Oh. No. She. Didn't!

It's ONE thing not to say hello to her, it's quite another to greet EVERYONE but her!!!

"And a cheery hello to you too Professor Bunbury," she said with a smile. She wasn't going to let on that she wasn't greeted by the rabid bunny woman, nor that she was upset at all... "My what lovely sunglasses, muggle I take it?" Prada... obviously a knockoff, she couldn't afford Prada on a teacher's salary... "As your equally lovely purse... don't you think Iliana... Oh I'm sorry, Professor Morgan" She said smiling and turned to look in the evil one's eyes, "Some times I forget to call my friends by their title while at school," not that YOU would know anything about friends! "Those... amazing shoes must have been elven made... such... tiny detail..." for such huge feet...

Eeeep! HideHideHide!!!

"Professor Forrester..." Pleasure to see you? No... Nice to see you? Mehh Better... "Hello..." Yup... that's all she really could say.

Busted. Cari rolled her eyes, a little.

"Yeah that's him," she admitted. What a nuisance Tobi could be, even when he wasn't around. "My baby brother made himself a bit memorable didn't he?"


OKAY ALREADY!!! Yes, Avalon!!! Tobi Avalon was her brother!! and if it helps Ben Avalon is her father and Gideon is her grandfather and Nathan is her great grandfather and she had two sisters too!!! AVALONS!!! All AVALONS!!!

"I was just wondering what I had done to incur your formidable wrath," Caroline replied. "But then as you said, 'curiosity killed the Intern.' So maybe we should just leave the subject."

Oh good! No one likes Bunbury. What a relief! Cari smiled gratefully at Less. She liked this one. "If I might say so, your robes are quite lovely. Profess- Less. Yellow is so... sunshiny..." Sunshiny? Is that even a word?


Okay.. She knew this one this was.... No she didn't.

"Um, Hi. There..." Caroline tried to greet him awkwardly, looking down the table.

So awkwardly.

Without pause, Iliana gave the woman her award-winning smile. Then OH NO... this wasn't good. Her name! What was her name? Her mind was a blank. Buying herself a little time, she looked around pretending to take notice of the still absent staff members. Darn it! Ili ALWAYS remembered names. Darn it, darn it, darn it!

Was it Courtney? ... NO! not Courtney. She thought, shaking her head. Carol Anne? No but that was closer. Then finally it came to her. "Hello Caroline!" She said at last, practically shouting it out. Blushing fiercely now, Iliana turned her head away, shaking it slightly. Being so flustered by her forgetfulness, Iliana actually greeted the woman by her first name. Something she hardly ever did when addressing a new acquaintance. What was that all about?
Iliana rolled her eyes and grinned. Refusing to look at Less for fear of laughing, Iliana kept her eyes forward as she answered. "My evening was lovely, thank you for asking." her voice a playful purr. Then she batted her long lashes and smiled at her coyly. "And yours, dear?"
Iliana waved from across the table. She was delighted to see Annie. (Even if she didn't understand why it should please her so) "Evening Professor. How was your summer?" But no sooner than she'd asked the question...
Now what was this?! She knew that there was some animosity between the two (though she hardly knew why) but she really thought that Less and Annie would get over their differences if given enough time. Clearly 'enough' hadn't been reached yet. "Why yes Less, it is a beautiful purse." She said, giving her a 'cut that out' expression before turning back to face Annie. "We should go shopping together sometime." All of us... She thought. Yeah right. That'd be a fun day.

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Forrester arrived at the feast and took his usual seat. He appeared to have missed some excitement as Gryffindor was already in the negative points, better them than Slytherin of course, and it seemed that there was some tension at the table. He sighed, the fun had already started. Couldn't they, just once, have a quite term amongst the staff?

"Hello, Professor Forrester, pleasure to see you," Anastasia called out to the man who had just sat down. Yes indeed, she was becoming marvelously talented at acknowledging every soul except that of Alessia Lupa...until...

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Oh. No. She. Didn't!

It's ONE thing not to say hello to her, it's quite another to greet EVERYONE but her!!!

"And a cheery hello to you too Professor Bunbury," she said with a smile. She wasn't going to let on that she wasn't greeted by the rabid bunny woman, nor that she was upset at all... "My what lovely sunglasses, muggle I take it?" Prada... obviously a knockoff, she couldn't afford Prada on a teacher's salary... "As your equally lovely purse... don't you think Iliana... Oh I'm sorry, Professor Morgan" She said smiling and turned to look in the evil one's eyes, "Some times I forget to call my friends by their title while at school," not that YOU would know anything about friends! "Those... amazing shoes must have been elven made... such... tiny detail..." for such huge feet...

