Drops to the Sun

Relatable: Chapter 9

~Elijah's POV~

Anthony's scent was ill-at-ease, and I wondered if he was uncomfortable because of my current relationship with Benjamin. Never one to know to shut up, I turned to Anthony and smiled. "So, Ant." He turned to me, an eyebrow raised. "Yes, Elijah?" I faced forward, watching him out of the corner of my eye. "You okay with Ben and I?" I could see him visably flinch as he struggled to spit out his response. I laughed, patting the smaller boy gently on the head. "I understand if you're upset, mon amour." Anthony stopped, blinking hard. "Do not call me amour. I am not your lover, nor am I upset over your relationship. Do not assume things based on my rank!" He huffed, speeding up towards class. I cursed myself.

It's been ages since my French accidentally slipped out, and it usually made its appearance at all the wrong times. I sped up, fully intending to apologize to Anthony. I followed him as he opened the door and opened my mouth to apologize. Instead, the door shut in my face. "Eh bien j'ai foire." I sighed to myself, wishing Benjamin was here with me again, and swung open the door.

~Anthony's POV~

Sitting through Mr. Javoski's class was hard enough. Playing the cello was just as hard. But the hardest part?

The fact that Mr. Javoski gave Elijah a cello two part and sat him right behind me.

Thanks, Mr. Javoski.

I tried to focus on the sheet music in front of me, but I could feel Elijah's eyes digging holes into my neck. The class slowed to a crawl as I obediently played the music in front of me. "Measure 17, first violin. REPLAY IT NOW!" I flinched, his Alpha pouring out into the class. The first row of violins picked up their instrument, their bows at the ready. The melody pored beautifully out into the room, causing gooseflesh to rise on my arms. Mr. Javoski, on the other hand, was absolutely not happy with it. "NO! ALL OF YOUR BOWS ARE NOT STRAIGHT! FIX IT, OR YOU WILL BE OUT OF THE PERFORMANCE. CELLO!" The whole of the cello section seemed to become like a military band, preened and ready to go. "PLAY MEASURE 9!" I sighed. That's the hardest measure to play.

I raised my bow, squeezing the instrument between my legs. The music flowed from our section and filled the air, telling a tale of hope and loss. When we finished, my legs were shaking, and a polite smattering of applause filled the air. Even Mr. Javoski looked impressed, which I thought would never happen until pigs flew and Omegas got the respect we deserved. Mental rambling again, Tony. I shook my head and saw that Mr. Javoski was now terrorizing the viola section. I turned to my stand partner, still completely shocked that he didn't criticize us. "Alexander." He turned, his eyes wide with shock. "Did he just..." We turned to look at Mr. Javoski, then back at each other. "Wicked." We silently high-fived, whispering to each other for the rest of the period. It almost helped me forget that a certain Alpha was watching me intently from the seat behind mine.

Keyword: Almost.

~Benjamin's POV~

I sat in my art class just staring at the clock. Probably not the best way to make a first impression on your new teacher, but I don't give a damn. This is just temporary until I move to the next school. She handed me my sketchbook and I immediately flipped to the first page and began sketching. I sketched everything I was feeling, and everything that ran through my head. By the time the bell rang, I had filled a page front and back with random doodles that actually looked nice. I walked out of the class and waited in right by the door to my classroom. I spotted Anthony darting quickly through the hallway, Elijah no where to be seen. Slightly panicked, I sped-walked in the direction Anthony had come from and saw a disgruntled Elijah trying to help a small male off the floor. "Are you okay?" The male sat up quickly, his hand on his head. "Yeah. I just forgot to get my water from my locker before class started." Anthony suddenly came rushing back, a blue water bottle in his hands, which he quickly handed to the male. "Thanks Tony." He took a large chug and seemed to uncoil in relief. "Alex, you need to stop doing this to yourself. You're gonna get more injured than you already are," Ant murmured, pulling the other off the floor. Alex shook his head. "You need to stop worrying about me Tony. Mă vei jenni." Antony chuckled. "Orice, Alexander." The two hugged and Alex waved as he walked off. "Thank you again for the help, guys. Tony, trimite-mi un mesaj." Ant waved and looked at me. "Hello, Benjamin. How was class?" I shrugged. "Uneventful." Anthony just nodded and walked off. "If you don't want to be late, follow me." Eli and I just shrugged and ran after Ant.

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Sorry everything is so boring right now. I just found out that one of my favorite authors passed away last week. I'm in a bit of shock, and it's taking me a bit to recover. I swear updates will be a bit more flavorful next time I update.

If you didn't notice, there is a bit of Romanian and French in there. I will leave it up to you guys and Google Translate to figure it out. XD

I'm once again sorry about the lack of updates, as some of you know, I have no access to my laptop, and can only use my dad's when I have a reasonable excuse (ie. homework, projects, etc...). I worked on the two previous chapters mostly at school in the library. I would continue doing that, however, the librarian took an extra week of vacation and trusts no one else to take care of her "precious books", so that's a no-go. I'm not sure when the next time I will update will be, so I'm sorry about that.

This is Caden, signing out, and remember,

Nothing is promised, not even tomorrow, not even today. Go through your life with no regrets. And if you can't do that, go through life knowing you said what needed to be said.

Love always,

•Caden•