We're Back!
Yes, thats right, Ausja and Analea are back with the sequel to The Past Never Stays Buried. We suggest reading it before this story, mostly because this is a continuation of Roxie and Charles' story. We are excited to writie this fanfic and hopefully the fans of The Past Never Stays Buried will enjoy it. We've worked long and hard on the story line so here it is, You Can't Uncover the Future.
DISCLAIMER: We do not own Vampire Academy or and of the characters from the amazing books by Richele Mead.
Chapter 1
Nervous
Roxie
I glanced at Clock on the wall in the Guardians building. It was about five minutes until I got off duty. I stood up from the chair behind the desk and stretched. I never would have thought I would be stuck doing a desk job, but here I was.
This desk job was my punishment for everything that happened a year ago. I wasn't the only one who got punished; Charles and Alex had been given two months of detention and Aurel had been given the task of reorganizing the records room. I had managed to take most of the blame, which landed me with this semi-permanent assignment. The guardian council at the Royal Court had decided that I would be doing paper work and running the guardian's main desk at St. Vladimir's along with my duties as Charles Xander's mentor.
Alberta, the head Guardian, came out of her office and locked the door. She was heading back to her room just like every night.
"Guardian Szelsky," She turned to me. "I hope you are heading to bed. You were up all last night on watch and then you had to work all day. Not to mention you did two training sessions with Charles today." She looked tired.
"I'm off tonight, Guardian Petrov." I told her. "No need to worry about me." I gave her a smile.
"Good night," She said to me before she walked outside. I caught a glimpse of the sky as she left. The sun was fully up now which meant that all the students would be in their rooms for curfew. I had to wait for my replacement to show up before I got to leave.
I had to admit, I was a bit tired, which is weird for me. I've had insomnia since I was young and I've been a coffee addict for just as long. I guess my veins must be filled with coffee instead of blood.
I didn't feel like going to my room, so I headed to Aurel's room. I guess you could say we've had a complicated past. We met back in high school and became friends. We developed feelings for each other and fell in love. We were High school sweethearts, up until Graduation when we decided to break up because it seemed like the right thing to do with our guardian lifestyle. I guess we were meant to be together, because after I was assigned to St. Vladimir's as Charles' mentor, I discovered that this was Aurel's assignment. It took a while but we worked things out.
I made it to Aurel's door and I knocked.
"Look at that, my workaholic girlfriend finds time to visit me in my room." Aurel smirked and leaned against his door jam. He must have been about to go to bed because he had a pair of sweatpants on and no shirt. Not that I was complaining, he definitely had a nice body. His brown hair was wet and sticking to his forehead as if he had just taken a shower.
I pulled my eyes away from his body so I could roll my eyes at his comment. He smiled and pulled me into his arms for a hug.
"So are you going to let me in or are we just going to stand in the hall all night?" I teased him and he moved aside so I could come in and he closed the door. The covers on his bed were messed up, so I guess I did pull him from bed. "I didn't wake you up did I?"
"Nah, and besides, it's not like this is the first time you've come to my room late at night. But I do hope this time it's not to make me sneak out and run with you." Aurel made a face and sat down on his bed.
"The first time you caught me sneaking out, remember?" I defended myself. "You told me not to sneak out unless I took you with me." Back in high school and I couldn't sleep at nights I would sneak out of my dorm to go run. Running was one of my favorite things, right behind coffee.
"I don't know how many nights I wanted to slap myself for that, but then again, I got to spend time with a beautiful girl, so I couldn't be too upset with myself." He grabbed my hand and pulled me on to his bed with him. I felt my cheeks get a little hot as I sat down next to him. I suddenly became very aware of how I looked. I had reddish brown hair that I could never get to lay flat, not since I chopped it off. It used to reach the middle of my back, but when I became a guardian I got sick of it getting in the way, so I cut if off. It now reached my chin. I never wore makeup; it was too much of a hassle. I had green eyes and I wore a pair of jeans and a black tank top today because of the heat.
"So you aren't here to make me run right?" Aurel asked me.
I smiled at him and shook my head. "Just thought I'd visit my boyfriend and tell him the news I got today." He tilted his head to the side and gave me a questioning look so I continued. "I have to go to Court after the school year ends."
"Why?" He asked after a few seconds. "It's not about last year still?" I could see a little worry in his eyes.
