Explaining to Farah why Freyja was running around the grounds would be fun. But, for now, the baby medical gal was focused on saving the boy she’d found’s life. In the greenhouse, she was cleaning and taking samples of everything, not necessarily in that order. By the time Ben was down there, having to be woken up with a phone call after not answering the text at 4:30 in the morning, Devin was wrapped. Layla recognized the Fairy as a third year who had flirted with her last year.
Ben took over much of the testing and treating from there and Freyja let him. She was out of practice so she just sat and watched. “I’m sorry you found him,” he said, looking at the ginger over his glasses every so often.
Freyja’s head bobbed. She stared at the boy. This was worse than missing students. Some kind of animal caught an Alfean trained third-year Fairy.
“Have you told Farah?”
Blue eyes rose to pierce those hiding behind glass. “Haven’t you?”
Now, Ben nodded.
So, Freyja sniffed like she was right all along. It took barely five minutes before Farah was rushing in, looking quite disheveled. The ginger took her in in concern, aware it was her job to unravel the Headmistress. Who had encroached on her territory? “What happened?” she asked.
Farah scoffed a whole laugh, cupping Freyja’s face. “That’s my line.” One hand moved to your shoulder. “Are you alright?”
“Finding a body on a morning run doesn’t even rank as the top 10 worst moments in my life.” She stood and walked over to the comatose boy. “Devin was a capable Mind Fairy. Layla told me about him.”
The Headmistress followed right along the teen, a hand on her back. She wanted the girl to know she was there. And based on the deeper breaths the ginge was taking and the looser muscles under Farah’s hand, it was much needed. As if military, the redhead brought her hands around her sides to hold her hand behind her.
Ben reported on the condition the boy was found in, both teacher befuddled by the strange scratch marks along his exposed skin.
“Do y’all have, like, land eels?” She pointed at the bite marks.
Farah looked up at Ben who was staring at Freyja. “We have pretty much everything,” the brunette admitted.
“That’s so…” Freyja started whispering, “not what I needed to hear.” She stepped off to the side and made for the exit. Both grown ups called after her in concern. She just held up her hand. “I’m not a flower. I’m going to my Suite.”
The grown fairies still had worried looks on their faces. Neither had any idea what animal could’ve attacked the third year Mind Fairy, but both knew they had to go through every wild-life textbook they had in the library.
*
Freyja sat beside Stella, the blonde toying with her hair, as the others unpacked Flora’s belongings.
The teen busied herself more with Terra’s plants. “Really, can I please convince all of you to stop being so helpful? I could’ve gone another 6 months without unpacking these.”
Bloom laughed. “And then we’d find Terra at night, with a headlamp, doing it all herself.”
“And then you’d whip us all into helping at one in the freakin’ morning,” Freyja retorted.
“Like you don’t get up early to sneak into the Suite,” Stella also interjected.
Blue-green eyes flicked back as Freyja turned to look at the blonde. Her eyes were wide at the lack of tact. Stella was better than that.
The blonde shrugged. Her ginger friend wasn’t the most open. Confronting her in front of their friends seemed like the only option.
Freyja sighed then faced frontward again. She looked at her hands then brushed out her hair. She turned to sit properly on the couch. “Ladies, I’ve been seeing someone.”
Stella’s face erupted in victory and delight. She leaned forward and hugged the redhead, kissing her head repeatedly. She really worried she’d never see the day.
Every one else also cheered for the closed off military badass. Lover was a title few expected so young, to be quite frank. “And I know we’re a little squished in over here, and I have been sneaking in and out so… I figure I can start spending time over there officially and Flora can take my bed.”
Stella winced. She’d barely come to terms with sharing a bedroom with the quiet ginger. Earth Fairies weren’t quiet, or subtle.
“Or Beatrix can - I’ve noticed you two get along - and Flora can room with her cousin and Musa. Or, if the cousins want a little space, we move Aisha’s wardrobe and put Flora’s bed there. You’ll hardly notice.”
A few of the girls looked put out. Flora looked enthusiastic, but didn’t want to put anybody out. Musa kept unpacking, trying to wade through everyone else’s emotions and root out her own.
Stella leaned in to the redhead again. “We’ll notice. We’ll hardly see you besides class. And I’ll miss you.”
“I’m hardly a massive presence.”
“You are when you’re a part of it. Everyone stopped talking when you made your announcement.”
Freyja winced. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring all the focus to me. Terra, tell us more about your cousin.”
Stella rubbed her palm against Freyja’s shoulder comfortingly. “I understand,” she whispered.
“I still have to talk to her about it. I didn’t even think to ask.”
“Well, my parents research horticulture.”
Ginger eyebrows raised, impressed. “So they travel all over to collect herbs.”
Flora paused and looked up at her, smiling faintly. “Yes.”
“Do you go with them?” she asked, genuinely curious.
The Earth Fairy blushed and nodded. Stella mumbled something to the ginger who halfway turned her head to her. Unknowingly, the Earth Fairy’s enamored eyes stayed glued to her idle form.
You've always been taller, easy to look up to
Sneakin' me a dollar sneakin' out your bedroom
Learned to do my makeup, how to put my hair up
Spent my whole life just watching you
