Hello everyone!
Thanks for your comments! So, here it is, the second chapter of the story!
I hope you like it. Leave some motivation in form of comments if you like.;)
Happy reading!
School!
A loud huff filled the room.
What a waste of time!
It was rather dark in the hut. The dim light that managed to wind its way through the blinds did not diminish the darkness. There were only two rooms. A wide living room combined with a kitchen was the centre of it.
Drake groaned with every pull-up he did. His arms supported his weight effortlessly.
He took deep breaths pulling himself up on the handle bar in the middle of his living room. He had put it there on purpose. He needed his strength. Sweat started to pour out of his cells with every stretch of his muscles. He ground his teeth. His lungs and hearts worked in perfect synchronisation.
He groaned again as he pulled himself up for the fiftieth time.
He felt vital and good.
There was a knock on his door and he jumped down onto the floor, landing in a crouch.
It knocked again. "Drake! We'll be late!"
Drake rolled his eyes grabbing a towel of a chair close by. He wiped the sweat from his neck as he went for the door.
Roman came face first to Drake's shirtless chest. His marks were pulsing from the workout. Cerulean flashed light a warning light. It illuminated the dark room and plunged it into a blue magical glow.
"I'm almost ready." Drake answered in a bored tone. Without a further word did he turn around.
Roman raised his eyebrows. Almost. Sure.
Drake walked wordlessly away to go and hit the shower first.
Roman really tried to involve Drake, but he did not seem to be that thrilled.
Why didn't he see the possibilities this project offered them?
He couldn't understand it, when he himself saw so much hope.
The way to school had been a quiet one.
Everyone had been engaged in his own world. Rather than sharing their thoughts in the usual low chatter they had sat in silence.
Sophia had excitedly watched the streets trying to spot someone she had seen at school. She really wanted to make friends and make this planet her home. Roman, sitting next to her, felt at ease and it made him smile to watch his sister. She was the only one of them who really showed how much she wanted this dream to come true.
Opposite to her happiness, Drake and Teri were sitting together in the back, looking rather pissed off. They would throw dirty looks at each other occasionally while Roman peeked at them out of the corners of his eyes time and time again. For a few days now he had the bad feeling that the two of them were up to something and it bothered him that he didn't know to what.
He hoped that it had nothing to do with the integration programme. He looked again at his sister who was so happy and excited and he simply wished that it would all work out.
The bus rolled up to the school gates and he saw a few people from his classes and then his eyes caught her. Emery.
He had thought that she looked familiar. From the first day he had seen her he knew that she wasn't just any girl and since yesterday night he knew why. Last night he had had this dream. A dream about being shot and a little girl who had saved his life.
As he woke up he had seen her face in front of his tired eyes and he knew that it had been her. The girl he had secretly wondered about if he ever saw her again. The girl he had wished to see again.
As he watched her walking towards the school building laughing with her friends, he knew that he had found her and his heart fluttered with joy.
Drake pushed his shoulder roughly as he walked past his seat, pulling him out of his reverie.
Teri followed suit and Roman promised silently that he would keep an eye on those two.
Drake threw a meaningful glance at Teri before he walked purposefully into a different direction.
He looked around at those silly humans. They were staring at him. He hoped that it was fear that he saw in their eyes. He hoped that they were afraid of him.
Fear meant respect.
And anyway he wasn't as pathetic as to hope that someone of them would actually like him. Why would he want that anyhow?
A door suddenly opened right into his face and he had almost accidentally bumped into it.
He was about to yell: "Watch it…"
But then he simply crossed his arms staring down at the blonde girl in front of him.
She mirrored his stance. "You!"
"You!" He repeated.
She raised his eyebrows and looked as if she was waiting for him to say something, but Drake just stared at her.
"Drake, is it?" She asked. "You could at least apologize."
He looked disgusted. "For what?"
"Running me over. Twice."
He laughed. "Blondie, if I had indeed run you over, you would not be standing upright anymore and second, just get out of my way."
He pushed her rudely out of the way and continued walking.
Taylor scoffed flabbergasted. "Excuse me!?"
"What an idiot!" Exclaimed Zoe.
Taylor was so glad as the final bell chimed and announced the end of their school day. The hours had been dragging on and on while she had been trying desperately to distract herself from her irritation. The tall atrian irritated her, but she did not want to admit it.
A little voice inside of her head whispered to her that he had a nice body, but she quickly silenced and buried that voice. He was an alien!
How could she ever possibly think of him in that way?
She stuffed her books into her locker and smashed it shut. She walked quickly down the hallway to meet up with Zoe and finally get out of here. There were loud noises coming from the hallway next to the one she was walking down. Zoe stood at the corner watching something with great curiosity.
As Taylor came closer she distinctly heard the voices shouting at each other. She came to stand next to Zoe and what she saw kind of surprised her.
There the boys from their school's swim team and the team of another school standing opposite of each other. What she watched then left her in awe.
Drake looked to Grayson before the two of them ran towards their enemy.
It was strange to fight alongside the humans, but right now they had the same goal.
The other team had insulted not only atrians, but also the humans from this school.
It was a weird situation.
Taylor stood at the side and was absolutely perplexed. What was happening?
She watched the scene but her eyes were glued to someone in particular. She watched how his muscles worked under his shirt. The light caught his physique just right. Unconsciously she bit down onto her lip while she kept watching him.
He hit and kicked and beat without even taking a beat. He didn't get hit once. He moved almost gracefully. As if he was dancing.
Never had she seen someone fight this gracefully yet strongly.
Zoe looked at Taylor. "Taylor…"
She reacted only a second too late. "Huh?"
Zoe looked from her to the fighting group.
Teacher and security arrived to pull the teenagers off one another. Some had bleeding lips or a black eye.
Drake wiped his nose on his wrist. Suddenly he looked up and caught Taylor's eyes.
She was practically staring and her eyes had a strange sparkle in them he hadn't seen before. Had it always been there?
She bit down on her lip and her cheeks blushed slightly as she caught him catching her stare.
Drake was surprised, but as Taylor smirked he couldn't help himself.
He winked.
Why did he do that?
"Seriously?" Zoe asked Taylor and looked almost furiously at her before she pulled her friend away. Drake stared after them and wondered what had happened.
"Sir, you need to come with us!" A security guard grabbed Drake's arm and pulled him away into the opposite direction.
Drake walked quietly down the street. He looked over his shoulder for more than one time to make sure that nobody was following him. No one could know where he was going. He imagined hearing footsteps behind him every time he rounded a corner. But that was probably just his imagination. Never the less he changed directions many times, just to make sure. Paranoia had never been one of his weaknesses, but lately he felt awkward sneaking off to those secret meetings of them.
He climbed through a tiny hole in a wall. Just big enough for him.
A door blocked his way and as he knocked a hoarse voice asked: "Password?"
(I hope I didn't miss too many mistakes, because I've just scanned over it admittedly.)