...the woman just had to address her directly. Fantastic; now she couldn't pretend not to see her...unless she suddenly went deaf, but that wouldn't be such a good idea with an annoying intern sitting nearby.

"Mmmhmm, greetings, Professor," Annie slowly turned her head and spoke, not even bothering to pretend to have missed her. "Yes, they're both Prada, thank you, I happen to enjoy spending time in the Muggle shopping centers when I can."

Not that she would know anything about shopping, since it would be impossible for a corpse to blend in amongst Muggles...a lightning bolt probably followed Less around wherever she went...that and a flock of vultures just waiting for her to keel over. Eww. Anastasia would never be able to wipe that deathly image of the woman from her mind now.

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OKAY ALREADY!!! Yes, Avalon!!! Tobi Avalon was her brother!! and if it helps Ben Avalon is her father and Gideon is her grandfather and Nathan is her great grandfather and she had two sisters too!!! AVALONS!!! All AVALONS!!!

"I was just wondering what I had done to incur your formidable wrath," Caroline replied. "But then as you said, 'curiosity killed the Intern.' So maybe we should just leave the subject."

"That would be the first intelligent comment I've heard an Avalon say," Annie evilly replied to the intern. She swished a section of red hair over her shoulder and turned away from Caroline, signaling that as far as she was concerned, they were done with that non-existent conversation.

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Iliana waved from across the table. She was delighted to see Annie. (Even if she didn't understand why it should please her so) "Evening Professor. How was your summer?" But no sooner than she'd asked the question...
Now what was this?! She knew that there was some animosity between the two (though she hardly knew why) but she really thought that Less and Annie would get over their differences if given enough time. Clearly 'enough' hadn't been reached yet. "Why yes Less, it is a beautiful purse." She said, giving her a 'cut that out' expression before turning back to face Annie. "We should go shopping together sometime." All of us... She thought. Yeah right. That'd be a fun day.

Iliana was much more pleasant to speak to and one of the few staff members that Anastasia sort of gone along with.

"Oh, my summer was fantastic, thank you for asking," she replied merrily. It had been a lot of fun, even after that horrid day with George, and Annie almost wished it was summer again.

But not if summer meant shopping with Alessia. OH MERLIN NO NO NO NO NO NO. NO. "Um....riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, shopping," the redhead mumbled slowly, trying to think up a quick excuse to avoid such an expedition. "I'll have to check my schedule...." As in, I'll have to book a flight to Timbuktu to get away from shopping with Lupa at all costs.

Constantine reached forward on the table to grab a roll nearby. Everyone seemed to be so enveloped in their own conversations and issues, eating sounded like a good idea to him. Slowly, he tore the roll apart, piece by piece and eating it.

"He was a doll... don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Alessia said.

"Good, considering I didn't have a date..." She said smirking.

"Oh Yes... a shopping trip... how... fun..." Alessia said grinning like a cheshire cat.

"Muggle shops will be fun to go to, though we may just limit ourselves to Hogsmeade on the weekends we go there. Or..." she looked over at her so-called-best-friend-who-wasn't-spilling-the-dirt-on-her-evening, and said "We could just have that sleepover we wanted to do... just us girls..." There weren't many left. "Iliana, Myself, Miss Av-Caroline, yourself... and if we can get her, The MacShackAttack... that's it for Women, isn't it? Now professor Bunburry, you can't tell me every evening you are busy... you need to sleep sometime..." Let's see her wiggle her way out of THIS one.

"Bethany's fine," Antonio said, smiling softly. "She is doing very well and taking great care of our daughter." Antonia Michelle was already 3 years old, it seemed hard to believe. It wouldn't be long before she was a student here at Hogwarts herself, Antonio thought. "Yes, I agree. That would be a really nice thing if we had a day or two where the families could come to the school and meet everyone, it could be a lot of fun." Antonio wondered if such a thing would ever happen. He doubted it, but it could be interesting. He liked Alessia.

Antonio's stomach rumbled. He hoped the feast would be starting soon. The Headmaster would be arriiving before too long, he figured, and then things would truly be underway.