"No," I shook my head, "But I'm sure it's going to come up because it's about me getting reassigned." His eyebrows shot up and his mouth opened a little. "Apparently I won't be needed to be Charles' mentor after he graduates, and they got someone new to work the desk. It doesn't mean I'll be a personal guard though, I could still be doing paperwork."
"They wouldn't waste your talent by keeping you behind a desk in some office, Guardian numbers are too low." Aurel reassured me but we both knew that there was a chance that I might still have a desk job. "Have you told Charles yet?"
"Not yet, I only found out a little while ago." I told him. "It's going to be weird not to have to do training anymore." I thought back to when I first met Charles and he stormed out of the room. Strange to think he and I became such good friends.
"I bet he feels the same. His trial is in two days, and then its graduation and heading off for his first assignment."
"Yeah, I don't know if there's anything left to teach him anyway." I knew the next thing I said had to come up eventually so I decided to get on with it. "But I don't want us to break up again, no matter where I get reassigned." I looked into his blue eyes and watched them soften even more.
"I wouldn't let you get away again Rox," Aurel cupped my face in his hand and brought his lips to mine. I sunk into the kiss and when he pulled away, it was to pull me into his arms and press a kiss to my head. "We'll just deal with it one day at a time." We lay down and I rested my head on his chest. I felt myself relax and I yawned. I couldn't really remember a time when I felt like I could just close my eyes and fall asleep.
"I love you Aurel," I said sleepily as my eyelids started to feel heavy.
Aurel chuckled and kissed my forehead, "I love you too Roxie."
Roxie
"Wake up sleepy head," Aurel's voice pulled me out of sleep. I felt his warm lips press against my cheek and I opened my eyes slowly. Everything was blurry and I had to blink a few times. Aurel brushed my hair away from my face and smiled at me. "It's morning, which means you have to get ready for practice." I gave him a look of confusion.
"I slept all night?" I asked incredulously. I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
"I'm just as surprised as you are," Aurel laughed lightly, "I don't think you've ever slept a full night."
"Not in a long time," I said as I stretched. "What time is it?"
"Don't worry, you still have thirty minutes until you have to meet Charles." He reached over and put his arms around me.
"I should probably go," I sighed before I kissed him. I didn't want to leave, but I had duties to do.
"It was nice watching you sleep for once," He smiled at me.
I stuck my tongue out, "Creeper," I teased before I stood up. I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the mirror, my hair was messier than ever and my cloths had wrinkles from when I was asleep. I guess I had better take a quick shower and change before I go meet Charles in the field, it would be awkward to try to explain my night.
Charles
Another glorious day of me going out to the field to practice with my mentor Roxie. I can't believe that it was over a year ago since she started training me, before she came I was a complete ass to all of my teachers all because of the dark past that I had developed. However, along came Roxie who magically changed me unlike any of the other adults that thought I was some rebellious kid that couldn't respect his elders. We sure did seem to get ourselves into a couple of sticky situations that I never could even imagine happening to me but through all the bad shit that happened because of my dad and half-sister, I managed to gain two friends and a boyfriend as well. I don't think I thought I would graduate from this school and I'm a tad nervous about it. After I leave this school I'll be assigned to someone and their life will be in my hands. Though I shouldn't be worried because I've got the fighting abilities of a guardian pretty much coursing through my veins all thanks to my mother and I've also had a pretty awesome mentor. So I shouldn't be worried about anything because I'm ready to take on the reasonability.
Once I finally made it to the track, I plopped down onto the ground and decided to pluck out the grass to kill sometime. By the fourth pluck of grass, I looked up and saw Roxie heading my way with what looked liked to be damp hair and a fresh cup of coffee. I rolled my eyes.
"Sorry, there were about fifty girls in the bathroom and that is one warzone I fear." Roxie came to a stop in front of me and took a giant gulp of coffee.
"It's okay I wouldn't have held it against you if you were late. I was kind of entertaining myself with the grass. So how much sugar did you put into your coffee this morning?" I asked her while slowly getting up from my sitting spot. Roxie was notorious for adding sugar and creamer to her coffee. The more she added the less sleep she had the night before.
Roxie lifted an eyebrow and examined the inside of her coffee cup. "It's black this morning," then she took another gulp.
"Ah are you ready for some running this morning?" I said bouncing suddenly from one foot to the other. "I've suddenly got a burst of energy and need to put it into something."
Roxie shrugged and downed the rest of her coffee in a single gulp. "Let's see how far that burst will take you."
