Attending a Vampire School

Chapter 27: Rowan and Zaylee to the Rescue

❝Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.❞ | Isaac Watts

♕ SAIGE ♕

The school day passed by very slowly. I hadn't seen Carson since we skipped the first class this morning.

My fingers clutched my blazer, bringing it closer to my body as I stood outside the school building, waiting for something. A cloud of breath exited my body, escaping my lips. Fall was beginning to end and winter would soon fall upon this town. November had come and it was obvious.

The sky had turned gray, the sun barely visible through the thick clouds. The air had an infamous winter chill to it, nipping at any exposed skin. Although my face was smothered by the thickest and warmest scarf I owned, my neck still burned with heat. It was better than being frozen, I suppose.

"Hey, Saige." An icy and smooth voice called from close behind me.

My head turned and I was surprised to see Reece instantly by my side. The first thing I noticed was his smile, which was wide and very bright. His short brown hair was a bit disheveled and I noticed that the length had grown out a bit since last week. The brown eyes that I once thought were warm when I first saw them had a hidden gleam of dark mischief behind them.

"Hey...Reece." I breathed out, unsure of why he had approached me.

If possible, his smile widened even more. "What are you doing out here by yourself?"

The way the words sounded made the hairs on my body stand up instantly. My fingers tightly clutched my bag strap and I stood planted there even though my mind was screaming at my body to run as far away as possible. And I shocked myself by smiling back at him.

"I'm just waiting." I thought he would leave me alone after that, but he didn't.

The uncomfortableness of Reece standing close to me grew with every passing second, but he didn't walk away. He continued to watch me, his eyes trailing up and down my body. I wanted to scream at him to get away from me, but I felt so powerless and vulnerable.

"For Carson? That's a wasted effort. I saw him ditch school after lunch ended." Reece's smile turned into a chilling smirk and he began to inch closer to me, infiltrating my sacred bubble.

And then I realized why he had approached me. It was because Carson had left me unprotected. A sense of immense fear began running through my veins. What was I supposed to do? I had no way of protecting myself from him. Looking around, I noticed that he probably wasn't making a move to hurt me because of the after-school crowd.

But it was beginning to thin out. Cars were driving away and people were saying goodbye, abandoning the school and what felt like also me.

"No, I'm not waiting for Carson." I glanced around nervously, trying to find a way out of this threatening situation.

Reece leaned in down, his warm breath fanning the side of my face. "Then who are you waiting for?"

My heart pounded in my chest. The minutes turning into seconds as I stood there defensively. Time was running out, I needed to get away from him. It was in situations like this that I cursed my mother for not letting me drive my own car. I could have already sped away from this academy.

"She's waiting for us." An all too familiar heartwarming voice stated from behind me.

The spell of fear cast on me by Reece shattered into a million pieces of glass. I whipped around and nearly jumped at the brown-eyed girl with long hair. Rowan stood there, a grin on her face, with her sidekick and partner in crime Zaylee. Her hands were placed on her hips in triumph.