Author's Note: You guys are awesome! Thank you so much for the reviews/wishes for my birthday! I'm Number Eleven, I Am Number Four, Marina3Eight, Samthevariablex, Hanny999 and the 2 Guests!
Guest 2: That seems like a good idea for getting Nine and Emily/Five to go out!
Guest 1: I was going to get Emily/Five to tease Nine a bit; but since she feels very insecure/nervous around Nine, I think that might happen later – Great Idea though.
I Am Number Four: I'm not sure just yet if I'll put Sam in the fanfiction; it's really up to you guys – Please tell me! You were also very close to the book 6 (The Fate of Ten) title by the way :)
Marina3Eight: Thanks for the cookie :D
Please also tell me if you want Sarah or Sam in this story – Some of you guys want Sarah in, some don't. I haven't had anyone say they don't want Sam, so I guess I'll try to bring him in…
OK enough author's-nothing from me and…
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Stan/Nine POV
I'm gonna put it out there. I like Emily.
There I said it. You mentally said it idiot. True – but that's a first step, right?
Friday is the day everybody loves; teachers don't give a sh*t what we learn because the weekend is near and everyone is just generally pumped up and happy. I'm still staying with Sandor in his penthouse-apartment; Grandpa just doesn't want to move here – he's obessed with the country. Devektra stayed over AGAIN. Seriously, before Sandor can tease me about girls, he needs to seriously get a grip himself! They've been dating for like 10 years now, you'd think Sandor would take a hint and propose to her. Anyway she's nice, almost like an older sister to me; she practically lives here.
"Stan?! Wake up!" I hear Sandor's voice interrupt my train of thought, I groan aloud and roll over.
"Go away" I shout back, closing my eyes from the morning sun. My bedroom is quite big, a queen sized bed is in the centre against the opposing wall from the door, a TV is mounted opposite it and a thin long window covers the wall close to the ceiling. My bathroom is to the left of the bed and my wardrobe is to my right.
It's a nice life.
"STAN?!" Sandor shouts back, he's awake now – normally he wakes me up when he's still in bed. I groan louder and roll over,
"I'm sick" I say, Sandor is now at my door, knocking loudly on to to get me out of bed,
"No you're not"
"I've… developed a Legacy"
"No"
"I'm doing homework"
"N- wait really?… No you're not. Stan get out of bed!" he says, walking away from the door, I hear Devektra laughing in the background, they're heading to the kitchen. I groan again before hopping slowly out of bed. I groggily walk to the bathroom and get myself ready for school. I takes about 3 minutes before I'm back in my room and heading for my wardrobe. I'm still half asleep, groaning whenever I walk into something. I pick out whatever I see first – singlet shirt and shorts. It looks sort warm today. Devektra managed to convince me to pack my school bag the night before; to be honest, it really helps. I pick up my bag and head for the door.
Sandor POV
Stan is stubborn.
He's just like his father. So I dunno what I was expecting when I was assigned to a famous Joust-rod champion's son and Elder's child. Oh well.
I walk away from Stan's door, he's probably gonna start waking up soon; it's the same routine every morning. Devektra is smirking as I walk to her from his room.
"Hey you" she says. She looks tired – we had a late night last night; but she looks just as beautiful. Her natural blonde hair flows down her shoulders and her beautiful face smiles at me. I'm the luckiest man in the universe.
"Hey Dev" I say, hugging her, she rests her head on my shoulder and giggles when I groan. I love her. We've been dating for 9 and a half years now…
"You've got to go to work" she says pulling apart, I groan and I hear her laugh. I smile, her laugh is so cute,
"But I don't wanna go to work" I say, putting on my best pouty face; she giggles and rolls her eyes,
"Babe, you gotta. Ya know, you may not think it, but you're very much like Stan" she says, going to our room. She's got a few performances coming up and she's been practicing non-stop. I've been at the LDA all week, working on some new training facilities for the young Garde that live there. But it'll never be as good as the Lecture Hall I made for the Elder's children.
