Petty Nonsense

*Sage POV*

The next several classes went pretty smoothly. That was until some girls saw Headmaster Draven speaking to me in the hallway. 

He had only stopped me to give me a change of location to help him, and apparently they overheard our conversation. 

“Moving kind of fast there aren’t you, Thorne? Finally in a school with boys, and you just can’t wait to get in one of their pants? Kind of bold of you to go for the headmaster, he is kind of hot though. Can’t say I blame you,” Remi taunted as she nearly knocked me over by nudging me with her shoulder.

Remi was one of the girls transferred with me from Hardwick, and she bullied me pretty fiercely there, and it seems that it’s going to carry over to ShadowFen or so she thinks.

“Remi, get a life. I’m not trying to get into the headmaster’s pants. No matter how hot he is. I’m not like you. I am waiting for my mate, not just jumping in bed with anyone who’s interested. So, back off, or I’ll put you on your ass again,” I threatened. 

The look on her face said that she was remembering our last confrontation. The confrontation that happened after she cut my hair while I was sleeping. 

I only knew it was her because she had it strapped to her bag like a war trophy. When I turned her in, the headmistress simply laughed and said that if I can’t deal with my own petty nonsense, that she didn’t have time to deal with it either. So, I took things into my own hands.

I waited until lunch time, and while she was sitting with her group of mean girls, I jerked her by the ponytail, and pulled her to the ground. I sat on top of her and pinned her arms to the ground with my knees. I pulled her ponytail up high, and cut her hair where the hair tie met her head. 

I then held her ponytail above my head and released a war cry like I had just won first prize. She had her trophy, and now I had mine. Then, for good measure, I punched her in the nose, breaking it. 

I gladly took my in school suspension and community service duties for that fight. As far as Remi, she got community service duty as well for cutting my hair. Since then, she might get mouthy, but she hasn’t touched me since, until now.

I guess the commotion had gotten loud, and we had drawn a crowd. Remi’s friends tried to encourage her to hit me, but I could see the fear in her eyes. She wanted no part of it, and just when it seemed like she was going to do what they wanted her to, Draven showed back up.

“What’s going on here?” he bellowed, glancing between the two of us. Neither of us were ready to snitch on the other one.

“I asked a question, and one of you best start speaking. I have no problem submitting punishment for failure to obey a member of staff,” he said. 

It was Remi who broke first, and every word she said was a lie.

“Sage shoulder checked me when I was walking down the hallway. I wasn’t even doing anything to her. I didn’t even speak. She’s crazy, Mr. Douglas. She used to harass me all the time at Hardwick. She even broke my nose one time,” Remi whined, and even tried to force tears.

I snickered to myself, and that earned me a glare from Draven. He then sent Remi on her way, making sure to tell her to stay away from me. He then sent me to his office for “a little chat”.

Once inside his office, he had me sit in the chair I was in before. He then asked for my side of things, and since Remi had already snitched with a lie, I had no problems telling him the truth.

“I hope you didn’t believe her bullshit. Remi is the ultimate mean girl, and her little group of assholes, and I have just gotten tired of taking it. What she told you wasn’t true, and it was in fact her who shoulder checked me while taunting me stating I was trying to fuck you,” I explained.

He sat there staring at me in amusement, and then shook his head. 

“I will give you one thing Miss Thorne, you are bluntly honest. I knew she was lying, because I saw and heard what happened. She didn’t give me much time to walk away before she started on you. Listen, don’t let girls like Remi get to you. They are jealous that they aren’t getting the attention they desperately crave. She thinks I’m blind to her advances, but I have told her personally that I am off the table. I know I’m not much older than you guys, but that doesn’t mean that I’m fair game. She needs to understand that,” he replied.

For some reason the way he explained that he was off limits made me sad. I don’t know why, but I am very drawn to him, and not just in a friendly teacher and student kind of way.  

“I’m sorry that you are dealing with this crap. I thought all of this would be left at Hardwick. Wishful thinking I guess,” I said.

He moved around his desk and stood in front of me. He leaned against his desk and crossed his arms over his chest. My heart began to race, and his woodsy scent filled my nostrils. 

“You have no need to apologize. Just do as I asked her to do, and stay away from one another as much as possible. I know it’s hard when you have classes together, but do your best. You are free to go, and I’ll see you in the archive room in about an hour,” he said,and dismissed me from his office. 

As I walked out the door into the hallway, I observed my surroundings. I was already late for my current class, so I decided to skip it and go back to my room to calm down. 

I wasn’t sure how I was going to deal with how I am feeling. I should not be having these feelings for my headmaster.