Old Friends Reunited

Chapter 6

"Hey Erik, long time no see" Eddie says with a grin on his face as he stands up to shake Erik's hand. Apparently they are too manly too hug each other or some or lame excuse. Erik used to be a student here back when we were younger but left quite a while ago.

"Dude, what brought you back?" Eddie asks full of curiosity written all over his face.

Erik shrugs one shoulde and says "You guys". That is all no explanation and by the sheepish look on his face it doesn't look like he wants to go into details.

"No really what brought you back?" Eddie asks again.

"The poor guy has only been back five minutes and you are already interrogating at least them him sit down Eddie" Cass says not so subtly eyeing Erik up and down, in obvious attempt to check him out.  Erik left when I was twelve the same year that Cass joined us, they just missed each other so she never got to meet him.

"Ash your being quite" Erik points out trying to turn the attention away from him. Nice one wise guy.

"Umm... Well, it is just hard to believe you are actually here it has been so long" I say as honestly it is hard to get my head around him being back.

"Yes I know feels like a lifetime" Erik says looking slightly less happy now, a sad gleam in his eye. He shakes his head and just like that his eyes go back to looking care free again.

"So what have you guys specialised in?" Erik asks as he sits down next to Eddie.

"The guardian training" all three of us answer in unison.

"Great, so have I" Says Erik beaming. "That means our timetables should be the same"

"Do you have Theory and Combat Class first or Origins 101?" Cass asks.

"Theory and Comabt Class" Erik answers.

"Then you are with Ash, as me and Eddie have Origins 101 first" says Cass.

"Comabt Class should be interesting" Erik says full of enthusiasm.

As the others continue to talk about how rusty Erik might be and how interesting it will be to see what he has been up to all these years, I notice how cold it has gotten. I feel as though I am being watched, intently as if something may happen. I have been trying to figure out what could have saved me that day. So far I have found nada, zilch, nothing so still stuck at square one. I guess I am just going to have to wait and see. This I can wait for.