Antonio smiled, hearing the familiar voice of Professor Morgan. He almost laughed out loud, remembering what had happened last year. He was confident things were going to be quite different this year, no one would be tied together and falling down, even though the house ghosts might make an appearance, one never knew! "It's good to see you, too, Professor. How have you been?"

Funny how nearly all the people Antonio spoke to were ladies, he thought to himself, wondering what the meaning of that might be.

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Without pause, Iliana gave the woman her award-winning smile. Then OH NO... this wasn't good. Her name! What was her name? Her mind was a blank. Buying herself a little time, she looked around pretending to take notice of the still absent staff members. Darn it! Ili ALWAYS remembered names. Darn it, darn it, darn it!

Was it Courtney? ... NO! not Courtney. She thought, shaking her head. Carol Anne? No but that was closer. Then finally it came to her. "Hello Caroline!" She said at last, practically shouting it out. Blushing fiercely now, Iliana turned her head away, shaking it slightly. Being so flustered by her forgetfulness, Iliana actually greeted the woman by her first name. Something she hardly ever did when addressing a new acquaintance. What was that all about?

Cari jumped when... oh dear.. she really DID know this one... the Care of Magical Creatures professor said her name. She pasted a smile on her face and tried to look calm... what was her first name?

"Iliana?" she asked tentatively. "Hi?"

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"That would be the first intelligent comment I've heard an Avalon say," Annie evilly replied to the intern. She swished a section of red hair over her shoulder and turned away from Caroline, signaling that as far as she was concerned, they were done with that non-existent conversation.

Cari's face grew hot. Oh no. Tobi may be an idiot, but he's MY idiot. Okay so maybe she had a touch of clannish pride in her yet.

"Oh really?" Cari's voice trembled with the effort of not screaming at this woman what a nasty, petty little... NO. "I'm sorry to hear you have hearing troubles. I can look at your ears if you like. Maybe there is something I can do."

She turned her back on the evil woman and returned to Alessia.

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"He was a doll... don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Alessia said.



"Good, considering I didn't have a date..." She said smirking.



"Oh Yes... a shopping trip... how... fun..." Alessia said grinning like a cheshire cat.



"Muggle shops will be fun to go to, though we may just limit ourselves to Hogsmeade on the weekends we go there. Or..." she looked over at her so-called-best-friend-who-wasn't-spilling-the-dirt-on-her-evening, and said "We could just have that sleepover we wanted to do... just us girls..." There weren't many left. "Iliana, Myself, Miss Av-Caroline, yourself... and if we can get her, The MacShackAttack... that's it for Women, isn't it? Now professor Bunburry, you can't tell me every evening you are busy... you need to sleep sometime..." Let's see her wiggle her way out of THIS one.

Oh Less was WAY better than Professor Bunbury. She couldn't even speak to express her gratitude. She merely nodded. About 6 times.

Wait wait what? "Sleepover?" Cari squeaked. She'd never been invited to one in her life, much less with people who were at least a few years older than her. Wow what a strange time in life to start. And with Bunbury? "I dunnooo..."

"I didn't realize you had a daughter! What's her name?" Alessia asked turning to the muggle studies professor. "Really, we should ask Pepe- I mean, the headmaster, to allow us a summer picnic, with our families... all that would come for me, is Professor Kazimeriz." It was great because she loved him, but at the same time... sad.

"Well, I won't take no for an answer... we need to get to know you." She said smiling at the woman. "Plus I want to hear about Tobi... what's he doing? where's he gone... is he using runes?" She smiled.

It was going to be a long year; for it was painfully obvious from the negative points at this current time. Couldn't the students wait to misbehave until AFTER the feast?

With a frown sent in the direction of the Gryffindor table, Angela quickly made her way up to the staff table, her eyes sweeping to each staff member. "Hello everyone." She greeted as she seated herself next to Constantine. She usually would have sat next to Alex, but unfortunately, that was not to be fulfilled this year. Hopefully her friend was well.

"Good roll?" She asked as she looked down at the piece of bread clutched in Constantine's hand. At the same moment, she noticed a shiny band on his finger. She didn't see the groundskeeper often, but she hadn't thought that he was married. "Is..that new?" She inquired politely, nodding at the ring.

Hands thrust deep into his pockets, Jake approached the dias with a murderous look in his eye. Kazi had ordered him up him, and ordered him not to talk. Oh, Jake was maaaaaaaaaaaad. But not yet crazy... or crazy enough to argue more.

