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“I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to say fae are bad,” I said. “It’s just that she went after me so I guess she didn’t share your sentiment.”
“I suppose not,” she said. “Why don’t you go grab some food. Meet me back here in ten minutes. I can’t have you passing out on me.”
I didn’t wait to be told twice. I shoved my notebook in my backpack, then quickly zipped it up.
Knowing I only had a few minutes, I grabbed some fruit and a sandwich in a plastic bag, giving my friends a wistful glance before walking toward the door.
I wasn’t looking where I was going and walked right into someone, dropping my sandwich. “Sorry.”
I knelt down to pick up my food, grateful it was still wrapped. A familiar hand brushed against mine, grabbing the sandwich before me. I looked up to see Zach.
He grinned at me. “In a hurry?”
I stood and took the offered sandwich from him. “Yeah, she gave me a few minutes to grab food before my independent study.”
He frowned briefly. “How exactly can it be an independent study when there are two of you meeting in there?”
“Zach Obscura, are you jealous?” I teased.
“Yes,” he said, without flinching.
I blinked back at him, unable to hide my surprise at his words. Zach was a flirt but he had a sweet streak. Between him and his brother, he was the one I would have thought was more likely to cover for me the way Matt had.
“Speechless?” he said with a smirk. “I’ll take that as a good sign. You better go. Don’t want you to be late.”
“Yeah, thanks.” I walked away from him but turned to glance over my shoulder. He was still watching me as I walked away.
When I arrived back at Professor Halifax’s class, Matt was already waiting for me. I joined him in our usual seats, setting the sandwich on my lap. “So what did you do with her yesterday?”
“Nothing, she sent me out. Said we’d start today,” he said.
I frowned, wondering why she’d made me skip lunch for no reason. Though, I guess she’d convinced Matt to get here early too. I opened the sandwich wrapper and held half of it up to him. “Hungry?”
He waved it away. “I already ate.”
I took a bite and considered him. “Did she ask you to come early?”
“No, but I figured you might want some company,” he said.
The door opened and I looked up to see Professor Halifax walking in. She popped a stick of gum into her mouth as she crossed the room to us. “Finish up. We’ll start in a minute.”
She walked toward the back room where I’d heard the sounds earlier today. I wondered if she was storing an animal back there. The thought made me smile. I had a feeling it probably wasn’t a puppy.
Quickly, I shoved the rest of my sandwich in my mouth and chewed. The food made me feel better. A little more in control of my life. Though, I had a feeling it was all a fallacy. Either way, I’d take the brief moment of feeling better about my life.
“You two, down here,” Professor Halifax said, holding a piece of obsidian the size of her head.
I stared at the rock, my brow furrowed. What the hell was she going to do with that?
Matt and I stopped in front of her and she handed the rock to Matt. He took it wordlessly. Then she lifted her eyebrows and nodded her head toward the rock.
I took her silent queues and slid my hands under the rock, my fingers next to Matt’s. The places where our skin made contact heated, warm simply from his touch. It created a stark contrast against the cool stone.
“What I said in the office was true,” she said. “It is possible for you to channel the other’s magic. So that’s what we’re going to work on.”
“Why?” I asked. “I don’t want Matt to be able to do this. I don’t want him to get in any more trouble. Unless there is a way to make it go away. To turn it off.”
“You can no more turn it off than you can choose your parents,” she said. “It’s part of you, and as I’ve said before, you must learn to control it.”
