Chapter 6

Trey pulls me out of the council house with a shy smile on his face. "So how was your first day of school?" He asks, even though he was with me for the entire time. I guess there is no reason to not play along.

I chuckle. He can be so cute. "Well, it was pretty good. I got most of my friends in all of my classes, and I even got my own guard," I smile up at him. "That was a pretty big surprise, you know. No one told me that you would be assigned as my guard."

Trey blushes before he clears his throat. "And how do you feel about the council assigning me to be your guard? It's not gonna be weird with us, right?" Is he worried that I don't like their choice of guards? Did he expect me to be assigned with Levi or Knox? I don't see how they could've done any better than Trey...

I don't know why he is asking that but I shake my head. "No. I'm glad you were picked as my guard," I answer truthfully. "Unless you didn't want to be my guard, I guess. But then you could've told them so and they would've assigned me another one? I don't know how that would make things weird with us..." I shrug after my rambling.

Trey sighs, and seems to relax a little bit. He gives me a bright smile as he takes my hand in his. That magical tingle fills my whole body just from that tiny contact. "Good because I-"

"Hey, beautiful," Amir cut Trey off, shoving him to the side and grabbing both my hands in his.

In the back of my mind I can hear Trey cursing up a blue streak in the background, but I can't seem to focus on his words. My entire focus has changed in a split second. Somewhere in the back of my mind I know I should ask Trey if he was okay... But I can't quite seem to...

Just the touch of his hands on mine does something to me. It kinda flips a switch, and my complete focus in on Amir. It's not the same sort of magical tingle I get from Trey's touch... It's cloudy? And sort of addictive and dark. I don't understand it, but I kinda like it. I kinda need it...

"Hi Amir," I giggle up at him. I don't know when I've been so flirty... I don't even flirt with the other guys in our group. Knox, Levi, Fox and Colt and of course Trey are all hot as hell. Maybe I just never flirted with them because we've all grown up together? Maybe this is all that it is? He's the new shiny toy and in a few years I will be used to his presence too... But even if that is the case, I'm gonna keep it going as long as I can.

"I was thinking, maybe you'd like to get some ice cream with me?" He coos, giving me his most charming smile. I have to admit, having his attention is doing things to me. My tummy flutters and my cheeks flush in giddy happiness. He asked me to go with him for an ice cream? Just us? None of my friends are with him so...

I find myself nodding my head. I don't think I know a single girl who would turn him down. He's just... charismatic? I don't know. Something about him makes me want to agree to anything he asked of me. That's probably not a good thing, but at the moment I can't see a reason to turn him down...

"Well, if she is going with you, I'm going too. After all, I'm her guard!" Trey snarls, standing right behind me. He places a protective hand on my shoulder, trying to break me free of whatever spell Amir has put on me... But I seem to be stuck.

It's funny. Just a moment ago, all I could think about was his cute smile and his sparkling blue eyes and shiny blond hair, but the moment Amir took my hands, I completely forgot he was even here with us. And yet, even now, Amir's hold still has my mind slipping away from Trey's strong presence to the hold Amir has on my hands.