As much as I wanted to ignore it, since the day at the beach my heart has been aching to be close to Cari again. I usually hated Mondays but I knew today I would get to see her again and I tried to contain my excited heart but I'm sure it was very obvious to the supernaturals in the room.
"Do you think Cari is going to go easy on us now?" Liz asked the four of us. Before we could respond Cari burst through the door.
"Oh, missed my favorite toys."
"I think that's your answer..." I said under my breath mentally preparing for the next three hours of torment.
"Where is everyone?" Sabrina said looking around the room. She's right normally there were more students in the class.
"Maybe they figured out how to escape," I grumbled quietly to my friends. They all chuckled.
"Nat, sweetheart, did you say something? Speak up if you want to be heard," Cari mocked. It's a little early to start this game. But who am I not to play?
"Oh, sure no problem...WHERE IS THE REST OF YOUR CLASS PROFESSOR WRIGHT?" I practically yelled.
Everyone just stared at me like I was crazy or had a death wish. Probably both are true. But I just smirked because what is she really going to do...
"Someone is getting bold," she said cocking a brow. "I wonder how I can fix that..." She put a finger on her chin pretending to think. Okay, I have regrets.
"Let's play a game...Shall we?" she smirked.
I gulped audibly. I'm not liking where this is going.
"I'm good actually..."
"Oh come on Nat it will be fun!"
"Yeah, I don't think our definition of fun is the same thing..." I mumbled.
She chuckled, "you'd be surprised...anyways you clearly have a lot of energy if you're so willing to shout at me so why don't we put that to the test? I stand throughout this three-hour lecture why don't we see if you can too..."
Her face was plastered with a devious smirk. I was not about to let her win.
"I'd looove to," I said sarcastically. "In fact," I stood up and picked up my chair, "Here you can take my chair. If I would have known that you got tired from standing I would have offered it to you earlier." I smirked victoriously and set the chair down in front of her.
Cari gently grabbed a hold of the collar of my shirt and slowly pulled me forward so that I was close enough for her to whisper in my ear so none of the humans could hear.
"Thanks for the chair sweetheart. It's going to come in handy when I have you over my knee after class."
I fucked up.
"Wait..." I said panicked. "Please I'm sorry," I pleaded but she just chuckled darkly and let go of my shirt.
"Go be a good girl."
As I was standing next to my friends that were comfortably sitting in their chairs my mind started to race. She couldn't spank me? Right? I don't want that...right? We went on one date. Barely a date considering there were 6 extra people with us. We haven't even kissed yet. How do I always get myself into this...
I was brought abruptly out of my thoughts when the doors to the class flung open.
"Sorry we're late," the bitch herself sang with sarcasm.
"What are you doing here Becky. I thought I made myself clear." Cari was spitting every word out with venom.
"It's BECCA," she spat back. "And we're in your class now, silly." Becky was surrounded by her gang of idiots as they walked into the room as if they owned the place.
"That's impossible there are no spots left in my class," Cari said.
"Oh yeah about that...the students that are missing class today...well they won't be coming back..." she said letting her words hang in the air dangerously.
My eyes widened. What the fuck did she do to them?
Becky noticed the sudden fear in my eyes and laughed. "Oh, hey Nat what a surprise to see you in this class," she teased.
"Also why are you standing?" she asked puzzled as her pack filled the empty seats in the class.
"You must have gotten brain damage if you're this stupid to come here," I said through gritted teeth.
"I'M NOT STUPID!" She yelled like a two-year-old throwing a temper tantrum.
"Could have fooled me..." Liz quipped. God, I love my friends.
"I would watch your mouth..." Becky said pointing at Liz menacingly.
"Or what," Sabrina said threateningly as she scooted closer to Liz as if protecting her. Liz looked at Sabrina with adoration and it made my heart warm. They just need to date already!
Becky chuckled darkly. "You'll see."
