arrogance is unmatched. I despise cocky people."
"But he's-” Damien stopped when Dani glared at him. Instead he threw his hands in the air and huffed out in exasperation. Jan just stared at her like she was nuts.
"Stop looking at me like that," she said to both of them. "Come, on the bell rang," and she stood up to walk out of the cafeteria.
Classes went on normally that morning. The only time Dani talked to anyone was when she saw Jan or Damien. Both seemed genuinely fond of her so she slowly let her guard down around them. They all had fourth period combat training together. It was one of the classes Joe taught. He smiled at her when she started talking to Damien and Jan.
They had all changed into workout clothes for class. Dani looked around the room and noticed the little retractable swords lying on the floor and got excited. They were going to practice hand to hand. They hadn't done that in class yet but she had been practicing with Joe.
When she saw the swords she smiled huge at her Uncle. The class got quiet when he started talking and in her ear Jan whispered, "Damn that man is fine."
"Eeww. You do know that's my uncle right?" Dani asked her and Jan just smiled and wiggled her eyebrows up and down. Shaking her head she returned her focus back on Joe.
"Today we are going to do some hand to hand. We will eventually try different styles and types of ways to kill a vampire. Does anyone know what they are?" he asked. Everyone raised their hands, but he called on a guy named Kirk.
"Silver weakens them. If you get a silver sword or dagger to the heart, they will die. Also decapitation and setting them on fireworks," he said.
Joe nodded. "The method we will use today is the sword. Try to get the heart or head. But you'll realize that real vampires will be a lot stronger than your classmates. Who wants to demonstrate?" he asked and Dani was the first raise her hand. Joe could feel her excitement and could almost see her struggling to keep herself from bouncing up and down and laughed. "All right Dani. You play hunter. Who wants to be the vampire?" He tossed her the sword and looked out at the class.
No one was volunteering. One kid had the nerve to say "I would do it but I'd probably hurt her, seeing as how she ain’t a full blood." Joe was about to reprimand him when Dani shook her head and said. "If you are so sure then come on?" Joe cut her off.
"Damien?"
"Nuh-uh. I've seen her in action. She'll kick my ass," he said then blushed. "Sorry."
"It's alright," Joe said on a laugh. "I'll do it." he said.
"No, I will," Samuel Johnson said. Dani narrowed her eyes at him then looked at Jan and Damien. Jan was bent over laughing and Damien had his hand over his mouth trying to hide a smile. She shook head at them and turned to Joe.
"What's so funny?" he asked her quietly.
"Nothing," she whispered. To Samuel she called. "Bring it Sammy Boy." She was fighting mad again and he matched her glare for glare.
"Careful kiddo," Joe said raising a questioning eyebrow. He knew something was up, just not what.
The whole class got quiet with anticipation. Dani quickly put her hair in a bun on top of her head and watched as Samuel rolled his shoulders before walking over to her. He grabbed her arm again and whispered, "Don't call me Sammy."
She punched him with her free hand and could practically feel her classmates still, the air in the room disappearing as everyone waited to see how he would react. "Didn't we just have this discussion Sammy? Don't grab at me like that." To her surprise he only nodded and stepped back.
"Dani, I didn't blow the whistle yet," Joe said disapprovingly.
They got in their stances, Dani with her fake sword and Samuel with his hands out as if to ward off a blow. "Don't hold back," she said.
"You don't deserve it," he said.
"Maybe not. You're right and I'm sorry for what I said."
"Never apologize for speaking your mind little one," he said, and the whistle blew. She kicked out at his midsection
"But he's-” Damien stopped when Dani glared at him. Instead he threw his hands in the air and huffed out in exasperation. Jan just stared at her like she was nuts.
"Stop looking at me like that," she said to both of them. "Come, on the bell rang," and she stood up to walk out of the cafeteria.
Classes went on normally that morning. The only time Dani talked to anyone was when she saw Jan or Damien. Both seemed genuinely fond of her so she slowly let her guard down around them. They all had fourth period combat training together. It was one of the classes Joe taught. He smiled at her when she started talking to Damien and Jan.
They had all changed into workout clothes for class. Dani looked around the room and noticed the little retractable swords lying on the floor and got excited. They were going to practice hand to hand. They hadn't done that in class yet but she had been practicing with Joe.
When she saw the swords she smiled huge at her Uncle. The class got quiet when he started talking and in her ear Jan whispered, "Damn that man is fine."
"Eeww. You do know that's my uncle right?" Dani asked her and Jan just smiled and wiggled her eyebrows up and down. Shaking her head she returned her focus back on Joe.
"Today we are going to do some hand to hand. We will eventually try different styles and types of ways to kill a vampire. Does anyone know what they are?" he asked. Everyone raised their hands, but he called on a guy named Kirk.
"Silver weakens them. If you get a silver sword or dagger to the heart, they will die. Also decapitation and setting them on fireworks," he said.
Joe nodded. "The method we will use today is the sword. Try to get the heart or head. But you'll realize that real vampires will be a lot stronger than your classmates. Who wants to demonstrate?" he asked and Dani was the first raise her hand. Joe could feel her excitement and could almost see her struggling to keep herself from bouncing up and down and laughed. "All right Dani. You play hunter. Who wants to be the vampire?" He tossed her the sword and looked out at the class.
No one was volunteering. One kid had the nerve to say "I would do it but I'd probably hurt her, seeing as how she ain’t a full blood." Joe was about to reprimand him when Dani shook her head and said. "If you are so sure then come on?" Joe cut her off.
"Damien?"
"Nuh-uh. I've seen her in action. She'll kick my ass," he said then blushed. "Sorry."
"It's alright," Joe said on a laugh. "I'll do it." he said.
"No, I will," Samuel Johnson said. Dani narrowed her eyes at him then looked at Jan and Damien. Jan was bent over laughing and Damien had his hand over his mouth trying to hide a smile. She shook head at them and turned to Joe.
"What's so funny?" he asked her quietly.
"Nothing," she whispered. To Samuel she called. "Bring it Sammy Boy." She was fighting mad again and he matched her glare for glare.
"Careful kiddo," Joe said raising a questioning eyebrow. He knew something was up, just not what.
The whole class got quiet with anticipation. Dani quickly put her hair in a bun on top of her head and watched as Samuel rolled his shoulders before walking over to her. He grabbed her arm again and whispered, "Don't call me Sammy."
She punched him with her free hand and could practically feel her classmates still, the air in the room disappearing as everyone waited to see how he would react. "Didn't we just have this discussion Sammy? Don't grab at me like that." To her surprise he only nodded and stepped back.
"Dani, I didn't blow the whistle yet," Joe said disapprovingly.
They got in their stances, Dani with her fake sword and Samuel with his hands out as if to ward off a blow. "Don't hold back," she said.
"You don't deserve it," he said.
"Maybe not. You're right and I'm sorry for what I said."
"Never apologize for speaking your mind little one," he said, and the whistle blew. She kicked out at his midsection
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