A Blessing Or A Curse?

"Oh my god," Evie exclaimed, her blue hair flowing in gentle waves as she stopped in her tracks on the way to her locker from the showers.

Mal, her purple-haired best friend, almost ran into her nearly-naked form as she followed behind her. She was about to ask her why she stopped when she saw that she was looking at her reflection in the mirrored wall. The faery braced herself for Evie's comment, expecting it to be self-deprecating, as usual. When your mother points out your imperfections every day for eighteen years, you tend to take her place once you leave. Old habits die hard.

"I look so good today," Evie gasped, fully facing the mirror now with her hands on her hips.

Pleasantly surprised, Mal stopped and glanced over to her friend's reflection. "Yeah? You feelin' your oats?" she asked, smirking.

"I am a god," Evie stated, fixated on appreciating her body's image.

"You sure are, E," Mal agreed, placing her hand on the girl's shoulder and joining in on the admiration.

Evie was too engrossed in the moment to fully comprehend Mal's words. "Like, I don't mean to toot my own horn, but damn, do you see me?" the blue-haired girl exclaimed, gracefully spinning to appreciate her backside as well.

"Sure do," Mal chuckled. Yeah, Evie was being a little extra, but she wasn't lying. It was about time she realized she was the fairest of them all. "Toot away, E; you totally deserve it," she said, smacking the other girl's ass cheek lightly before returning to her locker to finish getting dressed. As soon as she arrived, however, she could practically feel the negative energy radiating off of the campus mean girl, Audrey. The girl was speaking too quietly for Mal to hear much of the conversation, but she did pick up on the word 'dyke'. Tuning in to her inner magic, Mal used her dragon hearing to pick up on the rest of the comment.

"I mean, do you hear her? God, she's so fucking vain!" Audrey whispered to her lackeys.

Turning to face the girl, Mal eyes began glowing green—a clear warning to Audrey to keep her biting comments to herself. The last thing Evie needed was to hear more lies spewed from hateful mouths.

It seemed to work. The brunette and her squad of followers simply mumbled 'freak' before promptly leaving the locker room.

The space was much more peaceful in their absence. It took Mal a while to get fully dressed due to the unnecessary amount of leather in her wardrobe, but once she was done, she turned to collect her best friend and head out. Instead, she found Evie standing exactly where she had been before, still clad in only a blue lace bra and matching panties. "E, we have to go eat," she prompted, sauntering over to her friend and standing on her tippy toes to rest her head in the crook of the girl's tan neck.

Evie sighed. "I know," she drawled.

"You can't go to the cafeteria lookin' like that. You'll get arrested," Mal started, pausing as if she were about to say the punchline to a joke.

Evie fully expected her to finish with 'for indecent exposure', but only laughed and blushed when Mal said 'for stopping peoples' hearts" instead. Feeling bold, Evie met wide, green eyes in the mirror. "Oh yeah? And what of your heart?" As soon as she said the words, her own heart felt as though it may beat out of her chest. Sure, she was keeping the mood playful, but she was also dying for Mal to reveal something deeper between them.

"I'm fae; I'm impervious to your mortal beauty," Mal brushed off, leaving Evie's heart sinking into her stomach. "No matter how powerful it is," the purple-haired girl continued, wrapping her arms around a tan waist and giving her best friend a look she couldn't quite decipher.