Chapter Twenty-One : Mystery Loves Company

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"What. Is. That!?" Marley and I walked into the nook before our classes started. Robyn and Cael were already there, and took less time than I did to notice that Micha had left a not-so-inconspicuous hickey on Marley. You know what, as long as they didn't have sex on my couch, they're allowed to make each other look like polkadot freaks for all I care. More or less.

"I set her up" I sat down smugly. Marley just rolled her eyes.

"The think is huge!" Cael leaned forward and poked her mark, being swat away promptly.

"So you and Micha are like a thing now?" Robyn redirected us.

"No shit, Sherlock" Marley pointed to the Micha-mark.

"Oh! Marcha or Michley?" Cael interrupted.

"Ugh. Cael. No. Just no" I shook my head, smiling all the same.

"The second one. She tops" Marley winked. "The top starts the ship name"

"That's not a thing. And I didn't need to know what!" Cael gaged.

"Well now you do. Deal with it, biatch" in case it isn't clear, Marley is back to being a normal Marley again. 'Allelujah.

"You're the biatch, biatch" Cael retorted.

"I still got more balls than you" she snapped and waved her fingers around dramatically. "Suck 'dem apples"

"Woah, dude, where'd you get that?!" Some sophomore and his buddies noticed Marley's neck. "Was it a chick?"

"Yeah. Your imaginary girlfriend. Perv on someone else!" Marley shouted. The guy put his hands up. He was about reply but he instead froze.

"Oh fuck this. Run" he and his gang scurried away just in time for my least favorite cause of grief to show up.

She took a look at me, at Marley's mark, then me again. She looked severely pissed, but still walked away and said nothing.

"Anyone else see that look?" Robyn scowled.

"Mhm. The devil horns too" Marley snorted. "You know, Micha's insane theory that Hazel might actually be jealous because she thinks Grace and I are a thing is starting to seem less and less insane"

"No way in hell" I responded instantly.

"She has been showing up a lot more lately. And you two did kinda look like a couple with all the blushing Marley was doing. And once you're trying to find evidence of you being a couple, there are so many reasons why it makes sense" Cael added.

"Guys. I will say this slowly, since you all can't seem to get it through your heads. Hazel does not like me, I do not like Hazel, nothing is ever going to happen between us"

"Uh-huh, sure. See you two later, Cael and I are going to get breakfast and head to class" with that the two left. With them gone, I was reminded that now both Marley and I were getting into the same mess with the N.S., and I was very interested in having someone to talk to about everything. Thank god that person was Marley.

I opened my mouth to speak, but I was interrupted.

"Mm! Right! Meant to tell you! Micha told me to tell you that Hazel was supposed to tell you that Libby and Zee, or some lady named Sara, would pick you up after school today. She also said that I should go with you and that any of them would probably know I'm coming" Marley stated.

"Did she say anything about Hazel being there?" I frowned. Figures Hazel would leave it to chance to determine whether or not I knew about my field trip in advance.

"She said that Hazel always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, so yeah, I'm guessing she is going to show up"

"And Micha?"

"She said she has some field work crap to do with Kayla and Megan"

"Too bad. So... Has Micha told you anything about the N.S.?" I turned my body so I could face the brunette at my side.

"Kinda. She said that I can't tell anyone about it, that I probably wouldn't learn much about it anytime soon, and that I should be ready for anything" she shrugged "I'm guessing Hazel hasn't told you shit about it, but what do you know?"

I explained the few things I did know about the N.S. and all things N.S. related. The whole thing with the triplets, what I know about Alexa and everyone else. Marley told me some interesting stuff she learned about Micha... Not really. She just didn't get any weird feeling from being around her. I guess it's just me.

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At the end of school Marley and I walked out to the lobby in search for whoever was supposed to take us to the N.S. Once I found two brunettes, talking casually, I pulled Marley over to them. One was Zee, and the other, whose back was to me, was definitely Zee's twin. The resemblance was obvious, even though the new one was a lot more muscular, and her hair was in a bun where Zee's was loose and embellished with her usual glossy silvery-blue feathers.

"Hey. Marley, right?" Zee smiled warmly. Marley nodded. "Cool. This is Sara" the other twin turned her head. The first thing I noticed was a scar going across her cheek.

"It's a scar. It isn't that interesting" she rolled her eyes. "I'm not getting any younger, lets get going" she was already walking away.

"Sara!" Zee groaned. "Sorry 'bout her. Come on" she chuckled and brought us to the car.

**Alright. The next chapter is called Blame Game Jealousy... and I think you're going to like it more than this one :p

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