Pangaia: Agendas (Year One: Fall)

Chapter Nineteen - Cheyenne

 The next morning, Cheyenne was tempted to fake being sick and skip class. She felt like a wreck and had gotten little sleep the night before, thus resulting in a mind-splitting headache. All she could remember was tossing and turning in her bed, keeping one eye open for the demon. Mr. Thantos had said her room was the safest place, but she definitely didn't feel like it.

In the end, she decided it best to go to class. She did get up late however, which threw her whole routine off. She had just enough time to shower before running to her first class. As she frantically darted across the courtyard, she completely missed Zes in front of her before plowing him over, literally.

They both fell into the grass, she rolled over him and onto her back. Her feet just barely missed kicking him in the face in the process. If she could have died of embarrassment, she would have.

Zes groaned a little from the hard cold ground beneath him and fumbled for his things. "Where's the fire? Is everything okay?"

"I'm late. Sorry, I didn't mean to. I just..." Cheyenne said and brushed off the dirt clinging to her knees and elbows.

"Oh," he said quietly. He stood up and dusted off his pants and shirt. "I was looking for you anyway, so I guess this works out for us both. Is everything okay? You weren't at breakfast this morning."

She placed a hand on her hip. "I overslept and decided to skip this morning so I could shower and wake up. Is that okay? Are you going to get worried every time I don't show up for breakfast?"

"No, but you were supposed to touch base with Anj about your project. I guess you forgot," Zes said and folded his arms in front of him.

She had forgotten, but given everything going on, it shouldn't have been much of a surprise. Though she wasn't going to tell him any of that.

"I wanted to talk to you. I mean, just for a few minutes," he said.

"I have to get to class. We can talk later," she said and brushed past him, glancing down at her watch in frustration.

She was already five minutes late. It would almost be to the point where she should have just skipped but it was her chemistry class and she couldn't let Halyn down. They had a big lab, and Denver certainly wasn't going to do any work.

"Yeah, but it's important," he called after her. He sighed before waving a hand at her. "Go to class. I'll find you later, and if you have time for me then, we'll talk."

"Thank you, I promise I will." She glanced over her shoulder at him as she walked away and saw his defeated frown.

Sprinting through the halls, she rushed to her lab table where Halyn and Denver were already working. Quickly, she set herself up to join them and gave her best effort at making it appear as though she had been there the entire time.

"Don't bother, roll was already taken." Denver smirked at her. "You were marked as absent. I think your darling roomie made a comment about you being sick or something and not coming in for the day. Too bad because you just missed her ultimate humiliation."

Cheyenne and Halyn made eye contact. The other girl was scowling with her arms folded in front of her. She'd never seen her like this before.

Cheyenne clenched her hands into fists. "What did you do to her? Did you give her a little love bite too?"

Denver rolled his eyes and poured blue liquid into a beaker. He was actually doing something for a change. "I don't give out love bites. Trust me, girlie. I don't love either of you, and I never will so don't get your hopes up or anything. Now if you're looking for a little fun or something, that's another story entirely."