ALLURING ━━ E. sinclair¹

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  Last night's sleep was a pain, Who the hell growls in their sleep, Walking Into fencing class I followed my sister catching a glimpse of someone taking off their mask and looked at her, I turned to look at the boy with disgust.

stopping I watched as a fencer fell to the ground with a grunt "Coach coach she tripped me!" he scrambles to get up "It was a clean strike Rowan"

"Maybe if you whined less and practiced more, you wouldn't suck. seriously coach when am I going to get a real competition" the girl bragged out taking off her fencing mask.

"Anyone else wants to challenge me?" she groaned "she does" I heard my sister say turning to look at me "Huh?" I whispered

"Oh you must be the psychopaths they let in" The girl smiled at me and then my sister "you must be the self-appointed Queen bee. the interesting thing about bees" Wednesday tilted her head

"Pull out their stinger and they drop dead" I continued "Rowan doesn't need you to come to his defence he's not hopeless he's just lazy" 

"Are we doing this or not?" I heard my sister say as she turned to me, 

She put her hand on my back pushing me lightly towards the mat, As I put on the Helmet the smell of iron hit my senses. Putting myself in a position I was desperate to show my sister what I'd learned.

She took the first move going straight for my chest, Pushing her back my breath was heavy. blocking her moves and attacking at the same time, this girl was clearly good at this. I watched as she swiftly changed her stance giving me an open spot.

"Points to Claire," the coach said with his french accent, Not wasting a moment I got up pushing her back making sure my limit was passed. my leg shuffled and I misplaced my stance making her take the blow.

"The score is even" I heard Wednesday sigh making me a little nervous "that first point was clearly beginners luck. let's finish this" she circled around me with a wry smile "for the final point, I'd like to invoke a military challenge"

"no masks no tips," I was engulfed in cold sweat as I watch as a small smile crept on my sister's face "Winner draws first blood" all eyes were on me "it's your decision Bianca" 

"Let's see if you bleed in black and white"

We took our positions again as I threw away my helmet rushing straight at her, Circling around I cornered her making sure she had no space to move, I tried kicking her legs but ended up in a kneeling position where defended myself from the sharp object. Not because I was scared, getting cut was more than okay with me.

going for every opening I had she kicked me, I made sure to stick with my posture and saved myself from the blade, using my blade to push her down. kicking her arms I made sure she was stuck in that position.

she got up giving me a chance to swipe the blade across her face, She swiftly went for my throat. A sharp pain stung my neck as I smiled, of course when you're losing you'd want to at least leave a mark 

"Can't handle losing huh?" I whispered as Bianca bit her lip, My attention flickered to Enid who was not far from us, Something about the way she looked at me with pity ticked me off, 

reuniting with my sister she gave me a subtle smile, "You did well" she touched the scar on my neck wiping the blood off with her fingers. "you needed that colour"

...

As I sat down Wednesday put a Bandage on my scar, Turning back I saw the boy, he smiled reaching out to us telling us his name "Rowan"

 "We don't have time for small talk" Wednesday said, Leaving the infirmary with my sister I touched the bandage she put on me. "Is it Raining?" I peaked into the sky

She turned to me and opened her umbrella, Walking out I dug out my umbrella in my bag and suddenly I looked up to see the statue fall. Before I could run to her someone pushed her back "Wednesday" I ran towards her "You can get off her now" He awkwardly got off as I placed her hand on my shoulder standing her up. "Xavier correct?"

He nodded "Leave my sister alone creep"

 as she lay there I leaned back and closed my eyes. not a few moments later her eyes shot open "Welcome back"

"What happened?" "Something almost fell on you," I said as she stared at me "At least I almost had an imaginative death" Wednesday got out of bed "Xavier helped"

 "Xavier?"

"The kid we saw a few years ago, she was our grandmother's friend and we went to her funeral. the casket kid" She smiled "I loved the part where he was screaming" I nodded "Let us go, I'm really tired"

...

Closing my eyes I was so close to falling asleep to the sound of music and my sister's typewriter, suddenly her bed creaked I looked at her as she got up from her chair pulling off the sheets and showing a familiar hand, "I knew it"

"Hello thing" I heard her say before I stuck my head out to wave at him, He tried running away but failed to grip onto the railings for dear life "Did you really think my highly trained olfactory sense wouldn't pick up on the faint whiff of neroli and bergamot in your favorite hand lotion?"

I smiled not feeling so tired anymore seeing her like this "I could do this all day" putting him on the table she kept her hand on him "Surrender?" He calmed down tapping the table.

"Mother and father sent you to spy on us didn't they?" I leaned on her chair looking at him sighing "I'm not above breaking a few fingers the fact that they thought we wouldn't find out just proves how much they underestimates us"

"Oh thing, You poor naieve appendage. My parents aren't worried about me they're evil puppeteers who want to pull my strings from afar. The way I see it you have two options."

"Option one" She opened the drawer "I lock you in here for the whole semester," She pushed him into the drawer but he resisted, His fingernails scraping the table. "Or option number 2, You pledge your undying loyalty to us" 

after a while, he knelt down making my sister smile  "Our first order of business is to escape this teenage purgatory"  he tapped "Of course, we have a plan, and it starts now"