"Of course you won't. You can't be the same as the person you admire. You can be as good as they are, just not in the same ways," Orion says, realizing he made no sense again. I hope she understood that.

"What if the arrows spelled something like: Orion Loves Jora?" Ember supplies. "And then we sing it and embarrass Orion half to death," she added.

Jora shrugged. "Not always..." She mutter as she tried to remember which way they had come. "Great." She felt awful. She wouldn't mind having an excuse to miss class but she had gotten Orion lost too and if they both missed class together it would look like they weren't being honest about getting lost.

Alderic's eyes grow wide. "Man! You have an evil mind!" He said with a smile. "Actually I was thinking along the lines of a big heart with a J and an O in it." He said looking up at her. "Might as well embarrass them both." He said with a shrug,

A'ine shook her head. "What ever you guys do please think about what Jora might think first..." She said thinking they might have forgotten about what happened to her at her village.

"What's wrong?" Orion asked, stopping next to Jora. He looked around realized the problem. "Darn it. Well let's see. I think we came from over there," he said, pointing to the opening to a hallway behind them.

"Yeah, what A'ine said. Which is why we should do the first one. It won't look like we're trying to tease Jora," said Ember quietly.

Jora shrugged. "It's worth a try." She said. walking toward it.

A'ine shook her head smiling. "Then she'll blame herself for getting Orion teased." She shrugged. "Why not just make it a chinese dragon breathing fire and then they won't expect anything till you sing?" She asked thinking it might work..

Mitch had been almost doubling over with laughter as they spoke. These three were determined to get the two friends to be more then friends.

Alderic snapped his fingers. "That's a great idea! I can even make blue fire!" He thought for a moment. "Then I could make a swan riding on it. Jora seems to like swans."

A'ine shook her head. "NO. Don't. Do. That. It'd be worst then the heart." She said knowing that it would upset Jora if she thought that Alderic figured out.

Orion followed. "Geez, I think Ember got lost this morning too. THis school is so confusing," he said, trying to make a mental map of it in his head. "I think the cafeteria is near the middle, and the classrooms kind of branch off it like a wheel," he said, remembering how he had reached the classroom last time.

"What if we just write: Just kiss her already Orion." Ember said, half-sarcastically.

Jora shrugged. "If she did A'ine would probably have helped her out a bit." She said then sighed. "I doubt A'ine will get anywhere near me after last night..." She said hanging her head. She was sure that she had them at least worried that they'd get hurt.

Alderic shook his head. "No, that's too obvious. And besides we'd wait for them to be comfy before we sing. That'd work better, believe me I live and work with three experts on how to get shy girl's kissed." He said thinking of the time they had gotten someone to kiss the booky one.

A'ine shook her head at Ember. "Might as well put a kick me sign on Jora as that."

Mitch raised an eyebrow. "Just curious, why do we want them to kiss each other? I mean besides if they obviously like each other?" He asked wondering.

"On the contrary, she's looking forward to teaching you to swim later," Orion said to Jora, praying she would believe him, because he was telling the truth. "Ember and Alderic too," he added, although they hadn't actually said anything out loud, they did say something along those lines.

"....Should we explain?" Ember sent to A'ine. She didn't want to tell yet another person about Jora's backstory because enough people already knew. 'It's really Jora's choice." She added at the end.

(Boom Baby! I'm back!!!! :D)

Jora shook her head. "She can't be..." She muttered to herself. She heard the voices again. 'You'll never have friends.... Anyone who sees you will run screaming.... You're lucky your mom didn't just douse you when you were born....' She bit her lip hugging herself. She felt her hands shaking a bit but kept a tight clamp on them hoping to hide it from Orion.

A'ine shook her head at Ember. "No she can tell these two if she wants." She said aloud not caring if either boy heard her.

Mitch looked at Alderic and both shrugged together. "So what's the game plan? I can help you set up if you'd like." He offered Alderic. "Oh and A'ine, none of us asked you but what should we make it look like?" He asked her confident she'd have a better idea then the rest of them.

A'ine sighed and rubbed her eyes thinking a little. "I think a paint brush on an easel." She said looking at Ember to see if she agreed.

(Yay! Is that a reference to Emperor's New Groove, or not?)

"She is, trust me. There's no reason for any of us to hate you," Orion said. "I promise, we don't hate you," he added,smiling at her. He noticed her shaking, but once again pretended he didn't. She'd probably just be embarrassed.

"I guess, but isn't that a bit too subtle?" Ember asked.

(Yes it is ^^.... Wait... Durn! I did that wrong. *Hangs head in sham and walks back inside.* Ten seconds later *Kicks open door* Boom Baby!)

Jora bit her lip. She didn't believe him. She could have hurt them very badly... Maybe even killed them, there was no way they wouldn't hate her. "I trust you." She said no looking at him. She let out a shaky breath. She didn't know if she trusted him fully but she id trust him for some strange reason.

A'ine nodded. "That's the point." She said looking at Alderic to see if he got it.

Alderic held his chin in thought then nodded. "That way they won't expect a thing! I like that plan." He said looking at Mitch.

Mitch shrugged. "You guys know them better then I do." He said with a smile.