Brave Angel

Chapter 3

"No you're not in trouble but I do want to offer you something." He leans back crossing his arms.

"Offer me something?" I ask putting emphasis on 'me'.

"Yes, me and the other leaders were talking. If you can prove yourself that you're leader material in a week you'll be able to become one faster than you think" I stare at him as if he grew a second head. "So what do you think? "

I open my mouth to answer but nothing comes out. Me? become a leader before completing full initiation? This sounds too good to be true! The door opens and Eric walks in.

"I think is awesome, thanks" I answer almost breathlessly. I feel Eric's hand grip my shoulder.

"Great, make sure that tomorrow you report to Lauren, she'll be introducing you to your new trainer"

"new trainer?" please let it not be Eric, please!

"yes, you'll be training differently and twice as harder from the rest of the initiates. Think you can handle it?"

"yes i can handle it" i answer trying very hard not to smack Eric's hand away and be mature about this whole thing. .

"Good you'll start tomorrow so make sure to get some rest" Max says turning his attention back to his papers

"one more question" I finally have the courage to smack Eric's hand away and unless my ears were deceiving me i swear i hear him chuckle he takes a seat next to me. Max looks up as soon as he finished writing something down and nods his head once as approval for me to continue. "Do i know my trainer personally?" I could see from the corner of my eye Eric looking at me. God i hate him.

"No his name is Dylan Jones, he was an initiate last year, he ranked third"

Relief washes over me knowing that Eric wasn't going to be my trainer "what is he doing being a trainer if he ranked third?"

"I don't know that's something you'll have to ask him"

"well thank you so much for this grand opportunity i promise not to let you and the rest of the leaders down" Not including Eric of course. I could care less what he thinks of me. But oh how it's going to be sweet rubbing it on his face. I stand up ready to walk out of the room and look for Liz and Chris so i can tell them.

"No problem and i know you won't " for the first time i shake hands with Max before exiting the room.

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When i finally exit Max's office and head over to the dormitory guessing that it's where Chris and Liz are. I feel someone following me without turning around i know that it's Eric. I stop walking and wait for him to catch up to me. "What do you want now?" I ask once he's next to me and just before i start walking again.

"Aren't you sad that i'm not going to be your trainer?"

"hm i wouldn't say sad exactly more like happy, ecstatic, overjoyed..."

Eric cuts me out by stepping in front of me so he could be facing me but kept walking "okay i get it you hate me, but why? i never did anything to you?" I roll my eyes at how his act of sounding innocent was failing i look everywhere but him refusing to make eye contact with him. "No really, why do you hate me ?" He stops walking sounding a bit more serious this time.

I also stop making sure there were a good amount of steps in between us. I shrug my shoulders not being able to come up with anything. "You're attitude, i don't know, you're an asshole and everybody is scared of you" I quickly say the first things that pops into my mind. Eric stays quiet looking at me. "Oh and also you scarred me for life"