Dark Familiars

Chapter 24

I slowly open my eyes. The room was pitch black. I move my hand and feel a furry thing next to me. "Gray?" I ask aloud. I was soon blinded by the light. I see him standing at the light switch. "Yes?" He asks. "Where are we?" I ask. "In your dorm room." He says. I look around. "Oh." I whisper. "George is back at his apartment." Gray whispers. "Are you ok?" He asks. "Yeah, I just didn't know where I was at first. I got scared." I whisper. "Your in your dorm." He says sitting down. "What time is it?" I ask. "6:50." He whispers. "Shit! Gray I have ten minutes!" I yell jumping out of bed. I grab my jeans and a t shirt and throw it on. "Good thing I did my homework yesterday." I mutter. I grab my backpack, put on my shoes, and run out the door.

I never knew Fred could give punishments that bad. He gets it from his mother who got mad at me for falling asleep in class. I lay
on the mat of my fighting class. Melissa walks in. "Hello class!" She barks. We answer back with a hello. "Alright today we will be learning new stances and defense. We will also learn more with reflects." She explains. I sigh. I was not ready for this. "Go to your partners!" She yells. I go to Fred. "Sorry for the punishment in ability class." He says. I get into stance and shrug. "Alright practice some simple blocking and then I'll start going into other fun things." She announced to the class. I and Fred start with slow punches and hits. We then move up and start going really fast. Fred's reflects were so fast while I was struggling every time he jabbed for my side or stomach. He finally side kicked me taking out my legs and I fall to the ground. He chuckles. "You should do core workouts." He says putting his hand out. "Yeah, I started working out but I'm bad at it." I explain. "If you need a workout buddy just let me know." He says. "Ok, cool." We start doing blocking with legs. Fred shows me a high kick. It was cool but I almost fell on my face. "When your about to punch someone move your fist like this." He goes the motion with his fist. I copy him. "Good. Now fight against me." He says smirking. Oh god this isn't going to go well.

"Well you put up a good fight." He says chuckling. I was now on the floor. Gray was standing next to Fred smiling down at me. "Pfft I didn't even have a chance." I mutter. Gray pulls me up. "Alright class! Make sure to work out and get more fit! I'll see you tomorrow!" Melissa yells. I grab my backpack and I, Fred, and Gray head to lunch.  We sit down next to each other. I then see George walking towards us. I stand up and hug him. He brings his lips to mine. There warm and soft against mine own. "Hey babe." He mutters against my lips. I smile. We sit down next to each other and hold hands under the table. "So how are your classes going?" George asks. "Great! I'm doing better in Unicroni class. Fighting I need to work on still." I say looking down. "We can help you with that." Henry says behind me. He had a arm wrapped around a girls shoulder. I smile. George whispers in my ear "probably will last a day." I chuckle softly. "Hi Henry who is the this?" I ask. "This is Adella. She is in my medical class." He says smiling. "Nice to meet you. I'm Taylor." I say. She smiles. "Hi." Adella greets. They both sit down. "How are you feeling from yesterday?" George asks me. "Tired and a bit groggy." I whisper. "It will go away. Drink this if you start getting headaches." George says handing me a small bottle. It was a blue liquid that glistened in the light. "Thanks." I whisper. I slip it into my backpack. "The manager of the club was pissed about the guy being knocked out. He soon shut down the party after you guys left." Henry explains. "Why would he shut it down. Aren't there a lot of fights there anyways?" I ask. "Not like that. Other fights end up with unconscious people. Not nearly dead." Henry scoffs. Gray snickers. "Wow don't realize I punched him that hard." He mutters. "May I ask what happened?" Fred asks. "Yeah unless you'll tell your dad." George warns. "Pfft I go to clubs. Don't worry I won't tell." Fred says. Gray soon tells what happened. "Damn I couldn't even imagine you getting drunk?!" Fred says baffled. "Yeah I haven't drank that much before." I say. "On the other hand these three were perfectly fine. Gray was actual sober the whole time which surprised me. I also learned they slipped stuff in my drink." I explain. "Oh, the must of sucked." Fred said. "It did." I lean against George. "Well I got to go. I'll see you around." Fred says getting up from the table. We wave goodbye while he leaves. "So is anyone up for hanging out at my place tonight?" George asks. "Sure." I say. Gray doesn't even glance at me. "I have to go eat. I'll see you later Taylor." Gray said getting up. He looked upset. I didn't bother asking. I seat with George the rest of lunch until I had to go to my next class.