We then began running without saying very much to the other person. Over the year, Roxie had decided to pick up more of the pace on our running since she started to realize how well I was after we stopped every day. At the beginning of the change in pace my thighs started to feel the similar soreness that I had gotten used to in high school. But after a few days my legs had gotten used to it and the soreness had begun to lessen less and less.
"So I got some interesting news yesterday after practice," Roxie said in a normal voice in spite of the harsh running.
"Oh yeah, what is it?" I asked her while still keeping up my pace with her.
"I'm being reassigned."
"Wow that really is good news!" I said to her.
"I hope so; it could just be a reassignment to a new desk at a different school." Roxie shrugged as we came to a stop and she gave me a water bottle, which I might add, I still have no idea where they come from.
I graciously took the water from her and unscrewed the top to take a quick sip. "I don't think a desk job is a fitting job for you, they would have to be blind not to know how good of a fighter and protector you are." I said while putting the top back onto my water.
"You sound a lot like Aurel," Roxie rolled her eyes. "I'll make sure to keep in touch and let you know where I end up, of course I'm not the one who should be nervous, someone is going to have his whole career on the line tomorrow."
"Yeah I know. I'm a tad nervous about it really." I took a breath. "I don't want to psyche myself out, but all of these thoughts keep popping into my head like what if I don't make the right time or I somehow manage to do half of it and don't pass. I know I shouldn't be thinking this but I always seem to do it before a big test and this just seems so huge and I don't want to mess it up." I said to her.
"I'm not going to tell you that you'll have no problem passing, but I will give you my own test. If you pass it you can take the trials tomorrow, if not, then you don't get to take the trials." Roxie had a mischievous look in her eyes.
"Alright so what exactly do I have to do for this test of yours?" I said quizzically looking at her the last time she had a look like that was when she told me I had to climb Matthew, the wall, blindfolded.
"Only one person has ever gotten the best of me during a full out battle, he is currently teaching little kids to punch. We're going to see if you can join him in that elite club." Roxie smiled and put her hands on her hips.
I'm guessing that Aurel is the person that she's mentioning hmm it would be awesome to be on that list of people that have won in a fight against Roxie. "Alright Roxie I accept your challenge." I said to her outstretching my hand for her to shake and confirm our deal.
She shook my hand and we headed into the practice room.
The walk to the practice room gave me a bit of time to think about what I had said and a small part of me wanted to back down and not do it, but all of the past events started to flood into my brain like mini movies. I realized that if I would have said no and chickened out, then that would mean all of those other things I did would have been a waste of time and all of that progress I've made would be for nothing. Something in my gut tells me that I'm meant to be a guardian and that's screaming at me more than that voice is.
Roxie took her fighting stance, "Just remember I might have taught you everything you know, but I didn't teach you everything I know."
She came at me with a swift kick directed to my knees, which I dodged cleanly, just like she taught me. I however didn't dodge the punch that came from the opposite side. It hit me in the right arm and I kept my composure, without missing a beat, I aimed a punch at her stomach. Roxie didn't dodge, instead she let me hit her and took a hold of my fist in one hand and my elbow in the other. She quickly pulled my arm behind my back at an angle that made it hard to move it.
If I didn't get out of this hold I was going to be screwed. I spun, ignoring the pain as my arm bent in that weird angle, and put my foot behind Roxie's. This gave me enough leverage to push her over my leg, so I did just that. She let go of my arm as she fell back and hit the mat. If this had been a normal person and not Roxie, that would have hurt. But, of course the second her back hit the mat she used the force and rolled backwards and back onto her feet.
We circled for a second or two until I decided to sweep kick her legs, she jumped just in time for me to miss her legs. I had expected as much from her, I mean she was Roxie. Therefore, I honestly think I took her by surprise when as she landed I was ready with another sweep kick. She fell to the mat.
Roxie
I hit the mat, but this time I couldn't roll back up onto my feet. Charles had honestly knocked me down, not that I planned to let him know that. I guess I was a better teacher than I thought.
Charles took a step forward, obviously going to try to take advantage of me being on the ground, so I got an idea. He was bigger than I, time to use that against him. I rolled away from Charles and came up on one knee. He watched me cautiously, good. I rose to my feet again and began circling him. I swung my fist at him and he blocked it, giving me the slightest opening to knee him in the stomach. He recovered beautifully and went straight back to his stance, however I wasn't done yet and I kicked him in the thigh. He countered by aiming a hit to my jaw, which I dodged by ducking. I saw his eyes follow my every move trying to uncover anything that might give away my next move, but that was hard to do since I had been fighting strigoi longer than he has been in training. (God that makes me sound old)
I sprang up and hit him in the chest causing him to lose his balance and take a step back to steady himself, just as I had planned. I used his momentary unbalance and tackled him to the ground. I however was not expecting the next set of events.
