[GL] Black Gold

Chapter 5

Camie really wasn't stalking Théa. She had to specify because once again Théa was exactly where Camie was headed. At this point Camie thought that maybe Théa was following her but she knew that it was impossible. But the University wasn't small enough for them to always run into each other. Had they always been running each other that much but she just didn't notice?

Camie started getting used to seeing Théa at this point and thought that she would just continue studying without paying her any mind. She tried focusing on her limbic system diagram but the next second she heard a loud thud. When she looked up next, Camie noticed that Théa wasn't alone anymore. One second she had been drawing in her sketchbook and the next there was a blond head standing above her, holding an empty cup.

Camie remembered this scene from her visions. The attacker was none other than Ember Hunt. She was a very tall person that was dressing incredibly well. She had straight blond hair with a lot of volume and cold blue eyes. She was in the same class as Théa and Firo and the young woman was horribly jealous of Théa. She had a huge crush on Firo too and she didn't like how much attention the latter was paying to Théa (not that much attention according to Camie). Moreover, Théa was really talented and Ember didn't like not being the only talented one.

Therefore Camie saw Ember bullying Théa numerous times in her visions but despite everything she couldn't hate the young woman. Ember had a lot of problems at home and at the end Théa and her would become very good friends. Not that it excused any of her behavior but Camie couldn't help wanting to help Ember. She was a victim too in all this and she needed someone to help her gain self confidence after her mother abused her mentally for years.

"Can I help you?"

Camie jumped. She hadn't noticed that she had walked up to the girls as she was thinking and now she was standing in front of Théa and Ember. Camie looked at the two of them and laughed:

"Sorry. I just couldn't help seeing what just happened."

Camie took out a handkerchief and handed it to Théa:

"Here. Do you need a new shirt? I could give you mine."

Théa frowned:

"What would you wear then?"

Camie remembered that she didn't have anything else to wear and rubbed her head awkwardly. Saying that she could walk around naked would probably sound stupid.

"Right... At least take the handkerchief.

-Thank you so much. "

Camie didn't dare touch Théa's hand, scared of what she would see if she touched her again. Seeing that Théa was being helped by someone made Ember roll her eyes:

"Why did you have to butt into this? Mind your own business."

Camie just smiled:

"It's okay. You don't have to feel ashamed. I am very clumsy too. It happens even to the best of us. I lost count of how many times I spilled my coffee. Especially in the morning when I am still not master of myself."

Camie knew very well that Ember had done it on purpose but Camie just couldn't get mad at her. She really pitied Ember. Camie's life was way easier than hers and she couldn't help but ignore her bullying. Ember just needed some kindness to melt. Until then she could prevent her from bullying Théa. If she didn't bully her then she won't be a villain anymore. Right?

"Don't put me in the same bag as someone like you. I am not clumsy."

Camie frowned:

"Then did you do it on purpose?

-What? No. I... You know what? I don't have time for this. I have to go."

Ember turned around and left. Camie wanted to do the same but got held back by Théa:

"Thank you again.

-Oh, no problem. Bye."

It seemed Théa wanted to talk more but Camie didn't give her time and ran away. Following this incident, Camie would use her vision and would always arrive at the perfect moment to save Théa from Ember's bullying. When Ember opened the door violently, Camie ran in front of Théa and grabbed the door with both hands, saving her from the impact. She then pretended that she was really late and rushed in, not giving anyone time to understand what had happened. When Ember tried pushing Théa into the river, Camie hugged Ember pretending that she mistook her for her friend.

"Nylora! There you are! I have been looking for you everywhere."

Ember screamed so loud that Camie had to let her go immediately:

"What do you think you are doing? You can't just grab people from behind!

-I'm so sorry! I thought you were my friend."

Camie felt someone look at her and when she turned around she saw Théa staring at her with curious eyes. She quickly apologized to Ember again before running away. Camie's friends just looked at her doing all these things with deep frowns. When Camie grabbed Ember and called her Nylora, the latter had been hanging there the whole time and the girls looked at her as if wanting to make sure that she really was herself. Seeing the glares, Nylora only shrugged. She had no idea what was going on either. Despite being puzzled, no one asked and they let Camie do whatever she wanted.

A few days later, Ember was walking around with paint. Camie knew that she wanted to spill paint on the creation Théa was carrying for her class. Seeing that, Camie didn't think about it twice before jumping in front of Ember. Therefore being the one getting covered in colors. Camie's friends immediately ran up to her, worried:

"Camie! Are you okay?

-Did it get into your eyes?

-What happened?"

Emma turned towards a frustrated Ember:

"Can't you look in front of you?"

Emma was angry at Ember for spilling paint on her friend without knowing it was on purpose. Ember on the other hand was going crazy because nothing was working lately and all her plans were falling because of the same person. She wanted to say something but Camie was quicker:

"I'm fine. It's just paint. I won't die."

Emma turned back to her friend:

"You are not fine. Your clothes are destroyed."

Camie was going to insist that she was okay but the next second Théa walked up to her:

"I have clothes that you could wear."

Camie immediately recognized the clothes Théa was holding. It was her own creation, an outfit that she would take to class after Ember spilled paint on and she would cry. Firo would find her in the classroom and would comfort her by telling her that she was very talented and that her clothes didn't get ruined despite the paint. Théa wouldn't believe him and to prove his point he would be wearing her creation. This would be one of the first real conversations the two would have. At least as far as Camie saw. Maybe they did have other conversations before but Camie highly doubted that.

Therefore Camie quickly shook her head. She couldn't take away this chance. This was a very important moment for Théa:

"No. Thank you. I'm fine.

-I insiste."

Théa was being backed up by Camie's friends and the latter couldn't refuse for long.

"Théa is very nice. You should accept her help.

-What if you get sick?"

Camie frowned:

"Because of the paint?

-You could catch a cold because you got wet."

Camie couldn't win against them and finally nodded. Therefore she had to follow Théa to her classroom where she hid to change. Camie felt weird being alone with Théa especially when she knew that Firo was the one who was supposed to be here with her. Moreover, she really didn't want to be in her clothes. But once she looked in the mirror, she froze. She looked amazing. She knew from the visions that Théa had a huge talent and would go on to become very famous but even now her creations were breathtaking.