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Callum walked up to the stage and helped the new girl down.
"Hey. Rayla." she said. He noticed she had a Scottish accent. She was...an odd looking girl to say the least. Her hair was so blonde, it was almost white, and she had brown streaks in it. Her left ear was kinda pointed and she wore a teal and purple jumpsuit. He asked her about her ear and she shrugged.
"It's genetic thing. When I was younger, my skin was really soft and pliable. I still have random spots where my older sisters would pinch my skin and it stayed like that. So when I was born, my ear got caught on one of my mom's bones and stretched out. My bio mom wanted to clip it, but my dad wanted to put me down because of it, so I was put up for adoption. Now I live with my dads, Runaan and Ethari." she explained. Callum told her about his family as they walked to the dorm.
"Well, this is yours." he said pointing to the one in front of them. She smiled and started to open the door. "And mine is right here." he said pointing to the one two doors away. Rayla snickered and his face screwed up in confusion. She pointed to the orange hand prints all over his door. He groaned and face palmed.
"Stay here. Oh, I'm gonna kill him. Doesn't he know persimmon jelly stains wood?!" he muttered. He walked into his room to find his little brother sitting on his bed with a brown haired girl. Their pets, a toad named Bait and a husky named Ava. The girl had come over to Callum's dorm with Ezran many times before, resulting in tons of teasing from Callum.
"Oh, hey Ellis. Ezran, what did I say about leaving hand prints on my door, even when your girlfriend's here?" said Callum. Ezran blushed furiously, his dark skin making it more visible.
"She's not my girlfriend!" he screeched. Ellis whispered something in his ear, making him blush harder.
"No, I'm not going to tell him....Oh, be quiet...the teasing will never end...wait, what?" he whispered to her. He sighed and placed his head in his hands. He mumbled something into his palms.
"What? I couldn't hear you." said Callum. Ezran peeked through his fingers.
"Okay, okay. She is my girlfriend. But you can't tell mom! Or dad for that matter. " said Ezran, fully taking his head out of his hands. Callum nodded, then started giggling.
"Ha ha! I was right. You liked her since she got Ava to get you off the slide, didn't you?"
"You....HUSH UP!...Oh, hold on. If you get to tease me about Ellis, I get to tease you about her." quipped Ezran, looking over Callum's shoulder. Callum turned around to see Rayla leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed against her chest.
"So I'm guessing he's the one you were going to kill?" she smirked. Callum laughed nervously and awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck.
Later, Callum was sitting outside at lunch with his nose in his sketchbook when Unmei walked up to him. The sweet looking girl instantly turned menacing as her gaggle of girls and guys alike swarmed behind her.
"Oh, hello Callum!" she said, her voice oozing with fake sweetness. She plucked his book out of his hands and started scrolling through his drawings.
"No, stop!" squeaked Callum. She flicked her fingers, not looking up from the book and three buff guys emerged form the mob, ready to beat up Callum he closed his eyes and winced, preparing for the worst. Then the punches started flying. A knee hit him in the eye. A fist collided with his elbow. His legs collapsed from a strike across the back and he was beat on the head. All of a sudden, he heard grunting, "Oof"-ing and groaning and the blows stopped. He glanced up to see Rayla combating with the mob. She pulled the sketchbook out of the bullies' hands and tossed it to Callum, dodging and weaving the entire time. She took out all but the three buff guys. They tightly circled around her, thinking they had her cornered. She glanced at them, then pulled the splits, planting her feet in between two guys on either side of her. They looked confused. She then flipped over so that she was balancing on her arms with her leg out straight on either side, in between two guys. She glanced up and smiled at him, then rapidly twirled her body around, taking out the three guys. She flipped back over and pulled herself up. She dusted off and held out a hand, which he gladly accepted, and pulled Callum up.
"Why'd you do that?" he asked. She looked at him.
"Callum Prince, you are hysterical. Why did I do that?! Because I couldn't let my first real friend at this schools get pummeled by a bunch of bitches." she swore, spitting slightly with anger. He smiled at her and she calmed down.
"Plus, there's really good muffins in the Cafeteria, you're missing out." she said. His eyes widened.
"Muffins?!? They must have made them for your arrival! Come on, what are you waiting for?!" His eyes twinkled as he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the building.
As they sat eating their huge muffins, Callum glanced at her.
"Ya know, you're a real acrobat. In more ways than one." he said. She smiled, but her eyes were the picture of confusion. He laughed at threw his head back, causing her to giggle, too.