<div class="floatleft">(http://www.racecar.co.uk/uploads/rcnewsimages/chloe2010.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Chloe Masters<br/><strong>Nom De Guerre:</strong>None<br/><strong>Position/Grade:</strong>Senior<br/><strong>Location:</strong>In the cafeteria, trying not to fall victim to Carter's charms<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Carter, Alexi<br/><hr/><br/>Carter's playful banter towards her new friend didn't fool Chloe for a minute.  She doubted very much that Alexi would agree that they were pals.  In fact, he looked like he was barely tolerating the attention from the speedster, but was reluctant to make a scene.  Still, Chloe couldn't help but grin at Carter's attempt at making amends.<br/><br/>Smiling an apology at Alexi as Carter took her hand in his and lead her away, Chloe tried to calm her nerves.  She wasn't a shy girl, by any stretch of the imagination.  And outwardly, she was happy go lucky, exhuberant and confident.  But, there was always that little voice of doubt in her head that whispered to her that she wasn't good enough, or pretty enough, or thin enough, for someone as drop dead gorgeous as Carter to be genuinely interested in her.  And that little voice was yabbering pretty loudly at the moment.<br/><br/>The other students gave Carter a wide berth as they approached an already occupied table, which emptied immediately.  Chloe wondered what it was that he'd done to get so many people offside.  Sure, he had that bad boy look about him, but her intuition told her that that was just a front.  A façade designed to protect him from getting hurt.  Being well versed in the art of putting up emotional barriers herself, Chloe thought that perhaps all he really needed was a friend, someone to accept him for what he was, warts and all.<br/><br/>Impressed that he was gentleman enough to pull out a chair for her, she sat next to him at the square table, wondering if her stomach would obligue her and stop doing somersaults so she could eat her lunch without fear of barfing it back up.<em>Because <strong>that</strong> would be attractive,</em>she thought, trying not to visibly roll her eyes at herself. Chloe listened as Carter gave her his assessment of Alexi, but not knowing him, or his powers, well enough to form an opinion to share, she instead risked taking a bite of her lunch, making sure to lean over her tray to avoid making a mess.  The last thing she needed was a squirt of mayonaise blemishing her powder blue top and giving Carter an opening to say something crass!<br/><br/>Watching him shovel food into his mouth made Chloe feel better about eating her own lunch, and she took another bite of her roll just as Carter finished talking.<br/><br/><em><strong>"It's something my Dad taught me once. Just having powers doesn't make you a hero.  You have to know when to use them."</strong></em><br/><br/>"Uh huh," she nodded in agreement, swallowing quickly before she spoke. "I can see how that makes sense.  But what exactly would he have said about your entrance into assembly this morning," she asked, a mischieveous twinkle in her hazel eyes.  "I mean, it was impressive and all, but really...what would your dad say?"  She smirked and took another bite of her roll, watching his reaction carefully.  If they were going to be friends<em>Or maybe, hopefully, more...</em>she had to know he could take a joke.  Laughing was what Chloe liked to do best, and if tall dark and handsome here possessed an ego made of glass, well....she may as well go and join the others.  Because she wouldn't put herself through that again.