Faded ~ Book 1 By: Jess Rogers

3. School Days

Dane was awake first and walked over to where Luna was sleeping. Dane got the couch and Luna got the bed. Dane liked the way she was feisty and stubborn. He thought she was beautiful, with her long soft blonde hair that rippled in her classy pony tail and her cute little freckles on her soft, velvety cheeks and the way she got nervous around him and her neck would go red but she would still talk like the cute, stubborn, I'm-totally-not-affected-by-your-presence girl. 

He pressed me against the wall and breathed, heavy warm minty breaths onto my neck. He smells of cologne and that smell you just want to smell from his sweater or shirt that when you wear it, it dangles down by your knees. He wrapped his arms around the small of my back and leaned in, slowly, slowly, letting the tension build between us, then he kissed me, deeply and passionately, he gripped the back of my neck and his body pressed up onto mine, I felt his body tense. He pulled away and traced lines up my thighs then gripped his shirt I was wearing and lifted it slowly up and over my head, and then--

Luna groaned and turned over, slowly opened her eyes to the sight of Dane with no shirt on, sitting on the edge of the bed watching her.

"Good morning, Luna." He said

Luna cleared her throat, "Morning, Dane." she said sarcastically, then said, "Do you normally watch people sleeping."

"No, I don't, this is a first for me, your'e just so intriguingly beautiful." Dane said.

For the first time Luna realized that Dane was British and had a sexy rasp in his voice, he was very intense and would call you by your name in a casual conversation as if to say yes you, you that i'm intrigued by and he looks deep into your eyes and speaks slowly and deeply. Luna didn't want to admit it but he made her nervous and made her heart beat faster even if she just saw him. She didn't want to be vulnerable with such a dangerous boy, she knew he was risky and was probably a player or didn't do the "dating thing."

"What? You think i'm beautiful?" Luna suddenly came to the realization that he just called her beautiful.

"Yes, very much so. I love the way you get nervous around me but your'e still stubborn and think you act like your'e not affected by me at all." He said. 

"I don't know what your'e talking about." Luna said feeling a flush come into her cheeks.

Flip now he knows and I look like an idiot, but he thinks i'm beautiful, but he's just playing with me right?-

"Yes you do Luna, you do, very much so," he said.

"I need to get ready for class-" said Luna.

Once again she was stopped in her tracks by his steady gaze, his eyes raking her body up and down, she was just wearing a thin night dress because last night was hot and she isn't used to the warmer weather of Paris, even though it does rain a lot here. 

Luna looked at him, her pulse quickening, Dane's lips separated and he gasped in the slightest breath,

"You are truly a goddess aren't you-" Dane said.

Luna gasped and couldn't reply,

Dane climbed onto the bed and straddles her hips and lent over her body, his strong arms propping him up a few inches from her lips. 

He whispers hotly into her ear, "I will see you later Luna Graymark."

He stares at her lips and slowly slides off the bed.

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Dane already left for class, leaving Luna alone to regain her senses and her purpose here at this school that she has been working so hard to get into.

Luna tied up her hair, grabbed her books and her map of campus.

Luna arrived at Economics and was waiting outside the lecture room. 

"Hi." Said a girl, about her age with short brown hair and big brown eyes.

"Hi." Luna replies.

"I'm Rachel Adams," Rachel held her hand out for a handshake, "And you are..?"

"I'm Luna Greymark." Luna shook her hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Yes and you too. Are you in Mr. Swave's class?" asked Rachel.

"Yes, it's my first year here, i'm from New Jersey." replied Luna.

"So cool, i'm from Alabama." said Rachel.

"Morning girls, i'm Mr. Swave, and I see we've got a couple of early birds?"

"Morning sir." They both chuckled nervously. 

They were seated and took out their books. The lesson dragged on for-ever.

Finally Luna got to English Literature or Lit. for short.

Luna loves writing and couldn't wait to see what kind of teacher would pass on their knowledge to her.

The teacher waved them into the classroom and told them to sit down.

"Good afternoon students I am Miss Harrison and I will be your English Lit teacher this year. Now take out your text books and turn to page, 1123. You will have 15 minutes to read the short story and we will discuss characters and plot."

Yes! Luna thought, this was her forte and what she was good at. 

The bell rings for end of day.

"Right class, you are assigned a 5 page essay for tomorrow on your favorite book, address all aspects of the book just like we did today. Class dismissed."

Luna went back to her dorm and sunk into her bed. Dane was nowhere to be seen the whole night, slightly to Luna's disappointment. 

Luna had a shower and opened her laptop to work on her essay on 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain.