Blazing Academy: Semester One (Academy For All Things Scorching #1) - Avery Song Page 0,85
even finish as Gabriel moved behind him and literally covered his mouth with tape.
We both stared at him as Keru muffled something that obviously made no sense. When Gabriel didn't move the tape, Keru began to get frustrated, which only led to Gabriel complaining to the heavens about what a sad day it was and making bets with himself and the universe that we wouldn't last through midterms.
I don't think he meant it from a negative standpoint, but I guess with both of us being sixteen and with our relationship as friends beginning to grow, it had to be difficult for him to accept.
"Let's make a bet!" he declared, ignoring Keru's mumbles to point at us. "If you guys break up before midterms, you have to worship me for a week."
"Sure." I wasn't even concerned with the bet.
"And if you lose?" Westley prompted, followed by, "You have to treat us to a night out. Us and anyone else we decide to ask to tag along."
"Deal!" Gabriel responded without a second thought.
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That was his great mistake and was why we were going to celebrate today.
Dating Westley was rather nice. In the beginning, I'd been worried that I wasn't like other girls who spent hours getting ready for dates or had expensive clothes to wear.
It was clear that Westley was from a well-off family from the way he dressed, but I didn't have a variation of clothes to choose from and that worried me. However, as the days went on and we started our new relationship, I realized how laid-back Westley was with everything.
He may have liked branded clothes, but he mentioned only wearing them for certain occasions. He’d rather spend his time sleeping in his boxers than caring about what to wear on a regular basis.
Since we'd been so into school, it wasn't like we had much free time to go out and party. Both of us were ahead, but we agreed that we wanted to remain that way. We studied after class like everyone else, and when we got back to our dorms, we'd do a group recap with Gabriel and Keru.
Whoever got the most correct answers got a special dessert.
The reminder only made me realize I had to sign up for the training membership for semester two because all that winning dessert was going to my thighs, and those pounds were hard to lose.
I personally wanted to become more active, noticing how Keru worked out on the regular while Gabriel and Westley maintained a weight training program three times a week.
It wasn't like I needed to follow suit, but to see them working on themselves physically made me want to do the same. I was good at running, so my new goal was to try and run for fifteen minutes before breakfast.
At least that would burn the dessert from the previous night.
Regardless of my newfound desire to get fit and active, Westley had been super supportive of everything I wanted to do.
During the quiet nights when Gabriel and Keru were asleep, we'd stay up and talk about random things. Some days I'd share bits of my past, not feeling ashamed or worried about expressing my insecurities regarding my past and my expectations of the school year.
Little by little, I got to learn more about him. Westley was actually adopted, having been an orphan until he was around ten. He didn't go into the details, and I didn't push him to share because I could tell it was a heavy topic for him to even graze the surface of it.
His new parents, Mister and Missus Simmons had adopted him at the age of eleven and were extremely wealthy magicians. They both were extremely strong in the Wind Flare department, and thus why it was the flame he trained the most on a regular basis. He’d known for a long time he was gifted with all four flame traits, but he liked keeping it to himself.
He disliked people who only judged based on power or appearance, and one of his pet peeves was users. I had a feeling that in his short period of life, many must have tried to take advantage of him in one way or the other, and he disliked the mere thought of it.
I was sure there was far more for me to learn about him, but it felt good to take things slow. Since my first kiss with him, we honestly weren't super intimate or anything.