The bell rang again after the seventy, and shortest, class was done. Everyone jumped out of their seats and ran out the door. Luna and the other girls picked up the papers they collected from the other classes. Jaxson picked up his bag that he put all his stuff into throughout the day and walked beside Luna.

       “It’s time to go home, finally. I’m still gonna be you and the other three’s guide around the school later today, right?”

       “Yes, unless Malta says no.”Luna laughed.

      They started walking out of the room when Malta ran in front of them. Luna didn’t know if it was because of something important, or if it was because she didn’t want her walking with Jaxson.

      “You need to stay with us, Luna.”Malta said rather calmly. Luna looked at Malta confused until Malta gave her a look, one that said she should know why. The answer hit her in the face so fast it almost knocked her over.

       “Oh, right. I have to stick with them, Jaxson. Sorry about that.”Luna tried to say she wasn’t hiding anything.

        “Ok, can I ask why?”

        “Uh…we need…”Luna tried to think of a reason that was like something a human would say. They were not integrated into the culture enough to know stuff like that right off the top of their mind. Luna was trying her best not to looked panicked and just thought of something to say quickly.

        “We don’t have a place to stay.”Luna blurted out as soon as it came to mind.

        “Wait, seriously?”Jaxson asked rather confused and worried.

        “Yeah, my mom dropped us off and left. We don’t live around here and we are really far from home. So we need to stay together and make sure we can find a place to stay while we go here.”

        Was this making any sense to him? Luna had no clue what a human would think if she said this stuff. It was just a guessing game for her.

        “I mean, you could stay with me and my family for a while if you want.”Jaxson asked as he looked out the window, trying not to make eye contact with her. Before Luna could say anything, she felt Malta push her a little as she answered Jaxson.

        “We are going to ask Kiki if we can stay with her, we are fine, thank you very much.”

        “Kiki ?”

        “um…Yeah!”
        “If she says no, or can’t allow us to stay, then we will come back and ask you, okay? We will figure it out.”Luna smiled as she pushed back against Malta’s force.” We’ll still meet up here at this school.”

       “Ok, just wanted to make sure everything was okay.”Jaxson said looking at Luna. His eyes were soft and understanding. There was a little bit of affection for a split second before he looked away and smiled embarrassed. Luna smiled back and turned around to walk out of the building, she saw Malta’s glare towards Jaxson in the corner of her eye as she turned and thought about what she said. Kiki was probably a good person to try and ask for permission to stay at her home. But Luna didn’t know how she would react. Luna had a feeling that Jaxson would offer them a chance to stay with him, but how would Kiki? Luna and the others only had one class together with her the entire time, unlike Jaxson which had only one class without him in it for Luna. It was a pretty strong feeling that Kiki would not really know what to say and would probably say no, but she didn’t bother to share her concern with the others. Luna tried to tell herself that it would work out fine, it had to. Luna looked behind her quickly to see Malta, Sky, and Edith following her, with Jaxson wiping his head away from Luna when she turned around. Luna did the same thing he did. Smiled.