Paxton laughed when Mirajane phased through the dashboard of his car to take a look at the inner workings. Her childlike intrigue was amusing, but it was also nice to see someone who was interested in anything he owned. His car wasn’t fancy like the richer kids at his school; it was just a humble old Toyota with close to two hundred thousand miles on it. Nothing to brag about by any means. So, even if the genie was only fascinated because his was likely the first car she had ever seen, he still enjoyed watching her marvel over it.

After the initial novelty seemed to wear off, Mirajane turned back to him and asked, [color=fff79a][b]“Where are you going, exactly?”[/b][/color]

“School,” Paxton answered simply. “You were the one who said to ‘see for myself,’ so that’s what I’m going to do. I also have regular classes and… some other things I have to do today.” Somehow, he didn’t feel comfortable sharing his attraction to Emily with the genie. She already seemed to think he was an idiot, and he didn’t want to encourage the idea. Of course, he didn’t think his crush was stupid. It was everyone [i]else[/i] who continued to tell him it was pointless to keep chasing after her. He had a feeling that of he told Mirajane about Emily, she would just chastise him like all the others.

Arriving at the school, Paxton pulled into the parking lot and turned the key, shutting off the engine of his car. Before getting out, however, he turned to look at the genie skeptically. She claimed that she was only tangible when she sprouted legs, but how did he know this was true? He wasn’t sure if he could explain her away if someone saw her floating out of his backpack during class. He glanced up, meeting her eyes, “So… you [i]are[/i] invisible when you’re like that, right? If someone saw you hovering over my shoulder, they might have a panic attack.”