I Wait For You (Its What I Do) •Xavier Thorpe•

Chapter Two - First Day

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TW: referenced eating disorders, mentions of blood, arguing, cigarettes, pills, light sexual themes

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After a blood pill and a couple painkillers, Sade walked out her door to find Rowan standing there, waiting.

"Rowan? Why are you here?" She asked skeptically. It wasn't like she needed a stalker on her hands.

"Principal Weems' orders. We have the same first period and I was told to walk you there." He smiled at her slightly and cleared his throat. "You missed breakfast."

Something told Sade that it was not in fact Principal Weems' orders, but rather Rowan's own agenda. She liked Rowan, but this was slightly odd.

"Okay, ragazzo carino. Where are we off to?" She grinned at him, fangs on display.

"History of Magical Beings. Would you like me to carry your bag?" Rowan questioned, starting to walk with Sade following. There was a light blush on his cheeks.

"That's okay, tesoro. You're too sweet to me." In reality Sade thought he was slightly too sweet, but his sentiment was nice...sort of. It was more suspicious than anything.

They made their way to the classroom, Sade taking the seat next to Rowan. She pictured sinking her fangs into his soft skin and tasting his blood in front of everyone. Rowan was talking to her, but she couldn't hear him. Xavier and Enid had just walked into the room and Sade almost fainted at the overwhelming scent combination of Rowan's blood and Xavier's. She didn't feel this way yesterday, why now?

Xavier smiled at her, as did Enid, and they took their seats a row back.

"Sade, are you okay?"

She turned to look at Rowan, who had a very concerned look on his face.

"Huh? Oh yes, I think I just took the wrong dosage of blood pills this morning..." Her attention was again taken away from Rowan as the teacher started his lesson.

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When lunch came, Sade made the excuse of needing to grab something from her dorm- where she hid for the rest of lunch.

It was peaceful for the first fifteen minutes, until she heard the knock.

Getting up from her cozy bay window seat and stamping out her cigarette, she opened the door to see Enid standing there with a smile on her face.

"Heeey, Sade. I just came to get you— to come back to lunch of course!" The girl was bright, even in her purple and black uniform. She radiated a positive light.

Sade coughed, smoke still being present in the room. "Um, that's okay, Enid. Thanks though."

Enid's smile faltered slightly. "But you haven't even had anything to eat! Have you tried the chocolate muffins? They're really good!"

"It's okay, just vampire stuff, you know?" Sade lied, just trying to get Enid off her back.

"Not to be rude, but I know vampires that eat all three meals." The blonde girl looked more serious now.

The vampire smiled, very tight lipped. "We're all different!"

"Just come, you can't sit in here alone for the next hour anyways." Enid smiled again, looking at Sade determinedly.

"Fine." She finally gave in, realizing Enid wasn't going to give this up.

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Enid took back her place at their picnic table next to the lake beside Wednesday, Sade sliding in at the end next to Xavier.