Christian shifted again. "You don't come across as someone who cares much about what outsiders think.""You're not really an outsider though, unless you'd prefer to keep it that way." I told him pointedly.He stared at me for a good long moment before he smiled. "No, you're a very interesting person, Kylie. Life with you would never be boring.""Pfft, anyone can tell you that." I snorted."You're someone who doesn't take any bullshit. Evidently, you don't take insults about people you like and would sooner beat the shit out of them than take a moment to control your temper.""Hey, they deserve the beating.""I didn't say they didn't. You are very strange, Kylie, and you're very different. I can't place it but from the times I have seen you around, you seem strangely at home here even though it's only been a week. It's almost as if you were always meant to belong here.""Well, you sure do know how to make someone feel like they've really settled in.""You don't need words to tell you t

"Hm…" I hummed and fell back onto the mats so that I could gaze at the ceiling as I reminisced about when I broke out six years ago. "I wanted to keep the name Kai no matter what. I wanted to keep something of me rather than changing completely so I thought about a bunch of names which would logically have the shortened name of Kai and eventually settled for Kylie. As for Valentine… I don't really know. I think it just sounded cool."I turned my head so that I could see what Crispin's reaction would be. A pensive look settled on his face, and then confusion. "Why is your name Kai?" he asked, a confused frown occupying his face. "From your name, I would've thought that the right nickname would be Kal.""Kai are my initials." I explained to him. "The 'a' stands for Adriana.""Well, that definitely makes more sense," he chuckled in understanding. "There was one other name that I didn't quite understand. Why did Maria call you Skylar?""You're on first name basis with Maria?" I blinked in

I dug my hands through my hair and took deep breaths. I watched mutely as he took my hands gently but firmly away from my head and just held them between us. He didn't do anything. Didn't say anything. He simply held my hands and looked at me. Recognition was there in his eyes and it terrified me. Why did he recognise me? It didn't make any sense. No one knew me personally enough to be able to recognise the way I reacted and behaved now. No one except for my little family unit.So why did Drew Ozera seem to pick up so much?It just wasn't fair when I built up more defences around him than when I was with anyone else. I didn't have to be nearly as careful and cautious around others as Drew since I knew that they wouldn't be able to see the signs. Most people wouldn't see the sign even if it smacked them in the face simply because they didn't pay attention to me back then. All they knew was I was useless and pretty pathetic. I used to be rather invisible and I'd somewhat accepted that.

"Ali, Ali, calm down!" I squealed, holding onto him as tightly as I could and trying desperately to hold my ground as he continued to walk dragging me with him.Luckily, Joe stepped in and shut the door before Ali could get out and I somehow manage to throw Ali onto the floor using some kind of Judo move I'd learnt a while back."Alster, seriously, cool it." I whispered, brushing my hands against his cheeks. "I'm fine. I'm totally fine.""That bastard is going to be shot and torn to a million pieces, little sky," he growled. "I swear it, if I see him, he's dead. If I hear that he so much as gets within six metres of you, I'm going to stake him."I shuddered at the idea of getting on Ali's bad side and remembered just how protective he used to be in the past. When Ali got seriously protective, he got violent and rather scarily so. He wouldn't just kill someone who hurt someone he cared about. He'd think of a way to make them suffer a million times worse than their offense. That was the

I wasn't really sure how long we stayed like that, just hugging each other. "I need to get back to the dorms soon. I'm going to miss the curfew.""Just send Joe a message saying that you're going to get back late.""I can't just abuse my connections like that, Ali.""Sure you could. I did.""You tried." I corrected with a laugh. "And got your ass kicked by Aunty Jules every time for it.""It's so unfair that I was the one getting beaten up when you were always there with me.""I had my fair share of lectures!" I protested."Lectures are better than getting your ass kicked.""I beg to differ." I scoffed. "Seriously, though, I need to get back. I promised Martin that I'd be good.""That's a shame. I thought we'd get to sneak around the Guardians on patrol like we used to.""How about during the holidays? That way there aren't many students around and Martin would have less to worry about." I suggested."You're staying here during the holidays?" Ali sounded surprised by the idea and I pu