Spirit Users

Chapter 9

Lola POV

I hung up the phone, with a smirk on my face.

My sister is so easy to manipulate! I thought. Then I left the lobby and went back to mine and Vanessa’s hotel room. I don’t have a cell phone, so I had to use the phone in the hotel lobby.

When I got inside our room I shut the door and sat on the one bed in the small hotel room. I looked over at Vanessa, who was lying down on it. We had traveled all of last night or day for humans.

The trip nearly about killed Vanessa, who is not as strong as me.

It had been a fairly hot day, and we were walking in the forest, which helped keep some of the sun's rays at bay, but not all.

We could barely stand on our feet when we finally saw this small, dingy hotel in this small town, full of humans that hunt for their food in the woods and are cut off from the city people. Kind of like some of our people who live in caves with Moroi, dhampir and humans alike. I forgot what they are called. Oh, well.

Anyway, so when we got here we went right to sleep and were passed out all away through that day and night. I had just woken up to make that phone call and it is almost time for the sun to rise. We are on human time now, kind of weird for us.

I decided to call my sisters phone, maybe Jack still had it. I had thought.

If he did have it I could have told him that I was transferring to his school, but it turns out my sister had her phone back.

Oh, well.

It was not a problem since then I could just torcher her about my pending visit. I just wanted to get under her skin, and boy did my news ever do that.

But then she said that she would tell Jack about me and how I’m crazy. I can’t have him find out before he meets me. Then he will make all these assumptions about who I am, that aren't true.

I know that I’m not really crazy, I’m just a spirit user. But I can’t tell him that. He will probably still think I’m crazy because most spirit users are.

We have to get moving if we are going to make it to St. Vladimir’s Academy before my sister spills the beans to Jack.

Although I’m hoping she will put it off until the last minute because she would not want everybody thinking she is related to a crazy person.

I mean people used to treat King Christian Ozera badly because his parents turned Strigoi willingly. So people might react the same to this.

“Come on Vanessa.” I said as I gently shook her shoulder to get her to wake up so that we could get moving. “We have to go.” I tried again. Finally, after a few minutes, she started to wake up.

“What? What’s going on?” Vanessa said. She sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes and yond. Then she starched her arms over her head.

“We should start heading out now. We have a long journey ahead of us.” I told her as I got off the bead and headed for the door. Vanessa made a noise of complaint but she followed me none the less.

Then we started another long trek out in the hot sun.

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Jack POV

It had been four days since I gave Jenny her phone back and Lola had not called me. Not once. Not even a text message.

I sat in elements class. Nick and I are still expected to go even though people don’t know what to make of spirit users. There is really no teaching method they can use to help us.

Anyways I‘m looking at my phone hoping that Lola would call or preferably text me since I’m bored in class.

I know it is weird for a guy to be pinning after a girl he has only talked to once and never seen in person. But I can’t help it.

There is just something about her that I can’t ignore.

“Yo, Jack will you stop it already.” Nick whispered to me, as he hit me on the arm. Nick had watched me check my phone for the past four days, checking if I had gotten any messages.

“I know man, I just can’t help it.” I told him, as I put my phone away in my backpack.

“Yeah I get it, but you have got to try to get over her and have a life. I mean there are tons of hot girls here. Why don’t you just pick one to take your mind off this Lola girl.” Nick said.

“Dude. Did you just say what I think you said?” I asked him.

Nick was a nice guy and tried not to use the girls that fell all over him because of his looks. So for him to say something like this to me is shocking.

“I know that it’s not like me to say something like that but come on man you are going crazy. I mean more crazy than usual.” He laughed.

Then he continued. “If this Lola girl went to our school then I would tell you to go after her, but she doesn’t. You don’t know anything about her. She could be fat and ugly and old for all you know, man. I’m just telling you to get real.” Nick finished.

I knew that Nick was right, but I just could not see myself dating anyone else, even if it was just a one night hook up.

I that’s just not who I am. I don’t date girls who I don’t like a lot and I definitely don’t do hookups.

Finally, the bell rang and our day of classes was officially over.

That means it has been five days now and Lola still has not called me. Maybe she doesn’t like me like that. Maybe Nick is right and I need another girl to help me get over Lola, or at the very least help distract me for a bit.

“Hey, Jack.” I heard a familiar voice say as Nick and I reached the quad. I looked up to see Jenny, with Haley trailing behind her, walking towards me.

Her usually happy expression when she saw me was gone. But I was too distracted by my new idea to really let that register in my head.

“Hey Jenny, Haley. Do you guys want to eat dinner with us in the cafeteria and then after we are done maybe you guys can come over to hang out with us in our dorm room?” I asked them.

Jenny had opened her mouth to say something and she had it still open, but now there was a surprised look in her eyes.

Haley looked overjoyed as she looked at Nick longingly.

But Nick was looking at me with an expression of surprise and horror. He had mentioned several times to me that he did not like Haley very much.

But other than that what was his problem? I was just trying to do what he said and find a girl to distract myself from Lola.

And Haley was sort of the package deal that came with Jenny and he could not leave me hanging with both of them.

“Sure.” Jenny said once she had gotten over the shock. “I would love to hang out with you Jack.” She continued with a big smile on her face. Then she added, “Oh and Haley would love to hang out with Nick too.” Then she looped her arm through mine and started leading me towards the cafeteria, with an excited Haley and a reluctant Nick following behind us.

I just hope that I would not live to regret my choice of distraction, in the future.