Biology

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Coffee and snacks are near the back. Sign the roster and if you have not turned in a permission slip, signed by either a guardian or yourself, please do so. Those who do not go on the field trip will be required to write a 5 page research report on the different rates of decomposition in the human body. Emphasis will be placed on noting which variables affect those rates.

As for today, all we are doing is going over the necessary equipment and rules of conduct for the trip.

-Wear old clothes and sturdy shoes.
-Do not touch anything.
-Walk only in designated areas.
-Practical jokes will be punished by detention.

I will dispense bottles of decomp formula after class.

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[sensethevisions]

She stares him in the eye.

"Nothing has happened...but Jayne took me in after...after what happened."

[demonbelthazor]

"So you're going to move back to the attic now, right?" he asked.

[sensethevisions]

"It really bothers you that much?"

[demonbelthazor]

He looked around to make sure no one was paying much attention to them. "Yeah," he said. "I mean, the guy can barely keep his hands off you and you think I'd be okay with you living with him? How would you feel if I moved in with someone like Faith?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe narrows her eyes at Cole and her expression is hurt.

"Jayne is one of my best friends and he is very imporant to me. He would never do anything to take advantage of he situation---and he has had plenty of times to do so."

[demonbelthazor]

"Would you like it better if I just didn't care then? What about how I feel?"

[sensethevisions]

"If I didn't care how you feel we wouldn't be having this conversation right now." Phoebe is trying to stay calm. "If you lived with Faith, I would trust you not to do anything to betray my love for you."

[demonbelthazor]

"Sure. Whatever," he said sullenly, his tone making it clear how hurt and unhappy he is. He looked away, resting his head in his hands. "I'll see you at eight then," he muttered.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe is feeling miserable. She and Cole had just gotten back together and they were already arguing about things. She doesn't understand why Cole thinks she has to choose between her love for him and her friendship with Jayne. She runs a hand through her hair, trying to think of something to say to erase Cole's pain.

"Cole...you have me and my love. No one else has that."

[demonbelthazor]

Jealousy was a new thing for him, and he didn't know how to handle it. "I don't trust him," he said. "And I want you closer to me. Shouldn't the president of the school being living on campus anyway?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe bites her bottom lip.

"I understand about wanting me closer to you...but why don't you trust Jayne?" She reaches over to touch his shoulder. "When I was drunk after what happened...I threw myself at him. He didn't do anything about it because he knows how I feel about you."

[demonbelthazor]

"I've seen the way he looks at you," Cole growled. "You expect me to just ignore that?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe is stunned by his feelings on the subject.

"Cole...do you trust me?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Trusting you has nothing to do with it. I don't. Trust. Him.

And what I supposed to tell people who ask me why my girlfriend is shacked up with a guy who's been trying to get into her pants?"

[sensethevisions]

Okay, now Phoebe is hurt.

"Cole...first of all, yes Jayne was interested in me. Now, he's not. He's in love with somebody and he just wants to be friends with me, now." She frowns. "I am not shacked up with anyone. I live off campus like several other students because I didn't feel safe in the dorms." She lowers her voice so that only he could hear it. "Nobody close to me trusts you not to hurt me again, but that doesn't matter to me because I love you."

[demonbelthazor]

"You so sure he's not? He's been chasing multiple people around, after all."

He frowned, his brow furrowing as he looked at Phoebe. "Why aren't you safe here? Who's trying to hurt you? Your sister is here. I'm here. I can protect you. When you're over there I can't. I won't know if you're in trouble."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe stopped and her eyes became bright. She thought you finally understood what was wrong.

"It's not that you don't want me at that house...it's that you want to protect me..." She squeezed his hand. "Cole, I outted myself as a witch because of what was done to you in the campaign. That alone paints a big target on my head."

[demonbelthazor]

"All the more reason you should be here," he said. "I know demons. I can sense them. I'm not going to hurt you, but that's not going to stop other demons. If you're here I can protect you better."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe squeezed his hand again.

"And who is going to protect you?"

[demonbelthazor]

He looked at her, confused. "Protect me? From what? And even if someone was after me, on campus is safer than in town. There's security here and everything."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looked at him in silence for a long moment.

"I had this dream, Cole..."

[demonbelthazor]

"Dream? What kind of dream?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe bit her lip and then leaned closer.

"A premonition type dream."

[demonbelthazor]

"A premonition?" he repeated. Not something he wanted to hear from her, given what he knew of Piper's powers. "About what?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe's eyes fill with horror at the memory.

"You were hurt...badly...I couldn't save you." She swallowed. "Then they came after us."