A bite at the cherry episode 5 – 6

⚜️⚜️ A BITE AT THE CHERRY. ⚜️⚜️

{ _BlackBurn Academy: Blood Thirst_ }

Written ✍️: _Cisca. H._

CHAPTER FIVE & SIX:

Nothing happened, Elise. It’s only the usual nightmare you always have.

I’ve been saying the words over and over again from home to school and even as I got to the locker room, I kept muttering it to myself.

My hands were still on my neck since I left home.

“Hey,”

“Jes..” I flinched at Floris voice, holding my chest tight.
And any moment from now, I’m on the ground.

“Geez, Elise, you’re such a kid.” She teased, tapping my shoulder.

If actually she knows where I was, she wouldn’t have thought about interfering.

“Do you always have to do this?”

“You were thinking. What were you thinking about? ”

I sighed taking my books from my locker, ” Flo, it’s complicated.”

“What’s so complicated about it that I can’t understand? ”

” It’s nothing actually.” I lied.

” It’s obvious that you’re lying. You know, it’s on your face like you’ve seen a monster or something.”

” That’s not funny, Flo.”

” So, tell me, what’s eating you up?”

I looked at her for awhile, I shook my head. ” You won’t understand, Flo, just take it that way. ”

” Well, I hope one day the wh0le complicated things would get easy to tell. Well, it’s sports day today! ”

I faked a smile. ” Have you seen Lora? ” I asked, pretending like I was searching for her.

“No. Any problem?”

“I haven’t seen her since I came. Thought you might have seen her. ”

” She’s probably going to be with Dionne. You know she’s been head over heels for him and it’s overwhelming her a lot. ”

” Mmm. ” I hummed. ” I heard the football team will be practicing today.”

“So is Dionne playing.”

I stared shocked at her. I know he’s only replacing Daniel since he isn’t returning back to the academy.

“Wow, that’s great.”

“He’s replacing Daniel.” Flo said not sure if she was doing the right thing mentioning his name.

“I know. Come on, we’ve got class to attend.”

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~ _Floris POV_ ~

I know something was weird in the way Elise talked.
Although she tried to hide it all but I can still see it in her eyes.

You know those looks when you see lucifer in your kitchen?
Those were the same looks on her eyes.

I really pity her though.
It’s not easy to hide such thing to herself but I know she’s trying.

Whatever it is, I hope it’s gonna be alright so soon.

After the first two period has passed, the next was PH. E.
And here comes my favorite subject.

Lora, Elise and I sat together as we always do.
Lora had to stay with us because Dionne was playing for Daniel’s team.

After the brief warm ups, he looked at our direction. He winked at Lora, then waving at us.

We waved back.

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~ _Elise’s POV_ ~

The game began and the first match was a draw between the two teams.

No one wants the other to score higher and this has caused anxiety to most of the students.

But to me, the game was only getting interesting.

Flo tapped me, making an eye signal to a direction.

I followed her sign.
Oh, no, not him again.

That’s Mr McCall, BlackBurn best couch.
He never lets me rest, without asking me the same question all the time.

And I know that’s gonna be the same reason he’s calling me now.

“Where have you been, Miss Maria?”

“Here. Where?”

“Are you alright?”

“Me? Yes, sure. I am. ”

” I don’t think so. Well, I was thinking if you’d join the female football team this year. ”

Told y’all.
It’s always the same question all the time.

“Me? Mr McCall…”

“Your boyfriend was the quarterback of his team, you should probably give it a try. ”

” My boyfriend was a good player doesn’t make me a good one either. And how the heck do you know Daniel is my boyfriend? ”

” It’s obvious, Maria, everyone knows.
So, what do you say about joining the team? ”

” I… I really don’t know. Honestly, I wish I can but I can’t. I’m only going cause some disorder there. ”

” You really mean this? ” He asked, sounding mean.

” Excuse me, do I sound like I was joking?”I asked back, pretending to be mean too.

“You don’t, but you look like you’re joking.” He snorted. ” Just kidding. ”

I grunted, rolling my eyes.

” Well, go on, enjoy the game. ” I rolled my eyes again, heading back to the bench.

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~ _Author’s POV_ ~

While he walked with Miss Martin, she walked pass them.

He slowly turned his head, for a moment, watched her walk away.

“Is there a problem, Sir?” Miss Martin asked, noticing his sudden pause.

He turned his gaze at her. “Yes, please.”

