Note: My apologies for being late in posting this chapter. I was busy looking around for a boyfriend and I finally found him but Jesus!! he is damn clingy. Enough of my sad life. Lets continue. I do not own covenant and neither of the boys, but I do own April and her quirky self.
April woke to the sound of the alarm which buzzed off right when she was having a sound sleep after a long time.
She had driven all around the town yesterday and had reached back at dorm by 11. As the entrance to the dorm was already closed, she had to climb up the wall and pipes to get back to her room.
After a long day filled with drama, she was exhausted and all she wanted was to have a good night sleep but she couldn't get it because the same horrible nightmare that been haunting her nights since she was thirteen.
The clock struck 7 and she was left with only two hours before her first class. She sighed in shower while thinking back to yesterday's events. It had been a quiet few days but since yesterday's incident, she once again had become the talk of the town. She had be more careful from now on and had to control her emotions before it's too late to turn back.
After the breakfast in cafeteria there was still an hour left, so she made her way to library, which had a huge collection of books but there was only one that interested her and it was difficult to find it, so she went to the history section and began searching for it. It did took some time but she finally found it, "Chronicles of Paganism: History of Ipswich".
As soon as she opened the book, the five minutes bell rang and she needed to look at it. So hid it somewhere, where she could find it later.
When she reached to the class there were only a few students and front seats were still empty. She took the seat in the very front to the left.
Slowly and slowly the class began to fill as rest of the students took their seats and then the last of students entered , which were none other than the Sons of Ipswich.
As they were about to make way to their seats, they caught sight of a figure sitting front seat string them with intently. They sent her a small smile but she just frowned and turned her head towards front.
What was wrong with her. She had to keep her distance. She was not here to make friends because everyone leaves at the end. She had let her guard down after a long time and she could not let that happen that again. Yesterday she was happy to acknowledge them as new found friends but now she could not let them get involved in her messy life and the best way to do that was to distance herself in the best way possible.
While she continued rest of the class in the normal way, down by the two seats , sat the two sons who were busy observing her every move, the way she would just sit there jotting down things, the way her hand so often move through her black tresses, the way she chewed her lower lip as Mr Tucker talked about prose and poetry.
The time flew by and students started moving towards their other classes. The day went by uneventful , until it was lunch time.
April took her food from food counter and made her way to the first empty table she could found in the cafeteria. When she took the fist from the sandwich, she heard someone cough behind her.
Looking back , she saw a smug blonde and his other three friends staring her down.
"What", she didn't want to be disturbed when she was having the first meal of the day. Yes, it was the first meal , as she had missed her breakfast while searching for Ipswich's history.
"This is our table but we won't mind if you you'll join". Reid put his food tray on the table and moved the chair close to April's.
She looked at the table and then back at Reid.
"I don't see your name written here. Anyways, I am almost done".
She took a big bite of her sandwich and collected her tray and left them standing there without a second glance back.
"I didn't know she was such a bitch, she was all fine and dandy yesterday", Pogue commented at her retreating back.
"All hot girls are bitches", Reid commented back.
"She reminds of certain someone..hmm..let me think..Reid", Tyler didn't miss a beat to take a jab at the blonde.
"Shut up, baby boy, or I'll beat the shit out of you".
While three boys continued their banter, Caleb let his thoughts wonder back to the who intrigued him to know end.
Swimming practice was over and April had managed to prevent any unintended confrontation from one pissed Aaron and his equally bothersome girlfriend, Kiera.
She had also managed to dodge any further flirtation attempts from Reid.
She had some unfinished business from the morning, so she went back to the history section to look for the book.
It was right there in the second row. She took the book and began to read it.
Chronicles of Paganism contained history pertaining to the Salem witch trials and how Ipswich came into being at that time.
Then there was some information about the founding members of the town, Simms, Danvers, Garwin, Parry and Putnam.
"Sons of Ipswich...hmmm..that was interesting."
As she continued reading, she came to know that their families had been practicing witchcraft since the beginning and there were rumours that they still had power like their ancestors.
The initial shock was too much to take. Do they have powers? The thought began to swarm in her mind. She need to find out if any of the thing in the book was true. They might have answers to all her questions. But she couldn't straight away go and ask them. What if they didn't have any powers. They'll freak out and think her crazy. What if it was just a fake ghost story to scare small children. She need a plan, that too a solid one to get all the information.
As she went through rest of the pages, it was already 6:30 and the library was about to close, so she kept the book back in its place and went back to her dorms.
