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@KatherinWinterViolet blushed a little bit and put her arm up and said,
"Yeah that would be great. I missed one and it knocked the wind out of me." After she was on her feet again she smiled.
"I'm Violet Braddock and who are you?" Violet put her arm out and swirled her hand and pointed it and the dodge balls sort of stopped bouncing and slowly rolled back over to the crate and they bounced in on their own.
"Finally!" She saw his expression and grinned.
"Sometimes they don't do what I tell them too." She chuckled a little.
Griffin helped the girl to his feet. Not so much because he wanted to because he felt that he had to. Zack would never forgive him if he didnt use the manners that his brother had tried to teach him. Interacting wasnt his thing but he wasnt letting his brother out to interact with the girl. Which meant he had to do it.
"You have Telekinesis. That is very interesting. Many here can do that. But your control is not good.""Yes, I do. It depends on what I'm doing and how upset I am. I'm better with my technopathy and my martial arts is spot on. So what is your name and who is "we" and you mentioned your brother and asked me if I wanted "our" help. So what gives? You gotta mouse in your pocket?"Griffin frowned and shook his head. A mouse? Why would he have a mouse in his pocket? What kind of person carried a mouse in their pocket? He would have to ask Zack if that was normal or not. But he was pretty sure it wasnt.
"Technopathy? That is something to do with machines right? I dont know much about that stuff. Zack is the brains. I am the brawn. My name is Griffin. I dont have a mouse but I have a brother. You can't meet him though. I will not allow him out right now. We just had an attack and I am not sure it is safe for him or not."Violet realized something and asked him
"Griffin? Is Zack in there with you or does he have a different body? My mom had something similar happen to her once." Violet thought it was kinda strange that he might think she was dangerous.
"Wait he can't come out because you think I'm dangerous?" She grinned at Griffin and shook her head.
"I'm no threat to him or you."Griffin tilted his head again. He had never met anyone who had experience with people like him. It made him very curious about this girl.
"Zack is inside right now. We share a body. We have been together almost eight years. It is my job to protect him. You must have missed the attack. I am not sure if you are a threat but I know that the woman that caused the darkness is. She is very dangerous."Violet sat on the bench and patted the seat next to her for him.
"There was an attack? And I missed it? What did she do? I wonder if I could have done anything. Was it a mental or physical attack?"Griffin approached her slowly. He was trying to be friendly but it was his job to be wary of others. He took a seat beside her.
"Yes there was an attack. About...fifteen minutes ago. Kalinda assured me that the woman wasnt really here. She said it was an illusion. All I know for sure was that it went completely dark. I needed assistance to break the illusion. I did not like asking for help or having someone else in my mind."Violet looked at him and frowned for a moment.
"A mental attack on a large group of people? Wow, I can block them on me because of my telepathy. If you were close to me I could have probably blocked it from your mind too. I must have gotten here right after it happened." Violet got quiet for a minute.
"I was arguing with my mom right before she left. I didn't want to come here because I didn't know anyone. Mom was right. I am already making friends." She smiled at him.
"Where are we supposed to be right now?""Yes it was a mental attack on a large group which is why this woman, whoever she is, is very dangerous. Only a couple of people saw her. I think Kalinda did but she said it was too dangerous to hunt her. Which I did not like but she is right. We have no way to fight someone like that. I will not put Zack in danger. I do not know if you could have protected us or not. Our mind is not like most. " Griffin explained. He knew he was different even if he couldnt always understand how they were different.
"You have made a friend?" He asked frowning. He hadnt seen anyone in here but maybe they had left before he had arrived.
"That is good. I do not have many friends. Zack says I am antisocial. I say that I just do not understand others. We are very different but we make a good time. Usually it would be second period at this time. I would normally be in fighting classes but class were cancelled until after lunch."Violet looked at Griffin and nodded,
"They told me that we had no class til after lunch. Griffin," she chuckled.
