Deal of a lifetime (Eryn)

[Ellen Banks]

To say that Ellen had a hard time, the rest of the day after the little incident with Erika was a understatement, even through she had to go through several classes after the fact Ellen couldn’t honestly remember anything about those classes to Ellen they just flew by in some kind of blur, due to Elle being in some kind of trance, unable to focus on anything but reply the events of what just happened over and over and over again. Play, repeat, rewind. Play, repeat, Rewind. As if trying to piece together what exactly just happened. Because Erika’s fist landing squarely on her eye, was far and away, the most shocking thing that has ever happened to her.



Every time she tried to focus on her studies her mind kept drifting back to Erika’s cold and uncaring eyes mocking her as Ellen stumbled back and forward hiding her pain go ahead, Ellen. Run to daddy with your problems and prove to the world once and for all just how cowardly you truly are, and show them how incapable you are of dealing with problems on your own without having your father fix your every mistake. Do you think anyone will miss you when you're gone? Do you think people care? The only person who cares is your father, and that's only because he has to. Every time she thought back to those words, her blood boiled just a little bit in her veins just knowing that Erika felt strong enough to dare speak at her with such contempt.



Ellen felt humiliated….degraded, and she simply wouldn’t stand for it. No one spits in her face, no one treats her like some kind of horrible bug like a slug. NO ONE. The day Ellen lets Erika get the last word against her is the day hell freezes over. As far as Ellen was concerned, those two had just started a war, one which Ellen had no intention of losing.



Her thoughts were scattered and for the first time in what seemed like forever she wasn’t thinking clearly nor rationally. If Ellen was thinking clearly Ellen would never take the course of action that she was taking now. But Eryn at one point given Ellen her home address and Ellen knew that if anyone could make sure Erika was punished for this, it was him. Because if Eryn or the staff refused to do anything about it. Then Ellen will.



With this in mind still sporting a heavy purple bruise Ellen knocked on the teacher’s door and crossed her arms waiting.

[Eryn White]

Eryn looked up from his book, surprised to hear a knock. Quirking an eyebrow, he stood up, focusing his Power Sensing and detected... Was that Ellen Banks? Odd. He had given her his home address and number at one point when she was feeling like she was having a particularly rough time, in case she had felt particularly hopeless and absolutely needed an ear. That hadn't been long ago, but he was surprised she had shown up. Checking, as always, he confirmed no one around would be able to tell if he used his Telepathy, and then he opened that sense. Outside, Ellen's mind was calmer than he expected but... Well, that was interesting. Eryn could hear her mind rolling around with the thoughts of Erika over and over... How interesting indeed.

Walking to the door, he opened it and upon seeing her, me immediately said "Ms. Banks! Please, come inside. Your eye... Who did this to you? No no, sit down, I'll get you something for that eye, please." He went to the kitchen and got an ice gel pack and a hand towel, as well as a glass of water. Walking back into the sitting room, he would offer these to her and sit down in his chair across from her. "Ms. Banks, what happened?"

[Ellen Banks]

Under normal circumstances Ellen would be quite bashful about approaching Eryn in this fashion. After all there was quite a different between approaching a teacher in her office and quite another to walk into their home. It was private property and Elle could be intruding quite heavily against his will. It was a sign how much Eryn trusted her that he chooses to give Ellen his home address. That must show that Eryn placed quite a lot of trust in her. He wouldn’t have given it out to just anyone. Ellen could rattle off quite a number of names that would give their right arm to know the address of teachers, it could prove to me quite an effective weapon against him. One bad grade and Eryn would find his quite nice home, pelted with rotten eggs.



Ellen appreciated the trust placed in her and she wasn’t going to abuse that trust unless she totally needed to, and Ellen would only do so when she felt she had no choice, and Ellen was quite adamant that this was a emergency .



Ellen nodded her thanks as she stepped inside noting somewhat impressed that his home was kept in quit pristine order. Ellen approves as one of her pet peeves was mess. She simply didn’t tolerate any form of needless clutter or mess, and it appeared Eryn shared the same standards that she did.



Ellen breathing deeply, appreciated the kind offer, for most of the day Ellen ‘s adrenaline had numbed the pain, but now that she had taken quite a number of deep breaths, her eye began to sting. Ellen still couldn’t believe that this was happening. Ellen liked to believe she was more or less phenom of the school. Her name was muttered in hushed toned, like some kind of 1984 Big brother figure. Always watching, always waiting. People would flee in fear when her feet walked down the hall. To have someone challenge that view point was unforgivable, and Erika would suffer for this rebellion. Ellen would make sure of that. “Erika…” Ellen said through gritted teeth “Erika….She ..She punched, she assaulted me..I want her gone. I want her punished. Her and the cook. She can’t get away with it. She put her hands on me. You need to do something about it”