Listen, listen to the words you're saying, listen to the hearts you're breaking

"No, its.....I have no fracking clue actually. He has ways of diverting attention to himself and getting you to tell him everything. Not that I have of course." But watching Pan spill everything to him....that had been hard to watch. Very disturbing. But Zuri had drawn the line at her illness.

"That's strange," Olivia admitted. "I'm not sure I'd want to meet him..." she added, not really wanting to tell a random stranger everything about her without even thinking about it. The thought made her shiver.

"Wish he would just go away, but apparently he's staying for good, even considering enrolling here to 'keep an eye on me'. Which translates to annoying me and staying beside me 24/7. I'm going to die." Zuri groaned.

"That stinks..." Olivia frowned, feeling sorry for Zuri. "Maybe you can manage to avoid him?" she suggested.

"It doesn't help that Pan, my backstabbing betraying cheating best friend, is in cahoots with him!" Zuri ground out, very mad.

Olivia frowned, not sure what to say to that. "I'm sure she'll come to her senses..." She tried.

"Maybe. She can be just cruel sometimes." Zuri scowled at a book.

"I'm sure she'll figure it out..."

"Doubtful." Zuri was sure she was going paranoid when she heard squeals coming from the hallway. She hid some more, wincing.

"What's wrong?" Olivia asked when Zuri hid. She looked around but didn't see anything, not having thought much of the squeals.

"Don't come in here, don't come in here." Zuri breathed, hiding behind more bookcases and ignoring Livi. A male voice could be heard. "Hey, you haven't seen a weird looking goth girl around have you? No? Yes? Cafeteria? Thanks." Footsteps could be heard and Zuri glared at the door, sort of happily.

Olivia glanced at Zuri. "That was your brother?" She asked.

Zuri made a face. "Yup. And don't even think that he's not that bad. He is. Maybe. I don't know. But if his idea of a hello is blowing up MY castle with ME in it, then he's more messed up than Ace. That is saying something."

"I wasn't going to say that he was okay..." Olivia said. She hadn't even met him, and she didn't think there was anything "not so bad" about blowing up a castle.

"Oh yay someone with common sense!" Zuri looked very happy with that. She didn't think Pan or Muse had much common sense and Aiya hadn't been around for a while so she was starting to go crazy being the only sort of common sense person.

"Yeah." Olivia smiled a little at that. She didn't mind being the sensible one at Mystal.

"And I really don't want anyone to meet him. He's......I have no idea but he's something!" Zuri burst out.

"I... It's kind of understandable... If he's anything like you described," Olivia replied, giving up on finding something to read and instead sitting on the floor.

"I don't think I described him. His hobbies are staring at me, following me, and annoying me to death."

"You did somewhat. I mean, you told me that he blew up a castle with you in it, and I think that says a lot." Olivia shrugged, and then frowned. "That's... creepy."

"Yeah it sucks. But I don't even know his last name except that its Haze and my mom's maiden name is Haze and...." Zuri was rambling, saying that her mother didn't have Casper because she'd gone and asked when he had shown up.

"Zuri, it's okay. It'll be fine," Olivia said when Zuri started rambling. "I mean, he can't follow you around forever. He'll probably get bored eventually."

"He says its his duty, whatever the he*l that means!"

"Show him that he has nothing to worry about, maybe?" Olivia suggested. She wanted to help, but she didn't know how to.

"Um well.....no freaking idea how to do that."