Kory's POV
Connie was sleeping soundly on her bed, on the other side of the room, snoring loudly, when the lights started to flicker. It had been sweet of the Eden Hall board to have a doorbell installed outside of my room and link it to the lights so I'd know when there was someone outside, however it was annoying. I put down the book I was reading and went to answer it. Standing in the corridor, looking both exhausted and angry stood my girlfriend.
"You're up early." I declared, surprised to see her out of bed before noon, especially since it was the last day of summer vacation.
"Not by choice." She groaned, giving me what I'd grown to call her 'angry munchkin face'. "Fulton woke me up."
I was confused, next to me; Fulton knew her better then anyone. So why would he wake her up so early, unless he had a death wish. No wonder she didn't look happy.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I reached out and put a hand on her shoulder.
Suddenly Emma became more sorrowful then angry, her dark eyes were set to the ground. She shook her head and I was certain I saw a tear forming in the corner of her eye. It rips my heart out. I didn't know what Fulton had done but I knew it must have been really bad to effect her that way. I'd never seen her look so hurt before. It was very hard to hurt Emily Davis, because must of the time she let things roll off her back, there were very few people she'd let in enough to hurt her.
"Just get you're violin, I feel better when you play for me."
I nodded wordlessly and reentered my room. My violin was sitting in it's usual place in the corner, I picked it up and went back out into the hall. I took Emma's hand and she squeezed mine tightly. Normally we try not to be all cute and couple like when we're walking around school, you never know who'll be offended. However that morning must of the student population wasn't up yet and I could tell my girlfriend needed a reassuring touch.
We settled under a tree, in the courtyard and I opened my violin case. As I ran the resin over the bow I looked back over at Emily . She was laying flat on her back, staring up at the branches of the tree above us. With a sigh I run the bow across the strings and begin playing a piece I'd written myself. When it was over, I put the bow down and rested the violin beside it.
"Thanks," She rolled over and looked me in the eye. "that helped."
"Good, now you can tell me what's happening." I retort gently.
"It's. just."
I pry slightly. "Yeah?"
"It's Fulton, he's lost it. He pushed me this morning, this thing with Portman was him unhinged."
No wonder she was so upset. I would be too, in fact I was. How dare that big dumb jock put his hands on my girlfriend. "I'll kill him." I growl, standing up.
"No, Kory it's okay." She gets in front of me and turns on the brakes.
"No body gets shovey with my girlfriend and gets away with it." I realize that shovey isn't really a word, so that should show how pissed off I truly was.
Emma smiled and wrapped her arms around my shoulder. "I love you, you know."
"I know I love you too." I leaned down and kissed her. As we parted we both caught sight of Portman entering the quad with a petite dark haired girl with red streaks running through it. He had her waist in one arm and a bass hanging from the other.
Emma grumbled something along the lines of "That must be the date Fulton was talking about."
Then we both looked at each other and stated, "I'll kill him." Then went in following closely behind Portman.
Connie was sleeping soundly on her bed, on the other side of the room, snoring loudly, when the lights started to flicker. It had been sweet of the Eden Hall board to have a doorbell installed outside of my room and link it to the lights so I'd know when there was someone outside, however it was annoying. I put down the book I was reading and went to answer it. Standing in the corridor, looking both exhausted and angry stood my girlfriend.
"You're up early." I declared, surprised to see her out of bed before noon, especially since it was the last day of summer vacation.
"Not by choice." She groaned, giving me what I'd grown to call her 'angry munchkin face'. "Fulton woke me up."
I was confused, next to me; Fulton knew her better then anyone. So why would he wake her up so early, unless he had a death wish. No wonder she didn't look happy.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I reached out and put a hand on her shoulder.
Suddenly Emma became more sorrowful then angry, her dark eyes were set to the ground. She shook her head and I was certain I saw a tear forming in the corner of her eye. It rips my heart out. I didn't know what Fulton had done but I knew it must have been really bad to effect her that way. I'd never seen her look so hurt before. It was very hard to hurt Emily Davis, because must of the time she let things roll off her back, there were very few people she'd let in enough to hurt her.
"Just get you're violin, I feel better when you play for me."
I nodded wordlessly and reentered my room. My violin was sitting in it's usual place in the corner, I picked it up and went back out into the hall. I took Emma's hand and she squeezed mine tightly. Normally we try not to be all cute and couple like when we're walking around school, you never know who'll be offended. However that morning must of the student population wasn't up yet and I could tell my girlfriend needed a reassuring touch.
We settled under a tree, in the courtyard and I opened my violin case. As I ran the resin over the bow I looked back over at Emily . She was laying flat on her back, staring up at the branches of the tree above us. With a sigh I run the bow across the strings and begin playing a piece I'd written myself. When it was over, I put the bow down and rested the violin beside it.
"Thanks," She rolled over and looked me in the eye. "that helped."
"Good, now you can tell me what's happening." I retort gently.
"It's. just."
I pry slightly. "Yeah?"
"It's Fulton, he's lost it. He pushed me this morning, this thing with Portman was him unhinged."
No wonder she was so upset. I would be too, in fact I was. How dare that big dumb jock put his hands on my girlfriend. "I'll kill him." I growl, standing up.
"No, Kory it's okay." She gets in front of me and turns on the brakes.
"No body gets shovey with my girlfriend and gets away with it." I realize that shovey isn't really a word, so that should show how pissed off I truly was.
Emma smiled and wrapped her arms around my shoulder. "I love you, you know."
"I know I love you too." I leaned down and kissed her. As we parted we both caught sight of Portman entering the quad with a petite dark haired girl with red streaks running through it. He had her waist in one arm and a bass hanging from the other.
Emma grumbled something along the lines of "That must be the date Fulton was talking about."
Then we both looked at each other and stated, "I'll kill him." Then went in following closely behind Portman.