Yay School... mmm not!

[Xavier]

He caught the soda and popped the tab all in one fluid motion. Finally a laugh, things were starting to look up. Birazcir trotted into the room, his nails clacking gently across the floor as he trotted over to her hand. Birazcir may have been annoyed at the whole ordeal but he never passed up the chance to have some attention thrown his way.

Xavier tapped his chin thoughtfully as she asked him how much the school sucked. He thought it was pretty great, being around all these different kinds of magic, but then again she didn't seem to be very happy to be here. Maybe she was forced hre against her will? Again Xavier started with the psychoanalyisis and again his heads started to throb. No need to try and get inside her head, not yet anyway.

"Well I don't think it's all that bad really. I've only been here a few days mind you, but I think it's pretty exciting to be around all these different forms of magic," he said with a grin.

[Lexandra]

Nice catch. She smirked a little as he caught the soda she had thrown at him. He was sweet in a very huggable kinda way. That of course was if you were some kinda psycho cheerleader with a collection of stuffed animals around her bed. Lexi was definatly not the stuffed animal kinda girl. She was more the kind to have a dagger hidden under her pillow.

All the better to stab you with my dear. haha.

Right back to business. She noticed Biz came over to her and she smiled running her hand through his fur. She turned and looked at Xavier as he spoke. He was growing on her she had to admit. But she wasn't going to let on.

She motioned to the chair across the table from her so he could sit if he wanted. She did want friends and it seemed that this little bastard was destined to be the first. He just wouldn't give up. She'd have to see how this friend thing went. He could still get a crossbolt in the butt just for the hell of it. That could be amusing.

"And besides turning into a dog what is your talent?" she asked raising a brow as she pulled her legs up into her chair and watched the boy in her room.

[Xavier]

He smiled and sat down after her silent offer. Birazcir had decided to stay beside Lexandra. Xavier scowled inwardly, she had subtley underminded his authority and was slowly turning his own animal companion against him. Very clever Lexandra....very clever. But no he was just being paranoid, there was no way she was purposely turning Birazcir against him. Besides Biz's loyalty was to him and him alone, there was no way...especially with the magic of the bonding ritual.

"Well it seems you've won over Biz already," he said with a chuckle, Birazcir only smirked and cocked his head in a look of mock innoncence.

Birazcir chuckled, but there was a hint of annoyance in his eyes, "For the last time my proper name is Birazcir and I refuse to stand by any longer and allow you to call me by that asinine nickname," he snapped, matter-of-factly. Xavier only shook his head and laughed, he would keep doing it and and Birazcir would continue to pretend he hated it.

"As for my magical abilities. Well let's see I call on animal spirits and use them to augment my own abilities. I also have a few spells that are based in nature and a healing spell," he said, tapping his chin as he thought about his repetoire of spells, "And I'll have you know I turn into a wolf...not just a mere dog," he explained with a smirk, "What about you, what kind of magic do you have... I assume it has something to do with those cases you treat like your own children," he said, chuckling softly. The comment even got a faint chuckle from Birazcir.

[Lexandra]

Well the dog or wolf was nice. At least he enjoyed being petted because he hadn't left her side. She thought animals were great. Loyal until the end mostly especially K9's. They were always sweet and loyal always there and never betrayed you. She had thought about making the doctors buy her a dog or a cat and perhaps she could still work that. She'd have to wait and see.

She chuckled at the dogs comments and looked down at him. She reached down at pet him behind the ears one of those places that they always seemed to like.

"Look on the bright side Biz. You're name could be Bizby or Biz-zam or some such shit like that." she chuckled as she looked down at that wolf.

She looked back over at Xavier as he began explaining his magic. Inwardly she admitted it was pretty cool to take on the attributes of animals. But outwardly she wasn't going to show that she thought it was cool in the least bit. He joked about her bows and a serious look came over her face. She pursed her lips and stood.

