Overload (Seth)

[Calista Leila Rosa]

ugh....Calista hated this. She was tired, she was bored, and she had a headache. Those three things alone were enough to have Cali groaning to herself and become irritated enough to snap at anyone who dared bother her. Of course, she didn't think anyone would dare bother her unless of course she knew them or they were an idiot or maybe a little of both.

She was currently sitting in at a table in a corner of the library, piles of books on varying subjects were spread out across the surface. Calista focused dark blue eyes on the book in front of her, it's subject being Triganometry. Calista could be a smart girl but, math was her weak point. She despised it with all her might. She thought that maybe if she stared at it long enough, it would finally start to make sense. But no. It words were as cryptic to her as trying to read ancient Egyptian upside down.

"I'm never going to get this..." She sighed and let her head fall onto the book with a small thump. She had such a headache...how was she going to finish those worksheets, the World History Report, and that English Essay she had due tomorrow? Now, the two reports were half way done. They just needed a better hook and a conclusion...but the worksheets....someone just kill her now!

"Seth would understand this........" She sighed. It had been a few days since she had seen him again.....sometimes she really longed for the days when it was just them. When the Battle Front and Prefects were still a far off away and they had each other to lean on.....Maybe she had really bitten off more than she could true.

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Seth was currently walking through the library again. He had a few books in his hands, just some light reading for later on, despite the fact that there was quite a lot going on at the moment. Sometimes he hated how all his free time would be sucked into things that he had no desire dealing with, but that was the result of having responsibilities.

Still, his own personal studies wouldn't suffer, as there was so much more to discover about powers in general, how they worked, and his own personal limitations. Thus is why he was currently carrying around three different books and a scientific journal on thermal chemistry. It was his hope to understand his power more, and maybe to figure out a few quicker shortcuts towards some of his transmutations. After all, being prepared for everything was very important when constantly dealing with unknown factors.

As he traveled through the isles of the library, he saw a ravenous haired beauty sitting at a desk. Pausing for a second to make sure it truly was who he believed it was, Seth gained a Cheshire grin, and almost skipped to the other person. Of course Seth would never skip, but there was defiantly a bounce to his step.

When he reached her, Seth didn't immediately alert her to his presence, just looking over her shoulder and watching what she was doing. He grinned as she lamented his apparent absence. Such a silly girl, all she had to do was ask, or not even that, just suggest that his help would be appreciated and he'd be there in minutes to offer his services.

"The answer is the limit of x to infinity is sin of x divided by x is equal to zero. Also, Ello there Cali!" He stated jovially, placing his books on the table before leaning over and kissing his sister on the cheek. "Really, you're so stubborn sometimes."

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Damn homework.....Damn Battle plans....damn prefect work...Yes. Calista was in a very bitter and frustrated mood right now. She was muttering many more profanities in her head. Why was math such a necessary part of life? Sure, she knew it was important but that didn't mean she hated it any less. Maybe she should just take a nap and her homework would magically finish itself....

Suddenly Calista heard a familiar voice behind her and shot upstraight, nearly leaping out of her chair from surprise. Crossing her arms, she gave a slight pout. "you scared me...." and hardly anyone was ever able to do that. Finally she realized that he just gave her the answer to the problem she had been stuck on.

Okay...1 down....about 49 more to go....she quickly jotted it down. As she stared at the paper....oh....now she got what she did wrong....just about everything....Seth really was the best...Calista merely shook her head at his answer. "well you have a lot of work to do too..." Funny how just seeing her brother seemed to change her mood entirely.

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He laughed lightly as he looked over at the mountains of paper flooding her desk. "I think I can spare a few moments of my time to help out my darling sister."

Seth moved a chair almost right next to Calista, before sitting down on it. He watched as the girl gave off an adorable pout, before bumping his shoulder into her sightly. "Come on now, sulking won't do anything for completing all this work."

He reached over to the desk, moving a few papers slightly this way and that, to get a better scope of the workload Calista and he faced, before letting out another laugh, as he leaned back into his chair. "This looks like the entire week's work here. Are you really getting roped into so much from the Prefects. I'll probably have to talk with the others to give you more of a break. Can't have my only squad member so downtrodden as to not even be able to help provide assistance."

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Calista smiled at her brother. He really was the best. She knew that he had a lot to do to, being a Commander and all...she was secretly glad she didn't bring any of her 'extra' work with her though. By extra, she meant her work as Battle Front second in Command.....

