Interrupt his study...please? (OPEN)

[Larkein Blackhawk]

Lark shook the heavy black bag from his shoulder. It landed with a thud on the top of the table. Students around him glared at him. He held up his hands in a, "Don't shoot me" manner. The stupid history teacher was making them write an entire paper on the Black Plague. How the hell was he supposed to know what the Black Plague was?

People grew all boily and died right? What was so significant about that? In history, people died all the time and America should give a rat's ass about something that happened well over two hundred years ago... Disappointed that he had to spend his afternoon reading up on the bubonic plague, he resigned himself to his horrible fate.

He grabbed the first book out of his bag, laying it down mockingly quiet. Of course, no one heard it to notice. Oh, ew, fleas? Rats? It made him shudder to think that the human race was that nasty during those times.

Lark quickly closed the book with another thud. Three of his peers stood and walked out, their eyes glaring holes into him. Well? Was it his fault that the bubonic plague was just too nasty for words? He felt bile coming up, and clutched the table to hold it down.

Living a life of luxury, he didn't have to deal with dirty rats. Some scraped his chair back to stand making the tiger-boy jump. Being a shape-shifter, you always had to worry about getting fleas. He jumped up, completely freaked out about the fact that fleas carried this disease. What if he could...? Was it possible?

Lark sat in the hard-backed chair, nervously peering at people over the top of his book as if the bubonic plague was going to swing through and kill off every single one of the students.

[Lacey Boek]

Lacey sat in the libary history was her worst lesson apart from maths she hated maths with a passion she sat at her table her books where spread out over the desk she had her notepad in the middle was her note pad with various notes and a few flowery doodles around the edge .

Lacey was dressed in a simple blue vest top with a grey woollen cardigan so she was warm simple skinny jeans and a fake pair of uggs she smiled as she moved to curl up slightly resting her head on the desk she had also sneaked her headphone into her ear she was trying not to bob along to her music but she loved Lady Gaga takking her foot lightly to the table she looked around glancing up she saw Lark she lightly bit her lip her cheeks flushing slightly as she wiggled her fingers at him '' Hi'' she mouthed before glancing over her shoulder to see where the teacher was.

After a second she then grabbed her books and scrambled over to Lark sitting next to him '' Well hi there handsome '' she smiled running her fingers through her slightly curly hair '' So checking to make sure that you dont have the plague ?'' she asked sticking her tongue out playfully at him as she slowly eyed him up and down biting gently on her lip before she glanced back at her books. '' So glad you live in the here and now right? '' she laughed

[Mia Bell]

Mia walked in to the library and walked over to the Shakespeare aisle. Usually people didn’t want to read the books unless it was for school. But Mia liked his stuff and wanted to read more just for the heck of it. Even so, this wasn’t the only reason why she had came to the Library to do some of her math homework. Yes, she could be doing it in her room but she wanted a change of scenery. She had been in her room most of the day, and wanted to get out to do some other things around the school.

Walking over to sit down at one of the tables, she saw Lark and waved at him. He was her roommate and he was a great guy, they had a good friendship and had bonded over music. She had been distracted for only a couple seconds but in those seconds, someone had bumped into her shoulder, which made her drop the books, and paper she was holding. She grunted as she watched the person just walk away without even saying sorry.

Bending down to pick everything up she overheard the girl who had sat down at Lark’s table. She rolled her eyes and then looked at the girl, she sounded desperate. She started putting everything in a pile so it would be easier to pick them back up, some of the stuff she just started to shove into her bag. Hearing plague made her raise an eyebrow and looked at the book Lark had. “Some people say that God had made the black plague to punish everyone.” She shrugged and looked at the two. “The plague is still around…” She said simply. So, ‘here and now’ wouldn’t do him good but being in a country where many people are affected.

[Larkein Blackhawk]

Lark smiled at Lacey. He put his book down and cleared his throat. "Well...I-" He was interrupted by Mia. He sat back to admire her choice of clothes for the day. "Hey Mia," he said, grinning at his friend.

