The Hex Hall Series: After Spellbound

Chapter 3

The next few days, I was with Tristan AKA that creepy voice that came out of nowhere and he taught me many things...like better combat skills. "Opf!" I laid there, too sore to try to get back up. "That was skill 679, Sophia. You gotta know that one." Tristan got down and placed a hand over my chest and I began not to feel so sore anymore. I got up and dusted myself off, glaring at him. "How old are you anyways?" He looked at me and smirked and replied "I'm 20 Sophie and it'll be my pleasure if you go out with me tonight? I just wanna see how your dinner skills are. How about 9:00?" I just looked at him and scoffed. After 'practice', I went to my room just to think about my next 'lesson' when Jenna was in there talking to Roxxie on the phone. "Well Roxxie, I'll talk to you later. Kay, bye." She jumped up from my bed and came straight to me. "How was practice with Tristan?" I sat down and laid back, letting out a huge huff. "I would have said it was tiring and hurt like hell if he hadn't kept healing me time after time." She laughed at me and I laughed with her. "Wow, that bad? It could be worst ya know." She's right after all, my mind returning back to those days of P.E. at Hex Hall. "Very true. Anyways, I'm not eating here tonight." "Why not?" Jenna asked. I figured it was now or never which never always resulted in more problems then usual. "Tristan taking me out to eat...to 'observe' my dinner skills so he says." I rolled my eyes and we began laughing again. "How does Archer feel about this?" Jenna asked after we stopped laughing. I loomed at her then everywhere else. "Yea bout that..." "You haven't told him?" I sighed and got up. "I was going too...like right now." I left my room to find Archer and I looked for a clock along the way. As grand as the place was, it didn't have a clock anywhere?! I finally got ti Archer's room and he was there in the...well how do I say this? He there...in the 'Full Monty'. I covered my eyes, not used to seeing my boyfriend naked and tried to leave before my dad mysteriously appeared out of thin air and kill us. "Well I see you're um...naked and all so I'll come back later..." I turned around to leave and I felt him grab me, keeping me into his room. "So I don't see you all day and this is how you greet me?" He leaned down for a kiss and I wrapped my arms around him. The kiss was so deep, it felt like it was going to last forever. "Hi" my voice came out shakey. "That's better now." I stayed in his arms and looked at him. "Hey, what time is it?" He let me go and made a clock appear. "Um 7:30...why?" I took a deep breath and came out with it. "Well..." I started, steping away from Archer. "...I got a dinner date with Tristan! Bye!" I yelled running full speed from Archer's room. "Wait! What?!" I heard Archer yell as I ran down the hallway back to my room. I slammed the door shut and slid down to the floor. I showered and changed into stuff most fancy for tonight 'lesson'. I pulled my hair up in a simple ponytail and my dres came a little passed my knees; the top a low cut 'v'. 'God...this could work' I thought to myself. As I started to head out to Tristan's room, Archer came into my room dressed just as nice as I was. "Cross...what are you doing? I gotta go. You know, late night class." Archer looked at me, not saying a word but he just stood there. "Are you mad?" He shugged his shoulders, not giving a real answer. I began to worry but I couldn't now, I was going to be late for my dinner 'lesson'. "Look we can talk about this when I get back, ok?" He stopped me and held me. "Mercer...don't go. Something gives me the creeps about him." I think I may have forgot to tell him about Tristan being the 'Creepy Voice' but then he won't let me go to the lesson and be prepare for anything...I guess. "Well Cross..." I sat down on my bed, looking at him. "Tristan is the 'Creep Voice' guy but you can't stop me from taking my lesson otherwise you'll just prove to the council that you may be a double agent by messing with my lessons." Archer opended his mouth to say something but I hushed him. "If you're wondering, yes I'm going to ask about the werid voice thing from that night. So may I go?" He looked like him didn't want to but he stepped aside, gesturing for me to pass by him. I nodded at h and before I left, I kissed him and told him thanks. I waited out front since that butt-face didn't tell me the name of the place. "Where is he?! God, that why I don't really care for these 'lessons'." "You know, if you miss me just say so." I look around for him til he floated down...like a freaking fairy. He held out his arm, waiting for me to take it. Um...hell no. "Um where's the car? Are we walking cause I'll just fail this lesson." He laughed and snapped his fingers and whoa, brief wave of barf mode passes. "Hey" Tristan hold me up. "Are you okay? And we're here by the way." I looked up and there was the place. He teleported us here? "How...you...do that?" He smiled and made sure I was okay and took us inside and headed towards our table...which was in the back. 'Great' , I thought to myself. After that 'lesson', I was more than ready to go home...or back to the castle-home. Tristan had disappeared and as if wasn't abd enough that he was the 'Creepy Voice' but just had to random disappear? I sat in that room, more than ready to kick him in his nuts when he comes back from wherever and gestures for us to leave. He had a blank face, as if he had something on his mind. "Why are you so...out of it? Did I fail?" He snapped out of it for a second long enought o reply to me. "What? Um no. you did fine but I suggest you stop chewing like a cow and eating like it's the 'Last supper'. Your father will be happy to heaar how will your doing. Soon, you won't need me and will be able to take your place among the council.' This time we took a car back instead of teleporting and I was glad for that cause I don't think my stomach could have handled a second trip. We sat in silent after that but I tried to figure out why he went from 'cool creep' to 'quiet geek' in the course of 30 minutes of him leaving to go somewhere. It felt like a long drive but once he stopped the car, I half way bolted for the castle-house til I heard him yell "Stop! One more thing and THEN you're dismissed,Sophie." I groaned and just waited on the stairs for Tristan,who was taking his time coming to dismiss me but he still look like he had things on his mind. He sat next to me,putting his arm around me. Hell.No. I took his arm off of me and scooted away from him. "Okay,what is it cause it's getting late and i wanna go to sleep." He opened his mouth to say something but closed it. He closed his eyes then opened them,looking into mine searching for something then...He kissed me. I tried to push him away but he had more strength over me,keeping me in place. I almost grew weak til he broke the kiss and whispered into my ear: "They're coming Sophie and learning how to hold a fucking spoon the right way isn't going to save you. Dismissed." He kissed me again and he was gone. I wasn't too worried about the kiss, though I knew Cross was going to kill him,I was wondering who 'they' are. Who are they anyways?

**N/A:I'm sorry for the SUPER late update but you know: exams. >.< This took me 6 paramore songs, 2 trips around SoulEater OST nd 4 trips to the kicthen nd etc. Sorry it took forever but I got tired of looking at it uncomplete...that and mega writer's block for this...again. please still love me and this story/fanfic.**