Just wanted to point out! This is my first fanfic, so please be gentle! and remember to review any comments or suggestions, im happy to hear them :D
Silence. Sword & Cross was always deadly silent during the night time. With the odd clank of pipes and creaks from the strong winds outside.
The cold air was making her shiver slightly, but the possible end result was keeping her going.
Luce was roaming the corridors of Sword&Cross at 2am, in an attempt to retrieve her mobile phone, which they insisted on taking during her first few minutes of arriving on her first day. Not a great start Luce thought.
She had been at Sword&Cross for no longer than a week, and already no texting, and being restricted to just 1 phone call a week was driving her insane. Although she missed her closest friend Callie, there were others. Sarah, who would always amuse Luce with her random and spontaneous attitude. And Ben, who would often call and text Luce when she needed help, advice, or simply cheering up.
Luce was in such deep thought about her friends, she almost turned the corner before realising there were whispers ahead. She came to a halt and recognised one voice, Daniel. The boy who had given the worst first impression ever, flipping her off, before even talking to her. Lovely.
"How has she got here? I chose the most out of place, off the map school! I though id beat it this time! " Daniel's voice sounded frustrated. But who was he talking about?
"Calm down Daniel, you surely didn't think you could outrun her. You know she'll always turn up" Luce recognised that voice, it was Gabbe.
Luce couldn't help but think, typical boy, sneaking out 2am to see her, the most beautiful girl in the school.
Luce shook her head, she was meant to be getting her phone! Not getting jealous about a boy who was exceptionally rude to her. "jealous?" she whispered to herself. Sure Daniel was handsome beyond humanly possible, with his blond hair, tall and broad frame with large muscles in all the right places, but she'd hardly spoken to the guy!
Luce suddenly felt foolish, she would not get sucked into jealously over a guy. Gabbe was the most polite, caring girl she'd met, apart from Penn. Slowly turning around so she wouldn't be heard, Luce crept along the corridor, down the staircase, and reached the study of the attendant who had removed all the phones from the students on her first day.
Slowly turning the door handle, and...yep, it was locked. Luckily Luce was prepared for this, she slid the grip out her hair and began picking the lock.
Once her and Sarah decided to sneak into the pantry cupboard for marshmallows one night, and Sarah had shown Luce how to pick a lock with a hair clip. 'Thanks Sarah' Luce thought.
Suddenly, close behind her were footsteps, Luce shot up and turned around, preparing herself for the punishment which would surely be yelled at her in an instant, what would happen? A phone call home? A life time of detention? But looking around, no one was there.
Puzzled, Luce turned round and began picking the lock with more urgency then before. Finally, there was a faint click, and she swung the door open. Looking through the table draws, cardboard boxes, Luce was finding it impossible to find the confiscated phones. Just before giving up she opened the small cupboard in corner, and then...jackpot! Luce considered retrieving Penns phone, but decided against it. If Penn wanted it that badly she could always do another night time break in.
Closing the cupboard, placing the phone securely in her PJ pocket, and attempting to re-lock the door, Luce bounded upstairs with all her strength, before running straight into what felt like a brick wall and was thrown backwards to the floor. "Ow" placing a hand to her head to attempt to fix her blurring vision, she looked up expecting to see the attendant, but instead saw Cam.
"Woah, what the...Luce are you ok?" Cam asked, concern in his voice. He leant down and gripped her arms to bring her back to her feet. Steadying herself against the wall, Luce gave Cam a stern look.
"Cam! Yeah, I'm fine. I was just...erm...going..." Luce trailed off, at a loss for words from both being dizzy and unsure of a realistic answer.
Cam smirked at her and let go of her arms, after being sure she was going to topple over "So where's the fire?" Cam asked, his voice was low.
Luce looked around, how was she going to get out this? She realised telling the truth may be the only option. She sighed, "If I tell you, you promise not to squeal on me?".
Cams smile grew once more and drew a cross over his chest "cross my heart". Luce studied him once more before being sure to confess.
"Alright, I was desperate to get my phone back" Luce looked down at the floor, shifting her weight. "I know it's pathetic, only a week and I can't survive without it, but you know...I need it...like NEED it"
Cam gave a small chuckle "It's understandable, new place, you'll want to talk to someone about it all...someone you can trust" Cam paused, looking down at her "but in the future, you can always come talk to me".
Luce looked up at him, studying his features. His vibrant yet dark green eyes were hypnotising to her. His shaggy jet black hair was obvious he'd not long woken up. He was tall with broad shoulders. She could see his lean hard muscles under his fitted plain black t-shirt. He was just as handsome has always, even at a ridiculous time in the morning like now.
"Thanks Cam, same back at you" Luce smiled, a genuine smile. "I should probably get back to bed. You know...up early at all. Thanks for being cool about this"
"What can I say, I'm a cool guy" Cam flashed her a grin. "See you tomorrow" He placed his strong hand on her bare shoulder. A spark of electricity went through his touch and over her body. She forgot how cold she was and began to shiver again slightly.
"Yeah...night..." Luce smiled and walked back towards her room.
She felt relieved, she'd gotten her phone back! But confused, with Cam...was he coming onto her? She shook the idea out her head and got to her room, locked the door, and slid into bed. Turning her phone on she had received 34 text messages, 2 voice messages, and 8 missed called.
The text messages were mainly from Callie. "Typical" Luce chuckled at the texts Callie had written. Then Luce checked the first voice message, it was from Ben, asking how she was doing. The second was from Sarah, saying she was going to be in the area and they should meet up Saturday. It would be Friday tomorrow, and she was desperate for a night away from sitting indoors. She text Sarah quickly saying it sounded great, and they could go to a bar about 6 miles from Sword&Cross.
A thought suddenly occurred to Luce...how was she going to escape? She figured she'd cross that bridge tomorrow, but for now, she turned off the light, put her phone on charge and fell fast asleep.