Playlist for chapter 4~ The way you felt by Alec Benjamin
James couldn't focus on petroling ever since he found that boy at the entrance of the dark forest. He went to classes, trained with Sara and his friend Loid, played for the academy's basketball team and even helped his grandmother bake some cookies but at the end of the day all of his thoughts came back to the same place, to that boy.
Marvin, the commander had called him and what was even more suspicious was that the commander knew him. A hybrid, the commander knew a hybrid.
It was all too suspicious and James knew that it was none of his business but something about that boy felt awfully familiar and awfully strange at the same time.
"C'mon Jam, what's gotten into you? No slacking off while training!", Sara said to him with a sword in her left hand.
"I am not slacking, just thinking", James replied.
"Well, you have been thinking quite a lot lately. What's the matter? You can tell me, you know that right?", Sara said being as supportive as ever.
James always felt grateful for having someone as amazing as Sara as his girlfriend. She was beautiful, kind, supportive and most of all, she always understood James's thoughts as if they were her own.
"Nothing, I just need some air. Meet me at the training hall before going for petrol, okay.", James said lightly squeezing her shoulder.
"Yeah, sure.", she replied with a smile and gave James a quick kiss on the cheek as she left the room, leaving him alone with his thoughts.
James ruffled his frost white hair and sighed as he came to no conclusions about who the boy could be. Just as he was about to leave the room he heard footsteps approaching him. James quickly turned his head only to find his thoughts standing in front of him.
He rubbed his eyes but then realised the boy was actually standing infront of him. He looked better than when James had first found him outside the forest. He was wearing black trousers and a white shirt with the sleeves folded to his elbows. His black hair were smoothed down and fell lightly on his forehead, his cool blue eyes were on James as he cleared his throat.
"You are James Cartland, right?", the boy began as he sat near James on the floor. This close James could smell a sweet vanilla fragrance coming from the boy.
James too cleared his throat as he answered, "Yes, that would be me and you are?".
"Marvin Keith, you can call me Marvin.", the boy said with a small smile.
"Okay Marvin, are you fine now?"
"Yes, way better, thanks to you ofcourse. Thank you for rescuing me James."
"Oh! Please don't mention it, it is our jobs as the soldiers of the army."
"Yeah but still, thanks", the boy, Marvin, lightly scrached his neck, he must have been thinking of what to say next but James beat him to it as he began with, "So, who are you really?, the commander seemed to know you."
"I am not a criminal if that's what you are thinking.", Marvin said.
"Oh no! That's not wha—"
"I am joking James, and to answer your question, I am also a soldier and before you ask, yes it's rare for someone other than a human or a worlock to join the army but I am a special case. As you must already know by now that I am a hybrid, I was adopted by a general back when I was a baby and was bought up at an army camp."
James didn't know how to respond to all that information, he felt a void inside his chest for suspecting Marvin. "But isn't all that information kind of classified, I figured that you were on a private mission." , James let out slowly.
"Oh! So you figured it out already Ha", Marvin said with a laugh, "It's alright though, I know that you won't say this to anyone else."
"You do? And how is that?", James said, tilting his head to his left, bringing it closer to Marvin's.
"Let's just say that I know who you are James Cartland.", Marvin said, flicking James on his forehead with his finger.
He got up and smiled down at James, a dazzling smile that gave way to a soft dimple on his right cheek, something inside James turned at that sight, "I will be leaving now, it was nice meeting you James, see you later my saviour", Marvin winked at him as he left the room.
James's skin suddenly felt warm as he shook his head. After a few minutes he too got up and left the room only to find a bunch of girls from his class waiting for him.
"Who was he James?", one of them said.
"Yes, who was he? I think I am in love.", another one began with a giggle.
James quickly brushed them off, "Sorry to disappoint but I have no idea who he is but it seems like he knows who I am."
End of chapter....