Page 6 of Poseidon's Trident
“Won’t that make him mad?” She curls her fingers together in front of her, fidgeting.
“He’ll be confused but I doubt he’ll be mad,” I say with a shrug. “Especially when he sees you looking so hot.”
He saw us last night practically dragging Kira up the stairs. He will probably sit behind her and ask her a bunch of dumb questions that Raven will end up slapping him for after class. It would be a typical Tuesday for us either way. I loop my arm through hers and we head down to breakfast in the dining hall. Kira moves to her table but I shake my head.
“Come sit with us.” I lead her over to my table which has become the hangout spot for our little group of friends.
Jayden sits down next to me and kisses my cheek. “Good morning. How was the girls’ night?”
“We had a lot of fun.” I beam at him.
“You look nice, Kira. I hope Beth and Raven didn’t torture you too much.” Jayden bumps my shoulder with his and I stick my tongue out at him.
He leans in and takes my mouth in a heated kiss. I blink at him but sink into his body. He never really does things like this in front of everyone. Jayden breaks the kiss with a grin.
Kira coughs. “I wasn’t sure about it when they said it, but we actually had a lot of fun.”
“I’m glad,” I say with a grin.
Dax walks into the dining hall and I point him out to Kira. Her eyes widen as she moves to start the plan. She walks to the buffet line right in front of Dax and grabs something off the tray. She flips her hair over her shoulder as Dax mumbles something. His eyes are wide as he stares at her. Kira says something back and then races back to the table.
“What did he say?” I ask, giddy.
Raven sits forward and stares at her as well while Jayden huffs and grabs his fork. He should be more interested in this conversation but he’s a guy so I will cut him some slack.
Kira mumbles, “He asked why I cut in front of him in line.”
“That ass,” Raven growls and turns to glare at him.
Jayden chuckles. “He’s completely dense.”
I elbow him in the side and turn back to Kira. “What did you say back?”
“That I forgot something and was grabbing it real quick. I panicked.”
She buries her face in her hands just as Adrian walks up smirking at us. What does he know? Did he have a vision? I stare back at him but he shakes his head. He has no intention of sharing his vision with me. I’ll have to get it out of him later. I glare at him but he shrugs and sets his tray down.
“What do you know?” I ask.
“I know nothing.” Adrian sits down next to Raven.
“You’re a liar.” Raven points her fork at him.
Kira glances between our group like we’re all nuts and I wonder again how it is she’s never really had friends. We are a close group that always has each other’s backs. I glance up just as Dax finishes at the buffet and he stumbles slightly as he glances at my table. His eyes zero in on Kira sitting with us before he turns and stomps to the Ares table.
“What was that about?” Kira asks.
“I don’t know. Some of the students get mad that we get away with so much, but when you have saved the academy and the world as often as we have, allowances are made.” I shrug. “Only I decide who sits here and with Jayden sitting with us, I don’t want to cause problems.”
“Got it.” Her shoulders slump and she scans the room.
Did we ruin everything by having her sit with us? I hope not because I like Kira and I want her and Dax to be together. He’s my friend too—well, he was before he kissed me at the battle of the academy.
We finish our food and Jayden pulls me in for a kiss before we go our separate ways. He has his Ancient Greek language class first while the rest of us have ancient history.
Rain is once again pelting the academy as we step outside. I try to use my magic to clear us a path but it’s no use because as soon as I clear the clouds, more roll in.
“It’s not working,” I say and pull my hood over my head.