She couldn't help but feel her smile grow larger when he bumped into her and she returned the gesture. Funny how one person could make your entire day better...hard to believe just minutes ago she was saying how much she hated the world in her head...and now....well now she couldn't have been happier. She had her best friend and brother here with her, helping her with her homework....what could be better?

"It's fine....I can handle it." she lied and had to stifle a yawn. Calista had been losing more and more sleep lately. Every night was spent with something different....she had been surprised no one commented on her eye bags yet...but then again, she had been carefully concealing any signs of her fatigue. Make-up could only go so far though...

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A night watching movies with Lilith and Chris, and now he was sitting with his sister again. It almost made up for the troubles that he had been encountering over this week. Almost but not quite, while he felt quite happy and content at the moment, his intellect reminded that it didn't fix the problems that Amelia seemed determined to cause for him. Still, it was Calista!

Seth laughed, and leaned against Calista, faking a small yawn as he rested his head against her shoulder. "I bet you haven't had a proper night's sleep in ages!" He replied in mirth, guessing that she was being run as ragged as he was.

"Nevertheless, capable of it or not, Seth here is going to help you tonight!" He said cheerily, as he snatched up her math homework. "But I'm feeling a bit lazy too, so...." Grabbing onto her pencil, he started writing down the answers for a good portion of the worksheets, leaving behind only six unanswered questions.

Having finished the work, he grinned at Calista, "So, had an interesting week?"

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Why was there just so much to do lately? It seemed like she could never get a break...the only time she could relax and just enjoy herself was when she was in Seth...but even then she had to be careful....she hated herself for doing this...for lying straight to him...but there was nothing that could be done about it. It was either this....or risk having him hate her forever. A thought that she couldn't even fathom.

Calista smiled and hugged her elder brother. He sure was in a cheery mood today. "You got that right....and concealer can only go so far!" If it wasn't for that, she'd probably look like the walking dead already.....

Before she could even protest Seth had stolen her homework and her temporarily abandoned pencil and began quickly working away. Calista's eyes could barely keep up. Ugh....she was getting dizzy again...how did he do that?! She gawked for a moment, then smiled at him. "you're the best Seth."

An interesting week? "You could say that.....so I have a new roommate....Christopher Desely....I showed this new guy around....apparently no one told him ANYTHING about this school, and he tried to choke me when I tried to explain things." She sighed a bit. "Darrian also called me for a private meeting...." more like to hit on her...and she wouldn't even mention the pantsless guy....even if he was very hot.....

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Seth raised an eyebrow as Calista mentioned concealer. Looking closly at her face, he frowned before, taking a page out of Chris's book, licking the girl on the cheek before running his thumb against the girl's face, watching as a thick layer of cream came off with the passing of his thumb. "Wow, you almost look like a Panda!" He stated in surprise, smiling quite brightly, only to realize that his actions revealed his heavily bandaged hands, but didn't bother to say anything about them just yet.

After all listening to Calista was much better than blabbering himself. Of course when he heard that Chris was her new roommate, Seth paled slightly, and quickly pulled out his cellphone to send off a quick text to make sure that said girl was still alive, before he stopped and frowned. "Someone tried to choke you?" He asked, a small amount of menace leaking into his voice. Someone dared harm...

Did she just say that Darrian tried to get her alone for a private meeting? Seth scowled as he looked down to Calista's neck before breathing deeply. "I'm going to have to have a talk with all these ruffians that you seem to be running into this week." he said, offering a weak grin himself.

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Calista blushed when he suddenly licked her on the cheek and removed some of her concealer. She pouted at him. "You know, if anyone else said that. They'd be in severe pai-" Calista never finished her sentence as she suddenly grabbed at his wrists. "What happened to your hands?!" She asked worriedly. Did she need to go kill someone?

"Yeah. He was just panicked though. Didn't expect this place to be what it is." She shrugged. "Didn't hurt me...just stopped me from speaking." She said trying to defuse that tone in his voice. still...she couldn't help but smile at it....She really did love him...

Calista suddenly stopped smiling. While she did want to just enjoy his company...she had to talk to him. She had to ask. "I heard from Christopher that you had a pretty interesting week too....who's Lilith?" She said, much colder than she intended to be.

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Calista was such a kind soul. Begging off the evental torture and death of another student, just because she felt that they had a sufficent reason to act as they had. That of course wasn't going to stop him from making the other scream out for the creator to take him back, but it was endearing how gentle and kindhearted his little sister could be.

