Chapter Five

The 2 weeks passed by uneventfully, I was by myself alone in the dorm room. The few students that stayed kept to themselves and I was glad I had enough work to keep busy. Becca called after the first week away to tell me she wouldn't be coming back, like we had planned for the last week but would be back the day before classes started.

When I awaken from the latest dream, I can't shake the feeling that it's more than just a dream, it feels real. I can still smell the smoke and taste it in the back of my throat.

Opening the curtains and I see that it's still dark outside. I can see the first glimmers of light peeking over the horizon, dawn isn't far off. I can't go back to sleep and I can't stay in here alone with the dream still fresh in my mind.

Putting on some black sweatpants, my beige Ugg boots and an oversized grey jumper, I decide against a bra and shirt, it's not like I'll run into anyone this early in the morning anyway.

I head across the room and exit my dorm room keeping quite as I do so, I don't wake any of the students still sleeping. I walk down the hall to the stairs not wanting to use the lift and be confined to the small space inside. I walk down the 2 flights of stairs and leave through the back entrance that leads to the quad.

If I walk fast enough, I could do a lap of the grounds before anyone is up and about to see and the hot mess I look like. Hopefully, I'll be able to shake the feeling of unease still clinging to me like a dark cloud.

I'm halfway around the campus when the first rays of sunrise start to illuminate the sky in beautiful pinks and oranges. I walk a few hundred metres and turn the corner of the building ahead and walk full force into someone. We both start falling hard to the ground, but as were falling two strong arms wrap around me and pull me close. The impact of the ground makes me bite my lip hard.

I lift myself up a fraction to look at the person I collided with. It's the guy from the showers, he's inches from my face and I'm struck once again by his startling dark grey eyes. They look like storm clouds over the ocean. I feel drawn to them again, I look down to his lips slightly parted from having the wind knocked out of him, my first thought is to kiss them. But reality comes back to me, and I roll of him.

"I'm so sorry; I didn't see you. Are you ok? I really am sorry" I say all flustered.

He looks into my eyes. It feels like he's searching for something, he smiles his perfect teeth catching the light.

"I'm fine, are you ok? There's really no need to apologise. I should have been watching where I was going" he laughs softly.

"I'm ok, I bit my lip though is it bleeding?"

"You're good no blood that I can see, I can check closer if you like" he raises his hand and softly caresses my lips with his thumb.

I shiver and Goosebumps raise all over my body. I can't move his eyes are holding mine the whole time. He looks down at my chest and smiles.

"Do you like what you see?" I blurt out before thinking, I internally face palm myself.

"I do and I liked it even more when you were pressed on top of me" he smirks at me not removing his hand from my face.

I blush uncontrollably all my blood running to my face and pull away looking down.

He stands up and extends a hand to help me up, I stand but he doesn't let go of my hand. I stand there awkwardly, not knowing what to do or say. He finally releases my hand with a sigh.

"I'm Aamon. Sorry I didn't introduce myself in the showers" he says.

"I'm Ava. I mean Avery my friends call me Ava"

"So, Avery do you mind me asking what you're doing out so early?" curiosity clear on his face.

"I couldn't sleep bad dreams"

"Ahh" he mutters almost too low for me to hear.

I look down at my feet unsure what to say.

"What are you doing out here so early, since I answered your question it's only fair you tell me." I ask.

"I couldn't sleep either. I like to wander the grounds when no one is around, it's peaceful and you never know who you may run into."

"Well that's not creepy at all. Are you the campus stalker or something?"

"No, I'm the new RA of your dorm, so expect to be seeing me around more" He winks at me.

I stood there frozen, the same feeling I had in the showers came over me. He still had hold of my hand he stepped closer, closing the little distance between us. He lent forward and sniffed my neck before pulling back to stare at me. There was something seriously unhinged about this man. He was creepy. I'm shocked they let him work here. The vibe he puts off makes me want to run. But at the same time, I like being around him. I can't explain it, all I know there was something off about him.

"Do I scare you?" He asked curiously

Truthfully, he does scare me. But at the same time there is something alluring about him, making me want to move closer to touch him. There's a voice in the back of my head telling me there is something sinister behind his curious smile, something dangerous.

"Should I feel scared?" my voice come out in a whisper.

His lips twitched and his eyes lost focus, before turning black even the sclera's turned black. I could see my own scared expression in them. I stepped back and he smiled.

"I can hear the sound of your heart beating, but yet you haven't run. How interesting"

I glared at him. Suddenly pissed off that he was deliberately trying to make me fear him. How could his moods change so suddenly?

I could feel my rage building, it felt twisted and dark. I was shocked at my own reaction to his words. He suddenly yanked his hand out of mine. I hadn't even realised what I had done, too focused on the feeling of my anger. I liked the feeling, but I knew I should have feared it. I could smell his burning flesh, looking down at my hands they were glowing red. I stared at him shocked, that I had injured someone.

I have barely been able to feel my magic, while on my meds. Was I getting stronger or were my pills no longer working? and where did that rage come from? it felt black and ugly, but it felt good too, but disappeared as soon as I realised, I'd hurt him.

I glanced at his hand; it had already healed just a red mark remained.

"What are you?" I blurted out before I could stop myself, he clearly wasn't human, humans don't heal quickly.

He smiled scarily showing all his teeth they looked sharp.

"You're asking the wrong question, Ava. the right one should be what are you?" He turned on his heel and walked off.

I stared at his frame walking away. why did it sound like there was a hidden meaning behind his words? I start walking back to my dorm. What did he mean? what could he possibly have meant. He's an RA, He would be fully aware of what abilities and creatures are living in the dorm block. He would have to already know that I'm a witch. Why ask unless there was a hidden meaning to his words?

Back at my dorm, I was sitting alone it was afternoon when I heard the lock to the door turn over before opening. It was Becca her blue eyes lit up when she seen me. She threw her bag of clothes into the corner of the lounge room, before slumping on to the sofa next to me.

"God, I missed being in my own place" She exclaimed sinking further into her seat and placing her feet across my lap.

"Get up to anything interesting while you were away?" I asked

"Not really spent most of my time at my grandmother's and aunt's place, but I did start talking to a bloke online. He even attends here, I'm meeting up with him tonight so, don't wait up" she said winking at me.

I stared at her disappointed. "I thought we were going to catch a movie; we haven't seen each other in 2 weeks" I replied

She looked apologetically at me. "I know but we will catch up after class tomorrow to watch a movie together"

I sighed "fine, you better not ditch me again" I said rolling my eyes at her.

She got up off the sofa and started stripping her clothes as she walked. She had taken everything off dropping it on the floor she only had a white thong peeping from the top of her round peachy ass.

I've seen Becca naked many times her nudity didn't bother me. I'm not gay but I appreciate the shit out of Becca's body. She had large perky breast with small pink button nipples, I watched them bounce while she walked mesmerised. Becca walked into her room and pulled out an extrtemely short red dress, showing me "Think this will look alright." I nodded and she slipped it on. You could just make out the shape of her thong underneath the dress it was very figure hugging, she might as well have been naked still.