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Ashriel looked at him, deep in thought for a moment. "They might already believe we are..." She muttered, thinking about the rumor that was all over with any person their age. Tears had washed down her make-up and now her face was reddened as she thought. There were whirls of ideas moving through her head; although, she couldn't justify a single one of them. What could she say? "You've already taken your problems on yourself...you don't need to be worrying so much." And she realized that by saying this that she was a complete and total hypocrite, but she didn't mind it.

Ashriel turned away from Raevyn to do what she did when she was stressed - cook. That was when she saw the mess, along with a small kitchen fire, that was caused by the lack of attention to the noodles. "Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot." She repeated over and over again, trying to find something to put out the fire with.

Ashriel sighed with relief as soon as the flames were gone. Small char marks were already on the walls, now. "And it was a waste of food." She said quietly, with obvious upset. Wasting food was a big no-no for her.

The phone rang as Ash moved to clean up whatever mess was left. Ash glanced to it, shrugged, then ignored it.

The voice on the other side of the phone sounded disgruntled as he spoke. "Oh, lovely. You LIVE with her." It would be evident right away that it was, indeed, Lucian, Jennalin's feline brother. "I was calling to warn Ash that I was told by another WERE that you two were dating. When I spoke to Jen, she begged me to do something or another to help."

"Ah. That explains it. Lix caught you two, and that was the only explanation she could come up with. Well...I'm looking for a place, and I know that we didn't exactly...get along when we first met, but I saw an apartment for rent in that same building as Ash. So if you need back up..." Lucian was more or less offering because of the fact that Raevyn was with Ash. By now, Ash was like a little sister to him, just like Jennalin. After all, she'd been at his house enough.

Lucian turned the car he'd been driving around, heading back to where he HAD been driving from. Jennalin was currently walking up the stairs to Ash's apartment. "By the way, I just had to drop off Jen before I called, so...don't be too surprised."

Ash finished cleaning the mess, the char marks barely noticeable. By the way she cleaned it, it was apparent that it hadn't been the first time that had happened. She heard him on the phone, turning to look at Raevyn. "Who's that?

Lucian's voice seemed calm. "Yeah, I did have to. She threatened to tell my parents where I'm at." He answered Raevyn simply. "And I am trying to stay away from them... I am in slight trouble for something I did."

Ashriel frowned. She didn't want to talk to either of her friends right now. As there was a knock on the door, she portrayed her dismay. "Go away Jen. I'll talk to you some other time."

Jennalin frowned on the other side of the door, taken aback. How had she known? "I'm just here to tell you that Lix is really sorry." She walked away, stepping down the stairs again.