Of course, with Calista currently gripping onto Seth's hands and demanding answers about both his hands and apparently something Chris had blabbered about, Seth couldn't help but laugh and draw the girl into a hug.

"It's nothing really, just a few minor accidents with some of my experiments." Which was more or less true, his missing skin was totally his fault, and the burn on the other hand was just as much his fault as Lilith's.

"As for Lilith...." Seth started, a light blush covering his cheek as he remember his most recent meeting with the girl. He chuckled slightly, "Ah, she's this technomancer, and poison manipulator that I ran into earlier this week. She's pretty nice, but I don't know enough about her to say either way as to who she is. I'm pretty sure she's in your grade though, maybe you'll see her in class soon."

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Calista carefully ran her hand over the bandages. "You really have to be more careful....don't need my big-brother accidentely killing himself....." she said and she was suddenly pulled into a hug, she slowly hugged back. But shook her head and pulled away. She could almost feel the anger boiling up in her again. She had never been angry with Seth before SHE came along. She hated herself for these feelings...but she couldn't help it anymore.

"Oh is that all?" She said bitterly as she noted the blush. "Christopher told me you have a crush on her and were cuddling with her in the student lounge" She said as her once soft and adoring gaze began to shift into a glare.

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Seth smiled softly as he was berated for his actions again. It was a familar occurrence to him, something he would never get tired of, as it showed that she truly still cared about him.

Then he was pushed away, and Seth raised an eyebrow in confusion watching as his sister seemed to almost be glaring at him. That couldn't be right.

Of course, it made sense with Chris's comments added into things. That girl was way too much of a gossip, stretching the truth and overextending her bounds. "I do not have a crush on Lilith. I barely even know the girl. To be infatuated with someone so soon would be hormones, and nothing else." He gave off a small snort, believing that he had better control over such primitive instincts as that himself.

"As for the 'cuddling'" Seth murmured, "It's nothing. The girl was scared of a movie, and tried to hide from it by pressing into me, and Cali was laying in our laps making it impossible to move away without being disruptive. You know how it is, Cali. You're the only one in my life, and before I ever bring anyone else along, I'd want your full approval."

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Cali looked like she was just about ready to burst at the seams. She was exhausted and her emotional mask wasn't as good as it once was. Slowly she felt the tension in her shoulders leave and the anger that was once directed at her brother began to melt away. Instead...it became directed at herself. How could she have thought such a silly thing? Maybe it was because she was scared of losing him too.....Tears rose up in her eyes but they would never fall. She couldn't be that weak.

"I'm sorry..." She whispered. "I should have come to you before getting mad...." Suddenly she lunged herself at him and hugged him tightly, burying her face into his shoulder. "I'm sorry." Besides...with all the lying she did. She didn't deserve to call him out for this....she was being an idiot.

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Seth let out a small sigh as he saw Calista seem to break down before his very eyes. It was disheartening to see just how much she had been holding in, and yet he couldn't but wonder just how much more she still had to say.

Unwilling to let go of the crying girl, Seth gently rubbed her back with one hand, the other running through her fingers, revealing her face to him. He placed another soft kiss on her cheek. "There, there, there's nothing to be sorry about. We all make mistakes."

He paused for a second, wondering if he should leave it there before deciding against it. This was his Calista, if she was willing to share, then he would at least give her the chance. Her burdens were his as far as he was concerned. "Was there anything else you wanted to ask or tell me? Just let it all out."

[Calista Leila Rosa]

Calista simply enjoyed the warmth and security of her brother's arms. She was the only one...Chris would pay for telling her things like that. Cali took everything that involved Seth seriously....he was the only one afterall. The only one she could be herself around. The place where she didn't have to pretend. She didn't have to lie to herself and the world what was going on with her.....of course...she hadn't wanted to burden him and she didn't want to reveal something that could jepordize their bond.

Then he asked her if there was anything else....she stopped for a moment. Was there? Sometimes there was so much you could say...yet so little you actually would. That was of those moments for her. "No....I guess...I've just been really scared that I'm losing you..." Sometimes she felt like time in between their meetings was growing longer and longer, and the lengths of said meetings were getting shorter. She could tell herself what she wanted to believe but, even she knew the truth deep inside of her. She could say she didn't care about the fact that her parents hated them...but....she it had truly effected her. She was always scared that Seth was going to leave her too.