Chapter 2
Atticus managed to put Zane in sleep but now he was the one who couldn't sleep. He was very concerned about Zane's condition. After all he managed to sleep barely three hours before his alarm started to make the most annoying noise. Atticus jumped off his bed and turned the alarm off. First he planned to take the shower but then he realized that he had only ten minutes before his class started. "Shit, why wasn't the alarm set correctly!", he scratched his head and then he remembered what happened last night. "Zane! Where is he!", Atticus started to run around the room until he realized that Zane was always in time no matter what. He stopped his headless circle and put his uniform on. It was time to study.
The classroom was silent. Apparently there was an exam starting, which Atticus had totally forgotten. He sat on his place and was given a paper. "The test has now started. No cheating or your test will be disqualified.", informed with his squeaky voice. Atticus read the paper quickly and turned his head to see if Zane was there. "He's here. He doesn't seem to be nervous…no but he looks a bit tired", Atticus stared Zane for almost 30 seconds before he snapped out of his thoughts when he sensed someone's presence. "Mhh mhh, well well Atticus Rhodes… Tell me that you're not cheating", Crowler looked him and he could almost see the steam coming out of his nose. "N-no, I'm not. I just tried to see the clock professor", Atticus mumbled quietly. Surprisingly Crowler just murmured something himself and walked back to his table in front of the class. Atticus couldn't turn his head to see Zane but he managed to see from the corner of his eye that Zane was staring at him with a weird look.
Atticus finished his exam and walked to the corridor. Suddenly he heard a shout "Hey, Attie. How did your test go?" It was his sister Alexis. "Alexis, this is serious. I don't have time to talk about the stupid test, I need to find Zane! I afraid that he's going to something to himself", Atticus explained to Alexis fear in his voice. "Well what are we waiting for then, let's find him!", Alexis was staring at him with demanding look in her eyes. Both of them started to run through the corridor to the obelisk blue dorm.
Atticus opened the door of his room. Empty, no Zane. Then he heard a sound, water dropping from shower. Atticus rushed to the bathroom Alexis right behind him. He yanked the door open and stopped right there. Both, Atticus and Alexis behind him were left there with shocked faces. "What the hell! Close the fucking door Atticus!", Zane shouted at him while he turned his back to them trying not to reveal too much but it was already too late. Atticus closed the door immediately and turned away from the door. He stared his sister eyes wide open to see that his sister was just as shocked as he was. "Oh my god Atticus, was this some kind of sick prank because I'm not laughing", Alexis whispered quietly her cheeks still red as fire. Even though Alexis was just whispering, he could sense the rage that was boiling in her head. "No, honestly I thought that he was in trouble. He was totally broken last night, I was so worried about him and he was looking me with weird look in the classroom today. I-I…", Atticus was left wordless while the shower was shut down. "Crap, what are we going to do Atticus!?". Alexis asked while she was finding the quickest way to run away from the room. It was too late for that.