Crossing her room to the desk she opened the first case. It was the smallest and inside was her crossbow. A riffle but and a scope came with it but if she needed to she could just point and shoot.

"This is Shadow." she said as she showed Xavier the bow that wasn't loaded. Setting Shadow back in his case she closed it and moved it aside moving to the next case. The middle sized of the three. Pulling out an intricatly carved wooden bow that had been painted white and the grip fit perfectly.

"She is Daphne." she explained and again Daphne was lay down in her case and it was closed and moved aside and the biggest case yet lay before her. Opening it she pulled out her last bow. A composite bow.

"This is Gabriel." she said with a grin as she placed Gabe back in the case. She pulled out an arrow of a quiver that lay on her desk and showed it to him. The arrow was black carbon in shaft and head with phoenix feathers for the fletching.

"I magically imbue my arrows with a spell that makes them do something special. The arrow you hold in your hand will blow up an area on impact. Pretty nifty I'd say." she said with a shrug and resumed her seat.

[Xavier]

Xavier watched as a serious look came over her face as she moved towards the cases. A faint grin came over his face as she started to open them, at last he would be able to see what it was they held. She had definitely been treating them like fragile babies, especially when he first ran into her. Xavier wondered if what they held was truly so imporatnt as to be fawned over like that. Apparently it was as she pulled out first a crossbow, Shadow, then a wooden bow, Daphne and lastly a composite bow, Gabriel. Each one was beautiful and each one looked extremely dangerous. But a large portion of their beauty lied in their danger, it was like a wolf...would they truly be beautiful if there weren't danger in interacting wiht one? Xavier didn't think so, but then again Xavier had spent a lot of time around wolves and other animals.

He picked up the arrow and flipped it through his fingers, examining it intently, "Phoenix feathers..." he said softly, running his fingers against the soft red feathers that made up the arrow's fletching. Even in the magical world Phoenix's were considered rather rare. Xavier hoped desperately that she hadn't killed such a magnificent creature as a phoenix to get those feathers. She imbued her arrows with magic, "That's awesome!" he said with a grin, "Definitely kicks the shit out of my magic," he said with a nod.

[Lexandra]

It was amazing the excitement one could have over someone elses magic. Yet, in a way it was endearing to the ends of the earth. He was back to being Happy Go Lucky Xavier which was annoying yet she liked the whole package. The darker side had been a surprise but she liked him more because he hadn't been afraid to show it.

"Pheonix feathers are damn expensive too. Little bastards only keep their magic qualities if it's given not taken from a bird. So of course to by the amount I need to continually fletch arrows.. well it sucks." she sighed. "But those bastards are the best there is."

She reached down and began petting Biz again. She liked having a pet. Damnit she was going to the city tomorrow to find herself a pet. She wanted one and as long as it wasn't going to eat her feathers that would be cool. Someone she could care about without having to worry about them telling anyone something.

So now that it had been decided she really didn't know what to talk about but she bet Happy Boy here would be able to think of something so she just sat there scratching his dogs ears and relaxing in her very own room. No sharing with a ward of children or sharing with anyone for that matter. It was her room.

[Xavier]

Xavier grinned as he ran his finger across the arrow head. His skin gave way and cut a little as he ran the tip of his finger down the sharpened edge of the arrow head. So beautiful, yet oh so deadly, nature was the very same way. Xavier chuckled softly as placed the arrow back across the table towards her. Damn, he had cut himself a little deeper than he had thought as blood welled up in the shallow cut. He smirked and brought the finger to his lips, sucking the blood from the small wound.

After he was done, he laughed a little, "Looks like I got my blood after all," he said with a chuckle. He watched intently the way she seemed to like Biz. Birazcir was of course enjoying the attention and a soft but happy sounding growl as she continued to pet his head.

