Camie turned on herself staring at her reflection in the mirror. These jumpsuit pants were really comfortable and Camie felt like she was naked so she needed to make sure she had something on.
"Are you ready?"
Théa's voice finally woke up Camie and she quickly nodded:
"Yes."
Théa turned around before smiling:
"It looks like it was made for you.
-Right?"
Camie froze. She saw so much of Théa that she felt like she knew her by heart and felt totally comfortable around her. However she forgot that Théa on the other hand didn't know her at all. Therefore she quickly changed her answer:
"No, I mean... You are very talented."
Théa laughed:
"Thank you. Thanks to you it didn't get ruined."
Camie shrugged:
"It's nothing. I can give this back to you tomorrow. I will wash it as soon as I get home."
Théa shook her head:
"You can keep it.
-Why would I?
-I like how you look in it.
-No, no. It's yours.
-I insiste.
-But...
-Please.
-I can't accept it. This creation is very important to you."
Théa shook her head:
"It isn't. I would be way happier if you could keep it."
Camie thought about it. If she could keep the clothes, then she wouldn't have to talk to Théa the next day. It wasn't that bad after all. Not that she didn't like talking to Théa. But every time she saw her she remembered their first meeting and that was way too awkward.
"Thanks. Bye.
-Why do you always run away?"
Camie turned around with a frown:
"Me?
-Yes. Every time we start talking you seem uncomfortable and run away as quickly as possible.
-Do I?"
Camie had no idea what to answer and started fidgeting. She just felt uncomfortable because she was standing in front of the almighty Black Gold. How was she supposed to act? Should she get down on her knees and kiss her feet? That would be weird so might as well run.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I just wanted to get to know you.
-Me? Why?"
This wasn't in the vision. Then again, Camie did change things just by knowing about the vision. Hearing her question made Théa laugh:
"Why not? You always appear right on time and disappear as quickly without giving me time to thank you for helping me.
-I just do that sometimes.
-I see. I still want to thank you.
-No problem. Bye."
Théa didn't say anymore and Camie could finally run away. She thought that would be her last conversation with Théa but for some reason the latter started greeting Camie when they ran into each other. She would even stop and ask Camie about her day with an interested smile:
"What classes do you have today?
-Hum... Genetics.
-Oh, that sounds hard.
-It isn't.
-That's great. Have a good day.
-You too."
Camie watched Théa walk away with a frown. She didn't want to sound rude or anything. She just didn't understand why Black Gold would talk to her. This made her nervous and she forgot how to talk. Despite that, Camie would continue showing up every time the visions told her that Théa was in danger and would save her. Théa must have noticed because as soon as she met Camie, her bad luck suddenly turned.
Once when Théa almost fell in the cafeteria because of Ember, Camie ran up to her and stabilized Théa. However this made Camie fall instead and seeing her on the ground made everyone laugh. Camie didn't really care about the stares and she didn't even notice them. She was just happy that she helped Théa. At this point it had become a habit and she was ready to stand up and move on. However the next second she saw someone extending her hand towards her. When Camie looked up she saw Théa looking down at her worried.
"Are you okay?"
Camie didn't know if she should take the hand and seeing her hesitate made Théa smile:
"Sorry. Do you not like physical touch?"
She pulled her hand away and crouched down in front of Camie:
"Did you get hurt?"
Camie suddenly realized that she was still sitting on the ground and jumped up:
"I'm fine! Bye!"
She turned around and ran away. However for once Théa followed her and when she noticed, Camie screamed:
"Ah!
-Sorry. I didn't want to scare you. I just wanted to make sure you were okay.
-I am.
-Are you sure?
-Yes.
-I see..."
Camie was ready to continue walking but Théa stopped her:
"Why do you help me all the time?
-What do you mean?
-You seem very uncomfortable around me but you still always run to my rescue.
-I'm just at the right place at the right time.
-I see."
Théa just smiled and didn't pry any more. However Camie started seeing Théa even more than before. Which was more than surprising because even before Camie would see Théa everywhere. Because she was seeing her so much, Camie had to wait only a day before Ember's next attack.
The "villain" decided this time to infiltrate into class after the teacher left and sabotage another one of Théa's creations. Camie started forgetting about the order of the events in the vision and needed long hours to remember that this would happen that day. When she realized she was sitting in neurophysiology class and immediately jumped up. People stared at her for making noise and she immediately apologized saying that she needed to use the bathroom. One of her classmates grabbed her arm to make sure that she was okay and Camie quickly nodded before sneaking away. Obviously she didn't go to the bathroom and started looking for the classroom in the vision. She only knew what the corridor looked like and that wasn't enough to find a classroom. Realizing that this wouldn't work, Camie sat down and closed her eyes to try remembering everything she could. It took her a whole minute but she saw that door again in her head and she read the number. She didn't waste a second and looked up where that room was. The problem, however, was that Camie had no sense of direction. And that even after she looked up the room on internet.
It took her so long to find the room that the sun was starting to go down. By the time Camie found the right door, Ember was already walking out of it. Camie was so disappointed in her lack of direction that she hit the ground with her foot:
"No!"
Hearing someone, Ember jumped:
"What are you doing here again? Are you stalking me?
-I should!
-What?
-That would make things so much easier. What did you do? Why would you sabotage her work?"
Ember looked behind her with a puzzled frowned:
"How? What? You are so scary, girl.
-You don't need this to succeed, Ember. You are very talented too! Succeeding by sabotaging the other won't make you feel good. You could succeed with your talent alone. You don't have to lower yourself to such levels. You are amazing, Ember. You only need to see it yourself.
-What the hell are you talking about? You are giving me the creeps.
-Please just stop bullying her. That's so pitiful. Don't tell me the only way you can succeed is by hurting others. Then you don't deserve success.
-Okay. This is getting ridiculous. I'm leaving."
Camie didn't hold Ember back and rushed into the classroom. She immediately recognized Théa's table from the visions and lifted the tissue to see all the cuts Ember had made into the jewelry box.