Rising of the Weakest Mage

Vol 4/Ch 35 - A New Club Member, Sort of

The weekend had finally passed, and Allen was back in class studying with Cecily and Thomas as usual.

They sat with their desks together, with Cecily directing them and referencing back to the book while Thomas was in his own wonderland, like usual.

However, today was a bit different for Allen. While he would be usually paying attention, his attention was focused elsewhere.

His run in with the strange girl, Sarah Childe, was anything but normal. First the whole thing with her "fans", then how she practically forced him on a date, and then went on said date in the middle of London. This was all during the time Allen was trying to figure out why she seemed too familiar to him.

He almost knew for sure he had never met her, yet she seemed to constantly linger in the back of his head, and will probably stay there until he found out why she seemed so familiar to him.

And that wasn't even the last of the problems that arose from that day. For whatever reason when he was around her, he was unable to converse with her like he does with everyone else. Something about her made him feel really awkward around her, something he's never felt before. And the more he thought about it, the more he became confused about it.

He started to wonder when he would see her again. If he did see her again, would he then know why she seems familiar?

"Allen, are you paying attention?," Cecily's voice almost came out of nowhere, putting Allen back to his senses.

"Uh, yes," he quickly went back to his book.

"Great, now we have two Toms," she laughed.

"What?," Thomas suddenly looked at both of them.

"Exactly my point," Cecily sighed, but was smiling.

"Sorry, I just got lost in thought about something," Allen admitted.

"About what?", Cecily asked. "You rarely space out, if ever"

"Something that happened after our most recent club training," Allen explained.

"What happened?," Thomas asked, full attention on Allen. Allen was sure he was partially doing this because he wanted any way out of reading.

"Well, uh, it's quite a long and strange story," Allen scratched the top of his head.

Allen took what seemed like the entire time in class to explain to them how he met Sarah, and what unfolded after.

"You're telling me you went out on a date with a hot girl you just met and didn't tell me!," Thomas exclaimed. "You could've asked one of her friends if she wanted to go with me-"
"Shut it Tom," Cecily said in an annoyed voice as she hit the top of Thomas' head with her book.

"Ow, what was that for?," Thomas exclaimed, as he suddenly stood up.

"He still doesn't get it," Allen rolled his eyes.

"Doesn't get what?," he asked, as he patted the top of his head.

"Nothing," Cecily quietly said, looking away in embarrassment.

"Don't worry about it," Allen laughed. "Anyways, yeah that happened..."

"So you're telling me this girl you practically just met basically dragged you on a date in London?," Cecily asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Yeah, she basically dragged me along for what seemed like forever around the shops in London," Allen clarified. "But for whatever reason, something about her seems familiar"
"Like you seen her before?," Thomas asked, finally sitting back down.