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Ashriel sighed thankfully as she heard Raevyn in her head. She excused herself to the bathroom, and she hurried to the back alley, grinning at Raevyn. "Thank you so much." Honestly, she was tempted to add pervy kitty as she took the paper bag. "I took notes...that made everyone stare. Still, I got them, so you better be thankful."

Ashriel smiled. "Fine, I'll go back now...pervy kitty." She said as she walked off, hurrying back into the cafeteria.

Ashriel smirked at his voice inside of her head as she sat down to eat with her friends. Of course, they brought up the fact that they were coming over- Ashriel had to breath deeply during this.

--time skip to end of school day--

Ashriel grabbed her things as the bell rang, hurrying out the door. Both of her friends, Jen and Lix, followed close after her, Lixini giggling as usual. Jennalin was oddly calm and silent- usually a bad thing. Ashriel ignored both as she walked towards her apartment. At least once during the trip Lixini pointed out that this wasn't the way to Ash's old home.

As Ash reached her apartment building and turned to walk in, Jennalin finally spoke up. "This...this is..." She looked at Ash, her eyebrows furrowed as if inquiring.

"My home." Ashriel said simply, leading them to her apartment. She opened the door quickly and yelled to Raevyn. "Kitty, I'm home!" Hopefully, he'd know why she called him.

--You can take over one, or both of the friends if you want. Lixini, better known as Lix, tends to be childish and hyper. Also a big klutz. Jennalin, also known as Jen, is much calmer, slightly quiet. Tends to believe in the supernatural.--

Jennalin rose her eyebrows at Lixini, shaking her head. "Lix, you know that most cats hate being picked up. Why would you think this one would be any different?" She questioned her friend, before looking around at Ashriel's apartment. Rapidly, she turned to face Ashriel. "Ash! Why didn't you tell us you were living on your own? Why didn't you tell us you were struggling?" The girl began to lecture, looking straight at Ashriel.

Ashriel frowned lightly at Jennalin. "I didn't want to worry you guys. I'm getting along just fine." She said in response, to which Jennalin only raised her eyebrows.

Ashriel took a deep breath as she began to answer the flood of questions. "My parents kicked me out on my eighteenth birthday, so I wound up finding this place up for grabs. I am paying for it using money I get from my part-time job at the shoe store down the block." Another deep breath, and Ashriel was smiling. "I didn't want to bother you guys. After all, Jen, you've been living in a one bedroom apartment for the longest time, and you, Lix, are still living with all your siblings and your parents. It wasn't like I wanted to worry you guys by asking you for anything."

"But the difference here, Ash, is that my family PAYS for my home." Jennalin appealed, looking at Ashriel. "I could always convince them to let me get a bigger apartment!"