I lay over my brother's bleeding, dead body. "Jaime!" I scream "Jaime, wake up! Jaime please," I practically beg the lifeless sack of meat to get up. But I can see the stillness and I know it's my fault.
I wake up with a start. It's the middle of the night and we're on a plane to New York. I look around for Jaime then I realize that Jaime's on my right. I sigh with relief. "Jaime's okay," I say to myself over and over like a mantra.
Then I realize there's someone on my left. I turn to see who it is. I turn to face my Brazilian-Israeli best friend, Noah's twin sister, Lila. I start to wonder why Lila's with us. Then I realize we're going to West Point to drop Jaime off. Then we're going to Washington D.C. to meet the lovely ladies of the Society, because they need to make sure I know that if I betray their secrecy I will be dead before I can say the "United" in United States of America.
The intercom sounds and I hear the pilot say "Okay folks, we're landing at Stewart International Airport, New York. We'll be Off-boarding at about 11:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. I suggest y'all change the time on your watches, phones, etc." He says with a slight southern drawl. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Hey," Alexei says through the phone
"Hey," I say, then yawn
"Are you tired?" he asks
"Yeah," I reply
"Did you sleep at all on the plane?" He asks and the way he says it I know he's worried about me. So I do the thing I do best, I lie.
"Yeah," I say "I only got two hours of sleep though"
He seemed to believe the lie because he replied: "Alright then, are you still in the airport?"
I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding. "No, we're on a taxi to the Hotel," I reply stifling a yawn
"Alright, I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm okay Alexei," I say " I'm okay,"
"Go to sleep, Gracie," he says "You're not sleeping enough,"
"I'm alright Alexei," I say again softer this time "I'll be okay,"
"I know, Gracie," he says "And that's exactly what worries me." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
After we got to the hotel, Jaime led us to the guest rooms.
"Alrighty, tonight Gracie and I will be staying in this room while Lila stays in that one," He points to a room labeled 106 then to another one across the hall labeled 105. Jaime hands Lila a card "This is your temporary room card, in case you go in and out of your room."
"Thanks," She replies. Then she turns curtly and walks into her room.
Jaime swipes the card and takes a step into our room. When I step into our room I see a beautiful blue sitting room with a hallway leading to what I can only assume are the bedrooms. As I head down the hallways I see my luggage which I then tag along into my room. My room is a beautiful aqua with a bit of teal. My bed is plush and inviting. It's clear that Jaime spent a lot of money to get us the best hotel in the area. I suddenly realize how sleepy I am. I plop on the bed and slip into a sound, dreamless sleep. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I wake up to the sound of a shower. Jaime had just got back from his run and was getting ready to leave. I check the time. It's 7:45 in the morning. Jaime told us that we'd leave at 8:00 A.M. I practically jump out of bed and run into my bathroom. I brush my teeth and hair, run into the shower and wear my clothes just in the nick of time.
"Grace?" Jaime yells "We're leaving in 10'"
I loop a belt through my distressed jeans, wear my signature gold "G" necklace over my gray top and pull a military green jacket over it. Then, I grab my backpack and haul my luggage out the door before Jaime calls me twice. I slip on my combat boots and head outside. I walk downstairs. I see Jaime waiting for me at the door, Lila is at his side.
I walk over. "Where are we eating?" I ask. "We're grabbing Dunkin' Donuts on the way" Lila replies
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I walk out the door of the nearby Dunkin' Donuts munching on my Egg and Cheese croissant and finishing up my coffee. "Are we going straight to West Point next?" I ask while throwing away my trash. Yeah, we are" Jaime replies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
As we pull into West Point we are stopped by an out-of-breath cadet who says while catching his breath "Cadet Blakely and Ms.Blakely are needed at Major Brunswick's office immediately." He pants catching his breath. Jaime Ignores the panting cadet and gets out of the taxi. I follow him out.
After about 10 minutes Jaime stops in front of a white building. "This is it." He says and starts walking to the door and knocks on it. Another cadet opens it then immediately salutes Jaime. Jaime repeats the action. The cadet leads us to another door, opens it partially and announces "Cadet Blakely and Ms. Blakely are here to see you, Major."He then opens the door all the way to reveal a broad man with a kind expression on his face "Ah, the Blakelys. you two are a hard pair to find."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaime salutes the man, Major Brunswick, and then stand as straight as a stick with a serious expression on his face. " Good morning, Major," he says curtly and professionally. I don't recognize this man. This isn't my brother this is a completely different person.
"No need to be so professional boy, your scaring your sister," The Major says. Jaime relaxes a little. "Sit down, Blakely, Sit down". Jaime sits down I follow him. "Now would you like anything to drink? Some tea, coffee, or perhaps water?" he asks looking straight at me.
"No thank you, I'm fine" I reply
" How about you, boy," He asks Jaime
"No thank you, Major," He curtly replies
"Alright then," He starts "Do any one of you know why you are here?" he asks
Jaime and I shake our head no.
"Well," he says "I'm sorry to report, your father's gone MIA."
That's when everything turns black. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is my first Wattpad Fanfiction, please go easy on me.
DISCLAIMER: I own all of the West Point characters, the rest of the characters are owned by Ally Carter.
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