ALORA"Thank you for today Liam, I had fun." I said gratefully when we arrived at our school's gate. Students were littered outside mingling with other friends and whatnot.It's a sports competition so it's actually allowed. No wonder coach gave us permission to have lunch without debating it."I had fun too. I don't know if you've noticed but my school is literally boring." He said and we laughed."No, I'm serious. It's a miracle that I even stepped out today without unending lectures. It's nice to see that your school actually cares about you to let you wander off once in a while." He added and Noah clicked his tongue in pity."Maybe you should transfer here." Noah suggested. "You're a prodigy and I'm sure that this school will snatch the opportunity to have you with us.""Maybe I would but until then, I guess I'll have to hang out with you guys as my new friends. You're stuck with me now." He said with a nod like he had said something amazing."No worries." Noah primped."I'll talk
ALORA"Caden!" Someone screamed out my name but my head is too occupied to figure out who it is. I felt myself shaking as fear and dread washed over me.My eyes were fixed on the upcoming vehicle that I had to shut them at some point. Just as I braced myself for impact, someone held my hands and forcefully pulling me away at the nick of time before the truck drove past us on full speed.My head was slammed against the person's chest as they held me protectively, with their arms wrapped around my head tightly as they turned around so that the dirty water from the ground wouldn't splash on me but them instead.I remained there for a while, shivering, shaking, teeth clattering and clenching.My whole body trembled from fright as I tried to gain composure before I was pushed away from whoever had rescued me."Do you have a death wish?" He yelled and I slowly looked up to see Kalix fuming angrily at me.He was completely drenched from the rain just like me but his was a bit worse because o
ALORA"Do you have any kind of issues with Kalix's girlfriend prior to this outing?" Noah asked as we accompanied Liam to the arcade after our dreadful lunch. I'm so glad that's over."How would I know?" I rolled my eyes when I thought of how she had mocked me on that table. She should be very lucky that I'm only pretending to be my brother right now otherwise, she would've lost a lot of hair by the time I'm done pulling."She's just out to get me. I mean, Alora's the one who called off the engagement so I don't know why she felt the need to say all that." I went on to say."She already has Kalix and they're betrothed. Isn't that enough for her? Why drag my sister into their mess?" I added and Noah only shrugged."I shouldn't have come if I knew that today might end up like this." I said with regret. "I should've just stayed back at school instead of getting caught up in this.""Then why didn't you?" Liam asked curiously. "I mean, we could've done lunch by ourselves instead of having
ALORA"Here Kalix, try this." Ava said and placed her carefully cut out bite sized meat on Kalix's plate with a big smile on her face.After the games came to an end, I agreed to join them for lunch after coach gave us permission to go. Noah had insisted that he came with us too and since I allowed it, no one opposed to it.At least I had a familiar face to keep me company while I put myself through the torture of watched them act like lovebirds in front of me. I know that I shouldn't have come here but part of me didn't feel right sitting back at school while Kalix was on a date with another girl that's not me.Gosh! Is this was jealousy feels like?But why the hell am I even jealous of them? I was the one who rejected my engagement ceremony and ran off to death so Kalix didn't really owe me anything.Besides, it's not like Kalix is that great of a guy to have me swung over him. If he wasn't terrible then I wouldn't have called it off but then again, who am I kidding?"Does it taste
ALORAI make my way back to the field with Kalix in time for the game despite his many failed warnings. At one point, he had even asked the doctor if it was possible to have me locked up until the game was over cause he was convinced that I had gone nuts."Who in their right minds would let you go on that field in this condition? You must've lost the plot Caden." He had snapped earlier but I was adamant.Even Noah had tried to reason with me but I still wouldn't allow him to change my mind.Whoever was behind this, wanted me to fail and have a fallout with Kalix and I can't let them succeed.Moreover, Kalix had gone out of his way to help me again and this is the only way I know how to pay him back. He loves archery and has said it countless times that he didn't want to fail. I can't let that happen to him. Not today of all days.I owe him my life even though he doesn't realize it yet. He could've easily chosen to ignore like he always does but he didn't. He came for me.Which is weir
ALORA"Hey Caden, wake up!" I felt someone aggressively shaking me, tapping me to respond but I couldn't. "Open your fucking eyes!" Came the persistent voice again but still nothing.I tried to move my hands to make a slight reaction to show that I was hearing them speak but I still couldn't. It felt like I was trapped inside my own body.Then they leaned close and I could literally feel their breath on my skin before they pulled away."Monkshood?" They uttered in shock and the next thing I knew, I was being carried. My hands wrapped around their shoulder. I was unconscious but my body was still in motion.I hear the voices of everyone surrounding me but I couldn't make out who they were. It felt like my senses were dull and my whole body numb.The running stopped and I felt whoever carrying me slowly place me on a soft like material that resembled a bed."What happened to him?" I heard the voice of someone ask. It was distant, like an echo but not too distant so I could hear in prope