As she handed her exam answer sheet to the examiner and she sighed in relief as there were now just two exams left and those two English and history. So no trouble there because she was good at history.

English, she could be a bitch.

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Moving out of the class she went to grab her backpack. Checking out the backpack she kept her pencil case inside along with the bottle and then closed the locker.

"Hey,"

"Ah!" Adaline jumped and stepped away hurriedly. She had no idea someone was standing beside her locker watching her.

"Woah, you okay?" the boy, familiar to her as he touched her shoulders and tried to stable her footing.

"Noah?" Adeline asked in a whisper as she stared at the boy. "You go to this school?" Where did she know him from? Did they talk before this?

He shrugged in an answer as he took his hands back to himself. "No, I just came to visit you."

Adeline nodded, "I am not great at making conversations, so do you want to talk about something specific?" Realising after saying that she why she was even talking to him, to begin with. She did not know him yet she was making conversations with him as she had known him forever.

She never saw him before but now she was talking to him as if he was a classmate.

Noah tilted his head and smile. For a moment Adaline thought he was aware of what was going on in her mind. She was standing awkwardly and fidgeting on her toes waiting for him to say something.

"Yeah, I did have something specific to talk about," he finally started to talk and Adaline was thankful for it. "How are your exams going?"

She raised her eyebrows at that. It was not a specific topic but it was a conversation nevertheless so she answered him. "Good. I am expecting all A's." She answered truthfully. For some reason, all she could say was the truth.

"Ah, that's nice." He commented, "Just remember that your future comes first."

Dumbfounded at that, she sassed back. "I think I am well aware of what comes first."

Noah scoffed, "do you?" He leaned in making her lean back. "You are back with him. Do you know what plans he has?"

Adeline defended herself. "I have no idea about them and they do not matter. What matters is my career and how I make it."

Noah intensively stared at her. His eyes racked her face and then, slowly, he smiled. "I am glad you think so."

His smilee only made her feel warier of him.

His pupils dilated and his blood vessels became darker in shade. "Because you will think of yourself first." He showed.

Adeline could not take her eyes off his. They had imprisoned hers and as much as she wanted, Adeline just could not take her eyes off him. She felt his voice in her head. He wanted her to repeat it and she did.

"I will. . . think of myself first." She whispered. She wanted to do was whatever he had said. He was right.

"That is right." His eyes went back to what they truly were. He smiled as she shook out of the compulsion.

She blinked to get the dizziness away and when she opened her eyes next, the guy was gone. Adeline blinked again in shock and disbelief. He was gone in a mere blink. She tried to look around and find him, maybe he had just run off quickly but no Vail. He was gone.

She tried to calm herself down. This was spooky. He just disappeared! How?!

"Hey," someone touched her shoulder.

"Ah!" She jumped in shock and looked at the person. "Where are you all coming from!"

"Uh," Augustine looked at her weirdly. Or maybe he was finding her weird. "What are you talking about?"

Adeline considered telling him. But what would she tell? That one boy she just talked to, was gone in a blink? That seemed weirder than anything.

"No," she denied and shook her head no. "Nothing. Do you want to talk about something?" He was here, talking to her and initiating conversations. That meant he had something to talk about with her.

"Yes, I'm Augustine, Xavier's friend." He introduced himself.

Adeline smiled, "Yes, I remember."

He nodded with a small smile. "Great. I wanted to talk to you about something." Seeing her nod, he continued further, "I am talking to you about Xavier. I know that you have decided to give him another chance, so I wanted to say something about it."

He paused. Staring deeply into her eyes, he made sure that she understood every word that he said.

"I want you to know and understand this, do not break his heart."

She immediately frowned hearing that. What did mean? The hell was he implying?

"Look," she raised a finger towards the roof not wanting to offend him but also get her point across in the conversation. "I don't know what you meant by saying that too—"

"On the contrary, Adeline, I think I was clear." He interrupted. "I am very clear in saying that you do not get to break my brother's heart." His words did not seem like a plea but a threat.

"And it's okay if he breaks my heart?" Adelyn threw the words back at him. She was not going to stand him trying to humiliate her. "I don't know if he knows that you here talking to me like that, fighting bull shit but if you think that you can come here and intimidate me then you have another coming. I had no interest in breaking a heart. If I did not want to be in this relationship I would have said no but you coming onto me like this.." she shook her head. "That is not fair. You do not get to intimidate me like this." She glared at him and then turned around leave him standing there and gawking at her.