chapter 17

arts of war lesson

The next morning I didn't felt so tired.  The lady and her appearance must have some sort of an emotional drainage on me.
            Breakfast was weird. George suddenly started to follow Becky around and was sitting at our table. He completely ignored the other guys remarks and had this kind of admiration look on his face whenever Becky opens her mouth.
            Sammy just gawks at him forgetting to eat her breakfast while Becky tries to ignore his sudden behavior.
            First class was Latin. I didn't understand one word. It made me feel as if I'm going to explode. Second was math's. It was just as bad as  Latin and don't have anyone tutoring me Arithmetic's. And I am not going to ask for help because they might end up giving me Tabitha.
            Lunch there was another riddle that Becky wanted me to answer. Lucian begged me to give her the answer too. Sammy just rolled her eyes.
            "Okay lets here it."       
            "There was a green house, inside the green house there was a white house, inside the white house there was a red house, inside the red house there was lots of babies, what is it?"
            They all look at me with anticipation and I thought about my dad again. He asked me this riddle too.
            "It's a watermelon" I reply and she runs off exited to tell the chef her answer.      Lucian just stares at me. My smile disappear the second Becky left.
            "You okay" he asks and I sigh.
            "My dad asked me that one so many times."
            "Sorry babes" he replies while giving me a soft kiss on my temple and stroke my back gently. The bell rings and he walks with me to my class. We didn't talk much and said goodbye with a quick kiss. Enchantments was first. It felt like a double Latin period but found out the reason for it. Because Latin has been one of the first languages, it's the only language Magic responds too. There is no short cuts and  have no choice but to learn the stupid language. The word Magic alone can be pronounced in so many ways. It can change in every sentence. It's what makes me so confused. I really did try hard but none of my enchantments worked because I didn't pronounced the words correct. The incantation was so long that it is difficult to think how anyone could say that in danger. I mean trouble is not going to wait for you to say it first before it comes.
            We end with Art of war, which means that I am going to have a double period with Lucian's session too. I barely had the strength to walked to my dorm just to take a shower so that I could sweat again. It didn't make sense.
            When I got out of the shower it was time and I had to force myself out the room with a soaking body vest in my arms.
            "Enjoy" Becky sings without taking her nose out of her book and I shut the door  behind me.
            I found him inside the dome. He was practicing moves that made me stare like an idiot. He was wearing a black pants with a body vest I only seen once in the store.  He wasn't wearing a shirt and his arms were  muscular that could make any girl's knees tremble. I closed my eyes thinking how lucky I am to call him mine.
            He' so effing hot.
            When he turned around I pretend that I just came in. "You are late, babes" and I chuckle the way he said it. "This is really going to be hard."
            "Sorry" I giggle. "Can we please just rest for a while, I just finished with a fighting class." He squint his eyes and was contemplating my request.
            "It is not my fault" he says in a sweet voice. There was a huge teasing grin on his face and my stomach made another flip.  The body vest was still icky and sweaty of my previous class. It's really gross, but had no choice than to pull it over my head.
            I picked up the heavy sword from the cupboard and dragged it all the way to where Lucian was waiting in patience.
            "Elena, how heavy is that thing" he asks and reach out his hand for it. I gave it to him without answering. My body language did all the talking.
            He laughed softly. "I think I just found your first problem."
            "What?"
            "This is way too heavy for you" and he walks towards the cupboard to replace it  with another one. "Here, this is much lighter."
            I took the sword from him and felt the difference immediately. "You want to say that my problem was a wrong sword."
             "Yes, that is why you have to be early for class to chose the right weapon" he smiles again.
            "You sure this thing can protect anyone, it looks so thin" I was looking at the blade and hardly see his coming for me. My reflexes kicked in and I blocked it, just the way professor Mia showed me that first time. He came for me again and I blocked that one too. He was so fast that I hardly saw him but somehow he was right about the sword. It was as if I found my Excalibur and I became King Arthur or something.
            When he finally stopped I was the only one that was out of breath. I hold the side of my stomach, it was burning like fire. He just laughed as I struggle to take a breath while holding my hand up in defense, hoping that somewhere in that sexy body was mercy.