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~ _Elise’s POV_~

Finally, there is a winner.
Dionne’s team scored 3 out of one. Lora went to cheer up with Dionne and the rest of his teammates.

Flo and I headed back to the school. I could remember when Daniel was here, he was the one always scoring the goals and I was the one always running to cheer up with him and his teammates.

But now, things are a lot different… for good.

A junior ran up to me, saying that Miss Martin was calling me.
Of all people, why would that woman call me?

“See you at class.” I told Flo, leaving to Miss Martin’s office.

Miss Martin was arranging some students files when I walked in.
She looked confused as she sorted them in position.

“Miss Martin, you called me.”

She finally rose her eyes at me, ” Oh yes, I did. I want you to give this to the principal. ”

” The principal? ”

” Yes, the principal. Got a problem with that? ” Her confused eyes turned mean.

” No. ”

She handed the files to me, checking her desk if there was any left behind.

“These are the new student’s files, handle them with care. Understood? ”

” Yes, ma’am. ”

I held them with my both hands, making sure there was no way any could slip off.

I walked through the hallway, thankfully it was quiet or I would have had my arms banged on ten or fifteen person’s.

Dionne approach from the other direction, with a smile on his face.
“Hi.”

“Hi, Dionne. Congratulation on your win.”

“Thanks. “He looked at my hands, ” what’s these? ” He asked.

“These? They are the new student’s files Miss Martin sent me to give to the principal. ”

” Why did she chose you? ”

I shrug.” I don’t know. Asked her the same question and she almost yelled at me. ”

” Give it to me, I’ll take it to him myself. ”

” Oh so lovely of you, Dionne. Look, I really want to give this to you and save the stress of walking in there myself but, Miss Martin is gonna have my head chopped if she finds out I wasn’t the one who gave this to him. ”

” She won’t find out. ”

” Of course, she will. Besides, she’s in good terms with the principal, she might ask him. ”

” Are you sure you wanna go in there? ”

Now, that’s weird.

” Yeah, why? “I asked, feeling confused on the way he reacted. “Is there a problem?”

“No. I’ll leave you to it then. See you at class.” He left.

“Okay. ”

That still wasn’t convincing but, I know he’s only trying to help.
And I get it.

I had knocked at the door hundreds of times before the so-called principal could let me in.

I pulled the door open, making as much as possible not to cause any sound while the door closed behind me.

He was holding a book high, covering his face and only his fingers which curved by the side of the book was seen.

I stood for what took like minutes yet, he didn’t acknowledge my presence.
And for another extra five minutes I stood there, he had to spend it on three pages of his novel.

I’ve always know he was going to be the hot headed type.
First time in his office and he has shown how annoying he is.

How does Miss Martin even cope with such annoying attitudes?
I guess that’s a good reason why she had to send me here instead.

Why didn’t I see this coming earlier?

I faked a cough, twice before he could finally acknowledge me.
He dropped the book down, adjusting his glasses well above his nose.

His eyes had the same startling clarity as a mountain stream and the lineament of his face were in perfect proportion to the other.

He was adored by the fairer s-x of his teutonic-gold hair.

He seemed moulded from a different cast as he had an androgynous look uncommon to most people.

His mountain peak cheekbones appeared chiselled into shape.
It looked as if they were sculptured and pared to perfection.

With eyes as bright as spellbinding a lode stars, they bewitch all those who fell under his steady gaze.

They were a sparkle and shone like two eternity-blue jewels.

He scanned me from my head down to my wa-ist. He couldn’t make it further because the rest of my body was covered behind his desk.

He blinked back at me once again, in,side my head ran so many questions.
Was my hair untidy? Or was my uniform in the wrong position?

All this crazy thoughts and other more kept ringing in my head, when his voice didn’t only brought me back to reality, it captivated me to it’s world.

“What is it?”

His voice was the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard. It was calm and gentle, and sounded more like a melody to the ear.

“Uhm… Here are the files Miss Martin said I should give to you. ”

” What files? ” Another silencer of his intonation which almost made me forget where I was.

“ _Snap it off, Elise…_ ”

“Uhm… It’s the new students files, sir.” I said in my best possible way, but trying not to make an eye contact with him.

” Drop it here,” he pointed at where I should drop it, taking his novel back into his hands, covering his face.

I scanned the room, until my eyes met a name written on a silver glass on his table which I guess would be his name.

I was trying to read the letters, to understand what they actually meant but…

“Anything else?” He asked, his eyes still on his book.

“No. Uhm.. nothing.” I quickly exited his office.

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Now, that’s our principal.