“Hi!” She smiled. “How was your break?”

“first day back! we all know what that means, right?--- come on. don’t leave me hanging.” she pushed her hand out again, grinning smugly down at the other.

“so how many of you got arrested over break? just--- an estimate?”

          “Yes I know I am late---- I like to make an ENTRANCE if you didn’t know,” she muttered as she rushed through campus suitcase in hand. “Delayed flights will be the death of us all.”

The bodyguard was starting toward the closed-off parts of the school when she found someone. “Are you supposed to be back here?”

they couldn’t say if they were happy enough to be back or not. certainly there were many faces they had missed but--- something was unsettled in the pit of their stomach, an anxiety that wouldn’t leave and they couldn’t name. every time they were at the school they made friends, companions, bonds, yes--- but then they left charani. eventually. maybe staying by themself was better in the end. the brunette ducked into the hallway, lost in their own train of though, not noticing the person ahead of them they were in a direct line for.