Darwin's eyes trailed to the group as they began to play with eachother. She sighed gently before returning her attention to Clairice and her pained expression; amotionally pained. the burning intensified as the the heat in the room as the 1/4 AC power finally died out completely. Another aggrivated sigh passed her lips as she looked over clairice.

"Still it is my fault..."

A voice entered her mind once more.
Would you like to help her with the burn? You can you know.

and the voice in her head explained it to her. she took a deep breath and was quick pulling Clairice's hands into her own eyes locked on them focusing on the damaged skin she was mumbling something under her breath as she did; what it was was unintelligable but, whatever it was the burns eased not healed but, the pain faded away.

"Did that work?"

Airi nodded slightly glancing over her shoulder at clairice offering a gentle wink to her. She really wanted those three there to join but, she wouldn't force them even if she was drunk out of her gourd.

"Uhmm..."

she blinked slightly at the three began to play with each other samantha's hand pulled off her panties she wasn't sure what to do with more than one at a time.

" I just rememered I've only been with one girl in this way... I'm not sure how to do this with three others at once."

she said a little too honestly; her panties and netherlips were quite dry compared to the other three. She wasn't easy to arouse; even drunk it was quite difficult when she was so worried about not doing a goo job of making the others happy.

Kat gently rubbed her eyes as she woke up from her long nap in her sister's bed, where she usually slept these days, when her girlfriend was gone from their dorm for long periods. After a long day of nothing but studying and doing homework, she needed a bit of a rest. Yawning, Katrina pulled off her covers and rolled out of bed. Noticing an outfit laid out on the bed, she walked on over to take a look, a curious expression on her face. Kat had been sound asleep, and hadn't heard her sister tell her about the party going on. When she was out like that, there was absolutely nothing that could wake Kat up but Kat herself.

The note read:

Kat,

I went off to join the party taking place 472. These clothes are for you to put on when you wake up. Please, for the love of God and your own dear sister, PLEASE refrain from wearing those baggy-ass clothes of yours to the party. I don't think the hostess would appreciate someone coming to her little get-together dressed like a hobo attending a sleep-over.

Also, please, please try to socialize with the other girls. Nobody likes a wallflower at a party. This event is the perfect opportunity for you to crawl out of that rock and make some friends, so please take advantage of it.

See you there.


Samantha

P.S., Please try to smile and have a good time.

Kat sighed, shaking her head as she put down the letter.

Am really that anti-social? I mean I know I'm shy, but geese, Sammy makes it sound like I'm a darn hermit or something. And do I really look that bad in the clothes I wear?

Katrina sighed again, these uncomfortable thoughts running through her mind as she sat down on the bed, unconsciously placing herself exactly between Samantha's letter and the outfit she had laid out for her.

Maybe her sister was right...Perhaps in such a desperate attempt to blend in as she tried to hide herself in her own rather plain and unattractive clothes, she was standing out all the more, and not in the way that she would have liked. What if she wasn't actually trying to hide from everyone else? What if, in a paranoid attempt to shelter herself from the horrors of her past, what she was truly hiding from was herself?

What if...deep inside of the quiet, reserved girl was a happy, outgoing, fun-loving woman who loved to laugh and have a good time and be around others...And what if the events in her life that had left her forever scarred also had caused her to suppress that part of herself in an attempt to keep herself from further harm at the hands of her peers?

All these what ifs mercilessly ate away at Katrina's mind as the deeply troubled girl sat there with her head buried in her hands. So many questions without answers...

"What am I going to do with myself...?" Kat began to sob, her head hung low as it rested heavily in her hands, all thoughts of the party completely gone from her mind at that instant...

She listened as the air conditioning completely fails. Sighing as the room temperature becomes all the more heated, she could only shrug off the salty pain that slid over her burned fingers. She blinks confusedly as the hand was taken from its spot. Not being fully aware of Darwin's saddened feeling, she failed to act at all.

She watched with interest as the pain suddenly dissapated. though the wound remained, it hurt no more. She tested the theory by balling her fists before relaxing it again. She smiles to her friend and nods.

"Thank-you, Darwin. It..helped a lot," her voice was soft and sincere as she spoke. Her expression turned to a warmed smile at the woman before her. To have such kindness drawn towards her was foreign, but she accepted it for what it was-a kind gesture from a friend.

