No which means unless you can find an alternative it's home ec for you

Anastasia takes you outside the lecture building talking about the party tonight with your arms together. Vatarie is hanging near you but at a respectful distance you are starting to get impressed she is maintaining. Edin answers questions from Anastasia about the party sounding very happy to be involved and increasingly proud of his efforts.

You tuned most of it out and kept gazing at the academy's entry. You and Edin had arrived in the capital kinda late in the day but Clare will be able to move a little faster than a carriage even without flying. Actually would she arrive by flying? You looked up to try and spot a Goddess shaped projectile heading towards you.

"Christopher?" Anastasia said jostling your arm.

"Huh sorry." You said looking back down at her. She was looking up towards where you had been trying to spot what you had been looking at.

"Are you sure you've recovered?" Vatarie asked reaching over to grab your arm squeezing your bicep

"Positive." You smiled at her and she looked as disappointed as she had been when you first said you'd recovered. You moved your arm in her grip a bit and pulled the magic from your arm letting her squeeze you a little harder. "But I didn't learn a little." You wink at her and she grins stepping cover to you.

"Lady Vatarie. You can wait." Anastasia asked looking past you at her. Vatarie lowered her head and stepped back but was looking up at you hungrily.

They went back to talking about the party so you went back to checking for Clare, though did pay enough attention to react when you were spoken to. As you were led back into the lecture building you remember planning on getting some more details about the party. Well if Clare gets here soon you might not need to care much about it.

When you parted ways with the girls for the home ec class you thought about ditching to wait for Clare outside. The fact Edin replaced Anastasia at your side made you stay. Sitting next to him you started making small talk, he was focused on the party but didn't know much more than what he had planned, and all he had planned was some colours for the curtains and flooring and the layout of the party itself. His passion for it had kept you listening even if you weren't that concerned about it.

"Why are you smiling so much?" He asked suddenly.

"What?"

"You keep smiling slowing, back outside you would start smiling as you were looking around."

"Oh, ah, I don't know." You say feeling a bit flustered that he had noticed something about you that you hadn't.

He examined you a little more closely. "Is someone coming today?" He asked remarkably perceptively.

You didn't answer because the teacher had arrived and saved you from coming up with something.

The lesson progressed with remarkable boredom. You wouldn't have thought it was possible but apparently and entire lesson on how to enure crockery is properly cleaned without there being any unsightly marks on crystal or glass.

At the end you were hoping Clare would arrive just to save you from the boredom. As you packed up Edin looked at you and asked, "So who's coming?"

You should have known better than to expect him to just leave it. "Before I left my dad said he would send someone around now to check in on me." It was dubious but believable enough. Edin eyed you slyly for a moment.

"Want to give me lunch?" He asked as you walked out of the classroom. You looked at him and he grinned and opened his mouth sticking his tongue into his cheek with a wink. "Can go somewhere Anastasia won't find us."

"Hmmm." You say with mock seriousness. If Clare can forgive you for not meeting her when she arrived, you can't think of better excuse than it being sex related.