I had to plan this out carefully. Two steps to the left and he'd be in perfect position to punch me in the stomach, but if I stayed where I was he'd be able to pounce on me.
I opted to pounce on him first.
I slammed into his stone like body, gritting my teeth as I pinned him down. That was my first big mistake.
I barely reach five foot and have the same weight as dandelion. He, on the other hand was built like a mountain, yet as sleek as a jaguar at the same time. I felt him flip me over easily as he proceeded to grab my neck.
"Okay, stop." Master Kandise said, making him put pause his movements.
"As we can see," Master Kandise continued on, walking over to us and pointing at me, "If Erik was a real predator; Gianna would have been dead, two seconds flat."
"Now, who can tell me where Gianna made her big mistake?" Master Kandise asked, her stone colored eyes searching over the on-looking students.
Yuri Tanna shot her hand up. Yuri was one of the best fighters in our division. She was tall and sleek, smart, tactful and able to come up with a genius plan on the spot.
She was also my best friend, and I was major pissed she wasn't defending me.
"Well, Gianna shouldn't have pounced on Erik, and instead she should have waited for him to pounce, and dashed out of the way. Now, Erik would have been lying on his stomach, making it easy for Gianna to then pounce on his back and stab him from behind."
I stared at her blankly. Did she just stay up at night and think about this stuff?
I shook my head as Master Kandise clapped her hands and smiled. She walked to the front of the class, her long mane of powdery blond colored hair swishing around her waist.
"Okay class, next time we're going to be learning more about swords, and the difference between each type." She dismissed class, and I sulked over to Yuri, glaring two holes into her head.
"Stop mentally killing me, Gianna." She said, turning around.
I scoffed. "You stink. Like, you bring it to a whole new level." I said, sinking my hand to the floor as if to gesture it.
"Oh, please. You're the one that never thinks, dolly-girl." She said, cunningly smiling at me.
I rolled my eyes but didn't object. She was right, I was kind of a leap-before-you-look kind of girl. I glanced at Erik, who was moving along to the locker room.
Erik had just transferred here, to our school, and since then had been on the top of the girl's So-frickin-hot-eat-my-heart-out-sexy-guy List.
I can see why. I mean, it isn't as if you see a sexy man like him everyday.
He's got violet blue eyes and thick, shiny black hair, that sometimes even has the slightest hint of dark blue in it. He's strong and tough, plays sports well and can tackle someone to their death if he wanted to.
Something was off about him, though.
No, he wasn't a vampire - I'd checked, believe me. No pointy teeth or bloodlust.
I looked away from his direction and followed Yuri towards the cafeteria. I grabbed a mineral water as did Yuri, and we made our way to the front garden.
The front garden is huge - it goes on for miles and miles, and has several large trees, but is mostly made up of some stone benches here and there.
I sit on a stone bench next to Yuri and slowly open the cap on my bottle, anxious to get the liquid in my parched mouth.
I take a few huge gulps, and then set the bottle down.
