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Ch. 1

Amity Blight. Don't let that first name fool you, her bite is well known throughout the school. No doubt about it, she lives up to her last name more than anything.

A Blight, through and through.

But that wasn't all to her. If that were it, Luz wouldn't be so willing to charge headfirst into awkward encounters over and over again with the girl. No, there was something else that held her attention when it came to Amity.

She couldn't have been the only one to see it. Amity had some quirks, to say the least. Maybe it was hypocritical of her, but come on! There were times Luz witnessed bizarre reactions to normal, everyday things.

The rain started it all.

She never will forget that day. It was the first day Amity transferred. Luz was leaving detention (biology presentation with live examples was a good idea at the time alright?) and Amity must have been leaving some club, either way, they had an interesting run in.

Literal too.

It really wasn't on purpose. Luz just happen to be walking faster than necessary when turning a corner and--

"--watch where you're going!" Her eyes fell upon Luz, and she suddenly felt a little smaller at the intensity of that golden stare. But it only held for a moment or two, dulling down into something less readable. "Oh." She said blankly, the hold on her books loosening.

Luz was too distracted to respond because of how the light caught on Amity's face, flashing teeth that were a little too sharp. Or maybe the shadows were just playing tricks? The school tended to turn some off to conserve power. Or maybe it was just her imagination acting up again.

By the time she thought of something to say, Amity was already making her way to the exit door.

Luz was about to simply leave, but Amity's startled hiss (why a hiss? Heh, she sounded like a cat) made her attention snap back to her, "Boiling rain here too I guess..." She heard the girl mutter as she looked out the window, "... I'm stuck here then."

Now she didn't know what boiling rain meant, but it wouldn't be nice to just leave her to get soaked. "Hey!" She called out, nearly choking on her next words when the girl gave her another one of those intense stares. Something about those strange colored eyes stole her ability to breathe. "I uh...have an umbrella if you need one?"

Amity raised a brow, confused. Like Luz was offering something otherworldly.

She suppressed an awkward chuckle at the lack of a response and held up the umbrella, "You know? For the rain? Gotta help out the new transfers."

Amity hummed dismissively, "Right...thank you."

Luz handed it to her. She blurted out, "I can walk you home too," before she could stop herself. A mixture of curiosity and...something else. She wasn't sure what.

It didn't matter, Amity gave her a harsh, "No." The coldness she'd soon become known for shined through. And she left without another word after opening the umbrella.

Luz couldn't stop thinking about that day when it rained. It led to a lot of things she couldn't bring herself to regret.

She wasn't even concerned about the fact she probably wasn't going to get that umbrella back.
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