When Charles hit the mat, he managed to land at an angle. This was a smart move because not only did it give him leverage, it put me against gravity, and we all know that gravity wins. Charles pushed me off him and tried to pin me to the mat. I fought back and almost managed to get out from under him. But I would be lying if I said this was part of my plan. At this point all remnants of a "plan" flew out the window sort to speak, and I reverted to survival mode.
In the end, size won out and I stopped fighting. Charles had beaten me, fair and square.
"Don't think this will happen from now on," I told him. "I don't do so well with losing."
"I wouldn't expect anything less from you Roxie." Charles said to me and I could see the realization hit him. He had just won.
"Good," I dropped my smile, "Now get off before I decide to revoke your win and knock you out."
"Ok ok, please don't knock me out I'd rather remember today if that's okay with you." he said while quickly getting off me.
My smile fell back into place as I stood up. "I have the strangest urge to make a Star Wars joke."
"Why am I not surprised that you've seen Star Wars? So what's the joke then?"
"Taught you well, I have." I said with a raised eyebrow.
Charles
I left the practice room feeling much better than I did when I arrived at the track. Though my nerves are still pretty jittery its gotten way better then how it was turning out the last couple of days I feel completely confident in what's going to happen tomorrow the cards are in my hand and I'm ready for whatever might try to damage them. I was currently roaming around campus in search of Alex it seemed like it had been a few days since the both of us had any free time for the other person with all the studying we were doing and all those detentions. We somehow managed to squeeze in a few study sessions together at the library after our classes were over and after my training sessions with Roxie. I think today was the one day that we wouldn't be hanging out because of Academic reasons and I was definitely happy for that if I have to look at one more book from any of my classes excluding combat class I'll punch a hole into a wall. I entered the library and instantly found Alex sitting at our table in the right corner his head was down as if to signal that he was crying but I soon found out once I got closer that he was breathing very slowly like he was calming himself down from something. I quietly sat down next to him, gently put my hand on his back making circular motions to try to calm him more, and soon heard a relaxed sigh come from where his hands were covering his hand.
"Is everything okay Alex?" I asked him continuing to his back in small circles. He soon lifted his head so I was able to see his eyes and the expression on his face that looked to be troubled. I was relieved to find that his topaz eyes weren't red but instead in place of it were filled with worry.
"Sorry I'm just kind of freaking out about graduating that might sound a bit stupid coming from me the good student at the top of his class." He said looking still keeping eye contact with me and taking another slow breath.
"No its not stupid even people with the best grades still sometimes freak out about stuff you have all the right in the world to be stressed I should know I've been freaking out for the last couple days as well." I said to him while moving my arm from his back to his arm and lightly grasping it. "I'd think it would be a bit weird if I was the only one in this relationship not freaking out about graduating I've heard that freaking out can be good for something's it makes you work ten times harder or that's my philosophy." I said while watching him uncross his arms and grab onto my hand making butterflies form in my stomach after all this time he still makes me have these feelings and I love that.
"Yea I suppose that sounds about right." He says to me.
"So how did your last practice go today?" He asked me.
"It went great it was nice to be able to fight like that with her it felt great to just put all that energy I had into fighting like that." I said to him while looking at our intertwined hands and scooting my chair closer to his and kissing his cheek. "What is it that you're so afraid of happening after we graduate?" I whispered into his ear.
"I'm afraid that once we're done here we won't." he said while leaning into my shoulder and my heart started beating double time. There's no one that I'd rather be with then Alex he's always so caring and loving towards me he's my best friend and the sweetest boyfriend that I've ever had.
"I love you Alex and even if we end up getting different assignments I won't break up with you. It's like you said your going to have to end up killing someone for me to stop loving you though I highly doubt it ever will happen if it were to I don't think I could stop loving you your stuck with me till the end." I said lightly poking his ribs and earning a small chuckle from my action.
"Your right do you think you could ever find it in your heart to forgive me Charles?" he said still leaning on my shoulder not that I wasn't complaining it felt quit nice having his head their.
"Hmm well their is one thing that would make it all better." I said to him and feeling his head move up and down telling me to go on. "I think a kiss would do the trick." I said to him and waiting patiently for his response. He lifted his head from my shoulder making it feel cold and empty and turned his head towards mine slowly closing the space between us but suddenly stopping.
