The Dark Magic 2

Part 7

I slwoly woke up. I didnt excpect myself to wake up. I wished I didnt.

I was lying in the medical bay of the school. A white bandage was strung around my head, and it was throbbing withoain. Tracy was sitting on the seat next to me. When she noticed I was awake she asked "Austin...what were you thinking?" I shrugged and mumbled "I-nothing matters to me anymore." There was some kind of commotion outisde. It sounded like someone continuously protesting and a nurse denying what they wanted. There was a loud "Im going anyway" and the door swung open. Bell stood there, completely rain soaked, looking as if she ran a marathon to get here. She sat down on the other seat across from Tracy, taking off her coat. There was a awkward silence, and Tracy asked, ferociously "Why are you here?!" "Calm down Tracy. I came to see Austin" "After you dumped him?! Do you know what you did to him?! You almost killed him!" "Actually I almost commited scuicide" I croaked weakly. Tracy glared at Bell. SHe held her hand sup in defense "Look, Im sorry. I know that you were just crying over old memories. Forgive and forget?" "I dont think so" Tracy interjected. Bell looked at her in shock. "  Ive known him for eight years, and youve only known him for what, like three?!" I stared at Tracy

Bell stared at her in utter disbelief as well. She continued her treless rant "Ive always been there for him, while all youve done is break his heart twice! You killed who he was on the inside! You sliced his feelings apart. You demolished his thought. And now your apologizing again, just to break his heart again! While in the meantime, Ive done countless things. Ive heled him oil his rifle, support him, help him, and the list goes on. Youve only done heartbreak!" Bell crossed her hands defensivly "Look, Ive forgiven him. I even stamped out here in the rain! Across teh eintire school!" She turned to me "Do you forgive me?" I looked at her, then cringed as I said this "Well, I did see you kiss another guy earlier." Bell looked down at this. "See?" Tracy said "Youve broken his heart three times! Completely shattered it!" She was standing now, glaring daggers into her eyes "He deserves someoen who looks out for him and doesnt only return his favors by making out with someone else behind his back!" Bell still stared at her feet. "Austin...Im sorry..." She semi whispered "For what? Oh, I know. -" I cut Tracy off with rasing my hand in a 'Please be quiet' motion. She sat down unhappily, then said "Im going to go get some water" and left. "Austin...I felt too guilty afterwards. i thougth ou wouldnt forgive me, so I tried to move on. But nobody was the same." I looked at her, then said "Bell...I always forgave you." She looked up at me "Really?" I nodded. I sat up and hugged her. I didnt care that her soaking wet clothes were making mine wet.

A day later...

Bell never left mt room. When it turned dark, she slept on a air matress on the floor. The doctors said I should hopefully make a full recovery.
Tracy hadn't been around recently. Which I found slightly odd, since she normally would be visiting every day.
Bell kept me good company. We would sometimes just sit and talk for hours.
A couple days passed and the doctors said I was free to go. I walked out of the bay. When I arrived in class, Tracy smiled at me "Hi." "Hey" I looked forward. THe teacher started a lecture about some random boring econimic change history. About halfway in, I lookde around mindlessly, my eyes wandered to Tracy. When I looked at her, she smiled, loooked away, then back, giggling. Weird, I thought. Skylar looked over. Tracy was back to looking at the whiteboard. When Skylar turned her head back, Tracy looked over at me. I mouthed 'What was that?' followed by a playful smile. She giggled slightly, twirling her hair with one finger. I turned and looked at Bell. She was slipping in and out of boredom unconciousness. I snapped my fingers and she snapped up. I muffled my laugh as she looked over, also laughing with her hand clamped over her mouth.  The bell rang, and I got up.

A hour and a half later...(Im sorry for the nexxt truth or dare game)

I walked with Tracy, Bell, and two of my freinds, Elise WIdmer and Kevin Walsh across the lawns of the school. We arrived at a small flat patch of grass and sat down. "Bell truth or dare?" Elise said lazily, poking the grass with her finger. "Dare" She said "Sniff someones armpit" Bell looked around, then raised Tracys arm and sniffed. We all laughed. "Austin truth or dare" Bell asked "Truth I guess" I said, shrugging "Who in this group is the hottest?" I looked at her. "Im not answering that." "Fine. Hey Kev can you help" He shurgged and suddenly another guy walked over. "I happen to have overheard you and I have a great truth." I shrugged and said "Fire away" "Have you ever fallen in love at first sight" "Yes" I immediatly answered, looking at Bell. She blushed lightly "Tracy truth or dare?" "Truth" I looked at the guy and said "Anything good?" He sat down "If you could go on a romantic date with someone in your freind cirlce who would it be?" "Wait" Elise said "Okay ho si it then?" I asked. She looked at the ground "Well?" Elise asked. She hesitated again and muttered "Austin". Everyone froze. Elise stopped picking at the grass, Bell stopped randomly cloudgazing, Kevin stopped looking at Elise, the guy stopped concentrating on something. I immediatly snapped up, blushing so hard I think I looked redder than a one thousand degree knife. Elise chanted "Shes in loooooove..." "Shut up" Tracy muttered, turning red as well. Bell looked visually and emotionally schocked, angry and unhappy."ANyway its Tracys turn" Elise announced "Elise truth or dare" Tracy said. "Dare" "Silently do the macarena" She did so. THe game continued for a while. nothing interesting except that Kevin hates ice down his back, the uys name is Harry Thompson, Tracy can breakdance, and apparently I know somehow the 9nth taekwondoe pattern.

We stopped at aruond 7, and seperatly walked to our dorms.

I was kept awake thinking what Tracy had said. She hd the option to say SKylar, but she didnt. I fell to sleep for a couple seconds, but woke again. I dressed and walked outside.

The sky was cloudy and slightly stormy, a occaisional lightning strike. But it wasnt rainy. I walked around for a bit, before noticing something odd. Not the storm, that was normal. But what wasnt was the dark figure darting around. It seemed like a girl and a boy. I nervously looked around, and walked quickly back towards my dorm. All of a sudden, I tripped, fallign face first into the dirt. I looked up, and a foot met my face. I was sent flying back. I crashed into someone, and I muttered "Sorry, sorr-hey!" Someone grabbed my arms, pinning them against my back with enourmous force. I tried wiggling and squirming, but I couldnt get out. I was shoved against the wall. I felt something wrapped around my wrists as I tried pulling them apart again. Rope dug into my wrists tightly. The boy and girl stood over me, and the boy pulled his mask off. It was Ben. he laughed, then said "Ayom will be glad I got his apprentice back" "What d-do you mean? Your working with Ayom?" "Uh, Duh" he laughed, making a immitation of me when I did the same thing to him. I clenched my fists "ANyway. You can show yourself now" THe girl pulled her maks off, and I almost barfed. It was Tracy. "T-tracy?! Your working with-" "Yes. ANd I dont regret it" She said, smiling evilly. She suddenly drew Ayoms dagger. "No..." I said, fearfully. She bent down, grabbed my arm, my arm which was still as black as the night sky from when Ayom infected me, and stabbed into it. I suddenly felt the change taking over again. I tried calling out to get someones attention, but then I realised. THe teachers considered this within the rules. I knew no one I truted could hear this, so I just mentally transmitted a message. Help. That was all I could send out before I was infected.