make a cream puff and probably fail on it?"

    For someone reason, with the description she gives of Jack Jack, she thinks of James all of a sudden, him being in a puppy form and going around bothering people. Not too different from how he was like every single day though it has gotten awfully quiet once more. “I’m Elena Rabbit. You are a fourth year like me, right? I think I have seen you a number of times at the dorms but only gotten the chance to talk to you now. I heard that it has not been too long since you arrived at the school so, here is a belated welcome.” 

"That’s not fair. No take backs." Jamie puffed her cheeks out, making her look kind of like a chipmunk. Placing her hands on her hips, she furrowed her brows. "Don’t be a meanie. And it’s not my fault you were staring at me. You should learn how to concentrate." She points at the other girl’s notebook, emphasizing the word ‘concentrate’.

"You never said the no take backs policy before so i am taking it back. Sorry not sorry." Riley could not help to give the girl a triumphant grin as if she was already claiming her victory over this petty argument they were having--but her triumphant grin suddenly disappeared... What... She was still passing it to Riley-- that thing Jamie originally did. She frustratingly scratched her head. "I did not--" She sighed for the nth time. "Oh yeah right you definitely mastered the art of concentrating because you were good at concentrating in staring at me earlier. You should teach me sometimes." She shrugged nonchalantly.

Jamie poked at the other girl’s nose while she said, “No. You. Don’t!” A quick flip of her hair is all she needs to show that the other girl didn’t really mean this. “My hair’s too pretty. That’s what makes me say so.”

Riley sighed. "What part of yes i do didn't you get?" she rolled her eyes upon seeing her hair flip. She noticed the obvious show off Jamie just did. "Who says so? You? I'm guessing you're the only one who said that. Don't worry, we'll get your eye checked next time." she patted the girl's head a mocking way, a smirk tugging across her lips as she crossed her arms on her chest.

Seeing the price made Emrys cringe. He wasn’t as rich as he’d like to be, spending far too much on moving and clothing and exhausting his money reserves. He needed to get a part time job, and he knew it. That or ask for money from his father and he’d rather rot than do so. “I’ll probably just get one.” He sighed, getting out his wallet and heading to the counter. “Make sure you don’t get a stomach ache, ok?”

"Yes, i do!" Riley acted like she actually mean it, giving emphasis on each words she said. “Oh really? What makes you say so?” she raised a brow.

"Hey, I wasn’t the one who said I was pretty so don’t blame me if you’re so annoyed." Fixing her hair into a ponytail, she turned to the girl. She smiled as if she knew someone’s secret. Patting her own cheeks lightly, she said, "Do I look okay, Riley?" She thought it was funny to taunt her like that.

"I take back what i said!" Somehow, she actually thought it was over after she accepted her defeat... but it turned out the opposite. Or worse, Jamie even grabbed the opportunity to taunt her more. She scratched her head in frustration. "No. You don't." she did not even dare to look at her. "You know, if i fail the next exam. I would so going to blame you.