            "Well your reflexes is really good Elena. I can't say that I seen that  before in a first year" and I give him the whatever look. He chuckles. "I am serious, no joke."
            "You would say otherwise when you see me sparring with Collin" I hoofer.
            "Get here early and then you might show him a thing or two" he said and I force myself up again.
            "Don't you get tired."
            "I am as fit as a fiddle" he flirts and hits with his fist on his chest while jumping up and down like a boxer.
            "Oh please, you are going to kill me if you say the break is over."
            "That is your second problem, you are nowhere near fit as you have to be. So I suggest a two mile run every morning" and I grunt. "Common Elena, you will thank me after a month" and taps me hard on my a*s that makes me shriek.
            He  chuckles very seductively and I forget why I am upset. Then he attack me again. His blows are starting to get stronger after each swing.
            I blocked like two of those and landed flat on my a*s. I didn't want to get up but when he gave me his hand I guess I had no choice.
            "Becky was right, you are a slave driven maniac" I said out of breath and he roared with laughter.
            "You complain on the first day. Babes, I see hard times for you" he jokes, or I hope that was one.
            He only gave me like thirty seconds before he attacks me like a samurai lunatic. It doesn't look so hot when facing him. It's actually scary. I blocked five of his blows  before my strength got the better of me. I was flat on my back.
            He helped me up one more time.
            It carry on for the next hour.
            When we were finally done I thought that I was going to drop dead in the dome. He can even leave me here, I don't care.
            He came to sit down next to where I passed out. I heaved like someone that run for two days straight.  "You are not that bad Elena" he taps me on my leg.
            "I beg the differ."
            "I know you don't see that right now but I wasn't kidding about that run so I suggest that you go to bed early. I took it easy on you today." I gave him the excuse me look. He  chuckles. "Get up and get some rest. You look like hell."
            "I can't" I complain and he picks me up and throws me over his shoulders like I was a bag of flower. He carried me all the way to my room which was really funny and I felt his hands on my legs, pulling me gently off his shoulder. When I reach his waist he held me in place and my legs automatically wraps around his waist. Our lips find each one another and we kiss for a long time. It turns into a different kind of war and finally understand the term Love is a battle field. He grunts after a while and chucks me on the bed.
            "I have to go, before I am going to do something we might regret later" he says and could hear the strain in his voice. I laughed.
            "Am I too much for you Prince Lucian" I tease him.
            "Babes, you have no idea" he whispers and leans down to give me another soft kiss before forcing him outside the door.
            I couldn't stop smiling but was so tired that I dose off a couple of seconds later. 
            It felt like ten minutes when Becky's alarm clock went off.
            "Becky" I yell sleepy.
            "It is not mine, it is yours" she grunts and my eyes flew open immediately. I don't own an alarm clock.
            "Elena, shut that thing off" Sammy growls.
            I saw a small digital one right next to my bed saying that it was four, forty five AM. The sun hasn't even wake and I have to get up. I struggle to get out of bed because it felt as if I was hit by a bus. I got on all four and crawled like a baby towards the bathroom. It smelled as if I roll out the dumpster.
            The shower was all I needed for my aching muscles but the knots made it felt like I am carrying weights on my shoulders. This guy is really messing up my routine. Usually I take  showers after exercising not before.
            I pulled on some sweat pants and a shirt, hoping that it wouldn't be cold. When I got out of the bathroom it started to become lighter outside. My joints didn't want to work so my knees didn't bend properly. This is definitely going to fold Lucian in two.
            I found him busy stretching nearby the cafeteria. He really tried to suppress his laughter but failed. Only when I pointed my finger in his face and gave him the not now look, he bite hard on his lip, which made him look extra hot. I look away so that I can at least stay mad for the next minute or so. "You should have stretch yesterday. Come, sit on the floor. Let me see what we can do."
            The minute I try to bend my knees I tipped over. Lucky for me he was there and he caught me right before I landed on my face.
