The Reincarnated (Book 2A of Wolfcreek Series)

Chapter 37

That was a lie. I knew the reason why they moved me over here, even though I didn't know the full reason.

I knew that it had to deal with Xav, and I had a feeling that I was connected to him in a way that only Fate could break.

Vice Principal Triste slowly nodded, and I had to breathe a sigh of relief because it looked like she didn't know I lied to her. "I am sorry, Dear," she said and cleared her throat. "Have you made any friends here?"

I shrugged. "Only Bryson," I admitted before I wrinkled my nose. "Then again, he left me no choice. He saw me one day while I was hanging out at the community pool, and then poof, he wanted to be my friend."

Vice Principal Triste chuckled and nodded. "Have you two hung out after that?" she asked, and I shook my head no. She raised an eyebrow in question. "Why not?" There was no warning in her tone, for she was only curious since I had claimed that he was my friend and didn't leave me a choice.

I shrugged again. "Parents," I replied, which was a small lie because they had asked me if I wanted to have Bryson over, which I had declined because he made me "nervous" but not in a bad way.

It's probably due to Cassandra, and with Bryson being her son, I mused silently. That might be why I was nervous about being around him so often, even though I liked talking to him via text.

"We had to finish getting unpacked and set everything up before school started," I stated instead. "I didn't finish unpacking until a few days before school started and didn't have the time to hang out with him."

That was a small lie, and with a small glance from Charlie, I knew that he picked up on it but didn't say anything about it. I had the time to hang out with him if I wanted to, but I didn't and trained in the shed that my dad had set up for me.

Vice Principal Triste didn't pick up on the lie, and she nodded. "What about now?" she asked. "If he asked to hang out after school or something, would you?"

I shrugged. "It depends on what plans I have that day," I replied. "I am in multiple extracurricular activities after school and have school work because someone likes to give me extra work." I glanced at Charlie when I said that, and he smiled and shrugged.

"It is to make sure that you are prepared, Miss Lanchester," he hummed. "As I stated before, you are allowed to do it during lunch, but you choose not to."

"Most of the time," I replied. "If I know that I have a competition and won't be able to work on it before my bedtime, I will complete it then."

Charlie slowly nodded and cleared his throat to hide a chuckle. He looked at Vice Principal Triste before he looked at me, and I knew that he was displeased that she tried to do a spell on me.

However, he couldn't say anything to her because he knew that it didn't work on me, for whatever reason.

"What about the weekends?" Vice Principal Triste asked. "Can you hang out with him, then?"

I shook my head no. "I still have training those days and try to catch up on what I have missed with school and stuff," I explained. "It's also family time, and my mother takes me out somewhere sometimes."

Again, that was a partial lie.

If I wanted to hang out with someone, then I would hang out with them during the weekends after, or then before, training, if time permits.

I was slowly starting to want to hang out with Bryson more than at school, but I was a bit nervous about what that would entail because I knew that my life could do another 180, even though I had been through multiple of those when I first moved here.

I might be able to meet the other male in the car, I silently said, again making sure to keep my face blank. Then I could figure out what this longing feeling means and how to get it to stop... if it'd ever stop.

However, my mother did sometimes want to take me out places, but she'd take someone else with us if they had decided to spend the night.

She was known as the cool mom, after all...

Vice Principal Triste slowly nodded and pressed her lips together. She studied me, and I could tell that she was wondering if the spell had worked on me or not.

Did I not give her enough information? I silently asked, not knowing what the spell was supposed to do or not do. I made sure to keep my face blank while I looked at them, slowly waiting for her to call out my bluff or try to make the spell stronger.

Vice Principal Triste dismissed her musings after a single glance towards Charlie to see that he "believed" me.

Ya... I am onto you, Buddy.

So, she nodded and cleared her throat while she tried to make it look like she wasn't suspicious of me and trying to find something out from the male that knew me all too well.

I looked at the door and cleared my throat while I shifted in my seat, getting nervous about what other questions that I could be asked. However, I made sure that they didn't know while I looked at them, waiting for Principal Warner. "When is Principal Warner coming back in?" I asked and cocked my head while I stared at the Vice Principal. "I thought he wanted to discuss with me about the incident this morning."

Vice Principal Triste and Charlie looked at each other before they looked at me with matching "tired" gazes on their faces.

Slowly, Vice Principal Triste nodded and cleared her throat. "He does," she confirmed.

I furrowed my brows and cocked my head. "Then... where is he?" I asked. "I am already late for class, and I don't want to be late to another one."

Again, they looked at each other and shared another look before Vice Principal Triste stood. "Of course," she said and smoothed out her skirt while she cleared her throat. "He had gotten busy with some paperwork, but I am sure that he is almost done. I'll go ahead and collect him, though, so that you two can get to class."

She started to walk away but stopped once she got close to the door and cleared her throat while she looked at me. "However, there is no funny business while I am gone. Is that understood?"

I bit back a smile and nodded. "Yes, Ma'am," I said. "There will be no funny business at all."

Vice Principal Triste looked satisfied and nodded. "Good," she said.

And with that, she left, leaving Charlie and me alone in the room with me "still under the spell," which didn't work at all.