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"I can't do it today." Lily Owens shook her head as Musa tried to pull her out of the bed by her feet. "I don't want to go!" She yelled, causing Terra, Aisha, and Bloom to enter the room. "Please tell Musa to stop trying to make me go to class." She sat up in the bed, clutching her blanket to her chest.
Aisha moved closer toward's Lily, kneeling down next to the bed. "Come on, Bloom had an even worse night. Everyone found out she was a changeling." Bloom let out a groan, walking back out of the room. Lily crinkled her nose; Bloom in no way had a worse night than Lily. "If Bloom's going, so are you, sweetheart." Lily sent Aisha a glare.
Terra sat down at the end of Lily's bed. "Lil, it's not going to be that bad. You'll just go to class, and then you can come right back here and sulk."
"But I can't see either of them." Lily spoke, referencing to both Riven and Beatrix.
Musa took Lily's hand, moving it away from her blanket. "You can't ignore him forever." Lily shook her head. "You like him too much."
*
At lunch, Bloom and Lily sat in Aisha's new office. Headmistress Dowling's assistant, Callum, had gone missing, and Aisha took over his job. Bloom suspected that Callum knew something about her real parents. "You haven't found anything." She questioned her friend.
Aisha rummaged through some of the drawers for any information, shaking her head. "I've only been at Callum's desk for two days, Bloom." Aisha's tone was harsh. "Also, I'm kind of doing you a favor, so maybe try to be grateful?"
Bloom raised an eyebrow as she sat down in the empty chair next to Lily. "Oh, come on. You didn't take Callum's job for my sake." Lily looked down at her phone, seeing the video from the night before all over her instagram feed.
"Weird, because I remember you-"
"Making a helpful suggestion?" Bloom cut off her roommate, smirking.
Aisha rolled her eyes. "Begging me to volunteer so I could snoop for info on your past."
Lily raised her finger into the air. "Yeah, I remember that too." She chuckled, her gaze returning to her phone.
"Okay, that does sound like something I might do, but you jumped at the chance to get brownie points with Miss Dowling." Bloom noticed Lily staring at the video, so she grabbed her phone, shoving it into her pocket. "And, you don't get to sulk over this video anymore. Yeah, it sucked, but you've got to move on." Lily opened her mouth to argue, but Bloom pressed her index finger against her lips, shutting her down.
