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Raelle Collar walked towards the dorms that housed her girlfriend, Scylla, to spend some time before it was time for lights out in her own dorm. She had promised Abigail and Tally that she would be there tonight, so that they could all be on time for when the men from Fort Salem's brother school arrived. But she wanted to spend some time with her special necro, beforehand. Scylla was still a mystery to her in ways, she was notorious about changing the subject whenever her past came up. And even though this did give Raelle some doubts in her relationship with Scylla, she never the less was head over heels for the girl. As she approached the door of her girlfriend, her doubts drifted off as they usually did when she was near her girl. Knocking softly, the door opened and there she was, a beauty like she had never seen with that smile that only appeared when Scylla saw her. The brunette moved aside to let her inside never taking her eyes off her or her smile leaving. As soon as the blonde had crossed the thresold she closed the door and turned around, only to smothered in a hug that she quickly returned. Scylla loved this about her girlfriend, no matter how bad her day was or the things she had to do or see, whenever Raelle hugged her the world fell away and all worries left her. Reaching upwards she brought the blonde fixer's face down so she place a kiss on her lips that made promises of things to come and feelings that she was unable to say out loud. After a few more moments of holding each other and a few more tender kisses, she stepped back a step and looked at her girl.
"I didn't think you were going to come tonight? You said you promised your unit you would be there with them tonight." Scylla asked, not minding in the least that Raelle was here with her and told her that. "Not that I mind you being here."
"I know, and I can't stay long, but I wanted to see you for a little bit. I feel like I have not seen you in ages." Raelle answered, taking the time to give another tender kiss.
"You saw me like..." looking down at her watch quickly. "...two hours ago." Laughing softly at her adorable fixer.
"Yeah like I said ages ago," replying as she removed her jacket to get more comfortable. Moving both of them to Scylla's bed and sitting down, the blonde did not have any intention of having sex tonight she did have to get back within the hour and she knew
that would not leave long enough time.
Sensing that Raelle wanted to spend time with just being in each other's company, Scylla sat down next to her and took her hand. The thumb of her hand started to make soft caressing circles on the back of the fixer's hand.
"So how was training today? Did you kick High Atlantic's ass today?" asking with a small humorous smirk.
"We started physical training on using the Scourge weapons we will be getting at the end of Beltane apparently. Abigail and Libba were trying to out do each other, while me and Tally actually listened to Quartermaine on proper use of them. I wanted to tell her that my mama, already taught me how to use it, but I figured I would see what I could pick up. " Raelle laid back on her back with her legs still in a sitting position on the bed, pulling Scylla down with her to cradle the girl's head on her chest. As she told the necro about her day in training and occasionally stealing a kiss or three. The two laid like that for almost a hour, just being in each other's presence talking about little things from through out each other's day and other random things. When Raelle's eyes had started to drift close, and Scylla looked up and gave her a tender kiss, before looking down into those eyes she could get lost in.
"As much as I would love for you stay the night, babe, you need to decide now if you are going to stay the night or head back for last call." Scylla softly spoke, while moving her hand tenderly along the blonde's jaw. And hearing the answering sigh, knowing the answer already.
"I really don't want to go back, but stupid Abi made me promise and I don't want to break a promise to them." Raelle answered with a heavy sigh, she really did not want to leave the bed she was comfortable in. Closing her eyes one more time as she felt her girlfriend's hand along her jawline. "Stupid Abigail Bellweather and her promises, stupid me for giving said promise, stupid you for being so beautiful and soft, stupid Quartermaine for making us get up at the buttass of dawn for early training." She pouted as she once more opened her eyes to see the necro laughing softly at her.
"Its not nice to call me stupid, even if it was a kinda a compliment. Now get up and go, before I decide to strip you and make you break your promise." Scylla was getting up, just as Raelle was moving. "Don't worry though, we will get to see each other more tomorrow since they are usually lax on training after the guys show up. You just make sure you don't get any stupid guy to fall for you."
As Raelle walked towards the door, she noticed that her girlfriend had slipped on a pair of shoes. With a questioning look on her face, she was just about to ask what she was doing, when Scylla noticed her look.
"I thought I would walk you back to your dorm, I can't having you thinking I am not romantic either after you walked me back on that first day we met." She smirked at the blonde. "Come on, dollface, before I throw you on the bed."
Taking each other's hand, they walked out of the necro's dorm room and towards the fixer's own. As the walked they made small talk and laughed at each other's jokes and stories. Until they had finally made it to their destination and with one last seering kiss and look, they parted ways. As Raelle looked behind her to see Scylla turn to head back, she noticed she had exactly six minutes to get back to her own room and she turned and headed inside. A few moments later as she walked into her own room, with two minutes to spare, she saw Abigail pacing back and forth.
"Where the hell have you been? You almost missed last call, you promised," a frustrated Abigail yelled as Raelle sat down on her own bed.
"I am here as promised with minutes to spare, chill out before you pop a vein. I promised I would be here, and I am here. Now I am going to bed," turning to lay down and not seeing the frustrated look on Abigail's face.
"Goodnight, Raelle. I for one knew you would be here." Tally said from her spot on her own bed.
"Nite, Tal" Raelle answered already drifting off to sleep thinking of a certain special necro.
"Whatever........goodnight" Abigail finally said before turning in herself.
