GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 11|SCHOOL

I had managed to make my way home safely, already mentally preparing for the lecture I'm about to get from cordelia, and the fact I didn't get all the food

Haha
Ah
Fuck,
if angels could die I think this would be my murder

I make my way into the school, and immediately am greeted by cordelia in the hall- death here I come

"And where the hell have you been?!" Fear and worry radiated from around her, also not to mention the obvious concern in her voice

"Some trouble happened, I had to make sure this boy was okay, sorry I didn't get the pork" I groan

I was half expecting a scream, a shout, anything to tell me not to do it again, but all I feel was a warm embrace around me

"Just don't do it again, I can't lose you"

I smile as I hug her again, feeling her squeeze tightly, and at last she lets me go

"I'm fine, and don't use that word around me" referring to the bad place word she used the sentence before

She smiles a bit "don't think you're getting away with it easy, you scared me half to death, and what boy?"

Groan

"This boy was in the butchers, his aura was... crazy, overwhelming, he um" I trailed off, but she kept looking at me

"He killed someone, with his mind?" I looked at her and her face drops

"I don't think he meant to do it, and impulse overtook me, I followed him, just to make sure he was safe..." if she asks me why, I genuinely wouldn't have anything to say, even to explain myself

I guess she sensed I didn't want to talk about it, she simply held onto my back and guided me inside, where everyone was talking, and slowly but surely my nerves and confusion of the day simply disappeared

We sat around and it looks as if they started dinner without me, for a large chicken was on the table ready? I look at cordelia and furrow my brows

"You have that little faith in me" I grin at her

"The pork was simply for a spell, I changed my mind once you had already left" I shake my head slightly at her as I sit down next to Mallory

Mallory was my best friend here, when I first arrived I was so lost, Mallory helped me find my way

I could also sense a certain strength from her, different to the others and similar to me, it immediately drew me to her from the start- she was simply amazing

We all chatted as we started to have our dinner, it was a simple feast, potatoes, cheese, chicken, crackers, anything and everything was here for us to just snack on

About an hour passed, simply eating and talking all about our day seemed to have gone so fast, I didn't really feel like talking about mine so I just let others feel the space, Mallory had been able to produce butterflies early on, as I said

Amazing

"So what have you been up to Eve? I haven't seen you all day" Mallory says to me, quiet enough that nobody pays attention to our little gossip
I smile thinly, thinking about the events
"Well, for starters I went to California, pretty normal there, except for this one chick
Oh, and then a boy murdered a guy with his mind" I tried mentioned normally, biting into my cracker as if she wouldn't notice that last part

Mallory doesn't seem to find it normal though, she looks at me mouth wide open, I speak seriously now
"I don't know either, I've told cordelia and he's in jail now, but I don't know what else we can do" I think back to the situation
It would be dangerous if he was stuck in prison right? All the criminals that would pick on him, not to mention the short temper he had
It wouldn't take too long before he got exposed, right?

Our happiness doesn't seem to last long, as myrtle arrived to speak to cordelia, worry and disdain plaguing her face

"The hawthorns school for exceptionally young boys, they called an emergency council"

"We're obliged to get on a plane immediately"

I groan, more travelling? If you could get jetlagged from trains I think I'd have it by now, but I keep it to myself, despite her annoyed expression, it seemed to be something urgent

For an angel, I feel annoyingly human sometimes

Myrtle continues, seemingly complaining to herself "Airline food for dinner when I made reservations at galatoires, it's just too cruel"

If the plane news wasn't bad enough, the thought of missing out on amazing food made it even worse
Whatever this 'hawthorn' school wanted, it better be important
Little did I know, just how important it was about to get