Izariah-I woke up with a splitting headache, but that didn’t stop me from getting up and ready for my first class. Grabbing the coat that I got from Jace, I stuffed it inside a bag and headed out the door. Since I didn’t have an afternoon class, I would have a little bit of time to take his coat to get it cleaned.I had stayed up most of the night trying to get the red paint off it but failed. I was still annoyed about what happened yesterday, yet I woke up in a good mood, despite feeling like crap. While I had been trying to clean the coat, I found myself thinking that Jace wasn’t a bad guy, perhaps someone I could even be friends with.I only had to remind myself a hundred times that he was friends with the one person I hated the most. The more I thought about it, the more I became annoyed with Braxton. Who did he think he was?Not wanting to think about Braxton, I cleared my head and focused on getting to class. As I walked down the sidewalk that would lead me to class, I noticed
Braxton-“You went too far this time Braxton!” Jace shouted as he shoved open the door to our Clubhouse.Not bothering to ask what the hell he was talking about, I checked the time on my watch. I still had another hour before my first class, but I knew he was supposed to be in class right now. As I was still finishing getting ready, I returned to tying the laces on my shoes.“Why aren’t you in class?” I asked.“Do you have any idea what I just walked in on?” Jace continued to yell at me, even though I didn’t know what the hell crawled up his ass and died.“No, but I am sure you are going to enlighten me.” Not looking up from my shoes, I turned my attention to tying my other shoe.“Those little thugs you sent after Izariah, were about to rape her!” Jace stomped into the room, planting himself directly in front of me.That had my attention. My eyes snapped up and I was filled with anger. Even my wolf was on the verge of pushing through to force me to shift. Restraining my wolf, I stood
Braxton- “What are you doing home from school?" My mother’s tone was cold, but her eyes were colder. “The question is why are you here?” I asked as I walked past her and into the house. I didn’t have a good relationship with my mother, mostly because the only thing she cared about was her image. This is assumably the only reason she is scolding me right now. I would bet money on it. “Don’t try to change the subject and don’t walk away from me while I am talking to you.” Rolling my eyes as I kept walking, I slung my bag off my shoulder and tossed it to the butler that was standing near a small table in the middle of the foyer. I ignored her because I knew it annoyed her. Walking down the hall to the grand kitchen, I passed by the cook that was busy cooking. Since I didn’t alert the staff that I would be coming in today, it was likely my mother, that had the staff come in. Unless someone was present in the house, the only staff we kept available at all times was a maid and a few wa
Izariah-Surprisingly, I managed to avoid running into anyone for the rest of the day, which was until the next day during the class, where I had been forced to sit between Braxton and Jace on the first day. When I walked into the class, I didn’t see any of the members of the Ace of Clubs. It made me wonder if they weren’t going to be in class today.Heading up to the row of seats that I sit in, I kept my gaze low, because by now everyone was whispering about what happened to me yesterday. Reaching my row, I made my way toward my seat and before I could sit down, someone jumped over the back row and right into the seat I was supposed to sit in.Looking up, I gasped when I saw that it was Jace. He didn’t say anything to me, nor did he look at me. His eyes were focused on the front of the class.“I...” I tried to speak but was quickly cut off when Braxton arrived on the other side of Jace.“That is her seat.” He said in a low tone, but there was a hint of a growl mixed in it.“I feel li
Izariah-“Does everyone have their tickets?” The professor asked the entire class after he handed them out.It was now Friday and while not much had happened these last few days, I now had a feeling that something was going to go terribly wrong. Braxton has ignored me since I left the classroom, he tried talking to me in. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought he had decided to leave me alone.I caught him glancing at me, but he would quickly look away when I looked in his direction. His leaving me alone didn’t seem as simple, no matter how nice it was not to be harassed by him. The only one that hasn’t straight ignored me was Jace, but he only just gave me a small smile and that was it.“Sir, why do only a selective few get first-class? There are more seats in first class than six.” A student from the third-row seats asked.“Are you paying for this trip?” The Professor asked and then brushed the student off as he continued. “As I told everyone during our last class, we would b
Braxton-It was time to get my plan in motion. I have been waiting for this moment since I first heard from the Professor about getting to be able to take everyone on a trip. I wish it had only been Izariah, but I knew she wouldn’t have agreed if I had asked her.“Well, what do you think of the place?” Lex asked Izariah as he slung his arm over her shoulder.Seeing him touching her like that made me feel irritated. I didn’t know why I got annoyed as I did, it was almost as if I were jealous. That couldn’t be it though because I wasn’t interested in being with anyone.“It is beautiful, are we free to do whatever we want while we are here? I would love a chance to see the beach.” Iza answered with ease in her voice which made me envious of Lex. I wish she would be able to speak to me like that. It only made me more eager to get my plan in motion.“I will do you one better. My family has a yacht that we will be using to get to the resort.” I smiled at her, knowing fully well that I was g
Izariah-“Mel!” I yelled out to my best friend, which had just fallen through the ice of the lake we were playing on.I started to panic as I watched her tiny arms try to reach for something to grab onto. Getting onto my hands and knees, I crawled toward her but stopped when I heard the ice cracking beneath me. Not wanting to fall through the ice as well, I looked around to see if there was a stick or something I could use for her to grab ahold of.Not seeing anything, I burst into tears. We knew we weren’t supposed to play on the lake when it was frozen. The only reason we went out was that the ball we had been playing with rolled out onto the lake after kicking it too hard.Neither of us knew how to swim, but since it was frozen, we thought it would be okay to get the ball. Once we realized that it was fun to skate around on the slick surface, we ignored the warnings from our parents. We were small five-year-olds, so it didn’t seem that dangerous.We have seen others on the lake man
Izariah-Once I cried all the tears I could, I wiped my face with the back of my hands. Sniffling a few times, I took a couple of deep breaths. It has been years since I have felt the extent of losing my childhood best friend.Leaning my head back, I stretched my legs out and leaned my head against the door. Closing my eyes, I tried to ready myself to face everyone again. I thought about hiding away inside the cabin I was in, but I knew that I had to keep my head up in front of others.After the stunt that Braxton pulled, I couldn’t let him win. I was not going to hide away like a coward. Slowly, I opened my eyes again and let out a long sigh.“I can do this.” I whispered to myself, trying to find the courage I needed to walk out of this room.Repeating the words in my head a few times, I pulled my heels back and used my hands to boost myself up and off the ground. Giving myself one last pep talk, I lifted my chin and straightened my spin. Turning to face the door, I placed my hand on