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that. They seem happy enough to include her, not caring that she’s supposedly normal. Every day that goes by Moira has to remind herself that she can’t tell them the truth, but it’s getting harder to find a reason. She trusts them, and thinks they would be alright with her secret, but something holds her back, and she continues to keep it to herself. For now.
    Her favorite parts of the day are always gym and chemistry now, even though she hates both. But that could have something to do with the fact that Spencer is in them. She looks forward to seeing him all the time, but it’s getting to the point where her persona is affected by him too. It doesn’t help that he’s always giving her that heartbreaking smile of his. Nothing has really happened between them, much to her dismay, since he’s still with Quinn. She’s trying to wear him down on that though. She and Quinn still don’t get along, and he always apologizes for her.
    It’s the first Wednesday of the month, when she finds herself paired up with Spencer in Chemistry. And yes, she sees the irony in that. She’s just sitting down, and he’s already smiling at her. They listen as the teacher advises them on what liquids to mix with the reactant and what not to use, but Moira is only half listening. They each get handed an outline to follow with the experiment, and Moira is already having trouble remembering what they are supposed to do.
    “Did you understand anything we’re supposed to do?” Spencer asks leaning to face her.
    Shaking her head with a smile, she says, “Not really no, sorry.”
    “That’s alright. More time for us to work on it together.” He says with a wink.
    Her stomach flutters as she looks away to read the outline. Feeling his eyes on her, she turns in her seat to share the outline. Gratefully, he scoots closer and reads over her shoulder. Apparently, they have to mix something and see what it does, and add something else, to see what that on does. They have to keep mixing and adding to see what the final outcome will be. This all seems a little laughable to Moira, since she’s just as mixed up too.
    Halfway through the elixir they are creating, Moira reaches for another vile the same time as Spencer and they’re hand touches. Her face burns in embarrassment, but he takes the opportunity to rub her fingers before pulling away. She’s blushing far worse now. She knows she must look like a tomato. But that’s not the problem. She can feel the stirrings of her persona under skin. It’s been like this the past week, every time Spencer would accidently touch her, it would flare up.
    Usually she has no problem stomping her persona back to its hiding spot inside her, but he does something to her that gives her a hard time with control. She figures it’s because she likes him, but it doesn’t make for an easy time with him, if she’d busy thinking about something other than him. Closing her eyes, she concentrates on breathing to make it go away. Spencer takes this the wrong way though, and places his hand on her shoulder, to see if she’s alright. A rush of sensation flies up from her feet and into her head so fast, that she opens her eyes. The room is sharper than it was before and she knows that her eyes have changed.
    She looks away from Spencer before he can see her eyes, and prays he’s stop and keep touching her at the same time. When her scalp starts to tingle, she knows she has to do something before her hair changes and she’s caught. Before she can push Spencer’s hand from her shoulder, the classroom door opens with a bang, making her jump and his hand to fall off her.
    Everyone turns to the door, as a guy they’re age walks in, with a cocky swagger. Moira is just as surprised as all the other students, since he’s apparently new. He’s a tall guy, but looks well built under his dark jeans and black leather jacket. His hair is a little shaggy, but not that long either. It’s a brown so light, it looks blonde, but