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selective in what you believe.”
    He took a step back, narrowing his eyes at me.  And then he walked off and returned to his friends.  I didn ’t want to gawk, but watched to see who he went to stand with.  If I was going to complete this mission, I’d have to know every angle and who was who.
    One boy, tall and darker headed, watched me with blazing almost orange eyes.  He scared me with his glare.  The other boy, shorter, with longer hair and a round mouth, was laughing.  I couldn ’t tell what they were laughing at, me or him so I kept walking. 
    I found Maze standing with her other friend by the door, waiting for me. 
    “Stace, Liz.  Liz, Stace.” 
    Liz nodded cautiously.  “That was impressive.  The weaponry too.  Not many can catch Calum Green ’s eye and meet his match in one day.”  I felt the anger, seeing quickly this Liz was a tougher cookie to crack.  She hadn’t warmed up to me quite as much as Maze.
    “Did you say Green?” I gaped at her.
    “Yeah, you nailed it, headmaster’s son.  Double the trouble, right?”
    “Let ’s go.” Maze was already walking.
    This is Master Green ’s son?  Oh, no.  Bad.  Very bad. Like Jekyll/Hyde boy is just that, double trouble.  I couldn’t be followed around by the very one whose father helped me get here.  Did Calum know anything?
    We headed to the cafeteria located back across the grounds on the far side from the gym.  Somehow, Calum was already there and in line for food with his two buddies.  I fell in line for the drinks with Maze and Liz.  They ’d just been drooling over the thought of filling their plates with mountains of food. 
    “Aren ’t you going to eat?” Liz asked as I noticed Calum paid nothing for his lunch. Betting he wasn’t short on money as the headmaster’s son, I shrugged it off moving my interest away from him.  He was attractive, but it wasn't just that making him stand out to me.  He was just too good at things.  Like me.
    “I ’m not that hungry.”  They were both wide-eyed and looking at each other and back to me. 
    “How?  You just fought like this was a battle of the gods and you ’re not the least bit weakened?”
    I realized now that this looked odd to them.  Perhaps too odd.
    I made a plan to pull some more food on my plate and recanted, “Maybe I am.   You’re right.”  This seemed to appease them, but they were still somewhat curious in the glances between each other.  The desserts seemed to all be at the table luckily, so when I eyed chocolate cake, I took a large piece and settled to eat it.
    Sitting at a table across the cafeteria from Calum and his friends,  I didn ’t know a single other soul except the red-headed know-it-all from English lit class and he was with some other geeky looking buffed up guys and girls at a table between mine and Calum Green. 
    I watched the red head for a second.  He mounded the food and shoveled it in faster than a wolf on its prey and I prayed they didn't expect that of me.
    My eyes moved back to Calum.  He was laughing at something short, longhaired boy pointed out in focus from the other direction.  He wasn’t shoveling his food in like a rake.  He seemed to have better table manners.  His tall friend though, shoveled with great ferociousness.  Gross!
    I tossed back and forth between the groups but turned to zone in on his group as a whole and heard their talking stop altogether.  When I looked back at them their laughter had indeed ceased and several solemn tight lipped smiles were aimed at me. 
    I shifted back to the girls.  Maze had just told me that her next class was geology.   I have chemistry.  I hoped I could go to this class maybe knowing someone.  Why?  I was always a loner before.  Being a royal’s daughter had always gained me very little fame…or friends. 
    “Man!  But you ’ll be glad.  Calum’s in that class.  You’ll be the center of attention today.”
    Great!
    My eyes went back to him.  He was