Lux

Chapter Nine

A/N: Nick is now a brunette. Just thought I should tell you that.

 We sat there for a long time, my body snuggled into Nick's on the staircase. Words were rarely passed between us, but when they were, it was Nick reminding me that he loved me. I, for some reason, didn't want to leave his side. It had been over an hour since we had spoke and the sun was slowly starting to rise in the distance. I turned my head to look up at the blue orbs that stared down at me. 

 "My favourite colour is blue." I stated. He gave me a strange look.

 "Why are you telling me this?" He asked, watching me curiously. 

  I stopped for a moment, thinking. "Well, we've spent the entire morning telling each other our feelings for each other, yet we don't know a lot about each other. I thought you'd like to know something about me." A blush covered my cheeks as he smirked, pecking my nose lighlty. I turned to stare out at the rising sun, letting my thoughts consume me. For some reason unknown to me, I loved the boy next to me. 

 I wanted to get to know him. I wanted to be able to call him mine; to hold him. There was some point during the past week here that I realized I liked him, or even loved him. It didn't seem possible to fall in love in a mere four days, but it did. Yet, I also didn't believe I could posess such power as to control all four elements without any training. 

 That made me snap out of my thoughts. Today was the start of training. I was to train with Nick, which would be hard after this morning. We had practically confessed our love for each other, and then sat here in each other's arms for hours. How could I control myself knowing he loved me? I'd control myself; for him. 

 "We should go get ready for training." Nick whispered, his breath brushing over the hairs on the nape of my neck. This simple action sent shivers up my spine, chills throughout every bone in my body. This is the first time I've felt like this with anyone. And it's all thanks to my father, the avatar. 

 I nodded slightly, slowly getting up. The cold met me immediately. I didn't shiver from the feelings that Nick caused me. I shivered because the lack of warmth. Nick radiated warmth that made me warm, and the lack of warmth caused me to shiver. 

 We walked back to the main entrance together, our hands clasping tightly to each other's. There were a few people already wandering the halls, most of them looking tired and half-asleep. Nick and I, though, were wide awake. "What am I meant to wear?" I asked Nick, only now thinking that I might need something similar to gym strip for training today. 

  "Well, whatever you wore for gym class back home." His hand let go of my hand and wrapped it around my waist. 

 With a small smirk on my lips, I muttered, "So you want me to wear a sports bra and spandex shorts?" My eyebrows were raised as I gazed up at him. He looked away, cheeks tinted pink. I began laughing, not because of the blush on his cheeks, but the small nod he gave me as a response.  "Oh my god! Nick!" I let out a bark of laughter. All heads turned towards us as I stumbled away from Nick, my back hitting a wall as I sunk to the ground, laughing histerically. Nick just stood there, a blush tinting his cheeks as he watched me. I was histerical. My gut ached from laughing so hard. My vision was blurred due to tears filling my eyes. "You're such a pervert!" I shouted between laughs. 

 "It's not funny!" Nick exclaimed, looking down on me. "Lux, stop laughing." He whined. That's when Jake and Eric walked over, both boys looking wide awake. 

 "Why is she laughing?" Jake asked Nick. The embarrassment on Nick's face only made me laugh harder... if that was even possible. "You look so embarrassed, man. What happened?" 

 Surprisingly, I was able to stand. I calmed myself down to speak. "He told me he wanted to see me in just a sports bra and spandex short shorts." I spilled out. 

 Eric shrugged. "What guy wouldn't? I mean, have you seen yourself?" 

 Oh my god.... ew.