Chapter 12: Psychology School Trip
The students of Anubis house along with many other students from other houses were currently sat on the school bus because today was the day of the Psychology school trip for one of the psychology classes in particular. Well actually everyone from Anubis House except from Mara and Nina were on the school bus. Nina couldn't get consent from her Gran in America in time so unfortunately Mr. Sweet couldn't allow her to go and as for Mara, she was the only student from Anubis House that was in a different psychology class.
For the psychology trip the class were going to see a live show of some famous hypnotist in action. The whole point of it was to help the students with their final exam that was coming up as there was a whole entire unit on hypnosis and illusion. Everyone seemed excited about this school trip, well everyone except Patricia because she thought hypnotism was stupid and didn't believe that it really worked.
"This is so exciting, were going to be watching magic" Alfie smiled.
"Well I think it's going to be scary" Amber replied. "Like Sibuna scary" she then whispered so nobody else could hear.
"I think it's going to be awesome because I have a feeling that it will help me think up great ideas for new scams" Jerome told everyone.
"It's a shame Nina couldn't come" Fabian moaned, ignoring Jerome. The only reaction Fabian got though was a sigh from Joy as she asked herself why he couldn't like her instead of Nina.
"Are you excited Yacker?" Eddie asked Patricia.
"No this kind of think is stupid and not real. It doesn't even work" Patricia replied.
"Well I'm excited, it's gonna be a bit like Harry Potter" Eddie smiled.
"I didn't ask you if you were excited" Patricia snapped, causing Eddie to sigh. All he wanted to do was talk to her and spend some time with her; he did like her after all…
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"That was so stupid" Patricia groaned at the hypnotists first trick, all he did was make a few people sat in the front row act like chickens, which just made Patricia think that those people were hired actors.
"Yeh okay I agree with you there" said a very disappointed Eddie.
"Now for my next amazing hypnotism of the night" the hypnotist called.
"More like next boring one" Patricia muttered, causing Eddie to chuckle lightly whilst Joy elbowed her in the side trying to make her be quiet.
"When I click my fingers everyone in the audience will be hypnotised" the hypnotist told everyone, which Patricia didn't believe for a second. "When this happens and I give my instructions I will have no power over your true thoughts, I will just be able to initiate your movements" he explained.
Suddenly Patricia felt her head drop and when she tried she couldn't lift it back up. So many thoughts ran through her head. She wondered whether everyone else's heads had dropped to but what confused Patricia the most was whether hypnotism really worked.
"Now this hypnotism will make you realise a certain feeling that everyone feels during their life. It will make you realise whether you feel this specific feeling for someone in this room. Also if you know now what feeling I'm talking about then that may well mean that you do feel this way for someone here" the hypnotist explained, causing Patricia to panic a little as she seemed to have a good idea of what this feeling was.
"So this is how it's going to work. If you're feeling this way about someone…if you like somebody in this room, you will link hands with them. When I click my fingers next, that is when you will link hands and if that person feels the same way, both of your hands will be linked with each other's. Also as soon as this is done, everyone in the room will no longer be hypnotised" the hypnotist told everyone. With that he clicked his fingers once more, hands linked together and suddenly everyone was no longer hypnotised.
Joy sadly stared at Fabian. She had linked hands with him but since both of their hands weren't linked with each other's, Joy finally understood that Fabian didn't like her back. Avoiding Fabian's sympathetic gaze Joy turned away from him only to find both of Patricia and Eddie's hands linked together. Joy smiled as Patricia and Eddie stared at each other nervously and hoped that the two would now finally get together.
"It looks like we have a match in row E, F and L" the hypnotist told everyone and suddenly Patricia and Eddie felt a spotlight shine over them.
"Aww Peddie!" Amber gushed.
"Erm I need to go" Patricia announced before releasing her hands from Eddie's grasp and leaving the theatre as soon as she could.
Eddie sat there stunned and confused for a moment. If the hypnotism was right then that must mean Patricia liked him to. Eddie couldn't understand why she would run out, especially now when he was hoping that they would get together.
"Dude go after her" Joy told him.
"Oh right, yeh" Eddie replied before getting up and leaving the theatre.
Surprisingly it didn't take Eddie long to find Patricia. She was sat at the back of the school bus, most probably because there weren't many other places where she could have gone.
"Hey" Eddie greeted Patricia lightly as he sat down next to her.
"Hey" Patricia replied whilst biting on the end of her finger nail, calming her nerves. Patricia liked Eddie, she really did but she had never felt like this over any boy before and didn't quite know how to deal with what she was feeling. For the first time ever she felt emotionally vulnerable around someone, which made her nervous whenever she was near Eddie and the fact that they were alone right now made Patricia more nervous than ever.
"You didn't have to run out of the theatre. I like you and I think it's now pretty clear that you like me" Eddie told her. "What's stopping us from making ago at things?" he asked.
"You make me feel things that I never thought I'd feel for anyone" Patricia answered honestly. She then frowned, asking herself why she had told him the truth.
"Well I guess you could call me magic or a hypnotist" he teased whilst placing an arm around Patricia's shoulders.
"That was bad" Patricia laughed, referring to his joke as she turned to look at Eddie for the first time since he had entered the school bus. Eddie nodded in agreement as he placed a lock of Patricia's hair behind her ear before gently closing the distance between them by kissing her on the lips. Patricia felt her eyes close as Eddie's lips brushed against hers; she let her lips melt into his as she felt her heart fluster and the feeling of butterflies flutter up inside of her. Patricia enjoyed her first kiss and knew that Eddie must have known what he was doing as she didn't understand how one kiss could have the ability to make her feel so much.
"Wow." Eddie murmured, catching his breath. "I've been waiting for a while to do that and it was totally worth the wait" he smiled.
N/A: Omg, thank you so much for 100 reviews. I appreciate it so much and wish I could hug each and every one of you that has reviewed. Lots of people have asked me to post something for HOA one shot day on the 30th of July but I have a bit of a problem. I would LOVE to be a part of it but I go on holiday on the 21st of July and won't be home until the 16th of August. So should I not do it or post early or late? I hope you enjoyed this chapter; it took me way longer than usual to write. Thanks for all your reviews on the last chapter, please review this one.
