"I don't know what you need to hear to drop it, but I don't really want to get into the whole thing. The last month was kind of a mess."

Jay tilts her head slightly.

"Bad break-up?" she's only half-joking, but she settles back on one heel, waving away her own question. "Any of the Hales still in town? And would they be willing to talk to us?  They've been practically untraceable since the fire.  We are on their territory.  I'd prefer to let them know we mean no harm."

"It's not my story to tell. I don't know where Derek is staying, but maybe you can catch him around town. He's the new alpha."

Jay scrutinises him for a second, before deciding that if he's hiding anything, now really isn't the time to push it. "Alright. Here," she fishes out a piece of paper and scribbles down her phone number. "If you happen to run into him before I do, feel free to let him know I'm looking for him."

"You don't seem to like hunters or werewolves that much." 

"I don't particularly like anyone very much. Both sides are flawed. That Simon stopped Argent killing that omega should assure you we're not here to hunt you all down. Think of us as a neutral party."

Nod.

"It was nice to meet you, but we both have classes to get to." 

"Quite," Jay inclines her head. "See you round, I'm sure."

And she eats her apple on the way to chemistry.

Most of the other students are already seated, but she's there just before the bell rings.

The teacher glares at her, but doesn't comment, and takes his place at the front of the room. 

"Now, I know you're all looking forward to wasting time and getting wasted during spring break, but bear in mind that if you spend the next month thinking about that, you'll fail my class. To really drive this home, we'll be examining the formation of snowflakes, because it's not spring yet."

"Sorry, sir," Jay mutters as she hurries to find a seat.

She gets the immediate impression that she is not going to like this man. He seems too much like he enjoys tearing people down. Still, she's dealt with his kind before, and the easiest way to do that is to keep your head down and be invisible.

She does, however, glance around the room to figure out if she knows anyone else who shares this class with her.

There's only one other student she recognizes.

She can always pick someone new as a lab partner, though, since they're doing that first.

Jay is getting worn out with trying to be sociable to new people, so she gives Danny a hopeful smile, but doesn't impose herself on him if he would rather partner with someone else.

Danny will join her, then.

"Hey. You can get the ingredients and I'll set up our table."

Jay weighs up her option, discards asking the teacher, because  and instead follows the other students up collecting ingredients, and hopes she doesn't miss anything before returning to their table.

"Don't think I missed anything."

"No, that looks good."

Experiments ensue!

Danny helps her if she looks confused; it seems she lucked out in the lab partner department.

"Thanks so much," Jay says, leaning slightly towards Danny. "I would've been completely lost without you."

She looks sideways slightly. "Had to leave my last school in a hurry cause of- of Si's work. Might have left mid-term. If I can do anything for you, just let me know. Not sure what that would be, but..."

"Sit with me and my friends today. We need some fresh meat to play with. There were some pretty messed up things going on last month, and everyone is kind of recovering." 

"Fresh meat to play with, huh?" Jay keeps her tone light, even though she feels briefly frozen, then she relaxes, remembering that even if teenagers are cruel, most of them don't mean it the way her brain immediately translates it. "I can do that. Just be warned, I have a tendency to bite back." She sticks her tongue out teasingly and manages a grin.

"You might actually get Lydia to talk again. Could be interesting."

They finish up their lab, and turn it in.

"Now that's an almost evil smile," Jay smirks, tilting her head in consideration. "I am totally game to do this."

She falls silent as they turn their lab in and searches her memory for what she has next.

Spanish, apparently.

Jay rubs at her forehead as she makes her way into the class. She's not completely fluent in Spanish, but this class will at least not contain any ideas that she's never encountered before.

She's early enough that she can pick almost any seat.

There's only one other student already there.

Sitting right next to her would probably be strange. Given all the other empty seats. So Jay chooses a seat close by, but not so close that it would be weird, slightly behind the girl, nodding as she passes on the way to her seat.