Written in The Stars

Ch. 3 Close Call

"Sorry Gemma I can't, I have detention remember?" I chuckle nervously while rubbing the back of my neck.

"Aww I was really looking forward to going shopping today." She crosses her arms and continues walking down the hall way, "you for sure owe me now."

"If I'm still alive after being stuck with Scorpio for the rest of the week."

"True, but that means I get your wardrobe."

"Sometimes I think you're waiting for something bad to happen to me so that you can steal all my stuff."

"I might." She grins. We walk to the classroom and hug good bye before parting.

"Call me if shit goes down at detention." She whispers "I wanna be the first to hear about it."

I roll my eyes, "Yeah whatever."

"C'mon its for the school paper." She giggles and waves as she makes her way down the hallway.

I sigh and let myself into the classroom. For the school paper huh? I bet I'm already on the front page. I take a seat and rest my chin on my hands. Scorpio isn't here yet...I wonder if he remembered. Well I mean it's not like I care, it's just I can't be the only one being punished for this.

Suddenly the door busts open and the shock almost sends me tumbling out of my chair. Chiron angrily drags Scorpio in by the collar of his shirt and sits him in the desk next to me.

"Thought you could avoid detention punk?" Chiron grunts.

"I guess I can't, but can you please let me suffer in peace now?" Scorpio glares. Wow he actually talks.

Chiron sucks in his cheeks but holds in whatever foul, profane language is trapped behind his lips. Instead he sighs and takes a seat at his desk. I avoid making any eye contact with Scorpio; he must be pretty pissed off at me.

"Hey I have to go get some of these assignments filed. You guys can help me clean the classroom, after all this is your mess." Chiron commands.

"Sure!" I agreed. Cleaning only took a a few minutes with my powers anyway.

"Without your abilities." Chiron adds to my dismay, "Detention isn't suppose to be fun."

Suddenly Scorpio stands up from his desk, "I didn't sign up for cleaning."

"You signed up when you misused your powers. I expect this room to sparkle like the constellations when I get back." A bucket and mop along with some sponges materialize and drop in front of us. With that, Chiron leaves the classroom.

I look over at Scorpio awkwardly, "I guess we should get started?"

He doesn't respond and instead stands up and grabs a mop. Okay I'm going to take that as a yes.

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"Woot that's the last of it!" I wipe the sweat off my forehead and throw the sponge back into the bucket.

I turn to look at Scorpio who is already back in his desk, reading a book. I walk over curiously and look over his shoulder. "Watcha reading?" I ask playfully, hoping to break the awkward silence.

He remains wordless as always and continues to read. Okay mister, if you're going to play quiet and mysterious- With a twirl of my fingers, a stroke of wind lifts the book out of his hands and into mine.

"Ahem." I clear my throat and begin reading, "August 9th - I failed to-"

Suddenly I feel the book being ripped out of my hands and in an instant I find myself on the floor with Scorpio on top of me. H-hah?!