"Hey Dev, can we go out tonight? There's a new place near the Chimaera – wanna check it out?" I ask, I'm quite nervous because this night is going to change everything. She looks to me and smiles,
"Yeah sure hon, what time?" she asks, pulling her hair back into a pony-tail.
"7:30 good?" I ask, going to my wardrobe and getting dressed,
"Yeah, see ya then" she says, giving me a quick peck on the lips and walking to the elevator; she gets dressed very fast. She quickly waves before the elevator doors close behind her. I stare at the doors for a few more seconds, I'm really nervous; I've been delaying this moment for a long time, Stan reminds me always. Tonight will change everything. I quickly break my train of thought and call Stan,
"Stan hurry up, school starts in like 10 minutes!"
Joe/Eight POV
"Can anyone tell me how to say city in Spanish?" Miss Daniels asks.
I've zoned out today; I know it's Friday and all, but man I'm tired. We normally don't do any work on Fridays because the weekend is the next day and the teachers know we work do work on a weekend; but Miss Daniels just doesn't seem to get it.
"Joe?" I hear Marina's voice come from beside me. Ever since I asked Marina out I've sat next to her in every class I share with her. It's great. But lately she's been distant, i don't know what it is; I consider asking her, but I guess if it's something important she would tell me. She taps my shoulder again, I look to her,
"Hey what's up?" I ask, putting on a goofy grin, she giggles and suppresses the blush forming in her cheeks. I love how she still does that.
"Can we talk after class. There's something I need to tell you" she says, my heart drops. Whenever someone says that, they're usually going to break up. Time slows down as her last sentence hangs in the air. Is she going to break up with me? I can't think this way, we only just got together! What if she's dumping me? No she wouldn't... would she?
I nod and face the front, John and Maren are talking and smiling next to me. Suddenly everything doesn't feel so happy. I sit through the rest of the lesson wondering how to avoid a break up and make up an excuse if I did something wrong. I'm worried and confused. The bell rings cutting off my mental debate; I quickly grab my things and power walk out the door, John and Maren giving me questioning looks, Marina is running after me, I'm half way down the hall when Marina calls out,
"Joe! Wait!" she says, her voice is different, sounds like she's about to drop something important. I stop not wanting to run away from my feelings. The truth is, I do like Marina, she makes me happy and is the best thing that ever happened to me; if all that just goes away in the next few minutes, I don't know what will happen to me. I turn around slowly, Marina walks up to me; she's fidgeting a bit, she's nervous as well – maybe she is breaking up with me.
"Um, what did you wanna talk about?" I inquire, looking at her, trying to see if I can pick up any clues. I can't of course, because I'm to worried and scared that I might be heartbroken in the next minute. Marina looks up and smiles quickly before she speaks,
"Um, I lied to you" she says looking guilty, my heart drops. I'm shocked – I know I should wait until she says what she lied about but my mind is jumping to conclusions.
"W-what about?" I stutter, my stomach is in my throat. Marina looks sad and nervous still; I want to take her hand, but I'm afraid she will bat it away. This is exactly what I was feeling before I asked her out, but this time, I'm not excited or happy.
"Um, y-you know how I said I was sick before? Well… um, I wasn't. I stayed at home because I had just gotten my Telekinesis… I'm sorry" she says looking down, she looks like she feels really guilty; and I think she's about to cry. My heart breaks when I see how sad she looks; I can't help but break into a wide grin. She sees this and looks confused, I quickly hug her, burying my head in her hair, I spin her around; she laughs from the sudden gesture,
"Oh Lore" I sigh in relief, she wraps her arms around me and giggles, still confused, but smiling now. We pull back, our arms still firmly around each other.
