The Elites

Chapter Eleven

Wil was an awesome brother. He helped me come up with a few ideas to get back at the twins. In the end, we decided to let it sit for a few days. Let them get paranoid.

He needed to finish the last of his exams by the end of the day tomorrow, so I left his room and went back to mine. While school didn't start until Tuesday, we both had orientation on Monday. A helpful student would give us the grand tour of the school. Blah. How hard was it to follow a map?

Unfortunately, The headmaster told us we needed to attend to get out school ID. According to the counselor that called while I was in Wil's room, there was a group of kids who were transferring from a sister school and so it was easier to do just one big tour instead of splitting it up into a few appointments. Every year a select few would have the pleasure of transferring to a sister school for the year to gain contacts and take classes that a particular school excelled at compared to other schools. Sort of like a foreign exchange program except with schools on the East Coast. It all sounded pish posh and ridiculous in my opinion. But who really cared about about my opinions anyway? Certainly not filthy rich teenagers and their parents.

I pulled my schedule and a map of the school out. I wanted to make sure I had it memorized so I could easily find my classes next week.

Homeroom- Silvester- B212
1- PreCalc- Robinson- B215
2- Literature- Ashman- C123
3- Anatomy- Schultze- B220
4- PE- Martinez- G111
5- Lunch
6- digital Media- Roman- C109
7- Spanish II- Bowman- C128

I did like that this school carved out an entire hour for lunch. Back at public school, it was only 30 minutes or so. I was told it was because many decided to waive their lunch in order to take additional classes. Clubs also met during lunch hours. It was all very weird.

The headmaster told me that while I technically had enough science credits to graduate, I needed another lab science if I wanted to go to college. My choices were physics and anatomy. I chose anatomy. The same issue was for my math and elective credits. Digital Media seemed interesting at least. What I was most excited about was PE. They had a yoga class that hour. That was better than running all over the track for an hour every day.

As I was trying to find my classes on the map, a knock sounded at the door. I really didn't want to talk to the twins but they would just keep knocking. Sighing, I got off the bed and headed for the door.

"What do you wa—?" It wasn't on of the twins. It was Blake. I really didn't know how to react with him nearby. I decided to not say anything else and kept myself blocking the door opening.

"Hey." He gave me this coy smile that had my stomach doing flips. "Can we talk?"

"About what?" I didn't want to come off as a bitch, but I didn't like how I felt about him. It was weird and too soon to be feeling all overwhelmed by the sight of a boy.

He just smiled at me again. "May I come in?"

I gave him a fake smile in return. "No we can talk out here?"

"I just wanted to apologize for my brother. He shouldn't have taken it out on you."

My brow arched "And why are you here apologizing and not him?"

He just grinned. This guy needed to stop with the smiles. "He's licking his wounds. It's not every day someone puts Tru in his place. It was quite enjoyable to watch."

"Well thanks for the chat. I'm gonna go..." I started to turn and shut the door but he blocked it by putting his shoe in the doorway.

"Wait." Shoot. "There's a party tonight. Tomorrow afternoon we have a team bonding thing and then Sunday and Monday are drills and long practices before school starts. So It's pretty much the last big one before the year starts. Did you want to go?"

I grimaced. No I did not want to go to a party. I hated parties. Too much idiotic drinking and too many people. No. Just no. "I'm sorry. Parties aren't really my thing. Besides I promised Wil I'd help him study for his last couple finals. He's got a few tomorrow." Wil didn't need my help. He was a genius. But Blake didn't need to know that.

"Finals? School hasn't started yet?"

"Wil did his Sophomore and most of his Junior year last year. But he had to finish before school starts. He was planning on homeschooling again so the time frame wasn't too important."

"You guys were homeschooled?"

Crap I probably shouldn't continue down this topic. Not ready to go there. "Yeah it was just easier on us both after dad died. But sorry. I already promised Wil I'd help." No I didn't. "Are the twins going?"

Did he look disappointed? I had to mentally stop myself from biting my lip. "They probably will for an hour or so. Grey isn't super into the party scene and Jax doesn't like going for a long time either. They'll be home fairly early." I was actually adorable that he called them all by nicknames.

"Oh well, I'll probably just chill with them if Wil gets done with studying early. Thank you for the invite. Maybe next time?" Bad Kayli. No open invitations.

That smile of his was going to be the death of me. "I'll let it pass this once, Kate, for your brother." He moved closer to me and touched my arm. Holy wiggly sparks. "But I would like to get to know you better. So yes. Next party, you're going."

I just smiled, moved back so his hand would drop, and closed the door in his face. This was going to be harder than I thought. I knew it was normal for kids to date and flirt but it had never been me before the guys. After, well... I know I'm young and all teenagers say they've met the love of their lives. But I know that what I felt for the guys was more. Those god damn wiggly sparks.

Blake was the first person to make me feel like that in a year. I knew it was okay to move on. But I did also learn an important lesson from my time with the guys. I can't get involved with someone that could impact my living arrangements. With the boys, they helped us out. They got me odd jobs and I had a place to stay when needed. With Blake, he was the son of my guardian. I wouldn't cross that line.

I could already tell Blake was a player. I wouldn't get involved with someone like that when I felt something more. No... it was just better to be friendly and get through this year. There was plenty of time for dating in college.

A/N: Another chapter done! I have 2 more almost ready. I hope to get one out tomorrow. 

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