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Class felt like it was dragging on forever. I was bored out of my mind and my legs were killing me. I'm pretty sure I was in hell. I had been standing for hours, forced to listen to some boring history lecture, surrounded by people I hated. To make things worse I started to get a splitting headache. It was like my head was being squeezed from all sides. I rubbed my temples to seek some sort of relief but it was to no avail. Did I not drink enough water today? It was becoming too painful to move my head but I saw from the corner of my eyes bright purple eyes looking directly at me. Fuck she's trying to get in my head.
The spell to access someone's thoughts is very painful if you resist. If you gave up, the pain would go away but they would have access to your thoughts. It felt like she was punching me in the head over and over again, but I had to keep fighting because if she got in, she could figure out what I am and I know she would not hesitate to kill me. The pain was starting to feel unbearable. That's when I heard a scream next to me.
"Liz, what's wrong?" I heard Sabrina ask with concern. Fuck they're doing it to Liz too. I felt helpless. The pain was shutting my body down. I couldn't keep myself up anymore and I fell to my knees.
"Nat are you okay?" Kyle asked panicked. Yeah, I'm clearly doing great, Kyle.
I wanted to respond but all that came out was a groan of pain.
I heard sinister laughter coming from the bitch's direction and I wanted nothing more than to rip my canines out and use them to tear her head off myself.
"CLASS DISMISSED!" I heard Cari yell, but the pain didn't stop. Becky was still trying to get in my head and Liz was still screaming next to me. I was about to pass out from the pain. I was losing this battle and soon she would know my secret. This is not how I wanted to go.
I began to feel myself slipping into the darkness. Letting it envelop me. It felt oddly calm. Almost safe. But that didn't make sense...
"Shh, it's okay baby I got you," I heard faintly in my ear.
It was like an angel was whispering in my ear. Her voice was music only fit for the heavens. A melody that could ease any suffering. Slowly I felt myself coming back as the pain was leaving my body.
"That's it, baby girl," she cooed. "you're okay."
I felt strong arms cradling me as I was held tightly to a cool body. It was like she was holding all my pieces together. I gathered enough strength to slowly open my eyes. Everything was still blurry.
"There you go, baby. I'm right here." She purred.
After a few seconds, I was able to get my bearings and the first thing I saw was the loving face of Cari staring directly at me. I couldn't help but shed a tear. It was not from all the pain I had just suffered but because I have never felt so loved in my life than in that moment.
"Oh baby please don't cry," Cari pleaded and wiped my tear away.
"I-It's n-not from sadness," I choked out still recovering. "It's from l-love."
Cari looked like her heart was going to burst. This terrifyingly powerful vampire, that commanded respect, just melted completely at my words. I saw her in a way that no one ever would. Kind. Gentle. And loving.
"You have no idea how long I have waited for someone to look at me the way you to, Nat."
I wanted to live in this moment forever. But sadly all good things end...
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO BECCA!" Sabrina screamed. At that, I took in my surroundings. Sabrina was holding a sobbing Liz in her arms and Kyle and Dillan were seconds away from shifting and ripping the heads off Becky and her gang. All the humans had left the class by now. Well except Liz and sorta me. We were very outnumbered. Sabrina, Cari, Kyle, and Dillan against three witches and three wolves in Becky's pack.
"Relax, relax," Becky said nonchalantly. "We just played with their minds a little bit."
"I'm going to kill you," Cari said standing up about to lunge. But before she could do anything all three witches' eyes began to glow purple. Cari stood frozen and tense as all her veins suddenly began to turn black. Her face was contorted in pain. That was it for Dillan and Kyle. They shifted into their wolf form and so did the three wolves in Becky's pack. Liz started to scream again until she passed out in Sabrina's arms. Well, I should probably do that too considering I'm supposed to be human too and I'm staring at my professor's black veins, my two best friends shifting into wolves and three girls with glowing purple eyes. But honestly somehow this just feels like another Monday for me...
Sabrina immediately started to try to cast a protection spell over Cari but it was useless because she was trying to combat three witches. Cari was strong and could overpower one maybe two witches but three was enough to debilitate her and seeing her in pain set a rage in me that I have never felt before. I knew this was it, I couldn't contain it anymore. I had to protect her. Even if it cost me my life...