"You are the friend I made. You are the first person I've met. Hey, will Zack be able to access your memories of me or are you completely separate? Like if I say hi in the hall will he know me or no?""You think I am your friend?" Griffin asked uncertainly. It wasnt that he minded the idea just that he hadnt thought that she would see him as a friend so soon. Most people didnt adapt to his oddness so quickly.
"Zack has access to the memories I allow him to access. Most of the time we are side by side. What he sees I see. But there are some things we do not allow the other to experience. Right now Zack as no access to the outside world so he will not know you until later." Violet thought a moment and thought about that and grinned then nodded.
"So why did you come into the gym? To get away from that chaos that the attack caused?"Griffin shook his head.
"No. I figured since I did not have fighting class I would work out. I had nothing else to do." He didnt have anyone else to spend the free time with since Kalinda was with Kyle. He would have to hunt them down at some point to make sure that the odd boy hadnt hurt his friend.
"Why did you come here?""To get out my frustrations with my mom and to work on my tk. Trying to handle one thing at a time is one thing but to keep multiple things happening at the same time takes more concentration." Violet looked at her watch and groaned.
"It's almost time for lunch isn't it? I suppose if I looked at my schedule I would know...." She pulled her schedule out and said
"lunch is not far off. I guess I should find my room." She stood up and looked at Griffin for a moment.
"Stand up a sec."Griffin frowned at the order. He did not like being told what to do. He studied Violet for a minute considering whether to cooperate or not. He knew that Zack would tell him he was being silly and over sensitive and maybe he was but that didnt change how he felt. He stood to his full six foot six and looked down at her wondering what she was trying to do.
"We know where the girls dorm is. Kalinda invited me to share pizza with her once."Violet looked up at him and said,
"Holy crap, you are really tall. Why didn't I realize that before? I'm 5'8" and you are making me feel short." She stood on the bench right next to him and then she was maybe an inch or two taller than he was.
"Thank you for being nice to me Griffin." She hugged him.
"Most people treat me like I'm very weird." She kissed his cheek and hopped down and grabbed her bag.
Griffin flinched at the hug. He wasnt used to physical affection. Their parents knew better then to touch him without warning. As the protector he tended to attack first and ask questions later. If he had know that she had planned to do that he would have moved away but since she surprised him he tolerated it.
"I do not think you are any weirder then anyone here. Do you want me to show you the way to the dorm? It isnt far from here. The cafeteria has a good selection of food once you have put your stuff away." Violet smiled and nodded.
"I would like that." She walked out with Griffin and headed for the girls' dorms.
Griffin lead the way out to the gym. It was wierd to think that he had a friend. He didnt make friends easily. Once they were outside he headed towards the girls dorm. He had only been there once but he was good with directions so he knew where it was.
"Do you know what room your in?"She dug around in her bag.
"Found it, it's room 208. So I guess we go upstairs. My mom said she had my stuff delivered already." She started up the stairs. She kept looking at his height.
"I can't get over how tall you are." She chuckled to herself.
"You are lucky that she was able to get your stuff delived. We brought our own stuff. Our parents would have helped but we wanted to do it alone. We will be on our own when we graduate so it is important that we do what we can alone." Griffin explained. He paused at the door.
"Do you wish me to go up with you. I can wait here."Violet smiled and motioned him to follow her.
"Come on up." She waited for him and then she found her room and opened the door. Violet was speechless. Her mother had had her room painted the same shade as her hair and all of her furniture including her desk was white with purple accents. She walked in slowly and looked around.
"Wow, Mom really worked on this. Oh, Griffin I'm a rotten kid. I fought so hard against coming here...." Violet wiped the tears from her eyes.
Griffin followed Violet upstairs. He always felt out of place in the girls dorm. While it wasnt against the rules for him to be here it was frowned upon. He looked around when she opened the door to her room. It was clear that her mom had spent alot of time making the place perfect for her.
"You are lucky that your mom cared enough to make your room so nice. You will have to find a way to repay her.""Yes I will." She put her bag down and stuffed the necessities in her pockets.
"Okay well she didn't leave anything for me to do so I guess we are done here." Violet looked at her room before locking the door back.
