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Marissa was. She had to have the company of her family in order to feel safe.
                There was that word again: Safe. None of them were safe. With great anger she threw down her toothbrush, clattering in its holder knocking the whole thing over. Maybe they had all been mistaken and she was fire. She was showing a lot of the traits, then again it was her natural earth stubbornness at being uprooted every time that was coming out indirectly. Terra had to straighten her mood out before she was to send Marissa off. Her empathic little sister did not need to feel Marissa’s ill tempered vibes.
                She breathed deeply, looked at herself in the mirror and combed her hair with her fingers. She would've taken better care of her appearance but the bags under her eyes showed why she didn't care. She didn't even bother looking at what she was wearing. She simply pulled out any clothes that she first saw and tugged them on.
                At the table Marissa was bent over stuffing a final book into her bulging brown backpack. Era was at the sink washing a glass cup with cotton balls stuffed into her ears. It did not stop her from hearing but it helped keep out most of the noise. Even though the noise was muffled and it was like being underwater, Era could still hear Terra’s footsteps.
                "I was just about to wake you." Era said.
                "No, she wasn't," Marissa argued. "I wasn't going to let her. You can go back to sleep, you are exhausted."
                "I'm fine, Issa. I've never missed any of your first days at school and I don't plan to now. Are you ready," Terra yawned.
                "Yes, are you?"
                "Why do you ask?"
                "Because your socks don't match…"
                She looked down and saw that Marissa was right. She had one green sock on her left and a purple stripped on her right. She shrugged, "ah well. I can say that I raided Era's closet." Terra smiled at her out of the corner of her eye, observing her long white skirt and white button up top.
                "I'm matching, mind you." Era furrowed her brow.
                "You haven't always."
                Daintily Era shrugged. "We need to go now or we'll be late. Is everything packed Marissa?"
                "Yeah..."
                "I can home school you if you would like, Marissa," Terra offered. Just another one of the many times she had done so.
                "No..."
                "You're putting yourself through a lot for little," Terra said. "Why do you like it so much? You're bombarded with petty emotions every day when you could just stay here."
                "For the same reason Era refuses to stay cooped up in a sound proof room. I want to be normal." Marissa explained.
                Terra sighed, spotting Marissa’s Opal stone against the heart of her silk blouse. "Tuck in your stone then. Don't want anyone asking questions."
                "No one ever asks questions," Marissa argued, but slipped it inside of her collar anyway. "If someone does ask, it's not all that uncommon. Lots of people wear necklaces."
                Era floated by tossing the keys to Terra. "We'll tell them we're gypsies. It's not too far from the truth."
                Terra fought the rolling her eyes and followed them out the door to their waiting car. The dirt roads they had passed coated the bottom half of the car. She silently made a note in her head to have it cleaned once she dropped Era off at home.
                The school building was a ten minute drive past farm houses with cows and horses.
                The school itself was small, not even three stories and the students were cheerfully chattering dressed in jeans and wrinkled t-shirts. A stark comparison to the strict uniforms