Xavier then realized what time it was, one in the afternoon...holy hell where had the time gone?! Then he felt his stomach rumble a little, "So it's about lunchtime....care to join me for some lunch Lex, not that you should feel obligated or anything. I just thought you might want some company, but not that you need company or anything you seem like the independent type," he said, scratching the back of his head sheepishly, "You know what...I think I'll just stop talking now," he said. The offer was out on the table, as ridiculously as it had been laid out. Birazcir just shook his head and chuckled softly.

[Lexandra]

Lex couldn't help but roll her eyes. Who the hell held an arrow in his hand and then ran his finger over the head. Umm hello? Yes, that's the sharp part. Geez! She sighed and took the arrow back wiping of his blood from the tip. Damn, wasting, little .. errr.

She turned when he began mumbling and ranting on about lunch. She just stared at him for a few minutes. Did the kid have epilespy? No that was too easy. He as just weird that was it. And here they thought she was nuts. Nope, case study number one must have been this chap because he was certainly getting closer to gaining the title of Nut Job.

"Zip it!" she cried out to stop his rambling. She rubbed her temples. "Give a girl a headache." she mummbled.

She looked at the boy. He wanted to take her to lunch? What was the boy doing asking for death? She thought about it for a moment. If she went he would think they were friends. Probably bug her a lot more than he is now. If she went, she got a free meal or any meal for that matter out of the deal and well she had to admit that was a plus. Eating help you live, live and you can shoot things. Oh yes, much fun to be had with living.

On the other hand she had this room. Snazzy and cool. Red, black, and silver. It was her dream room the doctors had finally got something right. Bastards. She looked at Xavier over again. If she stayed he would probably only leave and come back tomorrow. Damnit he knew where she lived now. Well, Shit. No escaping the persistant little bugger.

"Fine, lets go but your buying." she said. She walked to the smallest case and pulled out Shadow. He had a small slot that held five crossbolts. She grabbed four normal average bolts and one healing bolt and placed them in the small clasps. The whole crossbow could hang off her side easily. She let the clasp clip onto her belt. Now she was armed. An smiled crossed her face.

"What are you waiting for? Lets go! Biz looks hungry!" she chuckled as she made her way to the door.

[Xavier]

Birazcir barked happily and trotted after Lex with a toothy grin. He was rather hungry, and he was starting to actually like this girl. She was something knew and she too got annoyed by Xavier's sometimes almost constant chattering. Birazcir could only shake his head at Xavier's stuttering and foolish speech. The wolf wasn't sure if he liked the girl or if Xavier was simply caught off guard by her seemingly cold personality.

Xavier had had it with her attitude. First she acted like she hated him, then she invited him into her room. Then she yelled at him for talking to much, now she was telling him to hurry up and that he was buying lunch. God it was so annoying when she flip flopped like that and Xavier was done taking it.

"What is your problem?! Do you like me or are you annoyed by me? Make up your damn mind for godsakes. First you yell at me for talking too much but apparently you're not above continuing this for a free meal," he said, his voice calm but with a soft hint of anger, "I'm just sick of these damn attitude switches," he said with a huff.

[Lexandra]

What the hell he wasn't going to follow? She turned in time to get an ear full of his anger. She raised one black brow up at him as she leaned against her door frame and watched him. A smile slowly crossed her face as she leaned there listening to him rant and rave.

When he finished she laughed. Really laughed for the first time since she had woken up in the God Forsaken hospital. She looked over at him and walked over. She held out her right hand to shake his.

"All right fair enough. But you'll have to get used to it. Sometimes I just bite back. It's who I am. Sorry if you don't like it and besides I was planning to buy my own meal Mr. Jump to Conclusions." she said with a wink.

"Thanks for biting back. Doesn't happen often but I like it when it does." she admitted with a chuckle.

[Xavier]

Birazcir had fallen silent, merely observing the two of them. Damn humans, they were so confusing sometimes. Birazcir shook his head, he was so glad that his wolf brethern were simpler. They didn't need things like these damn confusing emotions and switches in personality. Even had to admit that it was hard to tell if Lex actually even liked Xavier and he could understand why his master was a little pissed at having to play head games to figure out when she was bieng serious and when she was playing around and being her outwardly cold and cynical self.