"Whatever you say Charles." he said and before I could speak I felt lips against mine and my brain went to mush while my eyes slowly closed. I could care less if anyone walks into the library and sees us because this kiss is too much like heaven for me to stop.
Roxie
I laced my boots and pulled my black gloves out from my dresser drawer. I needed them for the trial since I was going to be one of the guardians helping with the tests for the first half. All the guardians wore black for the trials, just like for the field experience. When I was in school I thought it was silly, and now that I was wearing all black I still thought it was silly. Strigoi wore regular cloths, and I doubted they were closet goths.
I shook my head as headed out of my room. There was still plenty of time before the trials, but I wanted to grab some coffee and a doughnut before I had to head over.
If I wasn't Charles' mentor I don't think I would be allowed to leave my desk. However, my replacement had arrived yesterday and today was his first official day, giving me the day off. When I walked into the guardian building he had a confused look on his face and was leafing through some papers. He didn't notice me so I walked right past him, to the coffeepot and I grabbed a chocolate doughnut before I slipped outside again. God, I hate paperwork and desks.
"Well look who it is," I turned to see a dhampir woman with deep black hair coming down the sidewalk and a smile slipped onto my face even though I had doughnut in my mouth.
"Vanessa!" I said after swallowing my sugary breakfast. Vanessa was Charles' mother. She was a few years older than me. I am twenty-seven and she is thirty-three. Charles and I, along with Alex and Aurel, had rescued her from her abusive husband last year and since then she has been trying to regain her guardian status.
"Roxie," she came up and gave me a hug. "That's not your breakfast is it?" She asked me looking at my doughnut and I smiled. She was definitely a mother.
"Nope, it's my snack." I took another bite of my doughnut and she gave me a knowing look. "So you managed to make it for Charles' trial?"
"Yes I did. I don't think I could miss this." She told me.
"Charles will be ecstatic you're here," I couldn't help but smile more. "Come on, I'm sure we can find Charles." We started walking in the direction of Charles' dorm. I'm pretty sure that I know where to find him. He'll be hurrying out of his room trying to get to the field early.
"I'm so proud that my son is graduating I don't think I ever got the chance to thank you for helping him, you were a very good influence on him." Vanessa said to me.
I thought about the last year and about when I met Charles. It was hard to think that I had made such an impact on him. The more I thought about it the more I realized that he helped me.
"I think the fact that we are so similar helped. Besides I wasn't the 'stuck up, strict, guardian.' I think he noticed my gauges and my taste in music and decided to listen to what I said." I laughed slightly.
"Yes you both are quite similar and get along so well it's good that you were able to be in his life no matter how it may have happened."
As I opened the door for Vanessa and stepped out of the way, someone came running out and I grabbed a hold of his arm.
I rolled my eyes, "So you picked today to be early?" I asked Charles. "You could have spilled my coffee all over your mother." Charles looked up at me with a question in his eyes then he looked over at his mom and his eyes lit up.
"Mom! I can't believe your here!" he said to Vanessa.
Vanessa's face lit up and she gave Charles a big hug. "I couldn't miss the day you take your trials."
"I'm glad that you came it really means a lot that you could come." Charles said to her hugging her just as tight. "Oh and to answer your question Roxie there's nothing wrong with being early sorry I almost crashed into you guys like that." he said to me.
I smiled and rolled my eyes, "At least I didn't have to pull out the whistle to get you out of bed. I have to help finish the preparations for the trials, so I'll see you both later." I told them before heading away and towards the practice fields where the tent and bleachers had been assembled yesterday. Some other guardians who were helping were also walking towards the field, dressed in all black, of course. I kept myself from smiling and finished my coffee.
Charles
I can't believe that my mom is actually here to see me do this it makes me even more nervous to go through with this. I mean I know that even if I did do horrible with this my mom would still be there to give me hug or act like everything is okay which is why I can't let my nerves get the best of me.
"So Charles how are you feeling about what's going to happen today?" My mom asked me. I really thought about her question but I wasn't very sure of what answer to give her so I just went with what my head told me.
"I'm doing fine really I mean it's just like any other test that I've taken here but I've got to admit me getting this far is pretty awesome." I said to her trying not to give myself away too much but I'm sure in those few words that she could tell how nervous I was. It's pretty much engraved into a parents DNA to know when their kid is feeling any range of emotion unless their kid is great at hiding things.