            We both laughed while he puts me gently on the ground to stretch my legs like the doctors do with someone that is learning to walk all over again. It was so painful that the tears were close by, but every time our eyes met my heart bounced faster. It felt better afterwards but wasn't close to what I had hoped for.
            We used the last half hour to go for a run. His pace was fast and my lungs was burning after five minutes. I made him stop by the lake.
            "I.
            Can't.
             Go.
            On."
            He was still jogging on the same spot.
            "Common baby, we still need to do some sit ups" he chuckles.
             "You got to be kidding me."
            "You see how unfit you are." I wish that I had the strength to hit him with my first in the gut. Instead I grunt.
            "Can we please go back now."
            "No Elena, common" he pushes me from behind and forced me to run again. I just had to hold my breath. Wishing for the pain to disappear. "We are almost there" he sound as if he didn't  run at all.
            "I would so like to kill you right now" I spoke through clenched teeth and he chuckles again.
            "I don't believe that" he sings and makes me giggle.
            He leads me towards an open area, further down right by the lake. I collapse on the ground and lie on my back, heaving like I haven't had fresh air for the last year. "This feels good" I was still breathing fast, trying to catch my breath.
            "You ready for sit ups" he broke the moment in half.
            "Urgh! Fine, let's just get this over with" I grunt at him and we done like a trillion sit ups. My stomach was aching and I don't know if I am ever going to feel anything else except pain again.
            I am so glad that I have tutoring with someone else today. I started to think who was next on the list and my throat closed up as I realized it was Blake and Latin. If he is the best at it, I just have to deal with it like Arianna. It is not charms or spells so, I doubt that he could hurt me.

            Lucian made sure that we stretch after wards before we walk back towards the dorms. He showed me mercy. 
            After shower number two I didn't felt so stiff like before. I gulp down healthy breakfast. When the bell rings I went to my double period of Mysteries, which make Thursday's my favorite. We still talk about Dragons and what it is the Chromatic dragons go through when a claim is made. Like why did George passed out?
            "What do you think Kyle" Sir Edward asks.
            "I have no idea sir, but whatever it is. It is not good for George" he jokes and everybody  laughs, including Sir Edward.
            "Riley" he asks my riddle competitor.
            "I like to think it is something really emotional that drains them of all their strength" she answers.
            "Good you are starting to think outside the box."
            "Elena, why do you think it's painful for some of them" he asks me and I had to think for a moment.
            "Someone told me that Chromatic dragons doesn't want to be claimed. They will always put up a big fight. So, I guess it's got to do with them being forced into what they are going through" I babbled utter nonsense but a big part of me did believe that.
            "Forced?" he asks and I shrug. "Interesting choice of words Elena" he sings and had this frown on his face.
            The bell rings for lunch and I hate the next couple of classes. One was Enchantments and the other one was History.
            "Elena" Sammy yells my name. They were sitting at a different table today because Princess wanted to sit at our table. She is really such a pain in the a*s.
            "So anyone got the riddle yet" I ask, showing Arianna that switching tables did not bother me.
            "No, but I am getting my saddle" Becky claps her hands excitedly.
            "Saddle?" I look at Sammy.
            "Dragon saddle" she sings and rolls her eyes. "George finally let the tailors took his measurements."
            "When a Dragonian claims a dragon, Clifford's and Brooks tailor made your saddle. They were here today to take George's measurements" Sammy explains.
            "And why is that exiting?"
            "Elena! It means that I am finally going to feel what it's like to glide with him in the air" she says through closed eyes.
            "Well when you put it like that getting a saddle sounds pretty cool" I try to sound exited for her but the reality of it scared the living crap out of me. It was definitely the height thing.
            "Way cool, it's like a girls first kiss" Becky replies and we all laughed.
            "What, you finally getting your saddle" Lucian put his tray of food on top of the table and sit next to me. Giving me a quick kiss on my temple before he takes a bite out of his pizza.
            "Going to, next week" she sounds like a ten year old girl that finally got the toy she really wanted. When the bell rings I curled up my lip and complaint thinking about what was next.