Xavier sighed a little as he shook her hand, "I understand, it's just that to be honest with you...you're not exactly easy to get along with," he said with a chuckle, "I also would be willing to pay for the lunch," he said with a shrug, "You're welcome for the biting, I'll have to do bite more often," he said with a sly grin and a chuckle as he started for the door, "So where would you like to go for lunch, if I'm paying you can choose," he said with a nod as Birazcir trotted to his side.

[Lexandra]

She followed him out with a bright smile on her face. She closed her door behind her and locked it. She walked with her thumbs in her pockets as she walked beside him. She liked this guy. He had finally bitten back and been rewarded.

"I don't want to be the easy person to get along with. Everyone does that and half of them are fake. I am blunt. People call it rude but oh well. Wouldn't you rather know what I'm thinking rather than what I'm going to tell you just so you feel good about yourself. I wouldn't want that. I'd rather you just tell me what you think." she said with a shrug as they walked down the hallway.

"Besides, every so often I run into someone who takes my crap and likes it. Like you." she said with a smile as she looked over at him.

"As for lunch what about just burger and fries? You know normal teenage stuff. Heck you can even get your burger rare and you can get your meat bloody and eat it too!" she said with a chuckle as she nudged him with her elbow gently.

[Xavier]

Xavier chuckled and rested his hands behind his head as they walked, Birazcir trotting beside him. The wolf was glad to see the two of them were finally, mutually getting along. At least for the time being he'd be freed of their bickering and snide remarks at one another. Humans were just too confusing and complex sometimes. Birazcir was familiar with nature and understood it was complex, but it was never uselessly complex. Human relationships were just that, complex for no apparent reason.

Xavier nodded, looking at her out of the corner of his eye, "I suppose you're right. It may be hard to deal with somtimes but the whole honesty thing is a lot better than you just telling me what I think I want to hear," he said with a grin, "Besides it could always lead to improvements, such as me toning down my chattering a bit," he said with a grin, "Burgers sound fine or I could always just go wolf and hunt down something to eat. Though I don't think you'd want me dragging back the dead body of some poor animal to the table to eat," he said with a grin, nudging his hips against hers playfully as his hands her folded behind his head while he walked.

[Lexandra]

She laughed and looked over at him and nodded. She totally agreed with that. She wouldn't have wanted him to put some randome dead animal on the table. Definate loss of appetite right there.

"Yeah, but you'd be handy for camping. As would I come to think of it. An archer. Hell yes! We'd make one handy hunting team." she chuckled.

She looked down at Biz and then back to the boy she was walking with. Xavier was a cool name but he needed a cooler one. She had dubbed him worthy of her time and hell he deserved a reward for that. She nudged him with her hip back and grinned.

"Allright, Xav. We're going camping one day if you don't mind that is. And burgers it is for today. Next time we'll get us something raw and I'll cook up my portion." she chuckled. "So where to?"

[Xavier]

Xavier's eyes lit up at the mention of camping. Even Birazcir, usually stoic barked happily a the suggestion. They hadn't been out in the wild since they came to the Academy. It had only been a few days but even so for this pair it seemed like an eternity. They were so used to living in the wilderness, living off their own kill. Despite what he was suggesting to Lex, he actually rarely ever ate his kills rare. After he killed something in wolf form, he usually turned back into his regular human form and cooked the meat. But he did enjoy eating a raw kill, there was just something so primal about it that sent a tingle up his spine.

"Camping would be great!" he said with a grin, "I haven't been out in the wild for what feels like an eternity," he said with a happy grin, "Let's see...well we can take the elevator right there down to the cafeteria," he said with a smirk as he pointed towards the elevator that was across from the stairs they had just climbed not too long ago.