With great fury, Jake threw himself down so that he was sitting on the dias, after he caught the eye of Professor Morgan. His expression never changed from thunderous.

This was almost comfortable. "Tobi's back at the family Inn. Cooking, it makes him happy though." And what makes you happy is enough, profession wise.

She would have tried to wiggle out of Less' invitation but she got distracted. "What on earth?" she murmured.

"What happened to that girl's hand?" she asked standing up from her seat, and leaning, on both palms against the table to see better.

And WHY was Kazimeriz smirking at her?

Lettie stopped in front of the Staff table, not knowing who to go to since it was her first term attending the school. Her hand started to tremble a bit more and she tightened her grip on the wrist to steady it, every move felt like a nail being forced through it.
Several more tears slid down her face as her hand singed with pain again and her whole body shook. "Um...". She started to say as her eyes filled up again, "Who - who is the healer...please?" Leticia didn't say anything else, even talking hurt. Mainly because she wanted to cry.

Some woman leaned forward and looked at her hand. Lettie just stood there, still. "It was broken, Ma'am." She said as clearly as she could.

"Stay." Kazimeriz ordered the boy, motioning to him as he would to a troublesome dog. There. That should keep him away from bullies. For now.


"Miss Caroline Kin- nee, Avalon." Kazimeriz approached the healer, his dark eyes gleaming as though he were bursting with a delicious secret that only they shared. Which he believed they did, in fact. He bowed slightly to her, ignoring the scream of pain from his hip to do so. "This young lady's hand has been injured and is in need of your attention. After which, I would request a bit of your time and attention myself, Cari." He smirked that enignmatic, we-have-a-secret, don't-we smile again. He took as step back so the girl could be seen to, nodding to his other colleagues as he walked toward the stairs of the dias. He gave a particularly formal, pleasant smile to Bunbury. "Professor." he said amicably.

Stay calm, Jake. Calm. Stay calm, don't explode. That never ends up good.

He knew he was supposed to stay quiet, but he had to somehow get across his displeasure. "Yes. Sir," he muttered, enunciating each letter out of the six, and seriously working hard to stop himself saying "Woof, woof,". Crossing his arms across his chest, Jake resolved to write to his dad as soon as possible. Maybe he'd be out of this horrible place by next year. Hopefully. He couldn't stand being bullied, and now being treated like a dog! It was unbearable.

Cari looked around the table. She vaguely knew the purposes of everyone else at the table. Maybe Madam Kohan - no she was the librarian. Silly.

Okay, the head healer was still missing. Great! Well she could handle this. But first she would have to stop looking at it from the table and get a bit closer. Caroline scooped up her bag, well equipped for emergencies just like these, and stepped down from the dias. "I'm a healer. Would someone please tell me HOW your hand was broken?"

The little thing DID NOT seem to be having a good evening. And can you blame her? "It doesn't have to be you just this instant. Setting your hand is going to hurt, I can give you a potion for that first," she offered.

The girl would be right out of her mind not to take it. Cari hadn't said it to make conversation; setting a bone hurts.

Uh that was weird. Caroline could have sworn that the Potions Master had called her - nope, she was hearing things. Surely. Wait did he know her nickname? Maybe Marcus had referred to her as that.

Shrugging it off, she pulled her wand and a phial of pain potion out of her bag. "I'll certainly make time to have a discussion with you Professor, and of course, it will have to be after I see to..." Oh darn. she looked back at the little Slytherin girl, "Sorry dear, what is your name?"

"H-how?" Lettie repeated through a few more tears, "I was shaking someone's hand, and they squeezed too hard." There wasn't much else to say, aside from the fact that Leticia never EVER wanted to see that Ricco boy again.
She sniffed lightly, "I'd like a potion, Ma'am. Thank you." Lettie said trying not to burst out into tears with each word. Stupid school. She hated public schools. HATED! Why didn't she go to Beauxbaton's like her family wanted?

The girl started to zone out on a knot on the staff table when she was asked something else, "Leticia Dubois." She said quietly, completely forgetting that she hated to be called Leticia, and preferred Lettie. Not saying anything else, Lettie stayed silent.

