The Gifted

The Gifted} Ch. 19

Chapter 19: All We Are.
**Reece**

I haven't gotten much sleep in the past 4 days. I keep replaying everything. Everything from since I was young to . . . now. Ethan was sitting on my right with Snow in his lap. Sarah sat in front of me and Milo sat to my left. I heard the door open and the familiar voice of Alice filled my ears.

"I don't know Rae, it's just the flashback felt real." I heard her say. As Rae started to go on about something Alice's golden eyes found mine, expect her eyes weren't golden. They were a brown. It looked weird on her. I was use to her bright and happy golden eyes. I roamed my eyes over her and narrowed my eyes at her new tattoo. Snow told me what she did yesterday, but she didn't tell me that Alice was . . . dare I say depressed?

She looked away from me and continued to walk with Rae to the back of the class. I looked at Snow and saw she had a frown on her face. She gave Ethan a quick kiss before jumping off his lap, and slapping me on the back of the head before walking to Alice. I hissed rubbing the back of my head watching as Snow put her arm around Alice and send her a smile.

"Come on little one, we shall ignore the bitch and the king of attitude." Snow said a bit loudly. I heard Sarah scoff at her. I rolled my eyes but smiled smally anyways. The teacher walked in and started her lesson, but I still couldn't focus. One person ran through my mind. I remember when we were in the office of Mega's talking about these two girls. Wait . . . SHIT! We only have a week left to get them to the academy.

I looked at Ethan with panic written in my eyes. He could sense my panic and looked at me. "What?" He whispered. Something clicked in his eyes and they widened. 'Its been 2 months?!' I gave him a look of 'No-Shit-Sherlock' He rolled his eyes in reply. The bell rung, signaling that the hour was over.

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I walked into History and suddenly remembering that I had to sit next to Alice. She seemed to remember as well when she saw me. She sighed as I walked over to the seat. I plopped down in my seat and put my books down. Both of us holding a blank face. I waited for our new teacher Mr. Prime. Since the old hag retired.

He walked in and I swear all the girls in the room straightened up. I guess to them he was 'hot'. I will give it to him he's not bad looking, He had dark brown hair, and dark grey eyes. Olive toned skin and was about 6'5. He walked in setting his things down on his desk and looking up to the class. Alice wasn't paying attention like always. His eyes roamed until they landed on Alice. His eyes lit up, but they held hurt.

"Are you new?" He called out. Alice didn't answer and kept writing whatever it was. I rolled my eyes and poked her. She jumped a little startled. She looked at me with confusion. I pointed to the teacher. She looked up and dropped her pen, it rolling off the table and falling on the floor.

"E-excuse me?" She stuttered. He smiled at her softly, while the bitches of high school snickered at her.

"I asked if you were new." He said again, smiling nicely at her. Alice regained her posture and shook her head.

"I was . . . out." She said slowly. He nodded.

"I'm Justin Prime. You can call me Mr. Prime, you are.." He looked at his chart and looked back up. "Alison Benson, correct?" He asked. She nodded but scowled. He noticed her scowl.

"I go by Alice." She muttered looking back down at her paper. He nodded slowly, looking at her weirdly. I felt something swirl in my stomach. Was I . . . Jealous? I mean yeah, I'm sure you would be too if the girl you're in love with is being looked at by someone who was as equally hot as I was. That was a joke. Okay now I'm being arrogant, and I'm talking to myself! I'm going crazy over some crush! He turned to the bored and started to teach. I glared at his back, with no reason whatsoever. Yes that was sarcasm.

I think he could sense my glare to him but ignored it. I looked at down at Alice. Her face held confusion. I sighed and looked down at my notebook. I should just ignore her right? Try to see if I can get over this crush? I did say it myself that I loved her, but maybe I'm confused, but she was the girl I had dreams about when I started in the gifted school. I couldn't get the red puffy eyes out of my head and when she fell in the hallway, that haunted me to no end.

I picked up my pen and started to do random drawings. I continued on thinking, trying to ignore the girl next to me, but I just couldn't. My heart raced every time she smiled, every hug and now I'm sounding like a girl. I groaned quietly and put my head in my hands. This was confusing, and hard.

"Reece . . ." I heard Alice whisper. I lifted my head and looked at her, she had a sheepish smile on her face and glanced at something behind me. I looked over and saw a blue sweater. I looked up and saw Mr. Prime glaring down at me.

"Am I boring you Kilos?" He asked, his voice hard. I smirked. I leaned back in my chair crossing my arms.

"I think you're boring everyone in class, I mean the girls are only interested in getting in your bed and the guys are glaring at you because you're stealing their girls. That and Jery back there is sleeping, so yes you're boring." I said my smirk widening when I saw his light blush when I said the thing about the girls.

I glanced at Alice and saw she was grinning down at the table shaking her head slightly. I looked back at the teacher. He sighed and walked to the front of the room. "Kilo's I want to talk to you." He said sitting at his desk. "The rest of you may go." Everyone got up from their chairs and ran out of the classroom. Alice looked at me for a second before smiling and leaving. I swear my heart is doing flips . . . fuck.

"Reece, I know that you're crushing on Alice, but I would like you to respect me-" I cut him off there since my brain caught up with him.

"I AM NOT CRUSHING ON ALI!" I yelled out almost falling out of my chair. I stood up with wide eyes. He looked at me startled.

"Okay," He said slowly standing up with me. "but I still need you to respect me." He said sternly. I rolled my eyes as the bell rung. Walking out to see something surprising.

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I know, its short and I'm sorry for that. Its just when I was writing chapter 20 I had this awesome Idea but it didn't fit in with 19 so I had to cut out a big part and stuff and I'm sorry for that. I don't even know what to say to that....other than just write it.

As always! Thanks for reading!!

~Vannah & Alex~