Layla smiled as she hung up, many things whiiring through her head.<em>Nothing else better go wrong today,</em>she told herself.<em>I ruined a perfectly good batch of cookies.  I really wanted to share those cookies </em>Layla clamped down on her internal whining as she continued running until she caught up to Chloe's car<em> There she is </em>she thought as she slowed down, and panted, careful not to drop the cookies or slam into the car.<br/><br/>"Chloe - thanks for waiting.  I really appreciate this," she said raising her voice loud enough to be heard over the loud music. . "By the way - apparently you're not in trouble - the principal just wanted to send you to relax to cool down," Layla said carefully, not wanting to hint that she had anything to do with the principal's change of heart.   Chloe was always reading into things people said, and Layla didn't want Chloe looking in<strong>*her* </strong>direction.  She'd never had to cast a spell on her friend before - she didn't want to start now-  it was a slippery slope but still..  there was no way she would let her self get put on that Wall of Weird.  "I guess this is your lucky day?" Layla said cheerfully, as she shifted her box of cookies to one side to carefully get into the car and shut the door.     "What's on the news?"