Chapter 7:

I woke up the next day feeling great.

"Good morning " Rachel said from her side of the room. "You look happy today. What's the secret?" she asked and I rolled my eyes at her.

I walked up to the bathroom and took a quick shower and whn i was done, i rolled my hair into a ponytail.

I was actually happy that I got to be paired with lex.

"So you coming? I'm really starving." I turned to Rachel who was patting her stomach sadly and I chuckled.

"Let's go " I said with a shake of my head.

And she followed behind. We went straight to the cafeteria and got a table and we were given lunch. We both ate our lunch quietly until I decided to break it.

"You are paired with the crazy witch huh?" I said and Rachel raised her head up to look at me with a frown. "You mean Manny? She's nice" she mumbled after taking a bite from her sandwich.

"But have an attitude switch" she added.

"Yeah" I agreed.

I saw june and the other walk into the cafeteria abd took a table in front of us.

"Hey Destiny, Rachel how you doing guys?" june asked me with a smile.

"We are good" we replied in unison.

Frex winked at us then started gulping his food like a hungry lion While Manny kept an expressionless face And gold was quiet as usual. 

"Who are u paired with?" I asked june and she looked up at me. "Hum, I don't really know her name" she replied with a shrug.

"You are paired with a girl" I asked again and she nodded

" I'm paired with the werewolf guy" frex butted in and Manny giggled.

"Gold is paired with a hottey" frex said winking at gold while he rolled his eyes. Manny gave Rachel a wink and Rachel winked back

"Are you guys a couple or something?" june joked and laughed.

"I guess so" frex added.

I just kept laughing and the other students were looking at us weirdly.

"I wished I was paired with lex " june said and my body stiffen. "Or the werewolf dude" she added and i glared at her.

"Hey! don't eat me up" she laughed at me. "You wanna keep the cuties all to yourself huh?" she added and i rolled my eyes.

"Whatever. " I said

"Don't you think we should start training now" gold suggested.

"Why are you in a rush?" june asked him as she popped a fry in her mouth.

"Because he wants to see the hottey again" frex laughed and gold gave him the finger.

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Once we were done, I met Lex outside the Cafeteria and when he saw me, he gave me a smile to which I returned.

"Nice to train with you" he said coming to stand next to me. "Let's go " he added and I nodded, following him.

We walked into an empty room and there were two sharp swords placed in the middle of the floor. Lex taught me how to use sword real well.

He told me his father thought him how to use a sword since he was nine years old. He also said his father is no more and he doesn't have a mother either, so his an orphan.

That why he used a sword perfectly well I thought. We trained for like two to three hours.

" I'm so fuckind tired" I said laying on the cold concrete floor like a starfish and he joined me. 

"Iguess we are done today" he said as he turned his head to look at me.

" Yeah" I agreed, wiping sweat off my head.

"Tomorrow as early as possible. Meet me here by 8:30 Am " he said and got up while I rested on my elbow to look at him 

"Lunch is served by 7:00 so don't be late" he added.

"Yeah whatever" I mumbled and rolled my eyes and he smirked.

" I'm serious." He replied with a serious face.

"Remember, we Only two days left for us to be chosen" he added and i release a sigh.

" I know .. You most really be determined about this " I asked him.

He only nodded then left the room. I stayed in the empty room for like two minutes then got up and left, going back to my room 

Rachel wasn't back yet. So I decided to take a nap. 

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I woke up 3:24 am in the morning I slept for fucking nine hours . I turned to the other side of my bed then saw Rachel sleeping like a pig and snoring and I chuckled.

I looked at her and sighed, she couldn't even wake me up when she got back.

I couldn't sleep throughout the remaining hours and stared up at my ceiling as I kept thinking about Dad and how he's doing. 

I missed him so much. I won't let you down dad I thought.

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Its was now 6:38 am in the morning.. I went to take my bath, I put on the shower on and allow the coldness of the water to flow through my body.

I left the shower and saw Rachel awake already looking like a lost dog. I ignored her and brought out my lotion and rub it on my body.

"Hey girl, you missed a lot yesterday. " Rachel said as she turned to look at me.

" Yeah, tell me more about it" I replied sarcastically.

"Well, we went outside and had lots of fun with manny and the rest of the guys" Rachel said, ignoring my sarcastic comment.

"And you didn't wake me up?" I asked her with a brow raised up.

"I'm sorry girl. Just don't wanna disturb your beauty sleep you know" she smiled and I laughed and shook my head.

"Take your bath. Its almost 7 :00 " I said and she nodded.

I waited for her thinking about the fight and all. And Rachel came out of the bathroom with a towel around her waist.

She quickly shrugged on some clothes and we went together to the cafeteria. I sited june and her friends and they wave at us to come over to their table.

And we gladly took our lunch to sit beside them.

"So you guys ready for tomorrow?" frex asked as he looked at us all with a smirk.

"I'm more than ready for it" I replied and the all smiled.

" I haven't seen kelvin today. I thought you guys are paired together" I added and frex nodded his head.

"We are meeting at the garden . You will see him there" frex answered and I nodded.

We ate silently and when I was done eating, I stood up and all heads turnee to me.

"I'll be going to meet lex" I said and the nodded and I started walking away, going to the empty room that I'd be meeting Lex. 

"You are late" lex deep voice said

"Just one minute late" I snorted and he glared at me.

What's his problem anyway I thought.

" so let's start" Was all he said as he moved to the middle of the room.

Lex was very good in teaching and I didn't regret training with except that he is annoying sometimes.

He stopped for a minute and he took a deep breath.

"You are not bad " he said.

" and so do you" I replied with a wink.

He only stared at me for like two minutes without moving from his spot.

" Why are you staring at me?" I asked him, feeling awkward by the intense atmosphere.

And he started moving close to me without blinking his eyes. And I started moving backwards till my back touch the hard wall.

The wasn't space for me to move anymore and he just kept looking at me.

" le.x... Lex you.. Ok" i stammered breathlessly.

He held my chin up, bringing my lips close to his. While I just stared back looking at his deep green eyes and he stared at my blue ones Giving me a look that I just can't seem to understand.

I kept observing his red hair. And before I knew it he kissed me deeply.

I was too shocked to close my eyes. But started closing them without even trying and he deepened the kiss And I kissed him back.

 Did I really just have my first kiss with lex?