A/N: Hey guys! So sorry for the long delay! Life is craaaazy! :) Had to start school :-| And I just haven't found inspiration! Soooooo horrible! :'( So, this chapter is shorter, sorry :( But I just love dramatic endings that leave you hanging! ;) Not when I'm reading stories though (don't get any ideas, all you people whose stories I read!) just when I'm writing :D

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Chapter 5

SELENE'S POV

Selene was stretching in the hallway until they opened the doors to her afternoon class. She lazily chated with a few friends while she did. They all crowded around the window, watching something outside. Selene stretched her side, closing her eyes to block out the slight pain that poked at her. She straightened, and did the other side. As she straightened for the last time, Kai came by and pecked her on the lips. "Hey," she said, and hurried after him. He stopped, turning to look at her. "Hmm?"

"Unfair," she said with a smile, putting her arms around his neck. She kissed him softly, then leaned back. "It's no fair when it's one sided." She told him with a grin. He grinned back, kissing her cheek. "I'll remember that. See you for dinner?" She nodded, stepping back and readjusting her tutu. "Yep. See you then." He winked at her, and walked off down the hall.

"Eewww, I thought you hated PDA." Iko muttered. "Excuse me?" Selene asked with a laugh. "Don't you think you two are taking it kind of fast?"

"Depends on what you call fast," Selene said with a shrug, fixing her hair. "We're not going around making out like Thorne and Crescent." Iko half-shrugged and nodded. "True."

Selene worked on releves while she waited. Up on the balls of her feet, and down. Over and over again.

"Girls," Miss Channery said as she joined them in the hall, "afternoon class has been canceled for today. Miss Adri has fallen ill. I'm sorry."

"I hope she gets better," Selene said genuinely. Miss Channery smiled. "Thanks you Selene. I think we're all hoping that." She turned to everyone. "Alright, you now have the afternoon off. Use it wisely." She smiled again, turned and left. Selene grinned at her friends. "We get the afternoon off. Anyone want to practice for the auditions?"

"Really Selene? You use afternoons off to go to the beach." Iko said. The other girls agreed, all grabbing their bags. "See you later, Selene."

"Bye," Selene said, feeling rejected. She picked up her bag and walked towards the studio. "We'll join you, Selene." Selene paused. Levana. She plastered on a fake smile, turning to her. "Great! I'm sure sharing the studio will bring us all closer together." Levana gave a bark of laughter, walking forward with two other girls. "Whatever." They walked past Selene into the studio.

Selene sighed. This was going to be a long afternoon.

Selene bumped into Sybil for the third time. Now it was getting on her nerves. "Look, if you can't have respect for the fact that you need to give an actual dancer room, the leave now. I can't dance if no one gives me room. It's like you're all doing this on purpose."

"Why would we do that?" Levana asked innocently, fluttering her eyelashes. Selene huffed and grabbed her bag. "Forget it," she muttered, leaving the studio.

She went to the dorms, dumped her stuff in her room, and then went to the living room. She flopped on the couch, tears filling her eyes. She swatted them away angrily. Why does everyone have to be so cruel?

"Hey, you okay?"

Selene looked up as Kai came around and sat next to her. She nodded, brushing away her tears. "I'll be okay in a minute." He put his arm around her shoulders comfortingly, and Selene leaned against him, relaxing. "Have you ever had someone who is out to make your life hell?" Kai laughed. "Tell me someone who isn't." Selene smiled weakly. "I'm not, silly." He laughed. "Oops, I forgot." She shoved him lightly with a laugh. "Meanie," she muttered, putting her head on his shoulder. He smiled, tucking her hair behind her ear. "I'm just teasing."

"I know, that's what makes you so great." She smiled, cuddling up to him. "I'm exhausted," she admitted with a small yawn. Kai smiled softly as she closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep. "I'll make sure you get some sleep then."

"Mmm."

Selene woke about half an hour later to male voices having a conversation. She stirred, rubbing her eyes. "And sleeping beauty awakens!" Thorne exclaimed. "Shut your face now, or I'll shut it for you," Selene muttered darkly. "Hey there beauty queen - you broke up with me, not the other way around!" Selene glared at him, cuddling closer to Kai. "I hate you," she muttered. Thorne smirked, putting his hand behind his ear. "Didn't quite hear that."

"You don't want to," Kai told him honestly. Thorne smirked cockily. Selene noticed that Ze'ev was also there, and . . .

Jacin Clay.

Jacin smirked at her. "You really are gorgeous when you sleep. You look so peaceful. No scowls." Selene glared darkly at him, and Kai slipped his arm protectively around her. "She's also taken." He told him. Jacin waved it off. "Oh please - don't tell me you think that 48 hour attraction actually turns into a thing."