Darwin nodded looking over Clairice's hands with that soft smile.

"You're welcome... don't ask me how I just did that because I have no idea. It might sound a little insane but, a voice in my head told me how to do it."

she admitted hoping not to frighten her friend too much; she might think her insane after all. the burning had eased slightly after she expelled the energy to perform that spell which she didn't know was a spell, though Clairicie might have been able to explain that much.

She raises her hand, singinfying her to stop her explanation any further. Her eyes had closed as she gives a small smile.

"I understand. There's no need to explain. I'm grateful for your healing powers," she begins, bringing down her hand to rest in her lap with the other, "I may not be able to fully heal things as you've just demonstrated, but I can do more then just destroy things...my only power that does such a thing is my ability to read emotions freely. Such as your's..." she explains, easing her words softly as to not make Darwin tense with the fact that her emotions were open to her eyes.

Darwin blinked with a blank expression on her face for awhile; well for a few moments at least before finally offering a sage nod to the witch glad that she understood. She huffed slightly wiping more sweat aaway from herself and clairice's foreheads before saying anything.

"Oh you can tell what I'm feeling huh?"

she blushed slightly finding this a little strange and embarasing to be able to be read like a book in such a manner. She didn't mind it but, it was a bit unsettling to say the least.

"Yes...I can already tell that your emberrassed and uncomfortable with my statement. But...friends shouldn't things from eachother. That's at least...how I feel," she replies, her small smile fading as she looks down to the floor. Her head was slightly turned sideways as she waited to see what words she could find to explain further, but none came to mind.

"I was hoping it wasn't that unsettling to you."

"Sorry, I guess I'm just used to the idea of being able to hide what i'm feeling if I want to."

she laughed, it was real the laugh, somehow she found that missing a sense of security was funny. she sighed slightly laying back onto clairice's lap hoping she didn't mind. she held no ill or lewd intent towards clairice and she hoped she made that known even if she though she was quite a beauty; she respected her too much to even harbor such thoughts.

She gives a frustrated sigh with a smile. The girl was absoultely ridiculous in her change of moods. She slightly gasps and is taken aback when she leans down and rests her ehad in her lap. But her expression softened only moments later, content to have Darwin close like this. She too held no thoughts of seducing or anything like that. She had a lvoe already, but there was no doubt that the girl had a flare in her personality. It was something she could get used to quickly.

"I'm sorry...I didn't ask for such a thing..." she mummbles and seems slightly saddened at remanescing.

"It's alright Clairice, I know what it's like... there are some things I've gotten that I didn't ask for too; The symbols on my leg for one, the voice in my head, magic..."

She closed her eyes taking a deep breath. her hair quickly turned blue then back to gray. she shrugged.

"And that; didn't ask for that either; just have to take it as it's presented to you; get people to like you for who you are and if they don't; they're not worth it. Like I said I'll be your friend however you are if you'll do the same for me."

"O-Of course..."

She could feel herself ready to cry from how touching this moment was, but she didn't shed a tear. She was used to holding it in anyways. She looks down at the girl's face, watching with her deep emerald eyes as the girl seemed to go through the pain she was having...somewhat. Of course no one will possibly understand what a burden it was to be able to read people's feelings, even when she didn't want to. But at the very least, Darwin seemed sincere.

"This is a party you know. I don't think it would be the appropriate occasion to talk so deeply on subjects..."

"True, wasn't labeled as an orgy either though was it? as long as people are having fun and enjoying themselves in whatever way the party is a sucess I think."

She said keeping that smile on her face even as she shifted in clairice's lap. eyes glanced to the group once more still feeling more than a little envy at their courage.

"Though if you're not having fun just tell me and We can do something."

"...I...just don't want to talk about this anymore. I'm sorry..." she tries to say fully but it was hesitant throughout the sentence. She was the one that brought up her ability, so it was her fault for making herself feel so bad.

"I'm not sure I follow you. What else could we possibly do besides talk?" she asks curiously and tilts her head in confusion.

"It's okay."

she replied to her friend eyes still closed she sat up then stood offering a hand to assist clairice in standing.

"You mean besides talk and do that?"

she motioned to the group as they pleasured eachother.

"We can eat, dance, or of course just find a new subject and go back to talking if you really want; I just can't think of anything."