Hey I'm sorry it has taken so long for another update, but I hope this chapter is good enough to make up for it. Life has just been nutty, but I'm trying to sort it out, and I really hope the wait for the next chapter isn't quite as long as the wait for this one was. But anywhoo, I'm done making excuses. Here is the next addition to As Darkness Falls :)
Monday morning found Sophia running down the near empty hallways of Spencer Academy. Darn nurse, why did she have to have her physical right before class? It didn't help that Nurse Maria was running behind schedule. Now she was late for drama class and it was her first day. She had never been late for a class in her life. Except for that one time…okay we aren't going to get into that one. At least she had a note.
Reaching room 105, Professor Taylor's drama class, she paused to catch her breath before opening the door. Of course there was no private way to do something like this, all heads turned toward her as she made her way to the teacher at the front, handing him her note with a soft apology.
At least he was nice enough to discreetly nod her to a vacant seat next to Violeta directly behind that creep who was staring at Tamara and Misty two nights before. She took note that Tyler and Pogue were sitting a few seats away, but more toward the back of the room. They weren't seated together per say but they were close enough. If memory served Caleb and Reid were in physics with Riar and Misty and Tamara were in Geography.
She was brought back to reality by Prof. Taylor announcing a mid-term project for which they were required participate. Really mid-terms announced this yearly on in the year? What the heck?
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. Oh well that explains some things. It's a big play, better get started early.
The Prof continued on to explain that even if they didn't have roles in the play they would be extras or stage hands, but they were most definitely required to audition. At this point the creep in front of her rose to ask why Prof. Taylor was sending them back into grade school.
Now if Sophia had a shit list, this guy would be on it…AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME! See there were some lines in Sophie's book that one simply shouldn't cross, number one being you do not disrespect elders in that way! It was just so wrong!
"Well Mr. Abbot, if you must know this is a well respected play…"
Abbot didn't give Prof. Taylor a chance to finish. "It's a play about Fairies! How is that respectable?"
"Well clearly it's respectable enough if you know what it's about." Sophie couldn't believe she just said that out loud, granted it was loud enough for Prof. Taylor to ask her to repeat what she said.
"I said that it's clearly respectable enough if he happens to know the basic storyline. I personally think it's a beautiful story, it's not like some of Shakespeare's other work. Normally he wrote tragedies. This is clearly a romantic comedy."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?" The question came from behind her. Sophie turned around to see Tyler smiling waiting for an answer. She giggled a little silently, "Romantic tragedy. Clearly it couldn't be a comedy if the two main characters died."
"Very good Miss. Papadakis. Yes Romeo and Juliet has the romantic factor but is also clearly a tragedy."
Class went on, and Sophie couldn't really shake the feeling of someone watching her, and every time she turned back to look at Tyler he would smile at her.
Reid could barely stand it, he felt like he was about to jump out of his skin, without Tamara to pass notes with class had felt way too long. After checking his watch again for the fifteenth time in the last…according to said watch…eight minutes, he began to wonder how class was going for everyone else.
Well Caleb who was sitting a few rows in front of him was clearly taking notes. Taking out his phone her sent a message to Tamara, hoping her phone was on vibrate as it usually was.
Reid: Dying here! When will class get out?
Tamara: Almost got busted! Thnx, lol. U've been going to school here longer than me. Y dn't u tell me?
At this point Caleb was shooting glares at Reid. Then to Reid's surprise a knowing smirk crossed his friends face. What the hell?
Reid: G thnx for the help. I have no idea. Dn't you have ur class schedule wit u?
Tamara: lol np. Umm hang on…2 mins. Think u can hold up tht long?
Reid: Maybe, will u keep txtin me?
Tamara: Lol sure. Whts up?
Reid: Dyin
Tamara: NOOOOO DN'T LEAVE ME!
Reid: Lol, don't worry babe, I wouldn't leave u.
Tamara: babe?
Reid was saved from answering as the bell rang. But only for a little while unfortunately. He had history with her next. He supposed if he was lucky shoe wouldn't bring it up. As he approached their History class, he saw her standing at the entrance, clearly waiting for him.
"Babe?" She asked as she fell into step with him as they entered the room. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it" He replied. She didn't look like she believed him, but what could he do? Tell her the truth? He himself didn't know what the truth was. Shrugging she took the seat next to him. They went through class the way they usually did, passing notes, with Misty looking on.
Misty tried focusing on what her teacher was saying, but her thought's kept going back to what happened at Nicky's two nights before. Sure it was just a smile, but she wouldn't lie, it felt good. Thought's of Pogue smiling at her right before he took off on his Ducati had plagued her yesterday as well.
She didn't feel like she had a crush on him or anything, sure he was good looking but she was never really one to let her eyes take the reins. She had only known him a few days.
Nah, definitely not a crush, a fascination maybe. Trying to focus on something other than Pogue, she turned to see what was happening with Tamara and Reid. Of course the two blondes were passing notes again. Whatever they were writing about must have been funny because they were clearly stifling laughter, and stifling it well enough so that no one who wasn't deliberately watching them noticed.
Oh well nothing she could do…Now, when was lunch?
"So, A Midsummer Night's Dream? I wonder if it's just their class working on it." Misty said
"Yeah I wouldn't mind playing Puck." Riar stated. "What? He's a Satyre who is the cause of all the funny shit!"
"Sounds more like Violeta to me." Tamara said chuckling. "Who would you want to play, Tam?" Sophie asked her friend who then looked over the character list. "Um I would have to say Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, or Mustardseed. They are the fairies ordered by Titania, the queen to wait on Nick Bottom after she falls in love with him. Hehe, I was never one for big roles. How about you Soph? I think you would make a good Hermia. She seems like a young girl caught up in a drama that she really doesn't need, and it says she's shorter than her friend Helena…who is in love with one of the guys in love with Hermia. Huh I can now see where the comedy comes in."
"How so?" Pogue asked.
"Well, shit happens and Hermia Lysander who she loves and Demetrius who was once engaged to Helena, who is still in love with him, even though he now loves Hermia, head into the fairy forest and Puck issued an order to use a love potion on Demetrius to make him love Helena once again. But then the idiot doesn't know who's who and uses the potion on both guys making them both fall in love with Helena. Heh, maybe this role of Puck does fit you Riar." Tamara caused everyone to laugh with the exception of Riar who slapped her playfully.
"Well you know what? I hope Aaron is given a roll that humiliates him in a way that we can't." Pogue stated just as the bell rang.
Caleb looked up at the group. "You know what I realized? We have no idea what your powers consist of."
"That is actually true." Riar looked at the girls. "How about after school we'll go somewhere kind of remote and show you some of the stuff we can do?"
Everyone was okay with that, and with that they went their separate ways to their classes, each of them thinking about what to expect after school.
Oh Btw forgot the disclaimer: I do not own The Covenant or any of it's characters :) Hope you enjoyed it, let me know if you did.