Wicked Games: Dancing with the Devil

Chapter One: Connor

I watched through the glass window as she lifted her pencil to her mouth and bit the eraser, being careful not to bite too hard. It was a habit of hers that she did whenever she was nervous. She was gazing at her new crush Jake. I could see in her eyes the hope that he wouldn't be like the others, that he would be different. And as he caught her gaze I could tell he was only interested in one thing. She wasn't very good at finding a guy who would truly treat her like the queen she is. They were all jerks, one after another. It's a wonder she still has not given up faith in men or rather boys. Shit. She saw me. She makes a face of fear and points at the window. Jake trying to be the hero, hits the glass and yells shoo shoo . I don't budge and he starts getting furious. He tells her he's going outside to get it and dashes out the class room. "The only thing he wants darling is to get in your pants."  I whisper into her thoughts. She looks around the room, then back at me. She covers her mouth in a scowl, and I wink at her, and fly away.

                        ♪♪♪♪♪♪

I think I'm going crazy, lately it seems I've become an animal magnet. Last week me and Sage went camping with her family. They take camping to a new extreme. They have tents that could be used as a small house, and other trinkets that make it worth going. Anyway, I was changing into my PJ's when I noticed a black snake staring at me with its sapphire eyes. Looking at me as if it were a peeping tom, licking its lips as I rushed to throw on my shirt. I yelled for help and Sage's dad came but by then it was gone. Then the incident that happened today with the raven, it too had those enchantingly terrifying sapphire eyes. Not to mention the dreams are back, the ones I used to get as a child. I see a young man in this lurid forest, staring back at me with those same sapphire eyes. He says "May I have this dance?" , and as if its a second instinct I grab his outstretched hand and we dance and dance. Once I stayed sleep two days in a row, stuck in this dream of the boy with the sapphire eyes, my parents were terrified and thought I fell into a coma. I awoke confused, weak, and a blistering pain in my feet. Of course the only one I told was Sage. When I was younger I made the mistake of telling them about my dreams and all that got me was weekly trips to a shrink. Ugh. Still three more classes till I can sleep off that strange encounter.

"Come on Dreia I know your not that stupid, you can put two and two together! Its obvi that the dreams and the weird incidents are connected." yells Sage. "I mean isn't it strange you always see those same sapphire eyes?"

"Well yes, but...you know what I don't wanna talk about it okay you may think its cool but it really isn't! I feel like I'm being fucking stalked, okay?" I scream. Everyone in the classroom turns to see the source of the rucus.

"What!". Sage shouts "ever heard of mind your own damn business."

There are a few giggles and jokes then everyone gets back to the lab.

Then suddenly there was a knock on the door and busy Mr.Jakesbourg, to engrossed in assisting a student calls for Josefine, a pale brunette, to answer the door.

Josefine opens the door and steps back making a face of awe, her once pale cheeks are a bright red. From the angle in which I'm sitting in the room I still can't see the person who's causing such an uproar. The girls whisper how sexy he is, and the boys being boys tell each other "He ain't all that"

"I'm Connor, the new transfer student."

Immediately I feel a pang of nostalgia, but dismiss it as fast as it came. I mean how could I know this guy, I don't know any Connors.

Then I see him, he walks slowing to where Mr. Jakesbourg is right in front of my lab table. He's absolutely breathtaking. From his blue black hair, to his golden olive complexion. And then there's his eyes, his familiar sapphire eyes. So beautifully blue.

Damn I'm staring.

" Well you know what they say, dreams do come true." says Sage as she pokes me in the ribs. I shoot her a glare, and like and inferior wolf, she cowers.

"Ahh Mr. Connor yes I got notification of a new student, welcome to Johnson High." replies Mr.Jakesbourg. "We're doing a lab, and well most of the groups are full" he continues while looking around. "Oh Sage its just you and Deirdre right?"

"Yeah just us." I reply.

"Then if you wouldn't mind, could this young lad join your group?"

"Ummmm." I murmur mesmorized by his eyes.

"Yeah, we wouldn't mine." Interrupts Sage as she pinches my arm.

My heart started to beat so fast, too fast. Is this what it feels like in the moments before a heart attack? I wonder.

Ahh!  It feels as if someone is clutching my heart in their hands, waiting ever so patiently to rip it out. My body feels stiff, any sudden movement could be deadly.

"Are you okay?" asks Connor extending his arm for support. And again I notice the instinct to grab it. And as I do the pressure on my heart vanquishes. He smiles knowingly. And everything goes black.

                     ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪

Its dark, I smell a sweet yet harsh jasmine cologne. I sniff again and again captivated by the smell. And then I feel a wet kiss on my forehead and then I woke bolt upright.

"Ha I knew that would wake you, ma chérie." Joked Connor as he used the tip of his finger to make me face him.

"Who are you!" I spat. "And where am I?"

"I am just as I introduced myself to the class, Connor. And we are in the nurses room." he stated. "Does fainting in my arms ring a bell?" he retorts while giving me an arrogant smile.

Damn!  I fainted. And...and there was a hand holding my heart, yet it went away when I grabbed for Connor?

"What..what happened? There was a pressure...a hand...and it hurt sooo much." I stuttered.

"All in do time, ma chérie." and as he kissed me on the cheek, I faded into unconsciousness again.