ojandtostitos commented on blueridgemod's post in blueridgeschool:

Only still a little bit shaken up, Tatum tried to sit still and listen patiently to Headmaster Sato as they sat in King's Hall. Sera had managed to get away once things were cleared up, and she seemed to do so gladly after the blow-out screaming match that had transpired only a little while ago. Tatum had never seen her sister shout at their father like that, not for anything, and she could tell it was still bothering Mick. He kept grumbling about his youngest's new found 'attitude' and how it would do her well to cut it out.

They still hadn't heard anything from Madeline, and Tatum assumed she was still somewhere at work. The League was bound to be buzzing after today. They weren't really a huge name school, but people got crazy when their kids were involved.

Seated between her father and brother, Tatum sank into her seat a little as Headmaster Sato opened himself up to questions from the crowd, and Mick immediately raised his hand. She met her brother's eyes with a look of embarrassment as their dad began to question Sato and his staff on their ability to deal with 'acts of terrorism', as he had been calling it all day since finding out it was a bomb. "I have half a mind to take all three of my children out of here!" he finished boldly, with murmurs of agreement from some other adults around them.

Really, with Tatum and Rath both eighteen and Sera being seventeen in a few months, he didn't have much of a leg to stand on with his threat. If they wanted to stay, they were legally entitled as wizarding adults. But the threat still embarrassed her, making her flush and lean down in her chair more.

Once she found the chance, sick of listening to the barrage against the staff and Headmaster already, the