"I-um..." My heart is thumping when I see Miles lips form into a long smirk. He leans his arm against the wall, staring down at me. I'm thinking of him as Evan but I know it's Miles from his clothes. Also you can't miss out that smirk he does all the time. "What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" He jokes and I roll my eyes. "I was just going to class." I point behind him as he turns his head and looks down the empty hall. After he snaps his head back to me, his hazel eyes dilating. "Well what I saw here was you stealing a picture." He exaggerates. "I wasn't stealing a picture." I scoff at him, crossing my arms over my chest. "That picture is very important to me." "Oh really? May I see it?" "No." "Why not?" "Aren't you suppose to be in class... on the third floor?" He rolls his eyes, seeming annoying. "Don't change the subject, Adeline. Where is the picture?" "In my pocket." He takes a step closer to me while I take one back. "Don't be scared, darling. I don't bite... yet." "And I don't want you to touch me." His eyes seductively narrow at me. "In what ways? Because I am good at one." My mouth drops at his words but I close it quickly so I don't look like some weirdo. "Shut up and let me go." He sighs with a smile on his face. He raises his hands in defeat and takes a step on the side. "Okay, okay, I'll let you go." I stare at him for a split second before walking past him, my arm brushing against his. I don't dare to turn around as I keep on walking down the hall. I finally reach my classroom and I walk in. Patricia is talking to the girls and she stops when she sees that I have walked in. "Oh Adeline. It's great for you to show up." She smiles and I grin, walking to an open seat at one of the tables. I sit down and she starts to talk again. I look down in front of me and there is a plate with cookies on it. Cookies? Might as well do. I shrug, picking it up until I take a large bite in it. Patricia gasps. I stare at her in silence, slowly putting the cookie down and licking the crumbs off of my lips. I bite down the cookie in my mouth while looking at everyone. No one is eating the cookies in front of them. Fuck. "You weren't suppose to eat it. I'm showing everyone how you properly eat it." She sighs, explaining to me what she was doing. "Oh I'm sorry." I say, spitting some cookie crumbs out of my mouth. Some girls mutter under their breaths about how gross I am. How is spitting some food by accidently gross? It happens to everyone. She let's out a chuckle, shaking her head before going back to talking. "So you are going to take small bites and hold the plate right under your chin so the crumbs don't fall." Everyone follows her motion and I roll my eyes. Why do we need to know how to eat a damn cookie? I usually shove the whole thing in my mouth but besides Poptarts. I savor them with each bite. Girls giggle when they bite the cookies and some actually try hard. I try and copy them, holding the plate right under my chin and lifting the cookie. I can't help it and I stuff the cookie in my mouth. I'm really hungry. Patricia notices and groans. "Adeline!" "Adeline!" Another voice screams my name after Patricia and I widen my eyes, turning my head to the voice. It runs silent in the room and Mr. Hansel is at the doorway. He's staring right at me and his eyes are wide with concern. I swallow the cookie in my mouth loudly. "Piper's awake." He says and those two words make me get up from my seat and run out of the room. ~~~~~~~~ She was in her own state of mind again. No freaking out, no screaming. She was calm. "How are you feeling?" I ask her, rubbing her arm while sitting down on a chair next to her bed. She is in sitting position, look down at the IV's tapped in her skin. "I'm okay, Adeline I was so scared." She chokes out and Mr. Hansel runs his fingers over his chin like he is thinking. "Do you know why he wants me?" She shakes her head. "No, he was just there, a scary demonic face. He asked for you and I freaked out. But I-I couldn't scream for help." Piper breaks down to tears and I look at Mr. Hansel, not knowing what to do. He looks away. "Everything is okay. He isn't here, security is everywhere in this place." She nods her head and wipes her face. I don't know if she can even see because she isn't wearing her glasses. They are in our dorm still. "Piper, I need to ask you a question." Mr. Hansel sits at the edge of the bed by her feet. I stiffen at his words because I know what he is going to say. "Do you want to go home?" "Now?" "Now. After what happen, I feel like you shouldn't be forced here. You can end your time here at the games and go home." "And what will happen?" "We will erase your memory of coming here and the world of vampirism." "So I won't remember the world of vampires?" Mr. Hansel shakes his head. "It's dangerous if you know for the rest of your life." "You can't just erase her memories." I snap to him, growing furious. "All these years, the girls who haven't won got their memories erased. It's too threatening to us." "But who will believe her!" I shout and he purses his lips into a thin line like he is getting mad. "Adeline, don't start with me-" "I'll stay." Piper cuts him and we both turn our heads to her. "Are you sure?" Mr. Hansel asks her and she silently nods her head. "Yes, I will stay. I will be okay." I rub her arm again to try and sooth her. "And I want to leave this room, it's creeping me out. " I choke out a laugh and she giggles too. "You may be released during dinner time." Mr. Hansel gets up from sitting down and she nods her head. "Thank you." He grins at her and darts his eyes towards me before bowing his head and walking out the door in silence.