All For Not - Wednesday

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"Hey wait up! Feathertail! I needa talk to you!"

I paused, my feet slowing to a stop in the barren corridor before I barely turned my head to give notice that I was listening to her, a yawn making itself known in the early morning, "you called for me?"

"No shit," I turned to fully look at the siren, already expecting an argument to be started by her mouth, "okay, so look. I know we don't like each other but, my best friends like you okay. Davina and Kent mean a lot to me and I know that Kent really likes you, like a lot and if it's true that our song doesn't affect you then..."

"Then I wanna know if you're just messing with him or not okay?" I frowned, my expressions slowly becoming more emotional in a way, "I'm not sure I understand..."

"Right, of course you don't," she scoffed and my brows furrowed, "look, I'm sorry okay, I get it you're emotionally stunted or whatever," I narrowed my eyes, her words seemingly rude and taunting, "do you like him or are you tricking him, stringing him along like your sister does with Xavier?"

Swallowing, my jaw tightened at the mention of my sibling and her own activities, "I have no intention of misleading him if that is what you're asking me."

"That's not what I'm asking," I thought for a moment before giving another answer, not sure how this would ease her mind or whatever she was doing, "although your words make no sense, I do, genuinely prefer his company to others here. And I have no intention of harming him in any way I can assure you."

"I guess that's as good an answer as any then," I nodded, slightly uncomfortable in my skin as we awkwardly stood there for a moment, until she popped up trying to cease the tension between us, "anyway uhm, happy birthday, I guess I'll see you in class."

I blinked quite owlishly as Bianca ran off leaving me perplexed for a multitude of reasons including how she knew when I was born, "curious siren..."