Academy of Elements: Fire

Chapter 11: Confusions of the Heart

After we finished playing in the pool we went to the restaurant and walked back to my dorm.

"Wow!" Aira said in shock. "Your dorm is so clean!"

All four of us walked down the hallway and sat down on the couch.

"Let's watch a movie!" Haley suggested.
"Sure." I agreed.

I walked up to a shelf beside the tv.
A eventually found a movie called Rosalina Pan.
I slid it into the tv and pressed play.

I got up and made some popcorn and sat back down next to my new found friends.
The movie was about Pan's sister and it was really good.

After the movie we want for a walk to the front of the school.

"What ever." Denen said. "Hey, look who it is, it's the water kid."

I looked over towards the front of the school. Sure enough the water kid sat there reading.

I walked up to him and touched him on the shoulder.

"Where's Ella?" I asked him.
"Inside." She's talking to her friend Fera.
"Figures." I said rolling my eyes.
"What do you have with her? You seamed pretty mad at her earlier today." He asked
"Oh, its nothing. Me and Ella just have a little bit of history." I answered. "We just got mad at each yesterday."

I was interrupted when Ella walked out of the school and walked towards us.

"Oh, hey Brennen!" She said.
"Um, Jaxon. You know the boyfriend I told you about? This is him." She explained.
My mouth fell open. I had gotten mad at Ella for no reason at all.
"What about that Fera girl though?" I asked.
"Oh! That's her sister Mera." She reasoned. "They're identical twins."
"Can I talk to you privately." I asked Ella.
"Um... Sure." She replied.

Me and Ella walked over to a tree.

"I'm so sorry i got mad at you; I thought you had used me and lied about Fera." I began. "I feel really bad I don't even know where to start!?"
"Well I know where I'm going to start." She said looking over at Brennen.
I looked over at him. His sandy hair was blowing in the wind and he was looking towards that lake.

She gave me a hug.
"It's my fault; I didn't explain, I should have told you about all of this, and I just dumped you. I feel terrible."Ella said sincerely.

"Hey guys!" Brennen called. "Let's go hang out by the lake."
"We just went swimming though." Haley told him.
"I'm not saying we go swimming, just hang out there." He explained.

We ended up going to the lake much to Hayley's complaint.

My feet sunk into the warm sand.
The lake was beautiful. A cliff stood to one side and the forest on the other.
I spotted a dock around 100 meters out.

Some older kids stalked over to us.
"Look who skipped school." They teased.
"Get lost." I said standing up to them.
"Ahh... Some first years!" One of the kids yelled.

I looked at Brennen his fist were clutched and his eyes were closed.
I noticed something moving in the lake.
A huge wave raised out of the lake heading towards the gang.

I twisted my hand making the water colder and colder. It was so easy now, I felt power fly through me and it felt great.
The kids looked over towards the wave.

Brennen motioned his hands down and I lifted my hand and spread my fingers.

The wave froze over the kids. I motioned down and the wave shattered over the gang.
They screamed and ran off away from the lake.

Brennen and I high fived and we all burst out laughing.

"Should go over to the dock?" Aira asked.
"Sure!" Haley agreed. "Give me a second."

Haley slowly raised her hands and rocks raised from under the water creating stepping stones.

We all leaped across the stones except for Brennen who swam along side us.

When we reached the dock Haley made the rocks disappear  and we all lied down on the dock.

"Anyone wanna jump in with me?" Brennen asked.
"Sure." Me and Dennen agreed.

I was still in my swimming shorts so I pulled off my shirt and did a cannonball into the water Denen in close pursuit.

I climbed back onto the dock and sat down my feet dangling into the water.
I looked back at Ella.

She was smiling and watching Denen and Brennen fool around.

Then I realized.

I was still in love with Ella.
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