"If there 48 hour attraction, then is there lifetime detraction?" Selene asked innocently. Kai and Ze'ev chuckled. Thorne laughed. Hard. "And that's my fine gents, is my I dated her."

"Shut up."

"Yes ma'am." Throne said with a wink.

Jacin glared at her. "You think you're so clever." Selene shrugged. "Not really. I just say what I mean, and people think it's funny." Jacin smirked sarcastically at her and stormed off. Selene held Kai's hand, looking up into his eyes. "Don't ever let that creep get between us."

"I wasn't planning on it." Kai smiled.

Thorne gagged. Selene glared at him. "You know that's what I do every time you're in public making out with Cress?" Thorne stopped, frozen while he thought. "Hmm. No, I didn't." He paused, but then brightened. "So, Lenie, do you have a pas de deux partner yet?" Selene frowned. "I'm not doing it with you." Thorne's smile barely faltered. "Oh, come on Lenie! We were so amazing in Italy." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. Selene blushed furiously, hiding her face in Kai's shirt. "I said no," was her mumbled reply. Thorne only grinned triumphantly, and leaned back in his chair. Kai raised his eyebrows at Wolf, who shrugged, and Kai shifted his gaze to Thorne. "Um, amazing?" He asked him. Thorne smirked, and opened his mouth. "I'll murder you in your sleep if you dare to twist that story." Selene muttered from Kai's shirt. Thorne's confidence faltered, but he quickly recovered. "Well, goes like this, pal. Selene and I were pas de deux partners when we were studying in Italy. One day she admitted she had a crush on me, and so we started dating. She was cute, what could I say? Anyway, back to the story. Our teacher praised us for being able to work together so well, and we were always the star students, who she showed as examples. But then she found out we were dating, and said it was highly inappropriate. I swear Lenie cried for weeks." Selene lifted her face from Kai's shirt. "Did not."

"Did so."

"Did not!"

"Did so!"

"Did not!"

Thorne shook his head. "Whatever. Not worth the fight." Selene frowned, crossing her arms. Kai cleared his throat. "So . . . ?"

"'So' what?" Thorne asked. "What happened?" Kai asked. "He dumped me," Selene said, shooting a satisfied look Thorne's way. He recoiled, looking disgusted. "Did not! You dumped me miss high and mighty pants!" Selene thought a minute, then grinned. "Oh right. I did." Kai chuckled softly, while Thorne looked positively heart-broken. "I never understood you, Selene."

"And that, my fine gents, is why I broke up with him." Selene gave Thorne a cocky smirk as Kai and Wolf laughed. "Turning my own phrases against me is not cool Lenie."

"Neither is breaking a young girl's heart."

"Ouch."

Kai rubbed Selene's shoulder, turning to her. "How about you and I take a walk?" She smiled at him, and nodded. "I'd like that." Smiling, the pair left Thorne and Wolf to their own devices. Scarlet walked in as they were leaving, and could hear her and Wolf talking. Thorne quickly left. "Gross," he muttered to them, walking towards the basement. "I wonder if Cress if waiting for him down there," Selene mused with an amused smirk. Kai shrugged, taking Selene's hand and leading the way outside. Halfway to the park, they ran into Levana. She smiled at Kai, trailing her fingers down his arm as she passed. "Hey," she whispered, looking at him alluringly. Kai ignored her. She laughed it off, giving Selene a look of triumph. "I'll get him," she mouthed to Selene, then smiled sickly.

Selene seriously felt like vomiting. She clutched her stomach, doubled over. "Selene, are you alright?!" Kai asked, his voice filled with concern. Selene waved him off, panting. "I'm fine . . . , really. Nothing to be worried about. Nothing at all."

"It was something Levana did, wasn't it?" Kai asked. Selene glanced up, squinting in the sunlight. "What? No way! Are you cray-cray?" She waved her hand at him, straightening up. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." Kai rolled his eyes. "So it was Levana." Selene opened her mouth to protest, but Kai cut in. "Don't let her get to you, Selene. She's a total jerk, who will just steal things that other people want for the heck of it." Selene looks into his eyes, hurt filling her own. "I know. I've lived with jerks like that my whole life. I'm not five," she rubs her arm, and walks on, leaving Kai behind. He rushes after her, taking her arm and spinning her around. "Selene, that's not what I meant, and you know that." She shrugged. "I know."

"So stop making me look like the bad guy!" He protested. Selene sighed, her shoulders slumping. "I'm not trying to do that, Kai. Honest." Her gaze was on the ground, and Kai took her hand in his. She didn't look up. "Selene,"

She shook her head. "I'm not ready to relive it, and I think I just need a few moments alone to push it out of my mind. I'll be right back, okay?" Before he responds, Selene rushes off, hoping to find a spot where she can be by herself for a few moments.

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-Angel Princess 31