"Y-your not mad?" she asks, looking confusingly at me, I shake my head and laugh,
"Or course I'm not! You're so cute" I say happily and kiss her, she kisses back almost instantly, wrapping her arms around my neck. We pull back breathless after what seems like a minute, lunch has already started – our friends are probably waiting for us,
"I thought you were going to break up with me" I say looking down in guilt, she raises her eyebrows in shock. The guilt starts flooding in. She lifts up my chin and pecks it quickly,
"Never" she whispers and hugs me tightly. I smile like an idiot when we break. She giggles at my expression,. A few moments pass with us just holding each other - it's paradise.
"So, I was thinking about our date" I say breaking the peace, she looks up to me with her gorgeous eyes,
"There's a new place near the Chimaera, I thought maybe we could…" before I finish she squeals and kisses me, it's a long lingering one - I don't want to break apart. I groan when she pulls back, she laughs and quickly pecks my lips again,
We walk hand-in-hand to our lockers.
John/Four POV
I sit at our lunch table, Joe and Marina come a bit later than usual; they're both smiling goofily and Marina's giggling at something Joe said – typical. Maren sits next to me, her raven hair blowing in the soft breeze, she's incredible. I've become a lot closer to her over the past few days, I guess getting a Legacy does give you some guts. Joe would know that too well.
"Sup guys" I say as Joe and Marina take their seats, Marina smiles and Joe grins,
"You guys seen Stan?" I ask, looking around for him, they shake their heads.
"Hey there he is" Maren says, pointing to the immature being we know as Stan; he's dragging someone along behind him, I can't put a name to the face. I hear Joe snicker and Maren smirks.
"Hey guys, this is Emily" he says, all of our faces instantly break into smirks, he rolls his eyes and looks to her. She fidgets a bit, she's nervous. She's shorter than Stan but athletic looking, she's quite pretty as well.
"I hope Stan didn't drag you here against your will Emily. Stan has a weird way with people" Joe says with a massive grin plastered on his face, breaking the tension; Emily laughs and shakes her head,
"C'mon sit over here" Maren says, pointing to a space next to her, Emily looks grateful and walks to it. Stan mouths a thank you and Maren mouths 'you owe me'. I stifle a laugh before getting back to the conversation,
"So Emily, how long have you been at the school?" Marina asks, Emily smiles,
"Um, only a semester and a bit. I started at the end of last year" she says, blushing from the sudden attention, we smile. Before I can ask her a question, we're interrupted by Britney the head cheerleader,
"Hey guys… Maren" she says looking at Maren, no emotion or expression shown – Maren and her have had a history.
"Hey Brit, what's up?" Joe asks, wrapping an arm around Marina. Britney reaches into her bag and pulls out a hand full of pieces of paper,
"Uh, here" she says, handing each of us a piece of paper. She stops at Emily but shrugs and gives one to her before walking off. I can still smell her perfume,
"A simple nothing much would've been nice" Joe mutters jokingly, Maren rolls her eyes and Marina laughs. I look at the paper… it's an invitation,
"It's an invitation" Stan says, showing the piece of paper that we all got. Maren rolls her eyes and Joe face-palms.
"It's Britney's early year party" Maren says with disgust. She really doesn't like Britney.
"You guys going?" I ask, placing the piece of paper down, Joe shrugs while looking at Marina, Stan nods quickly.
"Dude, first party of the year! We gotta go" he says throwing his hands into the air, I sigh and pick up my bag,
"We'll decide later. Right now we've got Legacy training" I say but it comes out as a sigh, Joe groans and stands up with Marina – they're both in my class,
"Coach really takes the fun out of having a Legacy, doesn't he?" Joe asks, Marina rolls her eyes but I see her agreeing to Joe's statement.
"Ah, c'mon buddy" I say patting Joe's back and grinning at his pouty face. I look back at our table, Stan is in deep conversation with Emily and Maren; I can't imagine the torture Maren is going through right now. I smirk at the thought of her face during Stan's talk. I follow Joe and Marina who are almost at the school gates, my mind constantly drifting to and thinking of Maren.
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