𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈; 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒚.

𝒅𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊; 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅.

"No," I said, a little too quickly with a shake of my head, "So, I'm not expelled?"

"No..." Mr Leto said, "But this is your last chance, Persephone. You got lucky this time." 

"Thank you." I grinned before turning to Harry, "Thank you too, I guess."

"Don't mention it, I was being a douchebag." He sighed. 

"You're both dismissed." Mr Leto said. 

We both got up and wandered out of the office. 

"You know, you're not as bad as you think," Harry said. 

"I'm not?" I asked, with a small smile. 

"No." Harry shook his head, "You're alright, actually."

"Oh lord, what have I done to deserve this praise?" I stopped, looking at the ceiling and spread my arms out. Harry laughed. 

"Baby steps are still steps, right?" He asked. 

"Yeah." I looked at him, "I guess they are." 

"Hey, Persephone, can we... you know, be friends?" Harry asked once we had started walking again.

"I think that can be arranged. I guess I should start being a better person, since I'm on my last chance." I shrugged, "But still, can you handle me?" 

"I've handled Abby Burkhart as my debate partner." Harry said, "Test me." 

"I can't believe you're staying." Corbyn grinned.

"It's a Christmas miracle." Zach smiled. 

"I don't think it's near enough Christmas to be a Christmas miracle." Jack shook his head.

"It's only ten days." Harry pointed out. 

"I guess as your girlfriend I should probably get you something." I turned to Daniel, "What do you want?" 

"I don't want anything." Daniel smiled, kissing me on the nose. 

"Liar," I said. 

"I just want you." He shrugged, "What about you? What do you want?" 

"Well, now I can't ask for anything, you sweet asshole." I smiled. 

"If I ask for something, will you tell me what you want?" Daniel asked. 

"Ok." I said.

"Ok... can you bake me some cookies?" Daniel asked with a smile.

"Cookies? Are you serious?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Nutella ones, preferably." Daniel nodded.

"Ok, I'll bake your dumb Nutella Cookies." I smiled. 

"And for you, m'lady?" Daniel grinned. 

"A beanie. A grey one. Herschel." I said, "But only if you want to."

"I will." He shrugged.

"Now I feel like a shitty person." I sighed, "You're getting like a hundred batches of those Nutella cookies."

"Couldn't ask for anything more." Daniel grinned, kissing me on the cheek. 

"So, what do you douches want?" I turned to the guys. 

"A remote control car." Zach nodded. 

"A social life." Jack raised his eyebrows.         

"I'll get you a skateboard," I told him with a smile.                  

"Ooh, brownies," Corbyn exclaimed. 

"A... new sweatshirt." Jonah shrugged.

"And what about you, Crawford?" I asked Harry, who looked surprised. 

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah, why not?" I smiled, "I'm being a better person, remember?" 

"Ok, well..." Harry said, "I'll have some of those Nutella cookies."             

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𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆.
𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 "𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅" 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒐𝒑.