Chapter 3: Blondes have more fun

As soon as she got in the door, her body hit the bed with pure exhaustion. Nell tried to take a nap, but her heart wouldn't calm down long enough to sleep. By Monday, she had calmed down a bit. There had been no phone calls about Robby. There had even been a moment when she thought he would come for her; Silvia had been looking at her when she said it. No one had shown up in her dorm window though. Maybe they weren't coming at all. Maybe they never even existed. Maybe they were just a nightmare like Silvia says. Getting back into the normal flow of campus life didn't take long. Nell even made it through her first couple of classes without going completely brain numb. With the lunch she had gotten from the dining hall, Nell set up a picnic in the grass at the Quad. It was sitting there eating, when she thought she saw him walking on the other side of the quad. She shook her head and looked again, No it couldn't be him. So the guy had long blonde hair, half the guys on campus were like that. Besides his clothing was way to normal. It's just some random blonde dude… she thought taking another bite out of her sandwich. As soon as she turned her face down to start eating again, the man looked over at her with a grin and kept walking.

Nell grabbed a notebook from a pile of schoolwork and sketchbooks under her desk and threw it in her book bag. The day was almost over. It was the last class of the day, unfortunately, that class was a night class with a long ass walk. On average, she got back to the dorm at 10:00 pm. She lifted up her laptop's screen and pulled up her email. She scrolled down to check if the class had been cancelled (a girl could hope couldn't she). Surprisingly, there was an email for her class. Not so surprisingly, the class wasn't cancelled. Her teacher had apparently decided to take a leave of absence for personal reasons. A temporary replacement had been hired and class would continue like normal. Well that's weird, she thought just before she caught sight of the time, "Crap, I better get goin!" She said running out the door.

Breathless, but on time, she arrived to the class. "Off campus classes freakin ROCK!" She said sarcastically while falling into her chair. Half the class was there, but it seemed the new teacher was running late. Her friend Kate leaned over and started whispering to Nell, "So did you hear about the new teacher? He's supposed to be really young, AND a real hottie." She nudged Nell who just chuckled and said, "Kate, you are not allowed to date….or hit on our teacher!" They both laughed and moved on to other gossip as a blonde young man walked in closing the door. The class continued to chatter until the young man sat down behind the teacher's desk. Everyone quieted down, and fresh whispers about the teacher started up. It was only then that Nell looked up to see what all the commotion was; he was still just a teacher after all. What were they all going on about? Nell could have sworn her jaw hit the floor of some house in China! "Are you all right?" Kate asked her now pale-faced friend. Before she could even stop herself she shouted out EXTREMELY loud "YOU!!" The classroom went silent and turned their attention to Nell. She realized she had also stood up to say it and slowly sat back down. "Sorry…" she said to everybody and to nobody at the same time. Her mind was in total chaos. He didn't look exactly the same, but it was him alright. He had pulled his hair back into a ponytail and put on jeans with one of his more plain white "puffy pirate" shirts. She also noticed his sleeves were party rolled up revealing a leather bracelet on one wrist. He took role, taking care to pronounciate her name in particular. She'd never know what was actually taught that day, seeing as she spent the entire period glaring at those blue-grey eyes.

After class she told her friend she'd catch up later. Which got her a worried look because a girl walking home alone that late was just asking for trouble. Once the class had filed out, he calmly collected everything into his backpack while she just sat at her desk glaring. After taking, what Nell considered a purposefully long time; he walked to the front of his desk and lifted himself smoothly. He leaned back on his hands and crossed his legs over the edge of the desk. He grinned as she rolled her eyes at him.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" She shouted at him and his content smile.

"I thought it was quite obvious that I am teaching a class, though you might have missed that since you were so busy glaring at me." The comment received no change in her face.

"Did you come for me?"

He looked her up and down, to Nell's mortification, and then looked away.

"And what would I want with a brat like you?"

Nell's face went red, but she remained behind the desk.

"So you're not going to take me away?" She asked through gritted teeth.

He looked at her, eyebrows raised. The corner of his mouth pulled up and then the other till a huge crooked grin spread across his face.

"Oh, I intend to take you Naella…" He let out a laugh that froze Nell straight through to her bones and said, "What is said is said…You belong to me now."

"Then why didn't the Goblins take me right away like they did for Robby?" She asked, trying to ignore the nauseas feeling she had gotten when he had said that.

"Hardly anything ever happens the same way twice Nell…" He said jumping down and suddenly appearing in front of her desk. He leaned over her dramatically.

"But if you prefer I take you away now, I can." He grinned and a different sensation went down her spine…what was it?

"No thanks!" She said in disgust as she grabbed her bag and got up.

He followed her to the door…and out of the door…and through the parking lot.

"What the hell?! Why are you following me?"

He smiled and said, " Well I couldn't let you walk home alone now could I? Creepy people come out after dark."

"Tell me about it…" Nell mumbled rolling her eyes.