Nixie:It’s been three days and I haven't received a single damn call from Ivan. I get that we broke up from our fake relationship or whatever, but he couldn’t even send a single text, it hurts. And to be honest, anytime I hear the pinging of my phone, I hurriedly check it like a pathetic maniac, hoping that it’s him and then disappointment washes over me when it’s just a school notification.“Nixie, you are miserable from the breakup. All you have been eating is instant noodles.” Elva frowns, obviously not happy about my nutritional life, she reminds me of Ivan in a way that only saddens me the more. I miss his constant jab, and the way he adjusts his glasses whenever he is feeling flustered. I miss that look on his face whenever his ears go bright red.I fear that Elva is right, but you can’t blame me for sleeping in. It’s Sunday, no classes, I am free throughout, so pardon me if eating instant noodles and drinking soda from a can is the best way to get over a fake breakup.“Admit i
Nixie:The best part about this whole heartbroken saga is that when I reached my dorm last night, I managed to pull an all-nighter, studying all by myself. The worst part is that Elva and Anna weren’t around so I had no one to vent to while I cried, the only thing I could do was cry alone in the dorm, my sobs only audible to the walls of my room. What a shitty way to get over a fake situation, am I right?As for the test, I am pretty sure I am going to ace it because I successfully managed to master all the equations and applied the questions. To be honest, Professor McFadden went easy on us with the questions. As the students flood out of the classroom, some are grumbling on how the questions were hard. I might be heartbroken but I am not stupid.Elva, Anna and I are in the dining hall, I order a bowl of crackers, silently munching on it.Anna notices my moody facial expression because she asks. “Everything okay, Nixie? Do you need a dip in the lake?”Elva stares at me in concern and
Nixie:It’s been a week since Ivan and I started our dating scheme and to be honest? It’s pretty much chill and fun. We have been spotted in public thrice, at the football match, a Chinese restaurant and the shopping mall, in which we made sure Kaela was present at the time we walked in, but Ivan always made us leave early because of his rising social anxiety.Aside from public dates, sometimes, I join him for breakfast in the library whenever Mira’s swamped with work. Elva and Anna think I am already becoming a nerd but honestly, hanging out with Ivan is starting to become my favourite thing of the week. Because of him, I now know at least all the nutritional disadvantages of chocolate and the benefits of vegetables.“And that brings us to the end of the class.” The professor stacks her files together, staring at us through her sharp glasses. Professor McFadden is one of the strictest classes on campus, and I don’t think any student enjoys maths, the subject she teaches well, maybe e
Nixie:I am awoken at four in the morning by a video call. What the fuck? I sit upright, staring around the barely dark room. Anna is asleep but Elva isn’t here. I guess she is spending the night with her boyfriend, Alex tonight.My phone and laptop keep ringing with the familiar tone of an incoming FaceTime. I hop out of my bed and sit down on the desk, squinting at the screen of my laptop, it’s Ivan V.- that weird nerd that I want to fake date. Well, that weird nerd also knows my only secret so I better treat him with respect.I click the accept button watching as his face fills the screen, his glasses are slightly crooked and his hair is fluffed in such a way like he has been running his hands through them all night.“Don’t you sleep at all?” Like me, he’s also propped on his desk, since he is angling his laptop in a very awkward angle, I can see the contents sprawled on his desk, astronomy textbooks, lots and lots of textbooks. I am basically yawning and it looks like I just rolle
Nixie:I wake up in the middle of the night, panting and sweating. Our bedroom is dark as I sit upright in the bed, my hands trembling. Oh shit, why now? I reach out for the lamp on the bedside table and switch it on, watching as the orange glow of light fills the room.Anna and Elva are sleeping peacefully on their bed, hugging their blanket tight. At least they don’t have to go through this shit I go through every time. I am a half-siren and a half-werewolf and so this academy is purely for werewolves. If they find out that my father was a siren, I could get kicked out of the academy. Now I have to hide my siren self every freaking time.And the worst part? I get really uncomfortable when I haven’t been in the water for so long, like right now that my whole body is wailing like a fish. Sometimes, I wonder if I can keep this up, running through campus just to get the feel of water on my skin. Well anyways, I have been doing this for a month so maybe I might survive the academy year a
Elva:Today is the project day and for some unknown reason, I fear that I am the only one who’s taking this with such great seriousness. Like Nixie and Anna are so calm, they both have their presentation ready and since they were paired together, it makes it easier for them.Meanwhile I am a nervous wreckball, however I am looking forward to seeing Alex’s presentation. What is he going to draw?“Is your poem ready?” Nixie whispers to me in the dining hall, I can’t bring myself to eat so I just order crackers and herbal tea, even the sight of it is making me nauseous. Meanwhile, Anna is digging into her lamb chops like someone that hasn’t eaten in days.“I finally got it right.” I say, it took me hours to get the poem well, I didn’t sleep until three in the morning, just so I can get the final pieces in order. “I think I can pull this off.”“You’ve got this, darling.” Anna looks up from her food, giving me a thumb up before focusing back on her food. My eyes search for a particular som