Ayana-
I wake up breathing hard, What the hell? I look around my room seeing the sun just rising. It was morning. I sit up running my hand through my messy curls.
All at once I remember my dream. Remember how Tristain and I had....kissed. and how it was just a dream. Not real.
I sigh deeply running my eyes. I get out of my bed going to the shower and running a hot bath. I stay in there for at least an hour, clearing my mind. When I get out the sun is fully up and shining brightly.
I open my window letting the sun shine through. The sun on skin feels hotter than normal that it almost burns. I close it also closing the curtains. Weird.
There's a knock on my door then it opens showing Tristain. My eyes can't help bit travel to his lips. And remember how they felt in my dream.
I shake my head facing the closed window, "Yes?"
"John's back and he wants in the gym."
I nod, "I'll be there in a minute." He goes to leave but I see him hesitate for a second. He looks at me with a confused expression before clearing it and shutting the door softly.
I stay in my room for a few seconds waiting till he was gone. I didn't want to walk with him there.
I leave going to the gym.
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I sit down on the mat, sipping a water bottle. I watched as the over five sprawled on the mat breathed in the air deeply. As if they didn't have any. We had been running for thirty minutes straight without stopping on the orders of John. While everyone acted like fishes out of water I actually felt fine. I ran the same pace as every one but I wasn't out if breath. Weird.
I finished my water getting up to throw it away. The others were still lying on the ground as I went to the weapons hanging on wall. I stared at them for a few minutes before finally picking the small knives on the side. I grabbed them walking past the other heading outside. I saw Tristan look at me as I left but I ignored him.
I went upstairs walking out the front door towards the woods. The trees were tall, green and healthy creating a big difference from the ones in the White village. I had my training gear on and walked into the woods the knives. I took one pointing it a tree to my car left. Closing my eyes I breathed in bringing my arm back a throwing it straight at the tree.
It hit with a loud thud and I swear I saw the tree shake a little. I moved past the tree getting another knife. I threw at another tree aiming straight again.
For the next hour I hit trees with the knives walking through the woods. By the time I ran out I was deep into the woods probably reaching the border of the White Realm. I kept going even though I didn't have any. I didn't feel like going to the house and seeing Tristian. All through training I couldn't stop thinking about the dream I had. Or how his lips had felt. It distracted me immensely.
Before we started running were to spar with each other and Tristan had asked to do it with me but I said no. I sparred with Alex instead. I saw the surprise on his face but he let it go. Alex was an easy opponent I beat him after a few rounds. He fast for a guy his size.
I walked farther feeling the air get cooler. I was reaching the border, I had a sudden urge to faster so I started running.
In a couple minutes I started seeing white and the air got coldwe. I looked up and saw little snowflakes raining down. I smiled at the sight.
I kept going until I saw the snowy woods we had visited earlier. The trees were now bare and covered in snow. I walked to am opening. Where a group of trees surrounded a stump. Snow was falling and their air smelled of winter. My shoes were wet from the snow on the ground. All o could was white for miles. I could feel the snow land on my hair tickling me.
My smile grew wider, I didn't feel the cold at all. To me it felt like a cool summer breeze. I loved it. I picked some in my hands forming a ball and threw at another tree. It smacked it making snow fall to the ground.
I looked down at my hand feeling something tickle it. My hand was covered in snow that wasn't melting like usual. It stuck to my hand like glue. I tried shaking it off, but that did nothing. I tried sticking it in more snow but that only made it worse.
My hands were covered in snow that wouldn't come off no matter what I tried. Just a I was about to try scratching it off I heard a branch snap. I turned around fast seeing a person behind one of the the trees. I shake my hands hard watching as the snow falls from my hand finally. I walk toward the sound and find no one, no footprints, nothing. Did I imagine it?
I walked farther searching for any sign of life. Just as i started to give up something touched my shoulder making my heart race a thousand miles per second. I turned around fast grabbing whatever it was.
I was surprised when I touched flesh, I looked meeting hazel eyes. Tristan.
I looked down realizing I was holding his hand, I quickly let go clearing my throaght. "Tristain. What are you doing here?"
He eyes me carefully before speaking, "I was looking for you. I was worried you were hurt.....or something."
I ignored the worry in his voice even though it made me feel somethin inside.
"I'm fine now, you didn't have look for me." I started walking back to the border where winter and summer were split. Far away I could see green.
Tristan walked with me but in silence. The only sound you could hear was our shoes sto.ping in the snow. I looked over at seeing him shiver once in every few seconds. He was cold but I wasn't.
I noticed he was still wearing his training gear too. We wore the same fabric but he was still cold, just not me. It made me wonder what was wrong with me.
"Aren't you cold?" He turned asking me.
I shook my head not speaking. My shoes were getting soggy now. I should have put on some boots. "You shouldn't have come after me If you would be so cold. Why didn't you bring a jacket."
"Well I didn't know you were going across the border. Why did you, anyways?"
"I wanted to see the snow," I said lamely. I walked faster feeling the air get warmer. Tristan matches my pace staying with me.
We finally reached the border walking in the green woods. I immediately saw one of the knives I threw. I went over pulling it from the tree, it came out easily and I held in my hand while walked. While I kept grabbing my knives Tristan just watched following me. I wanted to say something hating the silence, but I refrained from talking.
We finally reached the big empty field of the house and we walked to the front door. Before I could walk through the door, Tristan stopped me touching my arm.
"Did I do something to upset you?" He looked in my eyes searching for the reason I was avoiding him. Personally I didn't know the exact reason, just that I didn't want to so something I'd regret.
"No, you didn't do anything." I turned back around be he stopped me again.
"I don't believe you, Ayana. You're avoiding me and you barely talk to me anymore. You didn't even want to spar with me today." He paused, "Look the other day at the ball when I yelled at you I'm sorry. I don't know what got into to me, okay, I wasn't thinking. I was only worried about."
I sighed, "Maybe that's the problem."
"What's the problem?" He asked.
I faced him completely, "You keep worrying about me Tristan. I'm an adult I can take care of myself, that's what we're trained to do since the day we were born. Okay, so stop. And I don't know you that well to talk to you every single day. I didn't want to spar with you so I sparred with Alex. It's no big deal."
I turned around opening the door but stopped, "And next time don't look for me, I'm very capable of getting to the house. On. My. Own."
I walked away leaving him speechless on the porch steps.
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