Midnight Academy

Chapter Seven

Okay, so I just found out that we're having a section party Friday after our afternoon practice! We're going out to Munchies, nd then going to someone's house for a swim party till bout 4:30am when we need to get ready for the parde. Its going to be a BLAST!!!!! ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

~*~*Chapter Seven~*~*

~*~*Rachel's POV~*~*

I threw some T0shirts and a few pairs of underwear and socks and jean's into a duffle bag. I was really looking forward to seeing m mother, but I already told her I wasn't coming home for the weekend. I had to much work to catch up on. Jared told me he'd help me though, so I guess I'm in the clear.

My favorite class so far is mythology. Its strange how they only seem to discuss were wolves though? I don't know, but the only thing I do know, is that there's some pretty crazy shit going on around here.

"Ready?" Jared asked coming into the room from the bathroom and throwing everything into his bag.

Yeah." I said grabbing my book bag ontop of my laptop case, my drivers liscense, and my phone, and folowed him out to the car. He was carrying all of our bags, and his own bookbag, and personal stuff. I got into the passenger seat and grabbed my iPod out of my book bag and started listening to "Last Friday Night" By Katy Perry.

"So, something you should know about my parents, they like to be...controling. Just do as I do, and everything will be fine, okay?" Jared said.

"Kay." I din't even notice we already drove for an hour. Danm time is flyign by. He pulled into the drive of a big ass manshion. There was a red ferari already there and a yelow porsch also there. Jared parked beside the porsch and came around to open my door. He grabbed the bag's, and lead me to the front porch.

"Jared darling." A women with a long sleeved dress on said walking out with her arms extended out toward her son. "How is school?"

"Good mom. Where's dad?"

"Has something he has to take care of with the Randdle's."

"Are they still fighting?"

"You know it. And who might this be?"

"Rachel. Rachel Redwood ma'am." I said smiling and extending my hand to her.

"Ahh, so your the roommate I've been hearing lot's about." She said shaking my hand.

"I suppose." Jared talked about me? This made me feel oddly happy. I looked over at Jared who was blushing from the corner of my eye before I was pulled into the front door of the mansion. The inside was just as pretty as the outside, but a little bit better then the outside in the slightest way.

"Jared take your guy's stuff up to your room. I hope you don't mind if you share a room as you do in school. We're having the other's redecorated." The women said smiling at me.

"Of course not." I responded. Something about here made me feel at ease with my surrounding's, and feel safe. God, this place sure is a strange one. This whole entire area make's me feel this way. A way I've never felt before until now. Now and when we lived with father.

"Do you want some tea and cookie's?"

"Sure." I said following the woman into a room with some chair's, and a small table by it. I sat in one of the chair's across from the woman. She called someone and they came quickly in.

"Yes Lady Woodsburrow?" They asked looking down at there feet.

"We require tea and sugar cookies please Ruth." She said. I didn't notice before, but, Mrs. Woodsburrow sounded Britsh. Interesting. Mrs. Woodsburrow then proceeded to lok at me and smiled sweetly. "So darling, are you enjoying school?" Should I tell her bout my weird feeling around it? Probably not.

"Um, its okay all in all. But I do get this strange vibration everywhere I go. Its as if everyone's waiting for something bad to come and I have a feeling it will be with me. It doesn't make sense."

"I wouldn't think to much on it dear. Just the feel of living so close to the wood's is all. Nothing that bad. The worst thing that can happen is a wolf walking upon your area. It isn't that bad. Not at all. Other than that, what's your favorite class?"

"Mythology." I said smiling.

"Really, and why's that?"

"I don't know. I guess its becaus we're talking about werewolves right now, and, well, ever since I was little I always imagined I was one, and that I would turn into my wolf self and everything bad in my life would be gone, as if by turning into my wolf I could rip it all away into shreed's."

"That's a good analogy. Maybe that's true. Maybe you shuld listen to your dream's. But getting off that topic, why? Why would you want to rip everything bad in your life into shreed's? It can't be that bad, can it?"

"Yeah, it can. Myfather abused my mother and I when I was little. If it wasn't for the fact that my father basically forced my om to send me to Midnight Academy, I wouldn't be here. I'd still be in Washington D.C. with my old friend's, doing my old stuff. I don't evenknow where to go to try out for the cheerleading squad." I sighed and looked down at my hand's while Ruth walked in with a tray.

"I'm sorry dear." She said. I sighed again looking over at the pot of tea that Mrs. Woodsburrow was poring.

"Rachel!" Katie said walking in and hugging me from behind."It's good to see you again."

"You to Katie, but you saw me like, two hours ago. Why so happy?" I asked laughing hugging her back.

"Its boring around here. Want to go swimming?"

"Maybe in a little bit. I'm having tea with your mother and I don't want to be rude." I then pulled her close to wisper in her ear. "She just poured me a cup."

"Come on. Mom, we're going swimming." Katie said smiling at her mother and dragging me up the stair's. "So, what were you two talking about?"

"Me." I giggled as we walked into a room where my bag's were. I went to one of them and grabbed my green and black bikini out and ran to the bathroomthrowing it on and walking back out to follow Katie to the pool.

"You know, your going to have Jed falling head over heals for you when he see's you in that."

"What are you talking about?" I asked staring at her with a cofused expression on my face.

"Nothing. You'll see. Just you wait." We then walked into another room with and indoor pool that also ran outside, but with a door for you to open, and a wall covering the indoor one from the outdoor.

"Hey babe." I heard Erik say as he got out of the pool with Jared trying to push him under the water. "Come on, join the game. First one under loses!"

"Kay. Come on Rachel." Katie said pulling me toward the deeper end and forcing me into the warm water. I came up quickly as she jumped in and went after her. I heard a scream from behind and next thing I knew, I had a warm, husky set of hand's around my waist pulling me down to the bottom of the pool. I wasn't going down without a fight though.

I kicked at my attacker and squeeled and finally got lose. I turned around to see Jared there with a playful expresion on his face. I smiled a mschevious grin and then lunnged at him and pushed him backwards into the water with as much force as I could muster. He barley budged. He then lunged toward me agian, finally dunking me under. That isn;t even fair. Girl's should get an advantage, right?

I came up as soon as he released me, and moved toward him jumping onto his back and hitting his chest playfully. I didn't have a lot of use with that though, as he grabbed me and pulled me to the front of him holding me to his chest. He released me just a bit, and we came face to face, starring into one another's eye's. All we did for a few minutes was stare, and then...

I was lost in the world as his lips locked onto mine. The kiss started out slow, but quickly fastened as his hands went to my waist picking me up and pressing me closer to his body. I wrapped my hand's around his neck, and put my hand's in his hair. All to quickly it ended as someone with a husky voi cleared there throat. We quickly drew away from one another, and I was asking myself what just happened, as I meet the eye's of an identicle, yet older, Jared figure, and a man I knew to well from old memories.

 My dad.