Sandabury Academy

What a Great Start

"Aw no. There's no way in hell you are going too." Both Terry and I look at Jaheara with our eyebrows raised.

"Why are you so against it, J?" I ask, genuinely curious.

"I don't want him to sacrifice his time in school for me. I mean, you're already going with me and that should be fine. We don't really need another person, do we?"

"Actually, I think it a wise idea to take Terry along with you two," the President intervenes.

"Thanks for having my back, Mr. President, but I was going with them whether they wanted me to or not. There's no way I'm gonna let them split up the dream team." Terry says smugly and starts to walk down the hallway. Jaheara rolls her eyes and follows after him. I look back at the President one last time. He simply nods to me before I walk out the door, leaving me with the feeling that he still isn't telling us something.

I catch up to the rest of the "dream team" (as Terry so graciously put it) outside the doors of the President's mansion.

"Alright listen up you two. It's my job to make sure that J here stays safe. The Prez couldn't stress it enough. So I'm going to be the one in charge, especially since I am the most experienced with the outside world and in combat." Jaheara raises her eyebrow at me but Terry just grins.

"Hey, whatever you have to tell yourself to help you sleep at night." I shoot Terry a dangerous look which just makes him smile cheekily at me.

"Well I don't care who's in charge. I just want to go talk to this witch and get back as soon as possible. So when you two dorks are done fighting, let me know. In the mean time, I'll be changing into my combat gear." Jaheara walks off in the direction of the Black Moon Dorm. Terry and I just look at each other.

"Now that is one fiery woman."

"Har har. You're so punny, Terry."

"Compliment accepted. I'll meet you and Jaheara at the North gate in 10 minutes." I nod at him and we both take off in opposite directions.

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**Precisely 10 minutes later**

Jaheara and I show up at the North gate to see Terry standing on top of one of the gate posts singing Lou Bega's Mambo No. 5 to his gathered crowd of fan girls. She and I simultaneously drop our jaws to the scene because not only has Terry managed to gather a crowd of 30 or so fan girls in less than 10 minutes, but he is also singing a song about womanizing.

" 'A little bit of Erika by my side. A little bit of Rita's what I need...' "

Sadly, these girls are too infatuated with Terry to even notice what he is singing about. Having had enough, I pick up a nearby rock and chuck it at him with my vampiric speed. I was hoping it would smack him in the face but he deftly catches it instead. Knowing full well who threw the rock at him, he addresses Jaheara and I.

"You guys finally decided to show up I see," Terry says while leaping off of the post to stand right in front of us.

Jaheara and I look at each other knowing full well what we are both thinking. Terry mutters a quick "uh oh" before we both take one of his arms and literally start dragging him through the gate. Of course all of his fan girls are complaining that we are hurting him and to be more gentle, especially the ASS squad which is staring us down as we walk off the campus. Jaheara and I could only laugh as Terry called out to his fan group that he shall return and that he will miss them all.

After a few minutes, Terry gets tired of being dragged. "Uh, you guys can let me go now."

"We were just making sure that you weren't going to try and run back to your precious fans and split up the dream team," Jaheara says mockingly while she and I let go of him at the same time. He catches himself before he lands on his butt, turns to look at us, and gasps.