Bridget
Things actually started to get exciting after I was finished with school. Well, as far as jobs go anyway. As far as everything else goes, it was pretty boring. Ara got it in her head that she should go to Wellington, and Michel had already sent Daemon there, so wasn't it terribly quiet? For the first time in a long time I started to miss going to parties and having a boyfriend to keep me company. After all, a person can only practice so much, and I didn't have school to take up my time any more.
But in the meantime, weren't things just absolutely mad? We had some crazy jobs, and then didn't Ara get kidnapped? To Donegal, no less. And we couldn't just leave her there, so for the first time since I'd left, I had to go back home.
I thought maybe I could leave without Colum even knowing I'd been there, but that was a stupid thought, wasn't it? Of course the eejit had to see me. I suppose it wasn't so bad though. Gail just thought he was terribly handsome, and isn't that sweet? Anyway, I hadn't talked to him in ages, and he probably missed me, didn't he? Well, maybe I missed him too. Just a little. He's not really so bad, is he? And after we were home again, the next time something went wrong I thought, "Well, why don't I call Colum?" That was probably a mistake. We were getting along so well when we weren't talking.
It wasn't too terribly long before Angel decided she wanted Gail and I in school. Wasn't that just a brilliant idea? But I couldn't tell her that, of course. But it was, wasn't it? So I went to Wellington, and wasn't it just grand? It wasn't just school, it was training too, and Ara and Daemon were tehre, and the boys . . . weren't they just brilliant? Patrick should have been there still for another eyar at least, but he wasn't. That's a shame. I would have liked to flirt with some younger, more handsome boy right in front of him. A boy like Derik.
Most of the boys were handsome and charming and all that. I suppose Derik was just the first to get to me. That was lucky, wasn't it? He was such a sweet boy, and fun, and gorgeous. And didn't he do nice things for me? Like bring me ice cream and go with me to the Halloween party as a nurse and a doctor. Angel wouldn't have approved of the costumes, but she didn't approve of a lot of things I did with Derik. No one did, probably. But I was an adult, wasn't I? Anyway, I was at school and it was the first time I hadn't had Colum or Michel or Angel looking over my shoulder. It was nice. I don't think it took long for them to catch on, but there wasn't anything they could do about it, was there?
And then didn't things go completely mad? Colum came to see me get my arse kicked in a tournament between Wellington and the thaumatur school, Arcadia. And then didn't he think he needed to stay and watch over me without even letting me know he'd be staying? Eejit.
And then Angel had Daemon and I kidnap the girl who gave me the beating, and didn't that cause all kinds of trouble? The house was burnt down and we all thought Michel and Angel had died and wasn't Ara's gobshite boyfriend involved? And Derik's ex girlfriend tried to kill me, only Micah, a lumentatra from Donegal, suddenly popped into my room and saved me. Isn't that odd? I still wonder how he knew to come. . . Anyway, when we all tried to live peacefully things just kept getting worse and worse. Michel and Angel were almost killed, and by a friend of theirs! And then didn't the gobshite kidnap Gail? And didn't we all almost get killed trying to get her back?
With all that happened, it's no wonder Angel wanted to go straight. Come to think of it, when you consider all the shite that's happened in Salaise recently - upraisings, schools on fire, riots - it's no wonder Colum was scared to leave me here, is it? He really isn't such a bad sort.