Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Chapter 7

***So my afternoon class got canceled today, and I managed to get another chapter done. Oh, golly. I realize now that we're seven chapters through this book, and big things are gonna happen soon, and...

AAAAAAAAAH.

I mean, I've been waiting to write most of this stuff for MONTHS. It just blows my mind that I'm finally sharing it with the world in book form.

Also, fun fact: Including this chapter, "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" is already over 25,000 words. Gosh, guys. This is gonna be a long book LOL***

***(Nya's POV; song for this chapter: "I Wanna Talk About Me" by Toby Keith)***

I ride to school with Zane this morning. Kai and I stayed the night at the monastery after all that happened with Cole last night. He'll be fine, but he's not coming into school today. Kai's staying back with him, just in case something goes wrong.

I guess I could've come to school with Lloyd, but he seemed to be in a bad mood when he got in last night. And I'm sure not going with Jay.

I promised him we'd talk this morning, but I purposefully avoided him, if I'm being honest. I still can't believe he played me just so I would cuddle with him and feed him and...

And confess my feelings for him.

I swallow back hurt. I really miss the Jay Walker of February, or even the Jay Walker of last fall. We may not have had any romantic history back then, but he was still a good friend. I can't even call Jay that these days.

"You seem particularly broody this morning," Seliel observes as we walk into school. Well, I walk, and she hobbles.

I huff. "Maybe it's my martyr complex acting up." I'm still salty about that for obvious reasons.

She raises an eyebrow, blowing a huge bubblegum bubble. After popping it right in my face, she shrugs, "I speak only as I hear, and you definitely have that whole 'I-am-the-savior-of-my-friends-so-I-must-die' thing going."

My eye twitches. "And why would you say that, Seliel?"

"Because you actually think your life is horrible. And you thought running away was going to keep you from hurting others. I think you still do believe running away is the right thing to do."

I scoff. "Seliel, what do you know about it?"

"More than you think." She pops another bubble. "We should talk sometime about that, ya know?"

"Whatever. Later." I head off toward my first class – English. We're reviewing for tomorrow's test during our time today.

I shiver. Tomorrow is the last day of high school – like, forever. I'm never going to see most of my classmates again. And I won't see my team for a while – not after the wedding, that is. I'm not ready to leave everyone behind.

Hopefully, I'll be fixed soon enough that I can come back to the team in a few years. Maybe I could even find a way to fix myself before the wedding? Then, I wouldn't have to leave at all.

I take a deep breath, walking inside my classroom.

Where Jay Walker is standing right next to my desk.

I swallow, backing away. Um, I really don't want to be here anymore. You know what? I think I've reviewed enough for this class. Who needs an extra day of in-class review when you've already spent the past four years of your life killing yourself over school?

However, Jay spots me and immediately walks out of the classroom, cornering me by the wall.

Oh, gosh. What have I done to deserve this?