Chapter Ten:

As we stepped into the woman's office I noticed that she was fairly young maybe in her twenties.

"Jake, what brings you here?" She asked as she kept writing. She had perfect curly blonde hair and glasses. She wore a dress that resembled a Victorian one. It was a light tan with white in it.

"How did you know it was him?" I asked behind Jake. I stepped to the side so she could get a glimpse of me.

"Because my dear, I know his footsteps." She began. "And what's your name?" She asked as she lifted her head to look into my eyes. Her gaze made feel a bit uneasy.

"Umn, Alice Swan." I began. "I'm attending this school in September." I said.

Mrs. Karin had beautiful blue eyes that smothered me examining my posture.

"Right, I received your application about two weeks ago. Your grades are phenomenal." She said.

"Thank you." I said softly. I felt so fragile, so nervous.

She redirected her attention to Jake probably because she felt my uneasiness. "Jake," She said. "Would you give Ms. Swan a tour of our campus?" She asked. I looked up at him and he nodded. "We have a very large campus so if you do not finish your tour today you may come back anytime. You are part of our student body now." She said to me with a welcoming smile.

"Thank you." I repeated once more.

I stood there as she looked down and continued her work.

"C'mon." Jake said grabbing my sleeve.

"Hey!" I said as I stumbled out the door which Jake closed behind us.

"I have to call you Ms. Swan from now on. Well whenever we're on campus." He told me as we began walking.

"Why? Do I have to call you Mr. Tavares?" I asked giggling a bit.

"No, you don't have to call me that. You can call me Jake but I have to name you Ms. Swan because it is part of how we speak here. It is a sign of respect for the women." He said.

"Oh, I never realized. Ok no prob. Ms. Swan it is!" I said.

We walked out to the garden and then a huge building came into my sight.

I was gonna walk into the building when Jake caught my arms with a tight grip.

"Whatever you do, even if I go in there, never go inside." He said with a pained expression on.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Just C'mon!" He said pulling me his way. I kept my eyes on one of the windows and noticed that there was some guy in the window. I looked at Jake and when I looked back no one was there.

We got to the dorms and we walked into the girl's part of the dorm.

"You have a dorm here right?" I asked with my hands behind my body.

"Yea."

"Cool lets go see it!" I said.

"It's a mess." He said

"That's alright." I said being persistent.

I tugged on his shirt.

"Aww C'mon!" I said laughing childishly.

"Fine, let's just finish up here." He said. We walked to the girls lounge where a few girls sat talking ad watching TV with some guys.

One girl looked back and squealed.

"Oh my god! It's Jake!" She screamed as she practically jumped over the couch. She ran up to him and tackled him in a hug. I saw his pained expression as the girl squeezed harder. She had light straight brown hair and brown eyes. She wore a tank top with short shorts.

"Hey!" I said grabbing her arm. She looked up at me. Well the look was more like a glare. "You're hurting him! Stop smothering him!" I said a bit to offensive.

"Jakey, you don't know this girl do you?" She asked twirling her finger on his chest looking up at him with puppy dog eyes.

He just stood there in pain and couldn't answer so I did it for him.

"You have got to be kidding me." I said with my hands on my hips laughing as I stared at her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked viciously.

"What it means is that you are sincerely obsessed with him! So you don't let any other girl around him. Well reality check girl." I began as I spat at her even more viciously. "He doesn't like you." I said.

"How do you figure that!?" She said clutching to his body.

"He's not hugging you back now is he?" I said simply. He growled and let go of him and charged at me like a bull enraged.

I merely dogged and grabbed her arm and pushed on the back of her neck making it so she was unable to move.

"Go ahead, try that again." I said feeling anger cover me.

"OW! Stop!" She complained. I let her go and she fell to the ground. She stood up and rubbed her neck. "What the hell did you do that for!?" She asked.

"You charged at me I simply defended myself." I said. "If you get vicious to me, don't think that I won't get vicious back." I said.

"My name's Adrian Veloza" A girl behind me said. I turned and realized that this girl was taller than me and very thin but muscular. But not so much so that she looked like a guy. She had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes.

"Alice Swan." I said shaking her hand.

"You're new here huh?" She asked.

"Yea, sort of." I said.

"Well hey if you ever want to join our Tai Kwan Do team here's the schedule of our practices. I would love it if you came." She said handing me a paper. I glanced at it then back at Adrian.

"Sure, I'd love to come!" I said cheerfully.

"Oh and if you ever need anything you'll find me usually in the gym playing volleyball or something." She said.

"Yea." I said. I turned back to Jake whom I'd totally forgot about. "Oh my gosh I'm sorry Jake are you ok?" I asked as he held his shoulder.

"I'm fine. You didn't have to do anything I would have gotten her off of me." He said.

"I know but -" I said realizing that I had no idea where this girl was. I looked around and I didn't see her or Adrian. Adrian probably went back to the gym and that girl probably went back to her dorm. "What was that girls name anyway?" I asked.

"Vanessa. She thinks she knows everything about everyone but she's a pain." He said.

I giggled.

"What?" He asked.

"You looked so helpless against her." I said laughing.

"Come back here! I'll get you!" He said chasing after me. He caught up to me and put me in a headlock. "Whose helpless now huh?" He said with a smirk on his face.

"Ok, ok, calm down." I said laughing as he released me. "Let's go to your dorm now." I said.

He sighed putting his hands in his pockets. "Fine, let's go." He said walking forward. I walked next to him and found myself not only in silence but glancing at Jake every now and then. Perhaps I was just worried about him and his wounds but could it be something more?

Ok this has to be one of the best chapters I think ive put hard work into. It took me a while to type cuz ive been bombarded with cheerleading, violin practice, midterms, projects and then stuff at school. So sorry but im trying to get all of this stuff done all at once and I hardly have time for me to just relax lol but im working on the next chapter now so yea keep reading! And review plz!!!