Blood Dripping Fingertips, Meghan Escott [chrome ebook reader .txt] 📗

coming. Seeing that no-one was, I moved closer to Sam, took his hand and then kissed him lightly on his lips. He was pleasantly surprised and when I went to take my hand out of his, he squeezed my hand and wouldn’t let it go.
I looked down at my hand and then into his eyes. He was smiling since he knew that I had forgiven him and when he saw my face lit up with a smile, he came over to me and kissed me very lightly on the lips as well. That sweet transaction was more romantic then anything that had ever happened to me. It made me shiver and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Sam squeezed my hand again then lifted it up to his eyes. He looked at my watch and then let my hand drop. He then pulled me along with him to the end of the corridor and to another black door. He unlocked it and pulled me in with him. He locked the door behind him and then turned to look at me. Our hands where still clasped together and he used that very wisely.
He pulled me into him and he gave me a long hug, like he had been away for years not for minutes. When he finally pulled away, he kissed the different points of my mark and then worked his way down to my neck. By him doing this, it reminded me of my house, my family, my friends and everything that I was missing about home. It reminded me of what my life used to be like before I had become a vampire and what I had done on the day after I had been turned.
As he started working his way back up to my cheek, I started crying into Sam’s shoulder. He pulled away from me and wiped the tears from my eyes. He pulled me into him again and comforted me by stroking my hair and muttering the words of a lullaby in my ear.
When I had finished and forgotten, he leaned me against the wall. “What was that all about?” He asked me sitting down cross legged on the floor. I sat down next to him and leant my head on his shoulder and told him all about home and my parents and my friends. He listened to me talk about everything and by the time I had finished, Spells and Witchcraft had finished. I had been sat with Sam just talking for two hours!! I can’t believe that he actually listened to me rant on.
When we were on our way to my Survival class, I asked Sam about this. “Teachers know that you’re new and I have reassured them that if you miss any lessons, I will fill you in on all of them in the extra tutoring sessions or I will ask them to come to you and fill you in.” Sam said to me just as we got to my Survival class. Other students were outside and they turned to look at me and Sam. They looked for a moment and then turned back to their conversations. Everyone apart from Josh.
Josh was openly admiring me. He was staring straight into my eyes with his big green eyes. I nudge Sam next to me and ask him whether Josh is telepathic and he shakes his head. I start to probe into his thoughts will he gaze is locked on mine.
She is so beautiful. Imagine what it would be like to kiss those beautiful, smooth lips. It would be amazing. I wonder if she knows how I feel about her. She lives on Sam’s block and most people there are telepathic. She must be so special to have Sam as a mentor. Sam never takes on newbies
I had heard enough by then to know what he felt about me. I said to Sam that I would be al right from here and walked over to Josh who was standing up against the wall, staring at me. When I walked over to him, his face expressed a smile and he stood up straight instead of slopped.
“Hi Lucy. I’m really looking forward tonight.” He said to me as soon as I got to him. “I’ve been telling my friends how beautiful you are.” He nodded to a group of people who were all huddled together and kept on giving me glances.
“I’m looking forward to tonight as well. How long have you been here Josh?” I asked him to find out more about him apart from what he was thinking.
“I’ve been here for three months and this is the third dance I’ve been to. I’ll have to explain stuff that happens in the dance to you beforehand. Would you tell Sam that I’m going to be slightly earlier then I said and he should also be earlier in you know.” He mimed biting into his wrist. I nodded at him.
The bell rang and the door to our classroom was open. I didn’t know what to expect in a survival class; desks or weapons and mats. It was a mixture of both. There were desks in the corner facing into the big open space in the middle. This had mats and weapons and equipment scattered over the mats. There were also lockers with our names unscripted on them in the same design as the desks. I was still studying the room when Josh grabbed my hand and led me over to my locker which was next to his.
“I was right here,” pointing to a spot on the floor below him. “When your name appeared on the locker. That’s when Sam must have put your name on the door to your room. They magically appear on all your lockers, desks and cupboards when your mentor writes it on your door. I was so surprised by the colour that I had to know you.” She has really soft and lovely hands. I had inkling that she was beautiful as soon as I saw the locker door. “Your combination is three four six but you can change it when you open it once. You work with the person next to you so you will be working with me. You can choose whatever sports you like each lesson as long as you learn all of them to the same standard. What would you like to do?”
“Is there boxing? I did boxing in my old school so I am used to it.” I said nervously. What if this school didn’t do boxing or any of the sports I know how to play?
“Yeah there is boxing. I love boxing as well so we should be good fighting each other!” Josh said enthusiastically. He reached over my shoulder to type in my locker code then opened the door. He pointed to the top shelf and I saw some boxing gloves, safety equipment, shorts and a vest top. I got them all out and turned towards him. He pointed to a door at the back of the room and I went to it. It turned out to be a changing room. I got changed and went out to meet Josh on one of the mats.
I tied my long hair up into a slick ponytail so it would not get in the way and then put my boxing gloves on. I put the first one on but struggled with second. Josh removed the pads from his hands and then fastened my other glove for me. I nodded to him in thanks and then he put the pads back on.
He re-taught me the basic moves and made me practice on the pads. Once I got back into the swing, it was easy to pick up again. Within ten minutes of starting the lesson, I was giving Josh punches that he had to struggle to keep his arms in place. When he removed his pads and called time I noticed the teacher staring at me. I hadn’t even realised that there was a teacher in the room until then and as soon as I noticed he was there, he walked over to me.
I took off my gloves and put them on the floor while he was talking to me. “Hello Lucy. I am Professor Buttercup and I teach all sports here. I would like you to come to some training sessions for various sports after extra tutoring everyday starting next week. You were giving Josh quite a challenge today and he is very strong indeed. Obviously, this will be very energy consuming which means you will have to stop refusing to drink blood from your mentor. You need to keep your strength up and we can’t have you dying just after you got here. Especially now I know what you mean to Sam.” He said this last bit in a whisper so only I could hear it. He obviously knew Sam very well to know this piece of information.
“Sure. I’ll come to some sessions here. What kind of sports do you do here?” I asked interestingly.
“We do all kind of sports here. We will talk more when you come next week. I will send Josh to come and get you so he can help you get through these sessions. In this class, we have the best boxer in your year. You look good enough to fight her. Would you like to have a go?” I nodded my head tentatively and jerkily but Professor Buttercup seemed pleased and she led me over to the only other girl boxing in the room.
I walked over to her and put on my gloves while Professor Buttercup explained what was going on to the other boxer. She looked over at me and nodded slowly. Josh tapped me on the shoulder and asked what was going on. When I said that I was going to fight against someone, he clapped his hands.
“Zorina is pretty good but I know you can beat her. Maybe not today but you’ll strive to beat her soon.” Josh said to me, holding my hands in his and kissing my cheek. I turned to face Zorina blushing, and she was ready to fight.
“I want this to be a fair fight guys. Lucy is new Zorina and you’ve been here for six months, be careful. Lucy, be careful and try not to get hurt. You may begin.” Professor Buttercup said and the fight began.
I did my basic moves and then progressed into some harder ones that knocked Josh back when I’d practised. Zorina looked like she was backing down so I got a bit over my head. I started doing fancy moves around the mat. I got distracted and Zorina hit me, square on the cheek where my mother used to hit me. I feel to the floor at the force behind the blow and fell unconscious.
The next thing I knew, I was in my room with Sam, Josh and Professor Buttercup sitting around my bed, with a pain in my cheek.


Chapter Ten

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