Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, Libba Bray does.
I wake up to find Ann already dressed and combing her plain brown hair. I get up groggily and rub my eyes. "Hurry, we're late," Ann says, not bothering to look away from her mirror.
"Good morning to you too," I growl as I hop out from under the sheets. Ann helps me get ready by pulling my school uniform out of the closet.
"Thanks," I mumble to Ann, who nods. I grab the layers of lace and linen and pull them on, one by one. After the battle of attempting to tame my hair, I follow Ann out the door and down the stairs into the dinning room.
A roomful of giggling girls greets us as we enter the room. All the teachers are perched at the front of the room, looking over their flock. Mrs. Nightwing raises an eyebrow in suspicion as we hurry to our seats.
"Sleeping in girls?" Felicity says, munching on her bacon. I shrug and spoon strawberry preserves on my plate. Pippa giggles and sips her tea.
The rest of breakfast passes by in a blur. Ann devours three pieces of toast and ignores Cecily and Elizabeth's cruel stares.
After we are all dismissed, all of us older girls have some time to ourselves. Felicity, Ann, Pip, and I head outside to enjoy the sunshine.
We go to the boathouse as usual. Felicity lies across one of the boats with Pippa who rows aimlessly near the shore.
The other girls are out of sight so I say, "how about a trip to the realms?" Felicity instantly sits up with a mischievous gleam in her eyes. Pippa rows her back to the shore and jump out.
Ann scoots closer to me on the bench and Felicity and Pip sat down on the group by our feet. "Really? Won't we get caught?" Ann looks around nervously but Felicity and I grab her hands.
"Okay, concentrate." I sense something strange right as the door of light appears. I cannot unravel my feelings until I open the door to the garden.
Then I realize it's the feeling of being watched.
Sorry it's so short! I wanted to have a little cliff hanger there. The next chapters going to be really good, well I think it is!
