It was a completely lame excuse, but Tora had to find a way to keep in touch with Jocelyn. He had a cell phone on him but never used it, this might be an excuse for actually having the damn thing now. Clearly a sorry way of going about it, the princess was quick to call him out on the request and shoot him down. Well that went about as well as he'd expected it to, so much for that idea. Beginning to walk off the young man sighed dismally, puzzled just how he would keep abs on her without outright stalking her constantly. Hearing himself be called he looked back at Jocelyn, smiling when she waved him over. Now there was a bit of a surprise, he didn't think he'd be willingly told to come along. Huh, maybe he was actually warming up on her, who knew? Chuckling he went along with Jocelyn to the curb, standing beside her as they waited for Aidan once again. Seriously, she should just walk home, it wasn't all that far away. Though he supposed this way was a little easier in regards to making sure she was safe.

"Something... Going on...?" Tora repeated, sounding dumbfounded. Huh, was it really coming across as him having some troubles at home? He was pretty sure he'd mentioned living alone, or maybe he'd imagined that, he didn't quite know anymore. Having Jocelyn suddenly invite him over and even go as far as extend empathy was quite unusual in his limited experience. Smiling bashfully he rubbed at his neck, looking away as he decided to go along with her little assumption. "Yeah... Lots of drama lately, thanks." Might as well string her along, maybe this gave him more excuse to be around her. Chuckling he put up his hands defensively, looking down at Jocelyn with an innocent smile. "I won't give the wrong idea, honest! Besides being a boyfriend is too much work, I couldn't be bothered. I find it more fun just to annoy you as is." Plus if he dated the princess then that would be the cause of all sorts of trouble back home. Jocelyn might be cute, but she wasn't worth getting his little man knocked off. Nah, someone else could have that can of worms, he'd just admire her from afar, hehe, and maybe have a dream or two.

Jocelyn and Tora were graced then by another person's presence, one of the teachers in the school. Miss Dominique, according to the princess, a face that he recognized well already. The woman had an unusual habit of being around Jocelyn, enough so to the point to arouse suspicion. Saying anything on the matter would only make him seem crazy, and he couldn't well allude to figuring something was amiss with the woman. Whatever her case was she had Jocelyn totally fooled, she didn't seem to find anything amiss. Following Jocelyn to the car time seemed to slow for a fraction of a second as he passed Miss Dominique, scrutinizing the woman with a passing glance before he went to the car. He had to keep an eye on her, even if she wasn't involved there was something peculiar about her. Getting into the back seat of Aidan's car he shut the door, peering out the window casually back at the woman. He was a little surprised to find their gaze meeting, and he did his absolute best to figure something out about her to no avail. No magic as far as he could tell, and she seemed pleasant enough. Damn it, this job was proving to be annoying. Maybe he should just drop out of classes, keep an eye on this woman when he wasn't watching Jocelyn. Hm... He'd have to think about that a bit.