Sweet Revenge [boyxboy]

Chapter Nine

But looking at Adam made my heart ache even more. I'd only see Adam at school, as friends. We couldn't be together and it made me both angry and sad. I wanted to find some way to make it work, but my parents would never go for it and Alexander would hate me.

I didn't want Adam to die...

The bell rang, making me jump as I looked up. Adam was swinging his bag over his shoulder, glancing at me with a raised eyebrow. I cleared my throat awkwardly, feeling my cheeks get warm as I gathered up my things.

"I'll follow you from a good ways back," Adam told me calmly as we walked out of class, walking so close that I could feel his hot breath on my neck, making the hairs on my arms stand on end, "Find him and ask. If I think something's gonna happen, I'll come out." I nodded and looked straight ahead, trying to act natural as I started down the hallway toward Mr. Takahashi's classroom.

I took my time, giving the hallway time to bustle before slowly clearing out as kids ran for the buses or their parents' cars or sports meetings. I passed Walter in the hallway and he looked sick to his stomach, making me smirk. He used to run at me if I did that, but now he just rushed away, gripping his cross necklace and muttering under his breath.

Okay, it paid to be a vampire sometimes.

I kept walking, looking up ahead and spotting Mr. Takahashi walking out of his classroom with his things, his jacket snug on him. My eyes widened and I picked up the pace.

"Mr. Takahashi!" I called. He looked up, frowning a little as he pushed his glasses up on his nose, tucking his keys away.

"Mr. Grey. Don't you have a ride to catch?" He asked. I almost asked how he knew, but that would be a stupid question since a lot of parents came to pick their kids up and he probably saw me get into my mom's car a couple times. I shifted a little, blushing lightly as I brushed the hair out of my face.

"Uhm, I just wanted to... apologize. Like, for this morning," I added quickly when he frowned at me, "Not bringing my homework. I swear I have it done. I just... I'm having a lot of family issues right now, so it's hard to concentrate." Mr. Takahashi's expression softened as he gave a short nod.

"I understand all too well, Mr. Grey. I hope everything's all right." He added. I smiled nervously and tried hard not to glance over my shoulder to find Adam, peering up at Mr. Takahashi.

"Uhm, maybe... I don't know. I just... Sorta butted heads with my parents." I admitted, shrugging as I tried to use my situation with them to my advantage. And I had to find a way to get Mr. Takahashi to fess up about why he tricked me without actually asking him point blank. First, I had to find out if he was a pervert. Seriously, that would be nice to know, but I wasn't about to drop anyone's pants to find out, so I cleared my throat as Mr. Takahashi's mouth worked into a frown again.

I noticed he never really smiled either and when he did, it was a tight-lipped smile like he was forcing himself. I didn't even know what the inside his mouth looked like...

Not that I wanted to know!

That sounds rough. I hope you can get it resolved so you can focus on your schoolwork." He told me, making me smile brightly as I leaned on the balls of my feet innocently.

"Yup, me too. It'd be nice to live with my brother, though. Alexander. I told you about him when you gave me that survey thing." I added, making Mr. Takahashi's dark eyes flicker behind his glasses. He averted his eyes for a moment toward the clock that was in the hallway before looking back at me, indicating that he was rushing this conversation.

"Yes, he sounded like a nice brother."

"He is. He taught me most of what I know, except the fighting."