Rain could feel gooseb.u.mps run down his whole body while Mrs. Dabney tried to stifle a giggle. "That"s enough now. I"m pretty sure Rain and Breeze learned a very valuable lesson. Now Cayden could you please escort Ariana to her next cla.s.s?" She said sweetly. Cayden nodded his head and stretched out his hand to Ariana. "Let"s go.""Wait... Ariana talk to my husband. I think he can help you overcome your fears. Honestly the more you talk about it, the more you face the situation and know the fact that it was not your fault the braver you feel but only if you talk about it. If it"s spread by others it could have the opposite affect and I don"t want you to ever think that we would ever say anything to anyone without your permission." Mrs. Dabney said. Ariana gave her a soft smile and nodded her head. "I think I will... I mean I have to see the b.a.s.t.a.r.d when the representative are called and I... I don"t want him to have any power over me. Never again." She said as she squeezed Cayden"s hand. "Good. Now go on before you"re late."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Ariana was ready to go but Cayden held her back. "Cayden?" She said but he looked positively determined that he would not budge. "Mrs. Dabney, Professor Rain... Breeze. What you saw and heard between me and Ariana... could you please stay silent." Mrs. Dabney looked confused as did Rain. "Why? Don"t you think hiding you relationship will hurt Ariana more?" She asked but Cayden shook his head.
"If you can"t man up and claim Ariana, then I would be more then willing to step in." Breeze said as he took a step forward. "Don"t you dare touch her!" Cayden shouted as he stepped in front of Ariana. "I need some time to sort some things out before I can publically... I... want to... Look I can"t put her in a worse position! I need to make things right before anything else can happen! I can"t be so selfish, I know I shouldn"t be anymore selfish than I already am but I can"t leave her alone... I am also still engaged to Ms. Brenton and I don"t want anyone to label her something she is not. So I need to act like I have always been acting..."
"Cayden, you"ve already broken character... were their people around when you beat up Breeze?" Mrs. Dabney asked. "I-I-I..." Cayden stuttered but Breeze shook his head. "I pulled him aside and made sure no one was around." Breeze answered. "So are you supposed to ignore Ariana when ever you see her? Try not come to her rescue? Hurt her more then what I"m a.s.suming your brother did?" Rain said and Cayden snapped. "That"s b.a.s.t.a.r.d is not my brother!" Ariana tugged at Cayden"s sleeve, calling his attention. "It"s okay. Whatever you do I will always believe in you." Cayden couldn"t restrain himself and pulled Ariana close and kissed her. "I"m sorry... I need to break off the engagement first. So please wait, I won"t ignore you."
Cayden then pulled Ariana up the stairs and out of the room leaving Breeze completely dumbstruck, while Rain and Mrs. Dabney had stood there with twinkling eyes. "So cute!" Mrs. Dabney squealed while Rain was fantasizing the reenaction starring himself and Ms. Hadley. Blood slowly trickled down from his nose.
"Cayden, you"re hurting me." Ariana said, causing Cayden to stop. He immediately released her hand and turned to face her. "Sorry... I was... a little too heated." He said with apologetic face. Ariana instantly blushed, she couldn"t hide her delight. She was seeing so many sides of Cayden that she couldn"t help but feel special. "Well isn"t this a pleasant surprise! Cayden what are you doing here?" A sickly sweet voice called out. Within seconds Cayden"s face turned stone cold as he faced the person calling out to him.
"Good afternoon Ms. Brenton." He said as he gave Vanessa a polite bow. "Yes good afternoon. Where are you heading with Ms. Drake." She asked as a group of girls started whispering behind her. Cayden raised his head and looked at Vanessa with indifference. "I was asked by Mrs. Dabney to escort Ariana to her next cla.s.s. In order to ensure she is not punished for her tardiness again." He said robotically. Ariana could feel her heartache. The person in front of her was not Cayden, she reached out but Vasu blocked her hand and cuddled against her instead. "Don"t break character." He said making Ariana recall what Mrs. Dabney had said earlier.
She wrapped her arms around Vasu and sighed. She stepped around Cayden and gave Vanessa and her groupies a polite smile. "Good afternoon Ms. Brenton. Are you on your way to the magic battle cla.s.s?" She asked cheerfully but felt like she was dying from disgust on the inside. "Of course I am!" Vanessa spat as she flicked back her sandy blonde, ringlet hair. "Oh my Ms. Brenton! Did you perchance change your hairstyle because of me?" She asked as she batted her eyes.
A vein popped out just underneath her right eye. "I didn"t change it for you!" Vanessa snapped. "Well at least it makes you look a lot older." Ariana said with a bright smile. Vanessa grabbed a lock of hair and stroked it with hopeful eyes. "Really?" She asked and Ariana nodded her head along with the other girls while Cayden just stared. "Of course! With you hair down and not in those G*d awful pigtails you look to be about 12!" Ariana shouted in delight. The girls averted their gazes as the covered their mouths, trying their best to hold in their laughter while Cayden turned his head to cough.
"You b*tch! How dare you insult me!" She spat. "Yes, yes, b*tch, s.l.u.t, moron, a**hole, whatever. I"m a horrible human being, I get it but we should really be heading to cla.s.s now." Ariana said as she put her hands on Vanessa and turned her around. "Wait! What the h.e.l.l do you think you"re doing?!" Vanessa shouted in protest. "Getting you to cla.s.s on time silly! Didn"t you hear I got into a lot of sh*t because I was late and I swear you do not want to go through with what happened to me! So let"s get a move on." Ariana said happily but Vanessa kept her feet firmly on the ground. "I am not going anywhere!" Vanessa shouted.