The Power Academy

Chapter 6 - Avoiding Problems

Kayla's PoV: 

After the horror show that was the rest of the class, I managed to rush out of the room as quickly as possible. With how I had defied "master," I knew that I had no desire to be within fifty feet of him for a good while. I followed the crowd as we all made our way to the cafeteria, the smell of the delicious food enticing us closer and closer. After the joke of a breakfast I was given this morning, there wasn't a chance in hell that I wasn't going to eat my fill at lunch. I tried to distract myself in line with checking my messages, when a hand grabbed my shoulder. I flinched and jerked away defensively, scared that it was my "master" coming to punish me for what I had done in class, but when I turned around I was met by Sebastian with his hands in the air

"Whoa there chica, I come in peace. What's gotten into you today?" I relaxed and stood next to him, having a friend here gave me at least a small piece of normalcy. 

"Nothing.. just partnering drama I guess," I shrugged away as the line continued to move. 

"Already? I was already in my room after everything, who did you end up with?" 

"Greg" 

"Are you fucking with me? I thought you and Jasper were a done deal!" Sebastian looked around as if the staff could hear him and suddenly change their minds about the idiotic decision. 

"I guess not. He seems pretty okay with his partnering though," We both look over as Jasper is walking over to the line carrying his partner Gemma on his back. As the line moved down, I caught Sebastian up with everything, every horrid moment since I was paired with the one guy he warned me about. 

"Okay, well obviously the school made a bonehead decision on your pairing," Sebastian picks up a tray for himself and then hands me one. "After we get our food, I am going over to the office to talk with them about this. Clearly you can't do that because of what is going on, but trust me, I will take care of this for you," We make our way down the food line, and I pile mine as high as physically possible. He automatically steers towards a table, and I naturally follow him. He has such a comforting presence, like a big brother would have. When we set our trays down, he shovels a couple of bites into his mouth, and then somehow makes out the words that he is going to the office. Rather than sitting in silence like I would normally do, I dug into the pile of food that I had acquired. I barely noticed that other people had walked up to the table and set their trays down to eat across from me. 

"Enjoying your lunch?" I coughed and looked up to see Jasper's face. Immediately blushing, I nod and slow down to eat like a normal human being. I don't get why I eat so quickly when I'm hungry, it give me cramps anyways.  Gemma sat down next to Jasper, and quickly draped her legs over his lap. 

"OMG, Kayla, I heard you were partnered with Greg, that is so awesome! I hear he is like the absolute best at knot tying and just everything when it comes to the technical stuff." 

"Oh he definitely knows what is happening technically... It's everything else I worry about," Jasper studies my face questioningly as I take another bite of my food. Gemma simply laughs and begins to go on and on about how amazing her first night with Jasper was. As Gemma talks, Jasper finds a way to steer the conversation to something fun, and the three of us began to actually enjoy lunch.