[quote=@Hitman5455]
"I think I wanna take you up on your offer..." he said with a dark tone. He drew his fist back and punched at her chest level. However just before his fist connected he stopped it instantly. And opened his hand for a handshake, laughing. 

"I'm just fuckin with ya." He said jokingly. "Nice to meet you Vedika, I'm Jason."
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Vedika stared with unflinching eyes as Jason's fist came towards her, ready for the hit.  It was a few seconds after the non-impact that she blinked in mild confusion and looked down at his outstretched palm.  [i]Ah, this is that thing boys do[/i] Vedika thought to herself.  She reciprocated incorrectly by giving Jason a light finger high-five, the kind that usually leads to a fist-bump followed by any manner of weird secret handshake-type rituals, though Vedika left it at just the fingers. Sitting back down, and saying bye to Paulina who had just left to see actually socialize at the social, Vedika said, "Jason, is it?  Knowing the kinds of people you're likely to find in this school, you must be pretty brave to run to someone's aid like that.  What is it you can do that gives you that kind of confidence?" It was maybe a bit out of character for Vedika to be asking this, but perhaps some of Paulina's curiosity and desire to learn and experiment on all the students' powers was rubbing off on Vedika.

[quote=@Caits]
Ashleigh gave a soft sigh, clutching her book tightly to her, but nodded to Paulina. she watched her friend walk off, standing where she had left her. She glanced about wearily. She knew she could go, but what was the point? She'd still be able to sense the large gathering of emotions nearby. She could take the easy way out. Grumbling under her breath, she sat down by Vivi, and Jason. Until Vivi leaped up. Ashleigh flinched, automatically shifting away from the flamboyance that was Vivi. 

She gave another sigh, setting her book on the table and closed her eyes, once more hiding her face with her hair. She dropped her head into her hands, there was just too much going on. She drew in a deep breath, letting it out slowly. 

Maybe she should have taken a pill. 

Maybe she could just sneak off and take one. 

That would leave her with two left. Was this really a situation she wanted to waste a pill on? They had become surprisingly hard to come by. She thought someone must be blocking her advances at getting them. Sighing again, she looked up. [@Hitman5455][@Stern Algorithm]
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Vedika could notice that Ashleigh was tired.  Seeing her lift her face, Vedika gave her a reassuring smile.  Paulina had told Vedika enough times in the past how her energy could be tiring to others around her, especially Ash.  Vedika hoped that by sitting back down and just having a simple conversation with Jason would be enough to slow the pace down to a bearable speed for Ashleigh.