Aymee Parker B2 - The Cursed Mark

Chapter 29 : Ideal boyfriend

Aymee was more than happy that the week was over. She gave Rosalie a big hug, as much to give her the Mark as to thank her for taking on this burden. As usual, Rosalie was very happy to hug someone, no matter the reason.

Aymee was also delighted to find that her 'week' was not a whole week, but only four days. It relieved her almost as much as handing the Mark to Rosalie. She had gotten used to the feeling of wearing a diaper, but the periods remained unpleasant, even painful at times. Aymee vaguely wondered if her week would have lasted longer if she had kept the Mark.

"Well," said Megan when she formulated her question. "It comes and goes, you know. Sometimes it lasts four days, sometimes a week. It's not always very precise."

"Not for me," commented Astou. "For me, it's really set like clockwork."

"Lucky," Megan sighed. "That way, you're not taken by surprise. Personally, the red sheets surprise, I had it from time to time and it was never funny. Especially since it wasn't always sheets."

The girls all winced as they understood what Megan meant. They were each in their beds doing their homework. Well, more or less. Astou was working on her scores and Aymee was working on her muggle studies. It was homework, but not for school.

Megan snapped a picture of Penelope working on Transfiguration homework. She smiled after giving the photo a good shake to dry the ink.

"Ah! Not so bad."

"Show me!"

Megan turned the photo over to show Rosalie. The redhead smiled before exclaiming.

"Ah! You make me think! I wanted to ask you, when are you planning to animate them?"

"Animate them?" Megan repeated, confused.

" You know, like the paintings."

"Ah! We can!?"

"Of course!"

Megan's eyes sparkled. She smiled widely.

"I'll ask Arvel if he knows how to do it. He also does a bit of photography," she explained to the girls.

Aymee blinked. It was going a little too fast for her.

"Wait wait. Didn't you break up?"

"Mmm? Ah! Yes. No. That's old news. Don't worry."

"Oh?"

Aymee looked uncertainly at the others. Astou half-amused smile made her understand that it was better not to get too involved.

"Ugh!" Rosalie exclaimed. "I'm tired of homework! It's been hours! Let's take a break!"

Émilie nodded enthusiastically. Aymee glanced at her own notebook. There were more scribbles in the margin than answers to questions. She slammed her activity book shut.

"Good idea!" Aymee launched with a big smile. "We could play a game!"

The girls came up with several game ideas. It took a little more pushing for Penelope to agree to put her notebook aside, but Aymee suspected that deep down, Penelope wanted them to 'force' her to give up her homework. Probably just to clear her conscience and feel desired.

Eventually, and Aymee wasn't quite sure how, they just ended up asking questions in turn that they all had to answer honestly. Aymee thought for a moment that she was brought back to the camp with the Aphrodites, because most of the questions revolved around love.

"Your ideal boyfriend would be from which house?" asked Astou, blushing.

Aymee looked around uncertainly. Rosalie made the same face.