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Authors: Anna White
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"This is what I mean."
He gestured toward Samara. "Why am I saying these things to you?
Even I know this isn't normal!"
He shoved his chair away from the table. "I'm
sorry. I should just go."
Disappointment slammed into her as he pulled
away. She couldn't stand the idea that it might be months, if ever,
before he spoke to her again. "No!" she cried. She knew she was
throwing her dignity at his feet, but she didn't care. The thought
of him slipping away from her was far worse.
He hesitated and she reached across the table
and lay her hand on his arm. She could feel the tension in his
muscles as his body struggled against conflicting urges to stay and
to go. "Please," she said, "stay."
Her mind churned furiously, trying to produce
a reason more compelling than the fact that she craved his
presence. "I need your help." With her free hand she grabbed the
paper in front of her and slid it across the table.
Chapter 26
Lucian's arm was on fire. Heat coursed up
through his elbow and into his shoulder. The skin directly beneath
Samara's hand felt like it was scorching, but he couldn't tear
himself away from her touch. Her lips were moving, but her words
were drowned out by the sound of blood rushing through his
body.
He squinted and tried to force himself to
focus on the paper in front of him, but he felt like he was seeing
everything through a shimmering haze of heat. The page was filled
with delicate, spidery cursive, punctuated by a large red D that
filled the top right hand corner. Samara's voice forced its way
into his brain, overriding the prevailing sensation of her touch.
"See!" she said.
Lucian could tell he was looking at a test,
but he was having trouble processing any information beyond that
fact. He concentrated on the words at the top of the page and tried
to deduce what Samara was showing him.
"Why Quantum?" he read in bewilderment.
Samara nodded. "I'm in Advanced Physics third
hour." She pointed to the grade on her paper and made a face. "I
thought I understood the material, but clearly I was wrong. Mr.
Higgs said we're going to be covering Quantum Mechanics for the
next two terms, so if I can't figure it out, I don't think I'll
pass the class."
Lucian was still confused. Her words were
swirling around in his head, and he knew he was missing the
critically important point. He gave up trying to comprehend and
stared at Samara blankly.
"I need a tutor," she clarified.
Lucian felt his temperature rise a few
degrees as he understood what Samara was offering him. She was
giving him a reason to stay. The logical part of him, the Dominion,
was telling him to walk away and not look back, but that small
voice was being drowned out by his newer, human side, by the part
of him that was dizzy with the desire to be near her.
Chapter 27
Jack leaned against the library shelves and
pressed the back of his head against a row of books. He could see a
few girls hovering at the end of the row in his peripheral vision,
and he thought he recognized them from a party. He couldn't keep
from rolling his eyes as he saw them whispering together. That was
the problem with human girls. They were so clingy. Once they got a
scrap of attention, he couldn't shake them off.
He ignored the girls and continued
eavesdropping on the couple behind him. Samara's soft voice lilted
in a question, followed by Lucian's deeper reply. He turned his
head slightly to right and was able to see over the tops of the
books behind him to the corner table.
There they were, together. Their heads were
almost touching as they leaned over a textbook in the center of the
table. Lucian ran his finger over a diagram in the book as he
explained it to Samara. He spun the book around to face her, then
circled the table and sat next to her so that they were shoulder to
shoulder. Samara nudged Lucian's shoulder with her own and
laughed.
It was quite an interesting development, Jack
mused. He was supposed to be following Lucian, he
He gestured toward Samara. "Why am I saying these things to you?
Even I know this isn't normal!"
He shoved his chair away from the table. "I'm
sorry. I should just go."
Disappointment slammed into her as he pulled
away. She couldn't stand the idea that it might be months, if ever,
before he spoke to her again. "No!" she cried. She knew she was
throwing her dignity at his feet, but she didn't care. The thought
of him slipping away from her was far worse.
He hesitated and she reached across the table
and lay her hand on his arm. She could feel the tension in his
muscles as his body struggled against conflicting urges to stay and
to go. "Please," she said, "stay."
Her mind churned furiously, trying to produce
a reason more compelling than the fact that she craved his
presence. "I need your help." With her free hand she grabbed the
paper in front of her and slid it across the table.
Chapter 26
Lucian's arm was on fire. Heat coursed up
through his elbow and into his shoulder. The skin directly beneath
Samara's hand felt like it was scorching, but he couldn't tear
himself away from her touch. Her lips were moving, but her words
were drowned out by the sound of blood rushing through his
body.
He squinted and tried to force himself to
focus on the paper in front of him, but he felt like he was seeing
everything through a shimmering haze of heat. The page was filled
with delicate, spidery cursive, punctuated by a large red D that
filled the top right hand corner. Samara's voice forced its way
into his brain, overriding the prevailing sensation of her touch.
"See!" she said.
Lucian could tell he was looking at a test,
but he was having trouble processing any information beyond that
fact. He concentrated on the words at the top of the page and tried
to deduce what Samara was showing him.
"Why Quantum?" he read in bewilderment.
Samara nodded. "I'm in Advanced Physics third
hour." She pointed to the grade on her paper and made a face. "I
thought I understood the material, but clearly I was wrong. Mr.
Higgs said we're going to be covering Quantum Mechanics for the
next two terms, so if I can't figure it out, I don't think I'll
pass the class."
Lucian was still confused. Her words were
swirling around in his head, and he knew he was missing the
critically important point. He gave up trying to comprehend and
stared at Samara blankly.
"I need a tutor," she clarified.
Lucian felt his temperature rise a few
degrees as he understood what Samara was offering him. She was
giving him a reason to stay. The logical part of him, the Dominion,
was telling him to walk away and not look back, but that small
voice was being drowned out by his newer, human side, by the part
of him that was dizzy with the desire to be near her.
Chapter 27
Jack leaned against the library shelves and
pressed the back of his head against a row of books. He could see a
few girls hovering at the end of the row in his peripheral vision,
and he thought he recognized them from a party. He couldn't keep
from rolling his eyes as he saw them whispering together. That was
the problem with human girls. They were so clingy. Once they got a
scrap of attention, he couldn't shake them off.
He ignored the girls and continued
eavesdropping on the couple behind him. Samara's soft voice lilted
in a question, followed by Lucian's deeper reply. He turned his
head slightly to right and was able to see over the tops of the
books behind him to the corner table.
There they were, together. Their heads were
almost touching as they leaned over a textbook in the center of the
table. Lucian ran his finger over a diagram in the book as he
explained it to Samara. He spun the book around to face her, then
circled the table and sat next to her so that they were shoulder to
shoulder. Samara nudged Lucian's shoulder with her own and
laughed.
It was quite an interesting development, Jack
mused. He was supposed to be following Lucian, he
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