The Power Academy

Chapter 22- Alone in the Sea

A/n 

Thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragement. It truly means so much to me that you all care about this story so much. I have just posted two chapters on my new story regarding safety in the community. So far the topics are Trust and Consent. 
Hope you guys are all staying Safe, Smart, and Sexy!

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Kayla's PoV: 

For the first time since coming to this school, I woke up feeling refreshed and actually excited for the day. While I was in the auditorium, some of the professors actually went and moved my things into my new single room. They didn't want me to have to go back in there and relive memories so they volunteered to help set up my new room. 

Honestly, this entire experience has been more than I could have ever asked for. I am the only single student at the academy, so my room is huge. Rather than having an area for play equipment and other fun gear, they actually gave me a lounge area with a full study. Book after book giving more educative knowledge about the community, and space for me to actually sit and do more research. 

I roll over and sit up out of bed, my feet hitting the plush rug underneath my feet. I am so grateful to have this environment to myself, the grey and muted color scheme being much more welcoming than the deep red "torture room" vibes of the room I was forced to share with Gregory. 

I still don't know what happened to him, but as long as I never have to see that smug face again, I will be one happy gal. Getting ready today was a little bit tricky as I had to figure out what I wanted to wear. I didn't want to be sexual, because I will be studying alone, but I also didn't want to look like a slob. I eventually decided on some comfy clothing with some makeup done to look put together. 

The halls are fairly quiet as I walk down to the dining room for breakfast. Hardly anyone is in line at this point so I quickly grab my breakfast and sit down alone to eat. The peace of being alone was weirdly calming, however, that calm slowly turned to feelings of exclusion as more and more couples came down together and sat at other tables. I turn to my phone as an escape, trying to find something to distract myself amidst the chaos that is a room of couples. Eventually, Sasha and Sebastian come down and sit with me to eat.

"How's the new room Kaykay?" Seb asks as he jokingly throws a piece of cereal at my plate. 

"It's nice... a little lonely, but... yeah I'm doing okay in there," Sasha raises his eyebrow at me as Sebby continues on the conversation talking about all the fun things we can all do together now that I am 'free'. I try to ignore Sasha's gaze, but I can feel him looking at me in concern. I try to shake off the lonely mood I was in and be excited with Sebby, but with every mini interaction shared between the two, I find my self falling deeper into the dark hole of my thoughts. Since I came in early, I finish before the two. Thanking them for sitting with me, I clear my dishes, put them in their designated areas, and head towards the door. 

So enveloped in my own train of thought, I don't even notice Gemma and Jasper until they are practically on top of me. They wave and try to talk to me, but the guilt of my decisions and not knowing my own feelings consumes me. I brush past them and continue walking out the door and head to my classes. 

As I walk to my classroom, questions and thoughts run through my head, "What do I want now that I have the freedom to choose?" "Do I even have to choose right now or would that make things worse?" "What if I don't choose right now and things get so much worse?" "What would Madam Carter say if she literally made an exception for me and then I flip flop" "How would Gemma feel?" "I can't give Gemma the attention she needs, I can't even pay attention to where I am walking!" and most importantly: 

"How am I going to fix what he broke?" 

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A/n 

Hello all my amazing readers! So as you all know, this time of my life has been pretty challenging for me emotionally. Personally I feel like a big sister to you all, and I just want to love on and protect yall from any crap that could hurt you guys. Now, I have talked about this potential idea with a few of you, and I wanted to bring it up publically. 

Leave a comment and let me know if you guys would be interested in having a group chat of either readers or fellow kinksters to talk and have a happy community where we all help each other. The main reason I am working on my second work is to try and protect and educate all you lovely beings. My heart breaks every time I hear about someone being abused by someone manipulating the perks of this community. 

This chat would be for us to come together as a big happy family and talk about things, whether it is interesting, how you think the book should go, or anything. 

Love you always! 

Lizzie