Alternate Universe
Alpha Belt
Mortal Realm
2008
Alpha Belt
Mortal Realm
2008
Camille Levina exhaled in disbelief as she
watched her Assignment’s eyes widen in shock (and anger) at what was unfolding
among the three people.
Andre Montes and Tristan de Agua were
sitting next to each other on the bus, laughing and talking about whatever they
wanted to talk about. It had relieved Camille when she saw that Andre was
making friends easily; it made her happy to see him easily accept the initially
quiet, withdrawn male. A smile came to her lips at the memory; one of the
things she liked about Andre was how accepting
he was when it came to other people.
It was a trait that not many people had
those days, sadly. She thanked all the gods that her Assignment was decent – if
she got someone bratty, then she wouldn’t know how to handle them at all.
However, that kind of accepting came at a
small price.
See, there was supposed to be another
person in the picture. Camille didn’t quite catch the full name of the other
person, but she had heard Andre ask that morning if someone named Joseph was going to be on time. When
they answered that it was unsure, Andre proceeded to take Joseph’s seat – the
one next to Tristan’s.
Camille couldn’t blame her Assignment for
doing that, really. In that situation, it was the most logical of them all.
Andre didn’t want to leave Tristan sitting alone and besides, their teacher
would most likely make him move anyway.
So there they were a few hours ago, next to
each other and talking excitedly about where they would go for the day. Tristan
said that they were going to some kind of museum and Andre wondered what they
would see.