She chuckled. "Your right it is just a test and I'm so proud that you've made it this far I want you to know that no matter what happens today I'll still be proud of you." She said lightly grasping my shoulder on our walk to the field. "I remember when I had to do my trial. I was a nervous wreck I went to the bathroom five times that day but all of those nerves I was feeling were worth it I would say they gave me a feeling of awareness. I was so proud when I finished it." She said to me.
Great so I'm going to throw up and be nervous like some kind of animal thanks for the vote of confidence but I'm sure that she wouldn't tell me this story if it weren't relevant to today.
"Well this is where we go off in different directions. I wish you the best of luck Charles. I know you'll do just fine." She said walking away and all I could do was nod, afraid of what would happen if I spoke. I think I'm going to be sick.
I finally made it to the field and noticed the giant bleachers across from the big tent that my combat teacher was the place to meet. I momentarily shook off my nerves and walked to the entrance of the tent and saw Stan holding a clip board which I'm guessing had all of the students name on it.
"You're the first one here Xander." Stan checked my name off. "Go in and wait until you hear your name. We're doing alphabetical order, so you'll have a bit of a wait."
"That's great!" I said to Stan earning a confused eyebrow raise from Stan. "I mean I'll go wait till you call my name then." I quickly walked away with a smile on my face at least I don't have to do it right away I think that's good. I don't think I've ever been more happy that my name is Charles Xander.
I opened the door to a room filled with empty chairs this was where we were supposed to all stay until Stan called us out to the field one by one. I took a seat in the middle of the room a few minutes after I sat down students slowly started to enter the room and take their seats in the vacant chairs. My eyes began to search the room for Alex having one person to talk to would be nice especially if he's as nervous as me. I heard the door open for practically the fifth time this morning and their was Alex. I silently grabbed my necklace just to make sure that he was real and noticed him crack smile when he locked eyes with me.
A few minutes had gone by with Alex and I were talking. Around this time all of the students had arrived and were also talking with their friends. Alberta had entered the room calling the first person and as time went by it seemed that had left the room to do their trial including Alex. After awhile I became bored and decided to twiddle my thumbs to pace the time when Roxie came through the door and walked to where I was sitting.
Roxie
I entered the tent where the novices were waiting and I could practically feel the nerves in the air. I didn't have to help for this last part of the trials because I had to be Charles' mentor. I had however gotten a few bruises from a few of the fights I was in, but bruises were nothing to a guardian.
I found Charles sitting in a chair in the middle of the room. He looked up and I could see a small hint of nerves.
"Hey Roxie!" Charles said while giving me an awkward wave.
"Hey, how does that chair feel?" I half smiled.
He rolled his eyes, "I think it's safe to say that my butt is starting to go numb." he said to me while fidgeting in his seat.
"Then get up," I told him. "I couldn't stand still when I was waiting for my trial. You could stretch." I hoped that maybe joking would ease his nerves.
"Yea your right stretching sounds good right about now." He said while standing up. "So how were you during your trial besides not being to sit for an hour?"
"Nervous wreck sounds like a good way to describe it, but I didn't have an awesome mentor to tell me to calm down." I watched as he started stretching. I think he rolled his eyes at me again. "I have faith in you. I won't say that this will be easy, but you'll make a great guardian."
"Thanks Roxie that means a lot I have to admit I'll miss getting up in the morning to run with you you've been a really cool mentor to and a great friend. Would it be alright if we stayed in touch even though I won't be your student anymore?'
I looked at him. He still looked the same, but if I could put him next to the angry kid I met a year ago you would think they are two different people.
I felt my smile widen into a grin and I couldn't help but give him a hug. Charles stiffened for a second and I laughed before I stopped hugging him.
Charles
In all the time that I've know Roxie I never once considered her to be a hugger which is why I felt myself tense up from the shock of her actually hugging me. By the sound of Roxie's laugh, she must have noticed how I reacted and let go of me. A few minutes went by between us until I heard my name called. "Crap that's me." I said to Roxie.
"Just focus on what happening, nothing else," She said as she pushed me to the opening in the tent that lead to the field.
Well, there you have it, the first chapter. It's a year later and Charles is about to take his Trial. Roxie was demoted for breaking the rules, and could be in more trouble. We'll see what happens in the next chapter. Untill then dont be shy, leave us a review and favorite us if you enjoyed it. (If you didn't like it, still let us know. It helps us become better writers.)
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