"Graves?" Dru said, sitting up on the bed in the middle of the night. Graves shifted in his sleeping bag, rubbing his hands against his eyes.
"What?" he half-snapped, while Dru seemed to wake him up in the middle of the night a lot, it didn't mean he liked it much. She glanced at him and sighed, feeling a little guilty for waking Goth Boy, but this was important.
"I think we should leave the Schola Prima, it doesn't feel safe" she said quietly, putting a hand to her mother's locket "Something is off"
"You sure? Maybe it's just Anna, you've had a 'bad feeling' since you saw her" Dru could tell he wasn't awake and was just saying that so she would agree and he could go back to sleep. While what he said may have been true, there was more to say, but unless Dru wanted to talk to an unconscious Graves, she'd have to wait until the morning.
"Yeah, sure, probably just her." she lied unconvincingly but Graves was too tired to notice.
"Good, now go back to sleep" he said, and that was the end of their conversation until morning.
Dru didn't sleep at all last night, especially after she heard the weird knocking at the door. She was still in the same position she was last night when Graves woke up. He gave her a half smile and walked into the bathroom, shutting the door and leaving Dru to her thoughts. She really did want to leave, but Graves seemed to want to stay, and of course she couldn't leave without him. Maybe talking to Graves about it wasn't the best idea, maybe she should talk to Shanks or Dibs, Graves just didn't understand. It was weird, usually Graves would take her side and they'd be gone by now…
Graves walked out of the bathroom and since the two of them were fully dressed, they walked out to the cafeteria. They grabbed food, then sat down with Shanks and Dibs, Dru's bodyguards positioned around the exits. They ate in silence until Graves and Dibs began talking about classes with Shanks. Dru looked up and after a few seconds, made eye contact with Shanks.
"Need to talk to you later" she mouthed to him, he looked confused.
"When and where?" he mouthed back, Dru looked around to see if anyone was watching.
"My room, don't know"
"Now?" he mouthed, also looking around like Dru did. She shrugged then nodded. The two stood up and started to leave.
"Where are you going?" Dibs asked and Graves looked at the two curiously. Dru noticed Shanks going to answer, probably the truth, and she intervened.
"For a walk" she said quickly and grabbed Shanks' hand while walking away quickly. She looked back once to see Dibs going back to talking and Graves looking at the, looking confused, sad, and….jealous? She ignored this and kept a tight grip on Shanks' hand until they got to her and Graves' room, she made sure to shut and lock the door and the two sat on the bed.
"Before you start, are you trying to get me killed?" Shanks asked and Dru looked confused.
"Um, no? why?"
"Walking out of the cafeteria holding hands with me while Graves is there and not saying what we're doing and where? He just might kill me"
"Oh, well he can deal with it. Anyways, I think we should leave the Schola. All of us, you, me, Dibs, Graves, and Ash. It doesn't feel safe, I think something bad is gonna happen, soon. I know it is and we really should leave"
"I agree, Dibs and I were talking about it so he's with us on this, but why aren't you talking to Graves?"
"He thinks I'm being stupid, he doesn't get it"
"Don't kill me for this, but do you think, uh, maybe-"
"Just spit it out"
"Do you think we should leave without him?"
Dru opened her mouth to scream out a refusal, but then thought about it. She knew she wasn't safe here, but maybe Graves and the rest of them were. Ash certainly wasn't in any condition to move, Dibs would go if she asked but he seemed pretty happy here, and Graves was safe here too. While she knew she couldn't go off alone, it was seeming like it might come down to it.
"Maybe I should, you guys are safe here even if I'm not. I can find Christophe and then-"
"Whoa, no, not what I meant. Going off alone is flat out stupid Dru and you know it. Christophe has been gone for awhile now and there's no guarantee you'll find him, plus none of us really trust him if you haven't noticed."
"I get that, but I do trust him, so deal with it. Ash has to stay here and I guess I'm going without Graves" her heart gave a painful jolt as she said that, "you and Dibs are safer here and I cant leave Graves alone so it's just me."
Shanks gave a loud sigh and ran his hand through his hair.
"There are other werwulfen here, but I'll agree, Ash and Graves stay here, but you cant go off alone, so either me or Dibs are gonna come with you, take your pick"
"I guess you since he doesn't know about it" she mumbled awkwardly, she was friends with Shanks but running off alone with him sounded…weird.
"Ok, so when do we leave?" he asked, equally awkward and not looking at her.
"Tonight" she said firmly "we leave tonight"
So...should i continue? i already have more written, but I really need to know what people think before i update so reviews=updates. i have big ideas and plans for this story so if anyone's curious...review! (please?) :)