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Tessa lay in her bed for hours. Sleep couldn't seem to find her. She heard a beautiful melody coming from another room, but it wasn't Will's. Maybe the other side? Tessa limbered out of the bed. She slipped on a pair of gym shorts from her closet and exited her room.
The music did, in fact, seem to be coming from the other room next door. Who would be up this late playing it though? She knocked on the door to the right of hers, 310. Suddenly, the music stopped and she heard footsteps coming towards her.
A boy with shining, silver hair opened the door. He was in his pajamas and holding a violin. He smiled when he saw her. Tessa was surprised; if someone knocked on her door this late, she certainly wouldn't be smiling at them. "Hello," he said, "you must be the new girl?"
Tessa said, "Yes, I am. My name is Tessa Gray."
"Well then, Tessa," he said, "My name is James Carstairs, but everyone calls me Jem. Would you like to come in? I can understand if you don't, though."
"So, you're Jem? Magnus said you were missing at dinner and that Will needed you to be with him to keep him in line," said Tessa
Jem chuckled at this. "Yes, Will can have a mouth, sometimes, but he's really not all that bad."
Tessa found this hard to believe, from what she had experienced with Will. Tessa stepped in the room. Jem sat down on his bed and seemed to gesture Tessa to his desk chair. Tessa took the spot in the chair.
Will heard Jem's violin in his room. Jem really shouldn't play it that loud, he thought, especially this late at night. He put the book that was on his chest onto the desk and got out of the chair. Cecily was gone; she had probably gone back to her room. Will went the two doors down to Jem's and flung open the door. Jem stopped playing and said, "Will, where have you been?"
"Sleeping," he said, "have you met the girl next door, yet?"
"I actually have," said Jem, "she seems wonderful. Rather curious."
Will began, "I don't kn-." Suddenly, Jem was on his knees in a coughing fit. "Where did you leave it?" said Will.
"On the desk," rasped Jem in between breaths and coughs. Will got the medicine and handed it over to Jem.
Tessa awoke at 7:30. Jem seemed awful nice. They had talked for awhile before Tessa had, once again, retired to bed. The sun was streaming brightly through the window. She walked to the mirror by the door and looked at her reflection. Her makeup was smeared and her ponytail was messy.
She thought that she should take a shower, but she didn't know where the bathrooms were. Sophie would know, Tessa thought, but she might not be up right now. Tessa grabbed her robe, soap, shampoo, and a couple of towels. She set them on her bed while she stripped from her clothes.
She slipped the robe on and tied it, as tight as she could. Didn't need anything else for Will to hold over her, she thought. Tessa grabbed her things and went out the door, stopping before completely coming out to check the hallway. No one was around.
Tessa took her things the opposite way of the stairs, to the end of the hall. Lo and behold, there was the bathroom. Tessa went into the women's room and brought her things into the shower. Someone else was in there, showering. This would be different; she had always had her own bathroom.
Tessa peeled off her robe, turned on the shower, and basked in the cold water.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Next chapter, we have Cecily, and some more Will, and some more Jem, and some more Sophie. What do you guys think so far? We are finally finished with the first 24 hours of the story(in 7 chapters... FINALLY!) Tell me what you guys think. This story will be Jillessa for at least a little bit longer.
THANKS ~Calliope Ferrer