He grabbed the star hanging around his neck, it's four points biting into his hand. and shuddered, "Don't tell me that!" Mia knew he was a shape-shifter and the fact that it was fleas that carried around the disease didn't make it any easier to study it for his history class.

"Why don't you come sit down?" he asked the pink haired girl, patting a seat next to him.

Lark turned to Lacey, grinning at her as well. Her choice of clothes were simple, but it still complimented her ballerina type of body. He couldn't help but let his eyes roam down her curves. "I am glad to be in the here and now, but I'm afraid Mia is right, that isn't going to help us. If the plague is still around... Well, I know where I'm not going in the near future."

With his book still open, he jotted down some notes about the outbreak, where it started and the symptoms. He started scratching his arm absentmindedly. "Oh, this is driving me insane!"

[Lacey Boek]

Lacey glanced at the pink haired girl she smiled slightly at her really liking her hair it was so bright listening to what Mia said she shook her head over so slightly '' Well that maybe true .. but with modern medicine has come a long way so that they are able to take care of the tiny numbers of people who actually catch the plague '' she mumbled quietly before going back to her books tapping her pen lightly on the table wondering what other notes she needed to make .

She shivered slightly looking over her books chewing on her lip she then glanced at Lark seeing him scratch at his arm she lightly touched his hand in a bid to stop him she didnt like him hurting himself '' Relax...'' she uttered with a small smile her cheeks lightly flushed as she used her ability taking away his anxiety and tension in an aim to relax him a faint warming would be felt as she used her powers.

Letting out a soft gasp she moved her hand away from his biting her lip a little deeper she glanced up at his face she moved to run her fingers through her hair lightly trying to get rid of her blushing cheeks '' So Mia .. What are you reading ? '' she asked looking at the pile of her books trying to make friends.

[Mia Bell]

Mia raised an eyebrow at him staring at her; anyone would think he would be used to her choice of clothing since they do share a dorm. Unless he was just pervy, if that was the case it would make her extremely uncomfortable. She chuckled “Don’t worry Lark. I can give you weekly flea baths if you want.” No, she wasn’t trying to make the sound sexual in anyway. She wasn’t interested in him like that, well really she wasn’t interested in anyone like that. She was merely teasing, though she wouldn’t mind doing it if he really wanted her too.

Mia looked at Lacey and blinked. “Yes modern medicine has come a long way. But that doesn’t help the people who still have it.. They won’t have the money for it. If you have good hygiene then you don’t have to worry about it and if you don’t well there’s a reason why you don’t. Because you don’t have the money to afford to keep yourself clean. But not every country has advanced medicine like we do in the U.S. Like Africa. Which is why the plague is actually still around.” And she had went off on the subject; but really if people wanted to say things about something than they should do more research about it. Some people were just poorly informed. Maybe she should just become a teacher…

Looking at the seat next to Lark, she nodded. Why not? She got up as she grabbed her books and papers. She moved to sit down and placed everything on the table in front of her; working on making everything organized again. “Thank you.”

Mia shook her head “You’ll be fine as long as you stay clean.” She moved to put her books in her bag; they weren’t needed at the time, especially since she had came here to do math homework. Raising an eyebrow at how the two interacted with each other, it was interesting and it made her smirk. There was obviously something there between them. Now she felt like a third wheel and wondered if it was a good idea to butt in.

Mia looked at him and grabbed the book he had been reading about the plague. “If you want I can help you with this…” She didn’t mind helping people with their homework so long as she wasn’t actually doing it. She was a tutor after all. She saw the way Lacey touched Lark, there was defiantly something there between them. She looked at Lacey, or at least something there with her, she hadn’t stopped being all flirty since she sat down. Did she realize she made it really obvious? And did Lark notice or was he just that dense? Or maybe Lark just didn’t care? She thought it was highly interesting, she sat back content in just watching to see where this ended up.

