I am SOOOO SORRY that I haven't update since the end of March! I feel sooo bad about it! I have been busy with stuff and I just haven't had ANY inspiration to write and Writer's Block is a Big pain in the butt! But I updated! Yay! *dodges flying tomatoes*
But the next update will be up a lot faster!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Night World Series! If I did I would have made it into a movie or TV series by now. :D how cool would that be!

*Previously*

The day passed pretty quickly after lunch. It was already five minutes till the school day was over. I was not looking forward to detention nor was I looking forward to going home and being yelled at.

The bell rang signaling that the day was over. I walked out of my seventh period to the room where my detention was. As I walked in I saw three other students. They were scattered about the room. I walked to the back and sat down at the desk in the corner.

As I put my bag down on the floor another student walked in. But this guy looked familiar. He had sandy blonde hair, baggy jeans with a 'Green Day' shirt on. As I looked at his face I saw the same familiar dark navy blue eyes from this morning. It was then that I remembered his name; Chase.

'What was he doing in detention?' I thought to myself. He started walking towards me.

Chapter 3: Excuses…

Chase started to walk down the same aisle of chairs that I was in but stopped. He stood there and stared at me. Because of this I started to feel self conscious. I mean guys don't just walk into a room, start walking to you and then just stop and stare. As I was going over this in my head, I didn't notice him walk up to me. He stopped at the same desk I was sitting in and cleared his throat.

"Excuse me girl, but that's my spot." Chase said with a bit of territorial hint in his statement.

This really ticked me off. Who did he think he was? You can't just walk into a room and tell someone to get their but out of a seat that someone else wants or 'claims' to be theirs. It's just not right and it's just plain rude!

He cleared his throat again, but it was louder this time. I looked up at him.

"Yes? Can I help you?" I asked, playing innocent.

Chase didn't seem to like me answer and frowned.

"Okay let's get this straight, I don't like to repeat myself and I don't want to be in this place any more than you do. I'm really ticked off at the moment and I would really like to just sit in my usual spot, so can you move your butt to another seat?" He said in a somewhat nice voice, but was more like he was commanding me to do what he said.

That just pushed me over the edge on my really bad day. I stood up and walked up to him. We stood about a foot away from each other. I stared him right in the eye and said with an edge to my voice "Okay buddy let me get this straight with you, I don't like being told what to do nor do I like it when someone is being rude to me when they don't know me. So to top off on one of my worst days ever in school just leave me alone and find another seat."

Chase looked at me with a cold stare after I was done with my mini speech. A couple minutes passed and we were in a stare down, trying to see who would crack first. After about five minutes of this Chase smirked at me. My glare intensified at his smirk. Why was he smirking? What's so funny? After another minute he spoke.

"You know… I think we might just get along. You're feisty, and rude but not afraid to stand your ground." His eyes narrowed and he continued talking "You're not like the other girls in this school. Where exactly are you from?"

"I'm What? You think I'm rude? You're the one who won't sit somewhere else for one day in detention." I stepped a bit closer to him and poked him hard in the chest and said "And don't even compare me with most of the girls in this school! They are just asking for something to happen to them. I'm nothing like them."

I mentally slapped myself. I was getting all defensive and I was losing my anger. How could this guy just make me want to scream? He gets under my skin.

Chase must have sense some of this as his smirk grew bigger. He put his hands in front of him and waved as an attempt to calm me down.

Just then the teacher watching the detention room decided to walk in. He saw me yelling at Chase and shook his head. He didn't look to happy.

"Ah Miss Drache, I hope you're not causing more trouble. You already have a week's worth of detention; I don't think that you want to add on to it. Both of you sit down now and be quiet I don't want any talking! And Miss Drache I would like it if you could sit up here where I can keep an eye on you."

I nodded my head signaling the teacher that I understood and turned from Chase. I bent down to grab my backpack. As I passed Chase, to head to the seat that the detention teacher told me to sit at, I 'accidently' bumped into his shoulder. Before I passed I saw him smirk again.

I wanted to rip that smirk right off his face. I could still feel his smirk at the back of my head throughout the whole time I was stuck in detention.

Finally the time came where we could leave. I ran out of the school building and to the park.

The park had a secret path that led to the base where my team and I were staying at. As I neared the forest in the park I looked around making sure no one was around. After about a good five minutes of looking I was sure that no one was in the park. I dropped my backpack on the floor.

I took one last look around before I started shifting. My ears moved to the top of my head, my clothes were replaced by black fur (the same color as my hair) but had auburn spots all around, and I grew a tail. When I was done shifting, which was a two second task, I was transformed into a cheetah. I stretched my legs a bit after sitting in a chair for so long. I picked up my backpack with my canine teeth and started running on the path that only Daybreakers knew.

As I saw the house near I slowed down my pace. I wasn't really in the mood to be home. My parents were probably going to call soon and yell at me. I silently thanked the stars that my parents were both away for a mission right now. But I had missed training today so my team and Thierry were probably going to chew my head off.

I finally made it to front porch and dropped my backpack on the floor again. This time my fur turned back into clothes, my tail receded, and my ears went back to their normal position. I picked up my backpack and walked up the porch steps. I hesitated when I got to the door and rested my hand on the door knob for a while. I turned the knob and opened the door.

When I walked in I silently prayed that no one would hear the door open and hoped that I could just sneak upstairs to my room without anyone noticing. I looked around and no one was in the living room. I quietly and stealthily made my way to the stairs. I put one foot on the first step and the step creaked a bit when pressure was on it. To me the sound was almost too loud. Then I put the other foot on the next step.

I made to the fourth step on the staircase before I heard someone clear their throat behind me. I cringed slightly and turned around slowly.

"So… you finally decided to come home. Arella are you aware that you had training this afternoon right after school?" Thierry said in a stern voice.

"Um… Well…You see about that… funny story… I uh sort of got in trouble today during lunch at school and I now have detention for the rest of this week. Ha-ha isn't that funny or what?" I could see that Lord Thierry didn't appreciate my attempted at making a joke and I laughed nervously "I'm just gonna go now…" I said as I quickly turned around and tried to make my escape.

"Stop! Get down here. Now!" Thierry yelled.

I quickly made my way back down the staircase and stood in front of him.

"Not only did you miss training but you have homework and you have to be watching out for the dragon at that school! Not getting into trouble because the more trouble you're in the less time you'll have to be working on your mission. Now I'm going to let it slide for now… But if you get into any more trouble you will have double your chores for two weeks and double the training. Do you understand me?" Thierry said

I nodded me head and turned again to make a run for my room. As I was on the last step of the stair case I heard Thierry call out "Oh and your parents are going to call soon. Have fun with that conversation." He then laughed slightly.

Man that means that someone told my mom about me getting detention. So not cool. It was probably Atiyana…she always was a trouble maker. Oh well… At least today is almost over and done with. After I finish all my homework, which shouldn't take too long, then maybe I can finally talk to Jennette and Atiyana about my suspicions on who the dragon is.

And… im ending it there! Its not much of a cliffhanger but eh whatever… its late and im tired so im just happy that I finally updated! And this chapter was the longest one I've written! So im super excited about that!

What do you think of the chapter title? Does it go? I just couldn't think of a good enough title so I thought…well shes in trouble so she'll need an Excuse to get out of trouble… haha I know its lame but whatever! Im the author! What I say goes! ;)

Anyways, I don't know when the next chapter will be out but hopefully I will have another one out by this weekend or early next week… those are my goals. I will try to update as soon as I can.

So you know the drill. Review! Comment, Questions, Concerns, and Critique… put it all in a review please!

Peace,

Cally!

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