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"Muggle shops will be fun to go to, though we may just limit ourselves to Hogsmeade on the weekends we go there. Or..." she looked over at her so-called-best-friend-who-wasn't-spilling-the-dirt-on-her-evening, and said "We could just have that sleepover we wanted to do... just us girls..." There weren't many left. "Iliana, Myself, Miss Av-Caroline, yourself... and if we can get her, The MacShackAttack... that's it for Women, isn't it? Now professor Bunburry, you can't tell me every evening you are busy... you need to sleep sometime..." Let's see her wiggle her way out of THIS one.

Oh Merlin that woman was going to get it. Anastasia tried to tune out Lupa as she rambled on and on, plotting out a shopping trip and then a...why...a sleepover?! Were they five years old now? That was so last term!

"I suppose not....um....really, I didn't think you were the sleepover type, Less...." Annie was fighting the urge to start smirking as she played with the dinner knife beside her plate. What she really meant, of course, was that she doubted the other woman ever slept, if the bags under her eyes were any indicator.

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Cari's face grew hot. Oh no. Tobi may be an idiot, but he's MY idiot. Okay so maybe she had a touch of clannish pride in her yet.

"Oh really?" Cari's voice trembled with the effort of not screaming at this woman what a nasty, petty little... NO. "I'm sorry to hear you have hearing troubles. I can look at your ears if you like. Maybe there is something I can do."

She turned her back on the evil woman and returned to Alessia.

Speaking of dinner knives, Anastasia was debating doing something to the Intern that might involve sticking a knife in a not-so-happy location. And then they would really see if she was up to the task of being a Healer.

"I'm sorry to hear that you have such a pathetic excuse for a sibling," Bunbury continued their 'conversation' as snidely as possible. She had no qualms in insulting a former student or his sister, after all. "And my hearing is perfectly fine, no thank you. If I were to require medical assistance I would seek the aid of a real Healer." Or her brother. Or anyone but that little Avalon tart.

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"Miss Caroline Kin- nee, Avalon." Kazimeriz approached the healer, his dark eyes gleaming as though he were bursting with a delicious secret that only they shared. Which he believed they did, in fact. He bowed slightly to her, ignoring the scream of pain from his hip to do so. "This young lady's hand has been injured and is in need of your attention. After which, I would request a bit of your time and attention myself, Cari." He smirked that enignmatic, we-have-a-secret, don't-we smile again. He took as step back so the girl could be seen to, nodding to his other colleagues as he walked toward the stairs of the dias. He gave a particularly formal, pleasant smile to Bunbury. "Professor." he said amicably.

Ahhha, there was the old codger. Heheheheee things were going to get interesting now that Kazimeriz had showed up.

"Good evening, sir," Anastasia greeted the twisted old man. She was most interested to see him teaching potions this term; even if she didn't like the man, she certainly admired his disciplinarian style.

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Stay calm, Jake. Calm. Stay calm, don't explode. That never ends up good.

He knew he was supposed to stay quiet, but he had to somehow get across his displeasure. "Yes. Sir," he muttered, enunciating each letter out of the six, and seriously working hard to stop himself saying "Woof, woof,". Crossing his arms across his chest, Jake resolved to write to his dad as soon as possible. Maybe he'd be out of this horrible place by next year. Hopefully. He couldn't stand being bullied, and now being treated like a dog! It was unbearable.

"Mr. Upstead?" Annie peered over the dias curiously as she recognized the bobbing pink head seated in front of her. "Your hair is looking very bright today..."

And no, she did not just pay a student a compliment. She was simply admiring her favorite color, that was all.

Marcus let out an evil laugh. "You read my mind good man. Is it a strong rope, we wouldn't want any accidents happening now would we?" He stopped in front of Caroline and held the Hufflepuff still in front of the table. He was rather tempted in dragging the kid to his knees...hmm that might happen yet. "I think the werewolves have better taste in their food personally."

"My, my someone seems to have gone awfully quiet all of a sudden. Decided to play nice now have we?" Marcus looked for the young girl whose hand he had broken. "Now you will apologise to her right now because if you don't, you will never see daylight again."

"Good to hear." Iliana said sincerely. She was hoping to run into her sometime over the summer break but as luck may have it, it never happened. "Sure thing. I know how hard it is to find free time. But the offer stands if ever you do." She made a mental note to pay Bunbury a visit later on. Maybe when she was free from all the glaring back and forth amongst her and her best friend they might be able to have a decent conversation.
Iliana smirked at Less this time. "You didn't, huh? That's too bad." She said, purposefully avoiding this conversation. Then she looked at her calmly and smiled. 'Later Less. Not here.' Her eyes said.
"Things have been good, thanks. Have you been as eager as I was to get back to teaching as I've been?" She asked. Dumont was such a easy person to talk to. Not like some other people she knew.
Still blushing slightly, Iliana just raised her head and smiled. She hoped that she hadn't come off as a total spazz. Sheesh! How embarrassing.