Mia looked at the girl she had yet to get a name for when she asked what she was reading. She looked down at Lark’s book that was still in front of her. “The black plague?” Even though she really didn’t get the girl’s question since she hadn’t been reading anything before this. “But I did get one of Shakespeare’s books; I was going to read it later.”

[Larkein Blackhawk]

Lark smiled at both girls. He probably wouldn't mind Mia giving him a flea bath, perhaps that would make him feel better. As Lacey touched him, he felt his anxiety about the disease killing him slowly melt away. He felt...warm. It was a nice warm, something that made him contentedly tired. It reminded him of sunny days, lounging as a tiger in the forest.

"I would like some help," he said, answering Mia's trailing sentence. All he needed was help, someone to sit with him and basically hold his hand as he read through the history book. As he searched the web for the answers for his paper. He was a scaredy-cat. He wasn't afraid to admit that.

What he could admit was that, the atmosphere at the table was very...tense between the girls. He couldn't tell if it was because Lacey very obviously flirted with him, Mia was annoyed by that. He silently laughed at any indication that Mia would be annoyed with Lacey.

He took his book back from Mia. "Hey, I really need to get studying done. Lacey, your doing the same thing right? Well, we could compare notes and work together. Mia, you seem to know a lot of information about this. So, guys, help?" Lark said, trying to get a hold of the situation. The paper was due in three days and all he had down was his name.

[Lacey Boek]

Lacey nodded and simply put the four pages of notes that she had on the table and spread them out slightly she knew that she had almost finished her paper '' These are my basic notes.. you can take them '' she said with a small smile her cheeks still lightly flushed as she pushed her chair to stand up grabbing her purse from inside her bag

'' Ok lm going to go and get a drink would you two like something ? Maybe the sugar rush will help us ? '' she asked with a small smile trying to make a peace offering to Mia she wanted to be friends with her and she rather liked Lark to and they seemed good friends so she didnt want to come inbetween them and Mia seemed to know a lot about the paper they had been doing .

Nervously chewing on her lip with a soft smile as she waited for there answers if any she thought maybe if she broke away from the table it might help ease the tension away her head was starting to hurt from using her power on Lark so she didnt feel strong enough to ease the tension between her and Mia '' So what can l get you ?'' she asked waiting for an answer.

[Mia Bell]

“Okay, Cool.” She nodded. She really wasn’t sure where to start, or well where Lark was at with studying.“Do you have to do a paper on this?” Or was it a test he had to studying for? Mia watched Lacey hand over her notes to Lark. “Oh, you both have the same paper to do?” Now she really felt like she was a third wheel. Even so, if they needed help studying, writing the paper, or even just holding their hands she could do that. She didn’t mind it at all, she offered to help after all.

It wasn’t that she was annoyed, just interested, she wanted to see how this went but act like she could care less. Maybe she was coming off too strong? Either way she needed to relax more, she didn’t want to send the wrong message. Besides, Lacey was cool; she didn’t have a reason yet to be annoyed with the girl. A little cautious, but not annoyed. Mia raised an eye, so her name was Lacey? Pretty name. “Of course. The question is. What do you need my help with?” All he had to do was read, and if he had Lacey there to hold his hand, than why was she still sitting here?

“Just water.. If you don’t mind. I’ll pay you back!” She smiled warmly, it was a very nice gesture. “Thank you, Gorgeous.” Flirting? Maybe…. Or maybe she was just being friendly, the girl obviously was trying, so Mia should try too.

[Larkein Blackhawk]

Lark felt annoyance creeping up the back of his neck. He didn't exactly have a good history with Lacey and although he was trying to forget it and pretend like it never happened, her obvious flirting was getting on his last nerves. He watched her stand. "Nothing for me," he said a little sharper than he meant to.

