I went to her room in the morning to see she was still sound asleep. She looked pale and I didn't know if I could wake her. I sat on the bed next to her and put a hand on her forehead. She felt a bit cold so I thought it best to let her sleep. I walked towards the door and opened it. "You're not going to leave me here today." I turned round in shock to see her sitting up in bed looking at me.

EBONY

I smirked at the look on Kai's face and he scowled. "Are you strong enough to go to school?" I shrugged and got up to test my balance. I walked in a straight line with my eyes closed and nodded. I suddenly felt dizzy so nodding wasn't going to be a good idea today. "I didn't faint yesterday did I?" Kai nodded and I growled. How embarrassing was that? I didn't turn red, so I looked angry instead.

I saw Kai smirk and knew I deserved that. "Girl's are so weak."

"I am not weak!" I growled and his smirk increased in size. "Boys!" I muttered and his smirk disappeared. "Girls." I heard him mutter back and I did something I hadn't done in a long time.

KAI

A wonderful sound filled the room. Ebony laughed and smiled at me, she probably didn't do this a lot. "What's so funny?" She shrugged and her grin faded in to a soft smile. A sudden warmth entered her eyes and she looked around. "This is a nice room, thanks for letting me stay." I nodded. "There's a bathroom over there." I gestured towards a door and showed her the bag filled with her clothes. She went in to the bathroom and I waited outside her room.

EBONY

I took a long shower making sure to keep my bandage out of the water. My hair smelt of chlorine and my skin felt dirty. I came out with a towel wrapped around me. Kai wasn't there so I changed in to my usual clothes. I never really dry my hair except in the winter so I towel dried it best I could and ran a comb through it. My hair may've been damp but it was quite warm today. I tucked some of my hair in my hat so it looked shorter again.

I stepped outside to see Kai with his back against the wall. His eyes opened and he unfolded his arms. "Feeling better?"

"Uh huh." He looked at me curiously. "What?" Kai snapped out of it and shrugged. "Breakfast?"

"Please." I followed him along the corridors with dark royal colours running along them. Each corridor looked the same. I thought Kai must've gotten lost so easily when he was a kid here. I knew this was the sort of place where you don't speak unless spoken to. But there weren't many people to talk to in the first place which is probably why Kai wasn't a great talker.

We stopped before two large oak doors. Kai opened them and I saw a huge dinning room with a long table running through it. I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows looking impressed. He took the head of the table and showed me to a seat beside him. I didn't really feel hungry but ate a few slices of toast. He ate some healthy cereal stuff before having some toast. "Not hungry?" I nodded my head slowly. "I could take you home if you want."

My eyes widened in horror and I looked at him. "I'd rather take my chances in school." He raised a cup of tea to his lips but stopped. "Or stay here." I watched him sip some of his tea in a gentleman like way. I took my hat off and ran my hands through my hair trying to think of what to do. I put it back on and shook my head. Kai looked at me and I knew he wanted to know why. "Don't get me wrong Kai. I would stay here, but I just don't want to give that whore the satisfaction of me not being there." We got up and walked towards the car. "And besides, I want to see if her hair's turned green." Kai smirked as we got in to his car.

We arrived at school and I walked with him to class. "EBONY!" I turned to see Hilary trying to get to me. But the tide of students beat her back. "I am so dead when I get back home tonight."

"You can always stay around mine for a couple of days." I looked at Kai to see he had a funny look in his eyes. But I knew he would deny it if I said anything so I just shook my head. "No, I gotta face the music some time, might as well get it over with. But I will keep you in mind if I need somewhere else to escape." I said with a thoughtful look on my face. Kai seemed a little disappointed but agreed. "It would be nice to have someone other than the servants to be with."

"Be with? Don't you mean talk to?" Kai opened his eyes in alarm and nodded with his hair covering his face. I could see his cheek turn a little pink and I fought back a smirk. Come on, he doesn't like me that way…does he? I shook off the thought by turning my attentions to my work.

Hilary caught me up a tree at lunch and I blocked her out again as she ranted about my hand. I only came round when the school bell went off and she ran inside. I hated English more than anything. Kai was beside Tala and I was on my own.

I noticed Irene was wearing a woolly hat with her hair tucked in it. I smirked and looked at Kai who nodded with an evil grin upon his face. I felt tired, really tired, I yawned and slumped in my seat. Kai looked at me and I swear there was a look of concern in his eyes. But I shook my head and he looked away.