Blazing Academy: Semester One (Academy For All Things Scorching #1) - Avery Song Page 0,89
6'3" practically overnight. That was another item on the list of reasons as to why girls were frantically trying to get their attention, seeing as we didn't have a lot of tall guys.
Not ignoring how powerful, attractive, and smart they are individually.
"Hey," I replied, not expecting him to kiss me until our lips pressed together. I blinked in shock but noticed that his calm, tired eyes remained open as he leaned back slightly to see my flushed face.
"How was the exam?" he casually questioned, as if he hadn't just kissed me in front of a mass of students that were all staring our way.
"Good?" I squeaked, trying hard to compose myself and not melt in his arms. Or ask for another kiss.
"What's with all the silly commotion here?" Gabriel's voice carried through from the entrance, and he and Keru were heading towards us. "Westley, stop being all romantic with our Alice. You've already proven your point," he barked.
Keru looked beyond amused, lifting his arms to rest his hands behind his head as he stretched.
"Just admit you're cranky because you lost that other bet you made, that these two love birds wouldn't last until midterms." Keru chuckled and clapped his hands in applause. "What's this? Do we have a situation, Rick?"
The way Keru's eyes darkened in an aggressive manner had Rick gritting his teeth as he practically spun around. "We got shit to take care of, instead of wasting our time on some slut."
His insult didn't faze me, but before anyone registered it, Rick was on the ground with a foot pressed against his chest.
Gabriel?!
"Now, now, horseman. Who are you calling a slut? Because I know you aren't directing that to our Alice, are you?"
Rick coughed and growled back at him, but it didn't faze Gabriel in the slightest.
"Back off, Gabriel."
The male voice brought everyone's attention to Damon as he moved out from wherever he'd been standing to observe the confrontation. He had his hands in his pocket, his expression no different than usual as he reached Rick's feet.
"You shouldn't be causing trouble."
Keru chuckled and moved to stand on Gabriel's right, just next to Rick's head. "Trouble? I didn't hear Gabriel calling anyone a slut. As a horseman, isn't it one of your duties to not instigate fights?"
"Yet it seems that’s all he does. I wonder if I should put a complaint into Mrs. CloverSpell herself?" Gabriel offered.
"It's not necessarily," Damon coldly noted, his eyes lingering on me for a few seconds. "All of this is a mere misunderstanding."
"On your side," Westley added, waiting for him to acknowledge the truth. Damon looked like he didn't want to admit it, but he slowly nodded.
"Correct. It was a misjudgment on Rick's part. Won't happen again."
"Good." Gabriel moved his leg away, leaving Rick to cough as much as he wanted.
He was clearly being dramatic, but from everyone's observant perspective, we all knew who was in the wrong, and no one was going to say otherwise.
"Let's go check the boards to see if the results are up," Clara encouraged our group. "I think we wasted enough time chilling here. Besides, it's annoyingly hot."
She twirled around, heading down the hall towards the outdoor courtyard where we'd apparently get to see our results.
Gabriel and Keru moved away, walking over to Westley and me to exchange quick hugs with me. We moved away as a unit, and it felt good to leave Rick seething in anger among his comrades.
He really should have learned the first time that I wasn't someone he'd like on his radar, but at least he'd gotten yet another reminder.
We didn't speak until we were outdoors, and I looked at Gabriel to give him an admirable smile.
"You know, it's kind of hot when you get all defensive like that," I teased. He began to blush while his scowl only deepened. "Aww, don't scowl like that."
"You're gonna make your boyfriend jealous," Gabriel warned.
"Not jealous at all." Westley yawned, his left hand now in my right as we continued to make our way to the boards. "If you have a crush, you might as well say-"
"I do not have anything of the sorts," Gabriel combated with a huff. "Stop assuming stuff."
"Assumptions turn to reality," Keru sang. "Admit it. You'd love for the rumors to be true."
"Oh no," I groaned. "You guys have been hearing about those?"