Protecting

[Vera M. Solway]

"I'm sure you will." If there was anything that Vera was sure about, it was that Elsa would still have her trust for a good long time. She wasn't sure what it was but there was something about her that Vera felt comfortable with. She never really had to be on edge around the mind reader and even though she did have to stay on her toes to be a few steps ahead (which she never was), Elsa never gave her a reason to not trust her. Yeah, she had a pang of jealousy (because of the whole Riley and Elsa ordeal) around the time of that one dreadful hangover but that quickly faded. So as far as she was concerned, Elsa was always good in her book.

Shaking her head, she glanced around only to think of any questions she might have had but nothing really came up. "Not right now but I'm sure I can just text you or pay you a visit if any questions do come up." She folded her arms, "Of course, whenever you're not busy doing the whole Headmistress thing."

"But yeah..." She wasn't too sure why a small amount of awkwardness gathered in the air around them but it did and she had absolutely no idea with how to deal with that so she figured taking her departure would be the best thing. So she slowly started walking backwards, her attention still on Elsa. "If you need anything else just hit me up, I'm gonna head home and pretend to do homework but really do some online shopping." There was really no point of lying, as much as she wanted to claim that her homework was so important, there were a few leather boots she spotted online that were calling her name and her bank card. And she felt like there was nothing better than having a new pair of thigh-high boots for fall. Oh and they were all black, so she knew they would look amazing on her regardless.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa smiled, thoroughly appreciating the confidence Vera expressed in her. For that matter, the few people she'd talked to about this had already expressed the belief that Elsa could handle this, that they felt confident in her abilities. It reassured her more than any of her thoughts could, and it made her feel all the better about her selections regarding who to surround herself with. this was going to work; she knew it would.

"You're welcome to interrupt any and all Headmistress things," replied Elsa dryly, "I could always use it." Which was something of an understatement. She was still hoping that Erika snapped out of her quasi-funk and started actually actively doing things. But she had faith, and she'd keep going until she needed to do otherwise.

Elsa nodded as Vera continued. "Nothing else, really," she repeated, fighting back the thoughts screaming at her. Vera probably wasn't even--- no wait, Elsa seemed to recall... no, stop thinking about it. Elsa smiled then nodded her head at Vera. "Always a pleasure talking with you, Vera," she said, before turning to leave first. She had to show that she at least some control over the situation, after all.

[Vera M. Solway]

She would take note of that, so that when she showed up randomly at Elsa's office with alcohol and the latest news about absolutely nothing interesting or her reasoning for sending kids to her office just to annoy her, she could go back to today and say: "Remember when you said..." Because Vera was good for doing stuff like that and failed to forget mostly anything. "Thanks."

If Elsa had nothing else to discuss then Vera figured they were all said and done here, which was fine by her... she guessed. She stopped to watch Elsa leave with a smirk before she finally did the same. "Anytime, princess." She somewhat called out to her before making her way out.