Chapter X
1473 Words
“Ms. Silverman you’re late,” he said as he walked over to her desk.
“I’m sorry I just”-
“No excuses please talk with me in my office. Everyone continue to work,” he said walking up the stairs and turning into a little side office.
“What happened to Professor Tippermen?” she asked as he closed the door.
“His wife is ill so he was called away. Why are you taking a freshmen course?” he asked.
“I’ve never used a wind before and some people don’t get how useless they are,” she said sitting on the side of his desk.
“That’s impossible, winds are the only way for beginners to concentrate their magic,” he said.
“I’ve always had control over my powers, it’s not like it’s never happened,” she said defensively.
“You’re not even a whole witch how is this possible,” he laughed again.
“The seam way I can do this,” She said manifesting a huge baby elephant in his office without a spell.
His eyes widened in awe. “That’s impossible.”
“Well I did it, and that impossible bit is growing mighty old,” she smiled. Proving people wrong was her strong suit and it was fun proving Fahlynn wrong.
“Wait right here,” he said. He left the room as a timer went off. “By tomorrow I want you guys to be able to do the transformation spell on page 286. Have a great day,” he yelled over the kids getting their things together. “Who taught you that,” Fahlynn asked closing the door.
“I taught myself the same way you teach them trial and error,” she smiled getting ready to leave.
“I hope you’re ready for your training today,” he said with a cocky grin.
“I’m sure I can handle anything you throw at me,” she said.
“Don’t be cocky training is hard for everyone,” he said rolling his eyes.
“In case you didn’t notice cocky is kinda my thing. And I’m not like everyone else,” she smiled.
“This means you have to work twice as hard. Just so you know your brand of cocky isn’t attractive on a female,” he said.
She gasped at what he said and had a look or sheer disbelief on her face. “Well your brand of snooty isn’t attractive on a male,” she said and stormed out of the room.
“What?” he asked himself and laughed.
Sapphire
“Finally,” Fahlynn said when Sapphire got to the field.
“I had to turn in a paper,” she said rolling her eyes and putting her things down.
“No excuses…75 laps,” he said.
“Are you serious,” she laughed.
“I’m not joking and if we can get started you’ll have time for lunch at about this time tomorrow,” he laughed and blow on his whistle. She did the laps as he ordered which wasn’t all he had planned for her. Sapphire did what seemed like an eternity of warm ups before he would let her get a sip of water. “Athletes earn their water, and you’re not done earning,” he teased with a cocky smirk.
“I am going to kick your face in if you don’t wipe that smirk off of it,” she said drinking some water then pouring it over her head.
“You could always quite it only gets harder from here.”
“Look, this drill thing is stupid. I play better than you,” she said before she realized that might offend him.
“Oh is that right,” he said walking over to her.
“Yeah it is.”
“You may be good on the ground but we’re going eighty feet in the air. I don’t think you’ll look so hot up there,” he laughed.
“Well teach me or leave,” she said sitting down and picking at the grass.
He picked up her chin, “Isn’t that what we’re doing here?”
“You’re being a jackass,” she said.
He laughed, “I’m training your pathetic body and teaching you endurance. You’ll thank me,” he smiled. “Give me three hundred pushups and we can go.”
“No way!”
“Five hundred”-
“What”
“One hand,” he blows his whistle and she slowly lay out on the ground and reluctantly did the pushups.
Sapphire
“Your cousin is killing me,” Sapphire moaned as she got an icy hot patch from Solé and wrapping her leg. She was tired of practicing stupid drills over and over. She and Fahlynn have never ever played a game together.
“He’s only being an asshole because he believes in you like we all do,” Lotus said as she curled her eye lashes in the mirror.
“He’s a Nazi, a fitness Nazi. I can’t go on like this,” she said cringing when Solé put an icepack on her ankle.
“I’m sure he’s going to lighten up soon. You two even used the ball today,” Solé said with a slight grin.
“See progress,” Lotus added.
“He threw it at my head because I wasn’t running fast enough after I did fifty laps and 112 crunches,” she growled and they snickered.
“He said he wasn’t really aiming for your head it was just a lucky shot,” Solé said making Lotus laugh harder.
“I can’t do this,” she moaned. “It’s been three weeks and I still don’t feel any better about sky soccer. If he wants me to quit this bad maybe I should.”
“Look we’re all going out tonight so forget about all this sky soccer stuff and get ready,” Lotus said.
“And tomorrow everyone’s leaving for the harvest celebration so you’ll have a nice little break in” Solé said as Sapphire stared at he “at home,” she said quickly correcting herself.
“I never knew running in a circle could hurt so much all over,” she said slowly getting up. Lotus and Solé just laughed at how utterly ridiculous she was acting.
“Your body will get used to it all soon enough. Hell, you’ll start playing in a month or two in practice with the rest of us,” Lotus said as Sapphire removed the icepack she had on her forehead to glare at her.
“I can’t get hit in the head with soccer balls for a month or two,” she cried.
“Oh stop being such a baby it shouldn’t hurt that much your head’s made out of bricks and hot air. Get over yourself,” Solé teased and poking her side.
“Ouch, stop making fun of my booboos,” she moaned.
“Please go get dressed,” Lotus order.
“Only for you.”
Fahlynn
“So…” Shalimar said looking down at Fahlynn who was sitting on the couch watching something on tv.
“So...” Fahlynn said mocking him.
“When are you going to get dressed?” he yelled.
“I’m not going to Roman’s party I have a lot of grading and scheduling, among my normal school work to do, and soccer season’s almost here,” he said.
“Winters not here yet would you stop running away from the girl all the time. It’s not like she’s a siren or anything you’ll survive,” he laughed.
“Leave me alone,” Fahlynn said going back to the game he was watching.
“Man, it was a joke. If you don’t get your ass off this couch and get ready I’m going to kill you,” he yelled.
“I don’t want to go to a party. I didn’t make you go last year when you were boo loving with Lotus.”-
“No, but I met up with you that night any way,” he said turning the TV off.
“Aren’t you going to get ready,” Harper asked as he came into the living area.
“No I’m not going so just leave,” he said frustrated.
“Look there are going to be tons of girls there and drinks and it’s at Roman’s everyone loves his parties,” Harper said trying to convince him to go.
“One I have a girl. Two, Roman’s like a tenth year senior he’s stupid-really stupid. Three, I’m busy,” he said turning the TV back on.
“How about I buy your drinks,” Harper said.
“An hour,” Fahlynn said knowing this was never going to end.
- Writer
