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After bidding farewell to Salem, Lilie felt like most of her energy had been spent. What a day, she had a lot to think about and too much to tell her brother the next time they spoke. Maybe she would leave out the arena stuff, she didn't want him worried. At first she thought that maybe getting to hang out with someone after class would be nice, but she felt exhausted. Well, there was nothing wrong with going back to the dorm and just sleeping for the next ten hours, right? There [I]was[/I] homework to get started on, but she wasn't too worried. Speaking of homework, Salem had a good point about Max, but she didn't have his number. She'd have to ask him for it tomorrow. For now, she was content with a nice, hot bath.

She was still invigorated by her idea of a get together, and rather than wait, she decided to jump on the idea. She pulled out her phone, deciding to send a text to Cassandra first. She felt like they would get along easily, with the fire mage setting a good precedent for Lilie to look up to. 

[hider=Text to Cassandra][color=deepskyblue][I]>Hey! We didn't get to talk much during lunch, but I was thinking that we could have a proper get together, maybe on the weekend. I'll invite Aaron and Salem too--turns out we're all neighbors! It'll be fun to get to know one another and we can just hang out :D [/I][/color]
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[color=deepskyblue]"And...sent!"[/color] Lilie smiled to herself, relatively pleased as she scrolled through her new contacts. Sitting on Kanalie's name, the white haired girl tried not to get too giddy as she decided to text her as well. 

[hider=Text to Kanalie][color=deepskyblue][I]>Hi, this is Lilie from class! I was wondering if you knew any good hangout spots, maybe we could meet up sometime during the week?[/I][/color]
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Lilie didn't know what it was about the older student that made her heart race, but she was eager to get to know her, too. Maybe she could give her a little more insight on trying to properly socialize with vampires. Admittedly she was definitely more curious about the nature of her, uh, relationship, but she seemed genuinely nice. Putting her phone away for the moment, as she looked up, she stopped in her tracks as she saw the Astorio sitting on a bench. He looked like he was waiting for someone, stern as he was the last time she saw him. There was no way he didn't see her. Slowly raising a hand, she gave him a small wave with a somewhat tight-lipped smile, though she continued on her way, picking up the pace. She didn't mean to be obvious, but she wasn't entirely sure she was ready for another talk with him. Not yet.

Turning the corner, she slowed down as she tried to calm her frayed nerves. He really was right, wasn't he? If she let her fear get the better of her, she was going to give herself an anxiety attack. But she couldn't help it, she was scared! And she had the right to be! It was just the first day, she could give herself that leeway. She'd try to work on that going forward, she had years of [I]academic education[/I] to learn how to talk to vampires without quaking in fear.

As the thought crossed her mind, Lilie spotted Sariel with another mage and a vampire. Her eyes widened as she realized it wasn't just any vampire, it was Princess Ryner! The universe really had a funny way of throwing more people she didn't like at her, didn't it? She frowned as she watched the princess from where she stood, watching her interact with people. She seemed so casual, it was so different than when she had seen her at the first night. Was it easy for her since she was the one that got to pick and choose who got to go to her school? If only she was braver, maybe she could ask why she picked her of all people.

Letting out a sigh of defeat, Lilie pulled out her phone again. Well, even if she wasn't happy to see the princess, she could think of at least one person who might be. She had no idea where Aaron was at the moment, but he would probably be happy to see someone from the castle.

[hider=Text to Aaron][color=deepskyblue][I]>You'll never guess who's here![/I][/color]
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After sending the text, Lilie lifted her phone, zooming in to Princess Ryner. Once the familiar shutter sound went off, she went to forward the picture, though she must have moved at the last moment since it was blurry. The princess still looked gorgeous despite her features being fuzzy; go figure, vampires could make a potato sack look amazing, even messed up pictures couldn't make them look bad. Focusing a little more, she made absolutely sure her hands were steady as she took a second picture. As she opened up her texting history with Aaron, the image preview showed that the princess was looking right at the camera.

Lilie didn't dare look up, though the shock on her face was still obvious. Did she see her?! She must have, she's looking right at the phone! Daring herself to lift her head, Lilie slowly looked up, nearly screaming as she caught an amused look on the princess's face. Yup, she saw her. She totally caught her. Lilie was paralyzed, unsure whether to laugh or cry, her face red with embarrassment. Day one and she had already made a fool of herself, go figure.

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