The next morning she woke up earlier than normal to the sound of Four's shower. Why is he up so early? He isn't going to come wake us up for like 30 minutes? As she finished that thought, Four walked out with only a towel wrapped around his waist. Her jaw dropped at the sight of how muscular his torso was, He is definitely not scrawny little Tobias Eaton anymore…Damn… She didn't know how long she stood there staring, but she was brought back to reality when Four cleared his throat.
"Morning baby," he smiled knowing she couldn't take her eyes off of him. She rolled her eyes, "Why are you up so early?!" She averted his eyes, or tried to, when he dropped the towel and began getting dressed. He was silent a few moments, as if thinking what to say next. Finally he replied, "We gotta get you back to the dormitory so when I wake you guys up for your run, it'll be as if you slept there all night."
She cocked her head to the side, "It sounds like you're trying to keep me a secret?" He pulled on his shirt before replying, "No baby, not keeping you a secret. I just think it might be best if we keep this under wraps for a little bit….at least while you are still training." She sat there thinking, unsure of why he wants to keep it a secret. If it's what he wants… She nodded, forcing a smile before he kissed her. They kissed for a few more minutes before she returned to the dormitory.
She went through the usual run and fight training with her head in the clouds. She was desperately hoping Tobias got someone else to run her fear landscape. He can never know what happened…NEVER. When they were all sitting in the waiting room everyone was sitting, except her. She spent her wait time pacing back and forth. "Sky can you please stop?" begged Rae, "You're making me dizzy!" Sky plopped into the chair next to Rae, sighing. "You're gonna be fine, I'm sure." Sky appreciated Rae trying to reassure her, but Rae had no idea what was going on in her mind. They decided to do the fear landscapes in reverse order of the ranking board. Being first ranked, Sky had to go last. Luckily for her, Meg broke the record for taking the longest to finish a simulation: five straight hours. "Looks like Rae, Will, Edward, Peter, and Sky will have to go tomorrow." Four looked right at her as he said this, smiling slightly. Rae looked at Sky, "Looks like we get one more night to freak out over it yeah?" Sky nodded, obviously relieved before looking at Rae with big eyes, "DINNERTIME!" they both yelled in unison, and were off to the dining room leaving everyone else trailing behind.
Tonight they had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. "Love me some balls!" Sky exclaimed. Everyone started laughing as stuffed more food into her mouth. Zeke sat down across from Four, "I like what I hear over here," he winked at her playfully before turning to Four. "Hey my best friend in the world, you are looking especially handsome today!" Four arched his eyebrow before asking, "What do you want Zeke?" Zeke pretended to look hurt, "Well I never! Can't a man just compliment another man?" He waited for Four's response, all he got was Four staring at him before he caved. "Alright fine! I am planning to take Jessica out tonight…" Four nodded, "And?" Zeke sighed before continuing, "Well….Jessica won't go unless we can double date with her friend Mandy." Four shook his head, "Nope. No. No way. Not again." Zeke clasped his hands in begging form, "Come on man please?! You know I would ask someone else, but Mandy really wants to go on a date with you! Please please please?!"
Four tapped his fingers on the table a few times, noticing how stiff Sky's posture was. She was also very quiet, unnatural for her at dinner time.
Sky was screaming inside. Of course! We are together but SECRETLY! So I can't even object! He has no reason to deny this! Ugh! AND NOW I HAVE TO PLAY ALONG?! This sucks. So. Damn. Much!
She forced a smile at Zeke before clearing her throat, "A double date?! Those are SO fun! You guys are gonna have a blast!" She saw Four clench his jaw before replying, "Yeah, should be great."
Sky nodded enthusiastically before turning to Rae and Will and Uriah, "Hey what are we doing tonight?! I feel like drinking, yeah?" Uriah stood up and high fived her in agreement, "Hell ya!"