(Will's POV)
"Hey Will!"
I spun on my heel, Darrel Simmons and Lauren quickly following suit.
"Oh! Hey Trisha!" Trisha is my slightly depressed but very friendly study buddy "What's up?"
She smiled as she walked up to us "Do any of you want to study with me after school?"
Lauren smiled awkwardly, her usual self returning, "Um, actually, Will and Darrel have martial arts after school today but I'm sure I can join you."
Trisha look at me sceptically "You're still going to martial arts even after you fell off your horse?"
I nodded "Of course, otherwise I'll never learn to deal with pain." Answering her unspoken question "My dad can deal without me."
Lauren sent me a warning look and spoke again "Come on, the bell's about to go for first lesson."
I followed Lauren while going over today's schedule in my head
1st Period – Chemistry
2nd Period – Biology
Break
3rd Period – Advanced Maths
4th Period – Physics
Lunch
5th Period – Psychology
6th Period – English
Afterschool study or sport
As our school says "Winter Academy is for the very best!" It's very true, with how much we have to have on our schedule. Morse and May were standing outside our classroom and Lauren and I shared a glance – today was going to be hell!
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"Penelope!"
"William!"
We hugged, "When will you stop calling me William?"
She rolled her eyes and led me to the sparring mat "When will you start calling me Penny?"
I raised my eyebrows as we sent each other light blows "Would you prefer to be called Miss Hill?"
She snorted "Yeah, like you would ever call me that!"
I shook my head and send a soft kick at her, which she dodged "Switching subjects, meet my new personal stalker, Agent Morse."
They nodded to each other a 'hello' as I watched Darrel sparring with someone at her own level. "I know who Agent Morse is, she works with my mother."
I pursed my lips and let out a small "Ah."
She ignored my obvious discomfort as we continued sparring "What has got you on her radar?"
"Just the fact that I could be considered for SHIELD Academy."
She nodded slowly, her eyes knowing. Pointedly she looked at my injuries "Are you sure there isn't more to the story?"
I stopped sparring "You know don't you?"
She nodded. I sighed "I'm sorry, but I'm to blame, no one else knew."
Our instructor noticed that we had stopped sparring "Bakshi, Hill – five laps of the gym. Now!"
We talked while we ran. Penny went first "I'm going to SHIELD Academy, but probably not the Sci-Tech one."
"Are you saying that I'm going to the study science?"
"Duh, that's why agents are here – apart from looking for links to Hydra."
I blushed "Which academy would you go to?"
"Special Ops. Look, just because you're going to the Sci-Tech Academy doesn't mean you're not a great fighter. My mum especially pointed to me to watch out for you, she thinks your that good at combat."
I snorted as we finished our laps and started sparring again "Was that supposed to be a compliment?"