When she heard Less mention the sleepover, Iliana perked right up. As if the embarrassment had never happened. "Miss Avalon... " She started, this time remembering her manners. "Please say you'll come. It would be the perfect way for us to get acquainted."

Then she looked over at Bunbury. "Annie?" She said, with pleading eyes. Eyes that said 'I know you don't like my best friend but pleeeeeeeeease!! For me?' "It could be fun."
Out of the corner of her eye, Ili caught a flash of pink. She turned her head to get a better look at what had just passed in front of her and gasped. She was elated to see him. Her wittle Jakey whom she'd missed so much. "Jake! Welcome back." She started.

But then she noticed his expression. Why did he look so angry? And so pink!! "Jake what's happened to your hai.. to YOU? Are you okay, honey?" She asked with genuine concern.

Ricco stared between the teacher and the girl, "I am sorry professor" He said taking a breath "I am not going to say sorry to this girl". After he said that he unwound his arms from the professor's grips so that he was standing properly.

'Oh nooo! He's going to dump acid over my head now, I know it!' She looked around for someone to get behind and moved next to the healer. To Leticia's surprise, she thought Ricco was going to apologize for a moment, but instead he did so to the Professor.
"I hate you." Lettie said in such a quiet voice that it was almost silent. Though sure enough she could hear it, and it hurt her soul to say such a horrible word out loud. She didn't move her hand, it still hurt like the dickens. All Lettie wanted to do now was go home.

Even through the furious thoughts going through Jake's head, he heard a familiar female sounding voice. Turning his head slightly, Jake nodded at the professor. He wasn't about to be his smiley self. "Cheers, I suppose," he mumbled. "Used that stuff you showed me in that place," he added, before turning back and staring across the Great Hall, a scowl fixed firmly on his face.

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Out of the corner of her eye, Ili caught a flash of pink. She turned her head to get a better look at what had just passed in front of her and gasped. She was elated to see him. Her wittle Jakey whom she'd missed so much. "Jake! Welcome back." She started.

But why did he look so angry. And so pink!! "Jake what's happened to your hai.. to YOU? Are you okay, honey?" She asked with genuine concern.

And then another voice, another familiar one, another voice he was pleased to hear. Trying to inconspicuously wipe his tears away as he turned around again, Jake looked at the woman, torn between relief and hate which he was trying to direct at teacher-kind.

"My brothers did it," he mumbled, pointing at his hair and feeling his voice wobble. Clearing his throat, Jake wiped away another forming tear scratched the corner of his eye and shrugged. He shot a look over at Kazi and promptly turned himself back, using his angriest body language possible. "And now..." he added, with a pout that none of them could see. "... being out of order."

"It's not me I want you to apologise to." Marcus let out a low growl of frustration. He was utterly fed up with these kids showing no respect to him or their fellow students. "Right then detention it is then. I think one week should do it. And by the time I am finished with you, that word sorry will be foremost on your tongue." He let the kid go and rubbed his forehead with his hand. "Go back to your table, I've had enough of looking at your face right now."

Oh she did NOT have time for this nonsense. Well maybe the time, broken hands aren't mortal wounds, but she didn't have the patience. Definitely not.

"Anastasia!" Cari said sharply. "I don't have time to be conversational. I would rather focus on my patient right now. If you wish to discuss my brother's performance in your class, which I remember being quite good, you can, by all means visit me in my office but presently I have more pressing matters at hand."


Cari shhed the girl and uncorked the phial of pain potion. "Pleased to meet you Leticia, I'll give you that the circumstances aren't great..." understatement!!!

"Drink this up." She handed her the tiny vessel in her unbroken hand, "I'm Caroline. And we just need to give the potion a few seconds to work."

Cari turned to Marcus and Kazimeriz, "I assume whatever happened with the 'rogue handshaker' is being dealt with?" she asked, eyebrow raised. Who breaks a hand just by shaking it? Something was very wrong here. It couldn't have been an accident anyway.


The boy was upsetting her patient. CAN'T have that. Cari glared at the rude boy as Marcus sent him away. "I'll take that as a yes." she added dryly.