My class after lunch, strangely enough is art, and Cole is in here with me. He sits down next to me, “It’s strange having to go to my other classes without you.” He whispers. I smile, “I know, this place is so much different than camp.” I tell him and he nods.“It is, but I’m sure you’ll get used to it. I could probably find some girl to attack you to make it feel more like camp.” He jokes and I roll my eyes at him.“Alright. We’re going to partner up for the semester.” The teacher says, grabbing everybody’s attention. I glance over at Cole, who nods already knowing what I’m asking. “Come up when I call your name.” The teacher says, holding a hat in front of him.I sigh, great.“Grace.” A petite girl with long brown hair says from the front of the classroom and looks back at me. She looks worried, but she just gives a small smile to the teacher and comes over to me.“Hey, I’m Maddy.” She tells me, and I smile, “Hi, Grace.” I tell her, because meeting new people is awkward as fuck, and
I stand in front of the huge school building, the school back in White Peak was probably half this size, and all I can think of is how many more kids that means I’ll have to deal with. How many more girls, or bullies.I’m sure Dean’s video has gotten around, but I’m not naïve enough to assume that means there still won’t be some people here who want to make my life miserable for simply knowing the triplets.Gunner wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me closer, ‘It’s going to be alright, Peaches.’ He says in my head, and I look up at him and give him a small smile, then look back at the building.I let out a sigh and start making my way towards the entrance. There is not a single pair of eyes that doesn’t look me over. Every single person wants to see the girl the triplets bonded with, and as much as I love them, unfortunately that person is me.I notice a few people from camp, and they all seem to know my story, as they lean down and start whispering to their friends. I hate every
The room erupts in chaos, but I hold my brother's stare. His eyes have gone wide, as he continues to look at me like he’s never seen me before. “She said that to you?” He whispers, the whole room falling away except for Lux and me.I swallow, “She said it about me. She didn’t know I was listening.” I whisper back, and his eyes close. “I didn’t mean…” He doesn’t finish and I nod. “I know, but I get it either way. I’m making things harder for you guys. I should just stay away for awhile, until things calm down.” I tell him and he shakes his head.“I don’t want that.” He whispers and I shake my head, “I think on some level you do, Lux.” I tell him and he shakes his head again.“I wasn’t going to say that. I was just going to say I wanted you to get your head out of your ass and realize we’re your family. I’d never wish… Goddess, I’d never wish you weren’t found, Grace. You’re my sister and I love you, no matter what you do… I’m so sorry she said that. Why didn’t you tell me?” He pleads w
“Ugh!” I slam my hand on the ground and push myself onto my butt and look up at Justin. “This is impossible.” I tell him and he scrunches his eyes, “It’s you’re first day, Grace. You thought you’d be trained fighter as soon as you started?” He asks, and I take a deep breath.I close my eyes and shake my head, “I just thought… I just thought I’d be better.” I whisper and he sighs as Jordan watches me with pity.Justin puts his hand down to help me up, and I take it. Standing next to him he looks over me, “We’ll get there, Grace.” He says, then his eyes widen only a fraction as he looks behind me, then he fixes his face and looks at me. ‘This might help.’ He says in my mind.I turn to see Sarah walking closer, smiling from ear to ear. “Why wouldn’t you guys have called me? I’m much more her speed then you guys! You’ve been training since you were born!” She tells them and I smile at her. Justin’s right this might help.Justin shrugs, “Honestly didn’t think about it, but this is good. Yo
She runs out of the car as soon as it comes to a stop, and we all start to race after her.I don’t know what happened with her mom, but she’s upset, and I don’t know how to fix it if she won’t talk to us.She walks right passed my parents who had come outside to greet us, even though it’s super late. My mom follows her into the house and my dad grabs ahold of my and Gunner’s arms, “Issac.” He says sternly, stopping Issac in his attempt to get to her as well.We all stop, frustrated that he’s stopping us from fixing this. He looks at us with pity. “She needs a minute. Let’s just see if your mom can help first.” He says, and we all sigh looking over at the house like our hearts are breaking.This is finally something that wasn’t our fault, and she still doesn’t want our help. I don’t understand what more we can do to make us be the people she runs to when things get hard. Even if we can’t fix it, we could still help, we could still be there.More than anything I want her to stop running
“Grace, please, lets discuss this.” Sofia says, and I look over my shoulder at her, then look over at Evan. “Thank you for letting us stay.” I tell him and he looks at me worried. I start to walk away, but he grabs my arm gently. He looks back at Sofia then to me, “What happened?” He asks, and I shake my head.“Nothing. I’m just ready to go home.” I lie to him, and he shakes his head. “This is your home.” He pleads and I shake my head, “Not anymore.”I walk away on that note. Noticing how Evan holds Sofia back from following me. He pulls her into his office and I’m thankful I don’t have to keep dodging her. I can feel the anxiousness of the triplets building the longer I don’t tell them what’s going on, but I can’t tell them yet. They’ll be pissed, and I don’t want them to get into trouble.I walk outside and see everyone has stopped playing and are just drinking around the patio, except for Cam, who is apparently too young to drink. “You guys are visible again!” Cam exclaims, and I g