"Why do you seem to hold such a grudge against the other team? I've heard of rivalry but yours seem somewhat personal.""It seems like it because it is." I told him simply with a scornful tone."Am I going to have to ask a question each time just to get one sentence out or do you want to talk about it?" he asked and his tone was a mixture of seriousness and playfulness."I'm alright about telling the story but you have to make sure you don't mention it to anyone on my team, especially not Tyce.""Tyce as in the second striker?""Yeah, him. He doesn't seem it, but that's guy's actually really sensitive and he's also bi but more on the gay side than straight.""That guy's gay?" Drew's eyes widened in surprise. "I never would've guessed.""Precisely my point. Tyce is really sensitive about it and he won't talk about it to anyone but me because of something that happened to him at his previous school which also happens to be the one that we're playing against tomorrow." I sighed. "Tyce us
"No way…" the keeper whispered in disbelief."We won!" I screamed and threw my arms into the air. "Try to cheat your way out of this loss now!" I dared Pete as he collapsed onto his knees. There was a very specific reason why we couldn't just win by one goal. There've been times when close ties between the two teams have been tampered with and Carlton High would somehow be deemed the winner. But with a loss of four goals, there was no way they could cheat out of this."Kai! We did it!" Tyce bellowed and grabbed me into a hug before giving me a smacking kiss on the lips."We won!" I screamed again."Three cheers for Rokfurd High's best captain ever!" the coach bellowed and the cheers proceeded from a mass crowd of people around me. "Well done Kylie, couldn't have done it without you kiddo.""Cheers for taking that risk all those years ago and letting me on your team coach." I smiled. "And hey, give it up for the preview of the upcoming school production of Burlesque!" I cheered and jum
"Guardian Castile, get those seven to safety and protect them. We've certainly got company tonight." I told him stiffly and gestured at the other seven undergraduates."What are you talking about, Kai?" Ali frowned at me. I grabbed his collar and tugged him down so that I could whisper into his ear."There are friggin' Strigoi out there. I can smell blood, that means that the two guardians that you left here are now dead. Get those seven to safety.""You need to get to safety as well," he told me sternly."Just get them out of here. I've got this covered. I've lived here for the past six years, I know how this place runs and I know it like the back of my hand." I glared at him."You're not fighting with them." Ali scowled at me. "Brent, Johnson, get the eight kids out of here," he ordered."Wait, what?" Brent blinked in shock at the sudden order."Damn it, Ozera, make sure the dozing ones get the hell out of here fast!" I warned him with a desperate plea in my eyes."Take care of your
I had no idea who had carried me to bed but I didn't really care too much. I was thankful that no one had tried to wake me because I definitely needed that sleep. I was absolutely knackered with the combination of the tough soccer game and the fight after the after party. I didn't want to say anything before but I was already tiring during the fight and luckily I didn't just collapse in fatigue. I guess that adrenaline really was incredible during the most desperate of times.I got out of bed and took a quick shower. I felt gross since I was still wearing the clothes that I was partying and fighting in before and I stood under the shower head for at least ten minutes to sooth my tense muscles. During my time in the shower, I also mentally prepared myself for the long lectures that would undoubtedly ensue as a result of my stunt. While I may have been prepared for the lectures, I was certainly not expecting someone to sudden barge into my room and bathroom. I had barely managed to wrap
Once I was done making the drink, I headed back to Rosette's office with two mugs in hand. One was mine to fully waken my senses since I was still feeling a little drowsy and I could feel the ache in my head, either as a result of the drinks from the party, or from being hit in the head by a Strigoi. Either way, the drink would help replenish my energy before I had to face the rest of the school about my daring escape from the Academy and my boldness of dragging others with me, especially the four royals. They might have opted to follow me out of the academy of their own free will, but it was me who gave them such an opportunity. If it wasn't for me, I didn't think that any of them would have considered the fact that it would be very easy to sneak out of the Academy if you knew the right procedures to follow. I was certainly one of the people who knew the procedures, because I knew this school almost back to front. I might have been away for six years, but having been here for a week
Drew stood above him with a cold condescending glare. He was glaring down at O'Connor as though he was nothing but a pesky bug. The intensity of that gaze was so powerful and so menacing that it even had me flinch."You bastard! You just hit me!" Nick shouted at Drew and pointed at him with an accusing finger."You didn't seem capable of shutting that filthy mouth of yours, so I did it for you." Drew told him frostily. "If you're as strong as you always claim to be, you would've been able to dodge that attack easily. The next time you intend to insult someone, think about where you stand first.""Where I stand? I might not have that high of a position at this school compared to you, but it's certainly higher than hers! She's nothing but a conniving slag who has you all wrapped around her finger! There's no way that she would've fairly gotten your attention unless she offered something that you wanted!" Nick argued furiously.Wind suddenly whirled past me and pushed against Nick, forci
The walk to Guardian Brooks' Vampire 101 lesson was relatively eventful with Els gushing with excitement. When we actually got to the lesson, silence dawned on the class and everyone turned to stare at me."Ah, so little miss runaway has finally decided to grace our lesson." Guardian Brooks commented. Although his words weren't very nice and seemed very sarcastic, there was something in his tone that seemed different. His tone certainly didn't seem to match with his choice of words. It was like he was putting on some kind of a sarcastic front without meaning to or something. This certainly wasn't the same stiff and demonic Guardian Brooks that I remembered."Pleasure to see you too, sir." I replied with a similar tone of voice to match his."You seem to be the hero of the class, Valentine. You must've been prepared for the outside world.""Sir, I've lived in the outside world for the past six years, it's nothing alien to me." I retorted as politely as I could but it was hard."Well th
From then until the end of training, I made sure that I wasn't alone with Eric again. After what happened during our little spar, I was still somewhat confused about what had really happened back there. There was no reason why I should've lost that fight. Perhaps it was the constant fights that I'd had recently with the Strigoi and I hadn't fully recovered my body's strength yet. That must've been it. That would explain why my body seemed to be moving a little slower than usual.When the lesson ended, it was no surprise when Eric strolled towards me. What I was not expecting was such an intense stare from him. It was a gaze that seemed to hold a promise of a continuum of what had nearly happened between us had Tom not interrupted us. I pushed down the surprise that I felt and simply gave him a cheeky smile."Well it sure looks like someone got a little over excited during our lesson." I winked playfully at him."What can I say? Attractive girls have that effect on me," he shrugged."Y