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The entire night after Charles dropped me off at my house, I couldn't sleep. I wanted to get on the phone and call Faith to tell her what had happened, but I couldn't. She was probably still with Angel and even though I was still a little mad at her about that, I kinda wasn't. At least not as much as I had been when I left the Bronze. That vampire had tried to kill me, but got what was coming to him when Charles showed up and knocked him over the head. I felt a little bad about thinking Charles was a vampire too and that all he wanted when he got me in his truck was my neck all to himself. He wasn't a vampire at all. Plus, he'd saved me. And he had this really nice smile.
I must've fallen asleep sometime because the next morning I woke up with Mama yelling from the other room that I was going to be late for school. I guess getting attacked by a vampire makes a girl a little groggy. Jumping out of bed, I rushed getting ready and gave Mama an apologetic look on my way out the door. Daddy was waiting outside by the car and soon we were on the road towards the school.
"Didn't hear you come in last night."
Blinking, I turned to look at him. "Oh! Um.. well, me and Faith.. we went out and.."
"Oh, I know you went out with Faith, Fred. Just don't make the sneaking in a habit." He looked over at me and smiled a little. "Or your mama might have something to say about it."
Smiling at him, I gave him a kiss on the cheek and jumped out the side of the car. I wasn't late yet, but I would be if I didn't get myself into a classroom soon. I didn't even bother running by my locker but just went to my first class. Time must be playing a trick on me or something because it sure seemed to drag on forever all day long. I couldn't concentrate good at all but that kinda had something to do with my seeing Charles for a split second between classes and then me kicking myself for not going over to say hey. I hadn't seen Faith all morning, so I had no idea if she'd actually made it to school today. Mr. Pryce probably wouldn't have been too happy with that though. She was bound to come in sooner or later. Wonder if she even noticed I was gone. Okay, so she probably did.
Instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch, I headed to the library and was thankful that Mr. Pryce was gone for the period. Probably off doing whatever he was doing with Ms. Calendar or something. Didn't really matter much as long as I got to sit in the back without having to worry if he'd find me in the section he'd lectured me about more than once. It wasn't as if I was going to actually do any of these spells really. It was solely for educational purposes. Except for that one time that didn't turn out so well.
I'd been sitting there for a while when I heard the library doors open. Freezing, I crawled over to look past the bookshelves to see if I could make an escape out of here so Mr. Pryce wouldn't see me. I heard footsteps getting closer and I realized that I would probably be getting a talk today about getting into his books again. Crap! Picking up several of the books, I tried putting them back on their shelves as quickly as I could but when I heard someone call my name, I jumped and squeaked, dropping several of them on the floor. Woops?
Looking up, I saw that it wasn't Mr. Pryce at all, but was Xander. "Xander! Gosh, you scared me." Bending down, I picked up the books again and stacked them on top of the other but left them on the floor. At least I wasn't in any trouble. "What are you doing in here?" I frowned once I got a good look at him. Looked like someone just told him his puppy had died. "You okay? You don't look okay. What's wrong?"
I must've fallen asleep sometime because the next morning I woke up with Mama yelling from the other room that I was going to be late for school. I guess getting attacked by a vampire makes a girl a little groggy. Jumping out of bed, I rushed getting ready and gave Mama an apologetic look on my way out the door. Daddy was waiting outside by the car and soon we were on the road towards the school.
"Didn't hear you come in last night."
Blinking, I turned to look at him. "Oh! Um.. well, me and Faith.. we went out and.."
"Oh, I know you went out with Faith, Fred. Just don't make the sneaking in a habit." He looked over at me and smiled a little. "Or your mama might have something to say about it."
Smiling at him, I gave him a kiss on the cheek and jumped out the side of the car. I wasn't late yet, but I would be if I didn't get myself into a classroom soon. I didn't even bother running by my locker but just went to my first class. Time must be playing a trick on me or something because it sure seemed to drag on forever all day long. I couldn't concentrate good at all but that kinda had something to do with my seeing Charles for a split second between classes and then me kicking myself for not going over to say hey. I hadn't seen Faith all morning, so I had no idea if she'd actually made it to school today. Mr. Pryce probably wouldn't have been too happy with that though. She was bound to come in sooner or later. Wonder if she even noticed I was gone. Okay, so she probably did.
Instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch, I headed to the library and was thankful that Mr. Pryce was gone for the period. Probably off doing whatever he was doing with Ms. Calendar or something. Didn't really matter much as long as I got to sit in the back without having to worry if he'd find me in the section he'd lectured me about more than once. It wasn't as if I was going to actually do any of these spells really. It was solely for educational purposes. Except for that one time that didn't turn out so well.
I'd been sitting there for a while when I heard the library doors open. Freezing, I crawled over to look past the bookshelves to see if I could make an escape out of here so Mr. Pryce wouldn't see me. I heard footsteps getting closer and I realized that I would probably be getting a talk today about getting into his books again. Crap! Picking up several of the books, I tried putting them back on their shelves as quickly as I could but when I heard someone call my name, I jumped and squeaked, dropping several of them on the floor. Woops?
Looking up, I saw that it wasn't Mr. Pryce at all, but was Xander. "Xander! Gosh, you scared me." Bending down, I picked up the books again and stacked them on top of the other but left them on the floor. At least I wasn't in any trouble. "What are you doing in here?" I frowned once I got a good look at him. Looked like someone just told him his puppy had died. "You okay? You don't look okay. What's wrong?"