He pushed away Lacey's notes and brought out his phone. Mia's name was at the top of the list because he didn't know a whole lot of people in Hammel.

To: Mia
Message: This is getting awkward. We kind of had some kind of fight a couple of days ago and now she's acting like there was nothing wrong. I don't know what to do, but I feel extremely annoyed. Lark pressed sent.

The book was placed in front of him again. Intent on doing his paper, he ignored any of Mia's questions and Lacey completely, trying to concentrate on what to take notes on.

[Lacey Boek]

Lacey looked at Mia and nodded with a smile '' No problem '' she smiled sweetly as she moved slowly waiting to hear if Lark wanted anything hearing his rude answer she shook her head biting her lip.

'' Fine ...'' she uttered walking over to the drinks machine and getting Mia's water before walking over to the table seeing her papers had been pushed away she smiled weakly placing Mia's water on the table '' Here you go '' she uttered as she moved to grab her bag and her paper '' l can see you have anything undercontrol here .. nothing worse than being a third wheel right '' she said trying to be cheerful but she could feel tears pricking at her eyes.

'' Bye Mia l hope to see you soon '' she said waving slightly knowing there was know point saying good bye to Lark '' lm not the one with the plauge '' she uttered as she turned and started to walk away ignoring the teacher as she moved to sit on her own in the corner of the libary she just didnt get it first of he wanted to pretend like everything was ok now it was like she had the black plauge.

Letting out a soft sigh she wiped her face trying to calm herself down as she went back to writing her paper slumping down on the desk letting out a small whimpered groan she had know idea what she had done to deserve this kind of treatment

[Mia Bell]

Mia rolled her eyes at how quick Lark seemed to change his attitude toward Lacey. Now she was completely confused and felt like she was in one of those soap shows. This was way too much drama and yet again she was in the middle of relationship drama. How did she always get dragged into this shit?

Getting his text she rolled her eyes again. She could see why he didn’t know a lot of people he was being two things, a hypocrite and an ass. Mia leaned in when Lacey walked away. “You being a fucking hypocrite and an ass. She’s not the only one who is fucking acting like there isn’t anything wrong… You asked for her fucking help and then when she turns her back your going to fucking change your mind. Not to fucking mention, you were the one looking her up and down like a fucking pervert. Which is probably the one sign you gave the poor girl that everything was alright. You’re annoyed! I’m beyond annoyed that your acting this way!.” She whispered; all in a hurry, wanting to get it all out before Lacey got back.

Lacey came back and handed Mia her water “Thank you.” She smiled warmly at her and when she walked away she gave Lark the death stare. Noticing that he seemed content on ignoring Mia and Lacey. She shook her head and slammed her hand on the table; she wasn’t going to take this shit. “Hey!” She said loudly so everyone would look at them; she wasn’t afraid of them. “The next time you want to be a complete asshole in public!” She said just as loudly, emphasizing ‘asshole’. She went on to say more quietly and leaning in more “Make sure I’m not there.”

She glared at the Liberian who was glaring at her. “I’m going! I wouldn’t want to stay here anyway.” She grabbed her stuff and glared at Lark one more time before stalking off out of the library.

[Larkein Blackhawk]

And that's how Lark was left alone with various people staring at him. He had created the ruckus? No, that was Mia. It was Mia who yelled at him. Unfortunately, Mia was right. He was being an ass. How could he expect anyone to be his friend? What had happened to the Lark that he once knew? It seemed that Lacey brought out the worst of him.

He watched the blonde girl as she had moved to the corner of the library. The teacher walked around, checking everyone's paper. He was done with study hall and he could care less if she yelled at him. "Mr. Blackhawk, sit down," she said, pointing to the chair.

"Sorry teach, I've gotta go," Lark said, putting his things in his bag with haste. The teacher watched him with narrowed eyes, but no attempt to stop him. He walked out of the library, not seeing Mia anywhere. He would have to talk to her later... hopefully.