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The day had started out so well for the blonde fixer, she was fully rested and early morning training was actually kinda fun today. She had found she had natural talent for the scourge training that Sergant Quartermaine had got them to do before they actually got their real scourges. Raelle did not make many mistakes and the ones she did, she never repeated and even Quartermaine had noticed her. She had even helped Tally a little when she noticed that the other girl was planting the wrong foot sending the tip in the wrong direction. When she looked over at Abigail one time she caught her looking at her with either amazement or contempt she could not tell which at any given moment. Training lasted a few hours and then they were dismissed for breakfast and told to be lined up outside of the main offices in two hours. After a quick shower, Raelle had shown up for the food line and as she turned to find a table she saw an unexpected person sitting at table near the window. The sunlight just hitting the window right to make the light highlight the most beautiful person she had ever seen. She was frozen in place looking at this surprising vision of beauty, when Tally put her hand on her shoulder startling her.
"Your kinda holding up the line, with you staring like a statue." Tally spoke with a small laugh. "Go sit with her if you want, I don't mind."
"What...oh sorry." Raelle recovered as she turned to answer Tally, only to quickly turn her head back around to see Scylla looking her way with that signature smile of hers. "Why don't you come over and sit with us."
"Are you sure? I know you like your alone time with your girlfriend." Tally answered teasingly. "Go on"
"What are you two talking about, and why are you just standing here? Lets go find a table and eat we have to be outside soon." Abigail looked at the them both with that look like she wanted to say something else and then followed their line of vision to see the necro near the window. "What is she doing here? Isn't her dorm on the other side of the school, what do they not serve breakfast over there?"
"Be nice Abi, I think it is nice that she came over," Tally answered trying to stop the argument that was surely brewing if Raelle had heard what she was saying, but she had already started to move towards the necro.
"Hey beautiful, whatcha doing?" Raelle stood by the table, not sitting down until she was invited. Even though she was happy to see her girlfriend, she would not be one of those girls that just assumed she always had to be near her.
Scylla was looking up at her with that signature smile, and arched her eyebrow at the blonde standing and not sitting. "We ran out of coffee in our dorm, and some of us had to have our morning coffee. So I thought I could kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, and get coffee and see a beautiful girl. Now are you going to sit down or do I need to find another pretty fixer to look at for the morning?" She laughed as she moved over a little indicating that she wanted her to sit next to her. Giving her a sweet kiss on her cheek, as the blonde sat down to eat. Raelle started to eat breakfast to restore all the calories she had burned in training earlier that day. Scylla had arched her eyebrow again as she watched Abigail and Tally both sit down across from them. "Morning ladies, nice to see you again."
"Sorry, I told her that you guys wanted some alone time, but Abi insisted we eat as a unit." Tally tried to apologize to both girls. "I hope you don't mind"
"We are a unit, that means we train as a unit, we sleep as a unit, and we eat as a unit. If we are going to be the best we have to act like the best," Abigail stated in that high and mighty tone she sometimes sounded like when she did not realize it, as she glared towards Scylla.
"More the merry, I say," not needing to make a scene with her girlfriend's unit. Besides anytime she got to spend with the blonde fixer was worth putting up with the high and mighty Bellweather. "So are you looking forward towards the festivities today and tomorrow?
"Oh Goddess yes, I have never actually been to a proper Beltane festival before," Tally answered a little more enthusatic even for her as she saw both Raelle and Scylla quietly smile at her. "Sorry"
"Don't be sorry, enjoy it and afterwards you will be a different person, only in a good way" Scylla assured her as she took Raelle's hand in hers and intertwined their fingers together to bring the hand up to give it a soft kiss. Watching as an irritated Abigail, watched the two of them like she wanted to say something.
"So what brings you necros over to our side," As she pointed out a few other girls that were necros also.
"We ran out of coffee, so we decided to raid one of the new class's mess hall. I voted for this one, because I heard that there was this really sexy girl there that I had to see. The others voted for it because it has the second best coffee, so I compromised." Laughing as she watched as the cheeks of her girlfriend became a soft pink from blushing. Smirking at the other girls at the table. "Anyway, I got to head out for training. I will try to come see you at lunch, if not then this afternoon." As she turned to Raelle and gave her a tender kiss on the cheek as she stood up, only to be turned around by Raelle who had stood up to kiss her on the lips.
"I will see you later, and glad you came by this morning. Although if I see this really sexy girl you heard about I may give her a good windstrike." Raelle smiled as she heard Scylla laugh abruptly rather loudly before she quickly stopped herself, as she saw the other necros had looked her way at the usually quiet brunette. Sitting back down to finish her breakfast that she had noticed that Scylla had giving her half her own tray, and she was glad for it because she was still hungry. Looking up when she felt eyes on her, to see Abigail and Tally both looking at her in bewilderment. "What, I am hungry and I don't want to waste any of it."
"Not the food you, nay nay horse. Your creepy girlfriend, just appearing out of nowhere. She is a distraction we don't need, if we are going to be the best and you know it." Abigail started in on her usual rhetoric.
"I think it was sweet of her, myself Rae." Tally responded.
"Thanks Tally, and don't start Abi. She is my girlfriend not a distraction. I have been to every training and excelled at them even, so you can't use that argument on me." Raelle defended herself as she finished up her food. "Now i am going to go get ready for today." As she had gotten up suddenly, sending a glare back towards Abigail.
"You know, for someone who wants us to be a cohesive unit, you sure are not helping it by attacking her." Tally said as she also got up to put away her tray and get ready for the day.
"Both of you are not taking this serious enough. This is the military not a soroity school." Abigail muttered to herself.
"Don't worry Bedwetter, I am sure there will be place scrubbing latrines when you fail." Libba Swythe jeered at the clearly frustrated Abigail. Watching as Abigail stiffened, before continuing on her way out to catch up to her unit, after all she could not yell at them if she did not follow the same rules.