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of those fit as well. I won't tell him I saw you, if you're worried. In fact, I would avoid him myself if I had that luxury.”
I laughed softly. I hadn't considered how annoying my step-brother might be to the people forced to work with him. At least I could escape to a different class, or hide in my dorm room. The teachers were stuck with him in the staff room whenever they were seeking a respite from their pupils.
“ Are you a friend of his?” I asked.
“ More a classmate than a friend. But his Mum helped to recommend me to this place, so I shouldn't complain. He asked her to put in a good word. You're his sister, aren't you?”
I tilted my head, “Sort of, I guess. My Mum was his step-mother for a while, but it was before I was born. We're not actually related. That doesn't seem to have sunk in, though.”
Gideon reached out, and gently ruffled my hair. I blushed, and tucked some of my loose strands behind my ear self-consciously. He either didn't notice how much he'd just made my stomach flip, or he had, and he was too nice to make fun of me for it.
“ I'll do what I can to distract him if he gets hold of you. But I need something in return.”
“ Like what?”
I didn't know why I was asking.
I'd have agreed to almost anything.
Gideon leaned in, and whispered almost intimately against my ear, “Don't be so shy in my classes.”
When people said in movies and books that someone had taken their breath away, I thought they were just being dramatic. But as I attempted to breathe in air with Gideon so close to my face, I realised exactly what they meant. My lungs were prickling, and the tips of my fingers tingled, but it wasn't an unpleasant feeling.
At least, not until I looked over Gideon's shoulder, and saw Charlie and William watching us.
I didn't really think it was any of their business if I was talking to anyone, least of all a teacher. Even if I did have a bit of a crush on him, it wasn't like I could or would do anything about it. Gideon wasn't that much older than me, and he was technically still a student, but he wasn't going to have the slightest interest in someone my age.
“ Afternoon, boys,” Gideon greeted, “Are you looking for someone?”
“ No,” William retorted in a scathing tone, “There's no one here we're looking for.”
I didn't know if it was just that I was being paranoid, but I could have sworn that William was directing his venom at me. We'd never really gotten along that well, so it wouldn't have surprised me. But I thought he had been trying to make an effort for Charlie and Jenny's sakes. I supposed without my friend around, he didn't feel the need to be courteous. He fixed Gideon with a deadly glare, then turned heel and stalked away.
Wow.
Talk about a drama queen.
Most of us had teachers we disliked, but that didn't mean we showed it to their faces. That was a very quick way to get into a detention. William's mother was pretty high up as far as I remembered. So it might be that he didn't think he could get punished by anyone for being rude. But he was sadly mistaken. I knew or a fact that our headteacher's daughter had attended punishments frequently for her pranks.
If you could call turning the car park into an ice rink during the winter break a prank.
I put it out of my mind. A person could go mad trying to fathom what was going on in William's head. Anyway, he wasn't anything to do with me. There were more footsteps, and Lisa barreled into me. She didn't really know how to apply the breaks, and looked keen to interrupt whatever Gideon and I were talking about. The new boys weren't the only ones to suffer her amorous attentions.
“ Did you forget?” she asked breathlessly, Chrissy staggering along behind her. The girl was holding her side, and practically doubled over when she joined us. Jenny and Meg were walking in a far more leisurely fashion in my
I laughed softly. I hadn't considered how annoying my step-brother might be to the people forced to work with him. At least I could escape to a different class, or hide in my dorm room. The teachers were stuck with him in the staff room whenever they were seeking a respite from their pupils.
“ Are you a friend of his?” I asked.
“ More a classmate than a friend. But his Mum helped to recommend me to this place, so I shouldn't complain. He asked her to put in a good word. You're his sister, aren't you?”
I tilted my head, “Sort of, I guess. My Mum was his step-mother for a while, but it was before I was born. We're not actually related. That doesn't seem to have sunk in, though.”
Gideon reached out, and gently ruffled my hair. I blushed, and tucked some of my loose strands behind my ear self-consciously. He either didn't notice how much he'd just made my stomach flip, or he had, and he was too nice to make fun of me for it.
“ I'll do what I can to distract him if he gets hold of you. But I need something in return.”
“ Like what?”
I didn't know why I was asking.
I'd have agreed to almost anything.
Gideon leaned in, and whispered almost intimately against my ear, “Don't be so shy in my classes.”
When people said in movies and books that someone had taken their breath away, I thought they were just being dramatic. But as I attempted to breathe in air with Gideon so close to my face, I realised exactly what they meant. My lungs were prickling, and the tips of my fingers tingled, but it wasn't an unpleasant feeling.
At least, not until I looked over Gideon's shoulder, and saw Charlie and William watching us.
I didn't really think it was any of their business if I was talking to anyone, least of all a teacher. Even if I did have a bit of a crush on him, it wasn't like I could or would do anything about it. Gideon wasn't that much older than me, and he was technically still a student, but he wasn't going to have the slightest interest in someone my age.
“ Afternoon, boys,” Gideon greeted, “Are you looking for someone?”
“ No,” William retorted in a scathing tone, “There's no one here we're looking for.”
I didn't know if it was just that I was being paranoid, but I could have sworn that William was directing his venom at me. We'd never really gotten along that well, so it wouldn't have surprised me. But I thought he had been trying to make an effort for Charlie and Jenny's sakes. I supposed without my friend around, he didn't feel the need to be courteous. He fixed Gideon with a deadly glare, then turned heel and stalked away.
Wow.
Talk about a drama queen.
Most of us had teachers we disliked, but that didn't mean we showed it to their faces. That was a very quick way to get into a detention. William's mother was pretty high up as far as I remembered. So it might be that he didn't think he could get punished by anyone for being rude. But he was sadly mistaken. I knew or a fact that our headteacher's daughter had attended punishments frequently for her pranks.
If you could call turning the car park into an ice rink during the winter break a prank.
I put it out of my mind. A person could go mad trying to fathom what was going on in William's head. Anyway, he wasn't anything to do with me. There were more footsteps, and Lisa barreled into me. She didn't really know how to apply the breaks, and looked keen to interrupt whatever Gideon and I were talking about. The new boys weren't the only ones to suffer her amorous attentions.
“ Did you forget?” she asked breathlessly, Chrissy staggering along behind her. The girl was holding her side, and practically doubled over when she joined us. Jenny and Meg were walking in a far more leisurely fashion in my
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