Spirit Users

Chapter 6

Jack POV

I woke up to banging on my room door. Come on it’s the weekend, who the hell is waking me up this early. I thought with a grown as I pulled the covers of my bed over my head.

“Jack, come on wake up mom and dad’s plain will land in any minute!” My sister, Sara yelled at me through my door.

“Okay, I’m up. I’ll meet you out in the quad in a few minutes to meet mom and dad.” I yelled back at her. Then I heard her say fine and the sound of her footsteps walking further away from my room.

“Wow, dude. Your sister sure has a set of lungs on her.” Nick commented from his bed across our small room.

“Yeah, she does.” I said as I got out of bed and started to get changed.

Today is going to be a long day, I thought.

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“It’s so great to see you guys after, how long has it been? A few months. We haven’t come to visit you since you both started school. Things at court have been hectic.” My mom said in one long breath, while she pulled us in for a big hug.

Don’t get me wrong I love my mom but sometimes she can be embarrassing.

Mom and dad had come to visit us a while ago, with Rose and Dimitri, my mom’s guardians.

The whole time as we sit on benches in the quad my mom is talking about how she wishes that she had spent more time with us even though she was really busy.

“Hey, Aunt Queen Dragomir, and Uncle Lord Ozera. Rose, Dimitri.” My cousin Nick greeted my parents as he came walking toward us in the quad.

“Oh, hello Nick it’s so good to see you again.” My mom said as she hugged Nick. A big smile on her face.

Mom may be a little out there sometimes thanks to her elemental power, spirit. But she is always trying to make everyone happy and I love that about her.

“It’s good to see you too.” Nick said when my mom let him go. “So where are my mom and dad?” Nick asked Lissa and Christian, my parents.

“Oh, well since I was coming here to visit Jack and Sara, Jill and Adrian had to stay back at court to make sure everything is okay.” My mom told him.

“Well that’s okay, I guess. I can always see them during winter break.” Jack responded, trying to keep the smile on his face, but we could all tell that he was upset.

My mom continues to comfort him and tell him that his parents will be by soon to visit. I started to tune out by then. Other things on my mind.

I look over at Rose and Dimitri. They have big smiles on their faces. I wonder why. I thought.

Then I look down at their hands that are intertwined. That’s why. They love each other.

How had I not known this? It seems so obvious.

I wish that I had someone that I loved so much like my mom and dad. Like Rose and Dimitri.

My eyes wandered across the quad and land on Jenny and Haley, laughing with the rest of the royal Moroi in school, or the popular kids if you will.

Jenny is the only girl who seems the least bit interested in me in that way. Maybe it’s because everybody knows that my mom is a spirit user and that I am one too.

Maybe they are just waiting for me to have a breakdown.

No, that can’t be it. Nick’s dad, Adrian, is a spirit user too and therefore so is Nick, like me. But he has tones of girls falling all over him. Unlike me.

Maybe it’s because my dad is Christian Ozera, the one whose parents turned Strigoi willingly.

I guess that could be it. Or am I just not that attractive? If it’s that then if I ever see Lola, Jenny’s sister will she think that I am not attractive?

She is the only girl that I have shown a bit of interest in, but I don’t know what she looks like or where she lives. Or anything about her other than she is Jenny’s twin sister and her name is Lola!

You can’t start a relationship with a person that you don’t know. Well, it’s wrong of me to fantasize about having a relationship with Lola when I know nothing about her.

I mean for all I know she could have a boyfriend. But then why did she let me give her my number?

If she did have a boyfriend then she would have told me and not asked for my number.

“Well Jack, Sara, we have to go now but we will come back to visit as soon as we can.” I snapped out of my thoughts when my mom said that.

“Okay see you guys.” My sister Sara and I said at the same time, then we took our turn to hug mom and dad. Then they were on their way out of the academy.

Just as Nick and I were about to head to the feeder building to get some lunch, Jenny stepped in front of me and Haley stepped in front of Nick.

“Hey, Jack.” Jenny said to me with a big smile as she batted her eyelashes at me. Is she flirting with me? I wouldn’t know.

“Hey, Jenny, Haley.” I said politely. But before I could walk around her she started talking again.

“So, do you remember when we bumped into each other yesterday? I think it was yesterday, anyway I think you picked up my phone by accident when all my books went everywhere.” Jenny said.

“Oh, right. I did.” I said. Then I reached into my backpack and got out her phone. “Here you go.” I said handing her the phone.

“Thank you so much, I saw so worried that some creep found my phone and was looking at all of the pictures of me in a bikini.” Jenny said in a fake concerned voice. While looking at me seductively when she said bikini.

“Well you didn’t have to worry, it was just me who had it and I did not look at any of your pictures.” I informed her wanting this conversation to be over. I really need to go to the feeders, so I should be heading in the other direction. I thought as I look behind me toward the feeders building.

“Oh, well I guess that’s good.” Jenny said sounding a little sad. “Well, no one weird called my phone right?” She asked me suddenly.

Oh, should I tell her about Lola? There was probably a reason for her not telling anyone about her twin sister. And I was not really supposed to answer her phone.

“No, why do you ask?” I asked her.

“Oh, no reason really. Anyways, it was nice talking to you.” Jenny said looking at me then as if she realized that Nick was there she added “both! We are going to the feeders, so see you around.” And with that, she left with Haley following behind her.

“There goes my plan of going to the feeders.” I said as I made my way towards the lunch room instead, maybe I’ll just have some yogurt and go to the feeders later.

“Dude, you can’t, not feed when you need too just because you are trying to avoid Jenny.” Nick said as he followed me.

“I know, but I can always feed later before curfew.” I responded with.

“Fine, whatever you say.” Nick said sarcastically.

Yeah, I was right.

Today had been a long day and it was only half over.