Chapter 0515

He laughs a little, nodding to me and running forward to catch up with the other boys as I do my very best to catch up. I mean, I fail... But hell, it's good to try.

About twenty minutes later my spirits are quiet a bit lower and my feet are dragging, a little, as I haul myself into the breakfast. I mean, with the adrenaline gone, the lost hours of sleep and the workouts I've been going through morning and night definitely take their presence known.

Jackson - fresh, clean, and already seated at the table with Ben - frowns as I draw closer to the table with Rafe and Jesse following close behind. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," I say, sending him a smile as I reach for the coffee even before I sit down, pouring myself a very full cup. "Just sleepy is all - trying to get some energy back for the day."

He frowns at me as I sit and raise the hot mug to my lips. "I don't like that, Ari."

"You don't like anything that's not Ari sitting happy, safe, and spoiled, Jacks," Ben murmurs, yawning himself as he pushes the eggs around on his plate.

"That's not true," Jacks replies, frowning over at Ben. "I like when she's tough."

"Watch your pronouns, buddy," Ben says, pointing a fork at Jacks with a wink. "And I know. I'm just teasing you."

but he nods to Ben and

and sit up straighter.

murmurs, and then he glances around the room and lowers his voice. I look around too, noting that Rafe

just frowns at it. "Ari, I already slipped up once today - let's not also hold hands in the dining hall to further

laugh, dropping my hand and shaking my head at him. "All right, what

still," he murmurs, looking down at his plate and casually raising a hand to pat me on the back - but high enough that his fingers touch my

down at my plate, weirdly anxious, sitting quite still. For

then, quite suddenly I feel it

like someone has turned on a tap - I gasp a little, sitting up straight, as Jackson's magic flows into me, starting at where his fingers touch the nape of my neck and

It rushes through me, making my eyes fly wide, my fingertips twitch. Immediately, I feel like I could run a marathon, like I

I don't know where it will go - energy absolutely crackles through me and I yelp a bit, twitching away from Jackson, breaking the contact between us by force. We

I

shaking with the amount of energy in my body right now, "do

he asks, a smirk coming to his

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