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As class started I was immediately glad I was in the back of the classroom because this class was boring. I was starting to drift off when I felt a tap on my shoulder and look at Varian who pointed down at a peice of paper on the table.
I grinned and slowly took my turn. I was gonna win this. It didnt matter that it was only tic tac toe. If I'm playing then I'm playing to win.
As we continued to snicker during our silent game I noticed my nail polish was chipping and absent mindedly picked at it. Slowly I started picking at my cuticles pealing it back.
"And everyone knows what happened in Corona a few years ago. Rabid robots, rocks taking over, princesses going MIA, and a crazy magic user trying to over throw the kingdom. That's not relevant this unit but you might want to look into it some more for the upcoming months." As I half listened in a poked at Varian to take his turn but he just sat rigidly staring at the front, oddly still for once.
"Varian!" I whisper-yelled at him as I kicked him under the table.
He jolted out of it muttering, "Yeah yeah sorry." Quickly taking his turn
"If you wanna play another game we can do that." I said under my breath to him.
"No no it's fine. Don't worry we'll keep playing this." He quickly busied himself with the game and taking light notes.
Halfway through I got hungry and knowing that my glamour magic wouldn't last the rest of the class period if I was crazy hungry I knew I needed a snack.
I checked my bag but couldn't find anything and lightly cursed. I looked around and when I saw no one looking too closely I reached into my pocket dimension and felt around eventually finding a granola bar I stashed away in there.
As I started triumphantly snacking I heard a gasp and turned to see Varian with wide eyes. "How did you do that? Do you have magic?" He inquired with wide eyes.
I smiled and let my eyes flash their natural purple in response. As he continued gawking i turned the front suddenly feeling a need to take note. Not avoiding questions. Definetly not.
As I continued to fidget as I dropped my pen and just picked at the skin on my hand. I just stared off.
"Now you and your partner are going to have to choose a region to research to do your project on next week. You will be working with the person next to you. If you have any complaints, come to me."
I turned to Varian who was grinning at me as we high fived. Finally my luck has come around.
"So what region do you wanna do?" He asked as he turned to me
I shrugged and explained, "Well I grew up on the Isle and didn't really see much of Auradon ya know? I mainly saw some small villages but that was all. I think you should get to choose. What kingdom are you from?" I tilted my head at him as he went ramrod straight.
He turned ashen as he replied, "I don't think we should do my kingdom. It's not that interesting and stuff and there many better ones. Why not do the one your village was in?"
I scoffed, "I barely left the house so I don't know if that's the best idea. Why can't we do your kingdom. What no pride? Your parents must be high up if you were able to go here. Who are your parents by the way? I feel like you've never talked about the-" As the bell rang Varian popped up out of his seat and started packing up.
"Varian! Varian!" I whisper yelled as he was packing up his things. As he ignored me and swiftly walked out, dodging my attempts to latch onto his arm I stared in shock at his retreating back and I whispered to myself, "What the absolute fuck was that."
I shook off my shock and sprinted after him leaving my bag at the table. "Varian! Don't ignore me! Varian come here!" As I cursed his longer legs I ran faster to keep up, gaining some odd glances. As I peered over people's heads I tried to catch a glimpse of him as he continued ignoring me. As I got past the crowds I caught up to him and tugged on his arm.
He spun around, "What?!" I huffed an angry breathe and crossed my arms in expectancy. He breathed a deep breath, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have run away like that. But can we please just not do it on my kingdom."
"Why. After all that and you blowing off all my questions I think I deserve a little bit of an answer."
He looked around and grabbed my hand, dragging me to an area under the bleachers where no one else was around.
I tapped my foot as I looked at him impatiently.
"Did you ever hear about what happened in Corona 3 years ago?"