softly and turned my gaze to see what she was looking at. I found her brother flirting with Tabitha.
“You were right,” Sammy said.
I looked back at her. “About what?”
“You’re just like him, evil and dark, but for some reason you share some sort of a connection.”
“What?”
“It must be a Rubicon thing,” she said without taking her eyes off her brother and gave a small chuckle.
I turned around again and found his entire table laughing.
“What’s a Rubicon thing?” Becky asked as she and George put four trays of food on the table. I turned my head as Blake’s gaze fell on our table.
“Tell you later,” Sammy whispered. “Too many ears.”
DIDN’T WANT TO go back to our room. I was scared of confronting the horrible deed that I’d done an hour ago. Blake and Tabitha found my gaze and I watched them walking out hand in hand, bumping one another playfully as they exited the cafeteria. A part of me wished for the first time that it was me. I’d never felt this way about Blake before. I hated the jealousy of wanting to be Tabitha. She was shallow and only cared about herself and Blake.
“Let’s go,” Sammy said.
“Can we stay a bit, please?”
“You’ll be fine Elena. Tomorrow is Monday again and you’ll be training with him in the afternoon,” Sammy said and both Becky and I just stared at each other as none of it made any sense to us.
Sammy giggled as she saw our expressions. “I’ll explain inside the room, now let’s go.” We said goodbye to the boys at the stairs and started to climb. My heart pounded as Becky unlocked the door and I gasped again as I walked into the room.
Everything was fixed. My bedpost looked as if it’d never gotten attacked by a crazy person, and the torn piece of carpet was back to its normal thick, lush brown self. Sammy’s dresser was back in one piece and I didn’t see Becky’s clothes on the floor anymore. The feathers were gone, and all the pillows were fixed.
“See, everything can be fixed, Elena.”
“I still did it Becky,” I felt angry with myself again.
“It’s going to be okay.” She gave me a gentle smile and looked at Sammy again. “So what is this big Rubicon thing you couldn’t tell us in the cafeteria?”
“Yeah, what did you mean that we share a connection?” I wanted to know.
“For some reason you and my brother are each other’s salvation, you both are like light to one another. Your hatred disappeared because Blake was near.”
“I don’t understand, are you saying that we turn darker the more we are apart from each other?” It didn’t make sense but it did explain the black out and me going psycho on our room. It was also followed by a new fear: “What if he refuses to carry on with the training?”
Sammy’s eyes rose. “Don’t tell him. You can’t let that happen. He needs you just as much as you need him. He can’t turn evil with you close to his side. It explains why he is so friendly.”
“This is so messed up,” Becky said and looked at Sammy.
“Welcome to my world,” I said and both just looked at me.
Becky touched my shoulder. “I agree with Sammy, Blake can’t know about this. He would cancel the training if anything like this happened. He would feel tied down and you know Blake.”
I nodded and looked around the room again. “Who fixed the room?”
“Master Longwei took care of it.” Sammy smiled. “It’s normal, Elena. He understands.”
I sighed. “I’m so sorry you guys. I’ll somehow find a way to repay you for your clothes,” I said to Becky
“Seriously, you didn’t know what you were doing, Elena. I so blame the psycho inside of you.” She laughed, and I smiled. I wished that I could feel the same way she did over my split personality. “Hey, it’s okay. I can buy new clothes. We just have to find a way for you to get your daily Blake doses.”
Laughter filled the room.
“You make it sound as if I’m addicted to him.”
“Well you have no choice, so it could be called an addiction.”
“I don’t want this.”
“Neither do junkies.”
“They have a choice, there is a cure for them and they can stop whenever they want. There is a difference.”
She smiled. “Whatever makes you sleep better at night, darling.”
I threw a pillow at her and the two girls broke out in laughter.
My lips vibrated like a horse’s with the heavy breath I let out.