A V I V A

"Allen, do you ever shut up?" Leah punches his arm lightly.

We were sitting at our lunch table, trying to ignore Allen's stupid comments while discussing Weylen's campaign.

"Can't we just take a break from this shit? I've already got so much to deal with at home." Wey sighs, throwing his arm over my shoulder and stuffing a handful of fries into his mouth.

I sigh in defeat. "Fine."

"Okay, good. Now can we please talk about a certain someone who keeps sneaking glances over at Aviva?" Emma snorts, nodding at the table behind us.

Weylen turns while I ignore Emma's comment and finish my apple juice, but end up choking on it when Wey invites the person to sit with us. Much to my dismay, Alec takes a seat on the other side of me so that I'm squished in between the two boys.

"S'up, King." Harry fist bumps him.

Huh, I didn't know they knew each other.

"Harry. Allen." Alec nods at the two boys.

"So tell us, Alec. Why were you staring at our dear friend?" Emma rests her chin in her palm, giving him a suspicious smirk.

"Emma, right?" He questions, continuing when she nods. "Who is the friend? All I remember was the sight of a yummy chocolate bar." Alec says, stealing my chocolate bar and breaking it, leaving one half for me.

I narrow my eyes at him. "You did not just do that."

He shrugs, finishing off the half of the bar. "Do what?"

Then we're having a stare down. His dark eyes connect with mine, and suddenly I'm wondering who his mate is. Expecting to see a vision of Alec sharing a memorable day with his loved one, I'm shocked when I see nothing.

Except for a flash of black that makes me think I went blind for a full second.

I tear my eyes away from Alec, completely forgetting about the chocolate bar.

Why didn't I see anything? Does that mean he has no Soulmate?

Well, technically you did see a flash of black, which I'm positive had never happened before either. But whatever, right? There's a first time for everything.

I hate my conscience. It talks too much.

Hey! Do you want to d-

I think I'll name you Pesky. It really suits you.

You little s-

"Whoa, Aviva. Why do you look so spooked?" Allen waves his hand in my face and I slap it away in annoyance.

"I swear to the Nymphs, Allen, if you don't shut the hell up right now, I'll make you. And you know very well that I can." Leah glares at him, and I'm pretty sure everyone is as surprised as I am at her sudden outburst.

Damn, I'll have to ask her about this later.

"Wow, Allen. What did you do this time?" Weylen purses his lips.

"Chill out, babe. I said I was sorry." Allen throws his hands up in surrender.

I roll my eyes at the pet name, knowing Leah probably hates him more for it. He has no idea about the effect he has on her. If it were any other Siren, she would have already made Allen fall for her a long time ago. But Leah wants him to like her for who she really is, not because of her powers.

Leah scoffs and ignores him. She gets sucked into a conversation with Emma and Harry, leaving me to deal with the three morons.

"How old am I, again?" Allen questions out of the blue.

Alec, Weylen, and I stare at him stupidly.

Dory, I think I found your long lost twin.

"Did he really just ask what his age is?" Alec asks, turning to me.

I blink at him before looking back at Allen. "Allen, how old am I?"

"You're eighteen." He states proudly.

God, my best friend is such an idiot. He remembers my age, but can't remember his own.

"And how much older are you to me?"

"One month."

"And when was my birthday?"

"Last month. . . Ohh, so that makes me eighteen too!" He exclaims.

I clap my hands while Wey and Alec snicker beside me.

"Why didn't you just tell him his age? It would have saved you the trouble." Alec whispers into my ear, chuckling lightly.

I push him away as the bell rings, signaling the end of our lunch period. I spring up and walk with Harry to PE since he's the only one in our friend group who shares it with me.

"Hey, Viv? I need your help with something." Harry mumbles as we walk.

"And what's that?" I ask, lifting a brow.

"I want to surprise Emma with a date, but it has to be special. Really special. So I want you and Leah to help me set up some stuff in her backyard after school today while Allen takes her to some aquarium." Harry fidgets, scratching the back of his neck.

I grin, walking towards the girl's locker room. "Sure thing. I'll meet you at her house right after school if I don't have any meetings today."

He nods gratefully and disappears into the boy's locker room. After dumping my books and changing into my gym clothes, I join the rest of the class for ten laps around the gym and stretches while everyone else comes out.

"Let's get this over with." Coach Darwin grumbles, then splits the class into two teams for a game of dodgeball.

Thankfully it wasn't girls versus boys, since the girls always lose. It gets tiring. The good news is that Harry's on my team, and he's got a good arm. The bad news? Ezlyn is on the opposite team and she's keeping her eyes on me, which means she's probably plotting something with those Siren powers of hers. Her eyes blaze with pure hate.

Yeah, I was never Ezlyn's favourite person.

Yay?

And with that, the whistle blows and balls are thrown, some narrowly missing me. I snatch a ball off the floor, then aim for some redhead. It hits her stomach but the glare I'm expecting doesn't come - instead, it's a sigh of relief. Then suddenly, Ezlyn's mouth starts to move but I can't make out what her words are. But I get the message, because everyone who has a ball hurdles it at me, even my own teammates.

"Hey! What the heck?" I exclaim, trying to dodge as many as I can. Ezlyn's smirk of satisfaction confirms my suspicions. A ball bounces off my head and I spin around to glare at the traitor, who happened to be Harry.

Stupid Ezlyn. She can never do anything for herself.

A buzzer marks the end of the game and I look to Coach to complain about the unfair game, but he waves it off.

I'll make sure to tell her that her soulmate is some seventy-year-old man.

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Hey guys! I'm so sorry I haven't updated this story in a while, but I promise I'll try to update again soon.

So, what did you think? Any suspicions about Alec? Or what's going on with Leah and Allen?

❤Chloe