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Chapter 26 - Pt 1
You know that awkward feeling you get when you face situations, or people that constantly remind you of embarrassing moments you’ve tried and failed to get over… well in my case I feel like I’m drowning in the awkwardness I feel around Devon.
It’s a new week and things have finally started to die down with all the irritating whispers that follow me whenever I walk down the hall or step into a crowded room, but today being Monday I’m scheduled for a training session after class. It’s will be our first.
Self-defence class was added to our sched
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Seated in the auditorium beside Lillian, we wait for debate class to begin. The double doors sprung open and several eyes swivelled in that direction when someone cautiously stepped in, harsh whispers started to float around the room and I raise my head in curiosity. Looking towards the direction people are staring at, I spot Tamil looking like a fearful deer amid predators. She bows her head to hide her teary eyes and quickly hurries to a seat closer to the stage. Frowning, I raised my hand and was about to call out to her, but a light touch made me pause. I frown as Lillian shakes her head in disagreement. “Is she okay?” “It's Damien.” Lillian sighs, her eyes blazing with anger, but concern too. She pinches the bridge of her nose before explaining. “He broke up with her just a few minutes ago. He was cheating on her with some other girl.”
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The next day school went about as usual. People gossiped,still, but at least they gossiped less about me. Pretty much all the attention has deviated to Tamil,again.She had a little run-in with Prince Maximilian in the halls this morning, and much to the shock of everyone a very heated make-up out session ended the whispered argument between the two.Tamil refuses to talk about what caused the altercation in the first place, or why Prince Max practically devoured her mouth so possessively, and no matter how much Lillian and I press for answers she makes sure to change the topic and keeps her mouth zipped.Knocking on the door of the teacher's break room, I spot the man I’m looking for immediately and frown. Mr Fiddler is seated on a metal chair across the room, his attention on his tablet and brows pulled into a frown.“Can I help you?” A female teacher startled me by stepping closer, her confused expression turning to recognitio
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I block the side attack from Devon a lot faster than I thought I could and kick the back of his knee with my bare leg, he drops to one knee in surprise and I twirl to stand behind him with my wooden sword to his neck. “I win!” I say smugly.Smiling, he raises both hands into the air in defeat. My improvement in a self-defence class is getting better and better though I’m still a lot slower than most of my peers.I called up Devon after school was out and scheduled an impromptu training session despite it not being Monday, I just needed to let go of all the tension I felt today.Ever since the bonfire a month ago, for whatever reason Trinity has made it her mission to piss me off every chance she gets.Usually, I'd dismiss her pettiness, but today she hit a sore spot. She and her groupie friends were seconds away from having their teeth knocked out of their mouths when Tamil and Lillian intervened by dragging me away from a confrontation.“You only won b
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“Little Ray’s back!” Camille yells into the room as soon as she opens the front door and sees me, motioning me in with a beer she wraps an arm around my neck as soon as I step through the threshold, staring down at me expectantly.“Heard you were practising all alone with the stud you kissed, how did it go?”Frowning, I wonder when that incident is ever going to leave the minds of everyone. “It went fine., I mumble, my eyes fluttering from one bright face to the other.Camille steps around me to settle on the couch and I glance from the crowded living room to the kitchen in confusion. “Why the hell are you guys holding beers, and where did it come from?” I ask, my gaze directed at both Tiffany and Beatrice in accusation.They’re moving run around the kitchen counter with an 8-pack in each hand, a pack of beer which shouldn’t even be here since the academy prohibits alcohol on school grounds.“Relax Coral, it’s just light beer.” Tiffany shrugs as if that
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Unhurriedly striding down the darkened hallway, I follow her steps and make sure to keep mine as quiet as possible. Nervous perspiration rolled down my spine, soaking my silk blouse, and it coated the skin of my upper lip.Wiping it away, I halt and quickly hide behind a wall, pressing my back against the cool surface to make sure she doesn’t see me when she hesitates for a short second to take a peek around.Arriving back at the academy, I didn’t expect to catch the little rat sneaking into school grounds like a thief. I have no idea what she plans to do, but I for one plan on using this opportunity fate laid in my hands to finally end it all.She narrows her eyes, before shrugging and continuing forward. I wait for a few minutes before pushing off the wall to follow after her, but I get distracted by the feeling of my phone vibrating in my pocket and quickly pulled it out of my jacket.Lifting my head, my eyes widen in disbelief when I realize I’ve lost sig
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Crawling forward, I couldn’t ignore the cobwebs, dust, and possibly dead insects I may have touched with my hands.The hole is thankfully not long, and there’s a metal ladder cemented at the edge. Looking down, I couldn’t see anything but darkness. Pointing my torch down I could barely make out anything except the fact that the ladder is pretty short, and there’s no way of telling if there’s anything beneath.Leaving my chances up to fate I carefully make my way down the rusty ladder, and once I got to the last stair, jumped down. I landed in a crouch below before rising to my feet. Pointing the torch to the walls, I found 2 light switches and turned them on, and to my surprise, the tunnels lit up immediately.The tunnels are a lot larger than I expected them to be, built with clay and plaster that filled the interstices and revetted the entire face of the sealing walls. Over the sealed covers, incised as coverings are plastered bricks for closure.
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I’ve gone and gotten myself into deep, shitting trouble.Hands placed before me, I bite down on my lower lips as I nervously awaited judgement from Steven.He gazed at me, seated behind his desk in silence, his hands crossed in front of his chest with a hard penetrating glare. After crawling my way back into the utility closet, imagine my surprise to find my father standing right in front of those doors waiting for me, with a sheepish looking Liam standing a few feet behind.Now you’d think that would be the end of my problems... Unfortunately, it's not.Thanks once again toLiam, my video, thevery video he used to threaten me is currently being viewed by every elemental within the society. When he realized he couldn’t get back to me after an hour of waiting for a reply, he panicked and hurried his ass over to Steven to tell him what we’d done.And, in his haste to get to Steven, the blo
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