Ember nodded. "You?" she asked, standing up with the other two towels.

Orion shrugged. "I like to paint, swim, and blacksmith. I'm a chinese dragon," he said, trying to think of what to say. "What about you?" he asked, smiling brightly at Mitch.

Alderic nodded back. "Yeah." He thought of asking her about Mitch but remembered what A'ine had been doing to give them privacy. Ember was pretty shy he guess.

Mitch smiled at Orion. "That's cool. I'm more of a writer." He said looking over to the side of the school spotting a bit of blonde hair. "And an ice dragon." He said raising his hand to point near the water and and ice slide started forming.

Ember smiled. "Cool Mitch! Thanks!" She said looking around wondering where the others were.

Jora sighed a little. She knew the other boy had to have seen her but he didn't tell the others.

"What's the circus like?" Ember asked, because from what she'd seen of Alderic, he didn't like to be quiet. She hope that particular question would prompt a conversation without her needing to talk that much.

Orion smiled. "If you made another one, I could make it into a water slide," he offered.

Alderic grinned happily. This was one of the things he could talk forever about. "It was loud, and really fun. I was the only boy in my family so I had to do a lot of the work because my only tomboy sisters are just nine years old." He thought for a bit. "The only time I remember really screwing up was when I accidentally set the tent on fire." He said opening the door for her even though he was carrying more.

Mitch nods. "Sounds cool." He looks back at where Jora was standing looking a little frozen. "But I think that Jora needs a little push or pull to get her out here." He said smiling to the boy while nodding to where Jora was hiding.

Jora was scared when she saw Mitch tell Orion where she was. She pulled her shirt even further down her legs as far as it would go. It barely went past the bottom of the swimsuit.

A'ine looked at Jora smiling but it faded a little when she saw her trying to hide her swimsuit. It would help get her confidence up for sure.

Ember nodded her thanks and stepped though the door. "You had sisters too then," she said, smiling sadly. "How many?"

Orion decided against yelling to Jora, so he just grinned at her, and gave her a small wave.

Alderic smiled. "Yup. Five of 'em. And it's not had." He said sideways hugging her. "Sorry. I can't imagine my life without them..." He said. Sometimes he was more oblivious then a Fly but he had his moments.

Jora backed away a little more. She was nervous about taking to any of them. Even more nervous about her swimsuit.

Mitch looked at Orion. "You should really go get her. She looks ready to run." He said as he fiddle with something mad of ice in his hand.

Ember looked at Orion and mind-spoke to him. 'She is ready to run.'

Orion nodded, and walked slowly over to Jora. "Hey Jora!" he greeted her, hoping he didn't mess up again. "C'mon, let's swim!" he said, grinning and tilting his head to the side as he held out a hand to her.

Ember stiffened and shoved Alderic roughly off her. She clenched her fists, staring out the ground for a second, trying to hold back tears. "Of course not! Neither could I!" she yelled at him. "But I was wrong," she screamed at him, giving up and starting to cry for the second time that day. She wiped away her tears angrily, turning to run. She didn't want Alderic to see her like this.

Jora nodded still holding her shirt down. She wanted to go as long as she could without anyone seeing her. She wasn't sure what they thought was pretty but she knew she was anything but. She started walking toward the others attempting a smile.

Alderic had messed up pretty badly. He grabbed Ember's hand, his slim almost scrawny figure was actually quite strong. "Hey it's okay.... Okay I'm lying but you don't have to go through this alone anymore. You have A'ine and all of us behind her." He said as he pulled her into another hug cropping the towels. "If you're going to cry you can cry on me, I have a collection of tears from girls." He said joking a little, he had always been the one his sisters had gone to for anything that broke their hearts.

Orion smiled, and followed Jora, hoping she wouldn't feel cornered with him behind her and Mitch and A'ine in front.

Ember pulled away, glaring at Alderic. She wasn't really mad at him, but that's what she was making herself believe at the moment. "I'm not crying," she snapped, knowing he could tell she was lying. She turned on her heel, and stalked away, not realizing she was headed toward the lake.

Jora bit her lip a little. She walked over to a tree and put her bag down to make sure it wouldn't get wet in the least.

Alderic frowned. She might as well have slapped him for how he felt right then. It made him feel stupid, what had he said wrong? He thought that having all those sisters would help him with girls but he still didn't know a thing. He sighed and picked up the towels knowing that A'ine would be able to help her out a lot better then he would.

A'ine coud feel all the emotion coming off Ember but couldn't place it. She looked at her friend and saw that she looked ready to cry. She walked quickly over to her. "What's wrong?" She asked not waiting to hug her.

Mitch looked over and walked past the girls to help Alderic with the towels.