Chapter Three: The Representative

<< Alexa's Point Of View >>

"My name's Payton Vexx. Other students call me Payt, my friends call me V. You, can call me Payt. I'm part of the student government; 6th Years' Representative." He said coolly before winking at me.

Damn. I blushed a shade of pink and he smirked before he continued walking. I slapped my cheeks and shook my head before taking long and fast strides to catch up to him. He really was a quick walker.

"Professor Highmore told me that you're a sixth year, like me. Sixth year dormitories are on the seventh floor. First years on the second, Second years on the third, and so on. The first floor is where all of the classrooms are located, also the offices of the teachers, the Headmistress', and the MP Hall. Your dorm number is 717, here's the key." He handed a silver key to me and I took it. It had the number 717 engraved on its head and a keychain with my full name on it. "You will be living with three other girls. Each floor that contains dormitories are separated into two parts, the boys on the left and the girls on the right."

"Heh. Because women are always right." I joked and he stopped to give me a "really?" look.

"Not all the time." I rolled my eyes at his statement. It was partly true, though. Women aren't always right, but we are most of the time.

"Okay, moving on." We started walking again to who knows where.

"There are only a few rules you need to follow to survive. First of all, roaming around outside your dorm past curfew is strictly prohibited for your safety. Curfew's at 9 in the evening until 6 in the morning." He formally said the first rule. Really? Curfews? Even curfews exist here? Well, shit.

"Continue..." I motioned him to keep talking.

"Second, no boys in the girls dormitories and vice versa. And the last rule is to not travel to Suncour Plaza without a professor or Mr. Damius, the caretaker of the school. Follow these three easy rules and you're going to survive studying here." He sternly said with much authority in his voice. We then stopped walking in front of yet another huge double door. He opened the doors and we entered a large room with long rows of shelves.

"Is this the stockroom?" I asked, looking at the shelf that read "First Year Uniforms - Male". I saw him nod before walking six rows down and went to the long shelf on the right. The sign read "Sixth Year Uniforms - Female".

"What's your foot size?" He asked, staring down at my shoes, as if trying to guess what shoe size was

"I don't really kn—" I was cut off by the sound of something falling near my shoes. I looked below and saw a pair of black leather ballet flats. "What's this?"

"Shoes. Obviously." He rolled his eyes again. I scoffed before taking off my shoes and putting on the ones he threw on the ground for me. "That would probably fit you. What's your size?" He then looked at me torso. What the cheese?

"Medium." I answered.

"Nope, you're a small. Your waistline is tiny and you aren't very thick, too."

"Tch, why bother asking for my size when it seems like you already know?" I snapped, but he just rolled his eyes. He grabbed a short sleeved button-up with puffed sleeves, the ones like Fae's and all the other girl students, and gave it to me.

"Turn around." I motioned him to turn around with my finger amd he reluctantly did so. "Pervert." I whispered and he just scoffed, but I can sense him smirking because of what I just said.

I put uniform on and he threw a black pleated skirt at me while still looking at the other side. "Put on these socks." He threw a pair of black socks with two stripes on it.

"Thanks for being such a gentleman!" I blurted out, sarcasm dripping from the tone of my voice. "I'm done, you can turn around now." And he did. But his eyes grew wide. I haven't seen what I looked like because there aren't any mirrors here to be found.

"What?" I asked, laughing at the look he had on his face. He scanned me from top to toe.

"No! Absolutely not!"

"What? Why?" I was confused now.

"Your top is too... tight on you. I can see a whole lot of... stuff going on. And your skirt is WAY too short!"

"You were the one who insisted on giving me a small sized uniform!"

"Change into this! Holy Fletcher." He turned around quickly. I laughed because just a few minutes ago, he was being real smooth and now he's just a big tomato. I changed into the medium-sized uniform and felt a lot better. I couldn't breath in the other one! It was really too tight on the chest area for me to breath properly.

He turned around and sighed. "That's better." He passed a black robe to me and I gladly took it. It had the academy's crest on the left chest area and the number six on the other side.

"Do you have one in dark purple?" I asked, I really wanted my robe to be colored with my favorite color.

"Put it on and you'll see." He grinned, urging me to try the robe on. I carefully put he robe around me and clasped on the two buttons it had on the top. I gasped when the color changed from black to dark purple. How did that even happen? Oh right, magic.

"Wow!" I exclaimed.

"The robe can sense what your favorite color is. So it will change to that color. And when that happens, it means that you have already claimed it. And that robe doesn't only do that. It can also feel temperatures, so if it's cold its texture will become furry. And when it's hot, it will transform into a thinner fabric." He explained and grinned.

"Wow! Okay, are we done with the uniforms now? What's next?" I asked, excited for the next thing I was about to learn.

"Our last stop is to fetch your schedule from the registration office." He answered before he started walking with me alongside him.

"Okay!" I was surprised by my sudden change of mood because I wasn't this much hyper or energetic than earlier.

When we were done getting my schedule from Mrs. Jane, he walked me to my dorm.

"And this is our actual last stop."

"Okay, thanks Payt." I grinned widely at him. He helped me know so much and I was just happy and thankful for that. But I guess that that was part of his job as a member of the student government.

"No problem. See you at the feast later." I pushed my key into the keyhole and twisted the knob so the door would open and I entered my dorm before quickly turning around to close the door. But before I could, a palm was pressed on the other side, preventing me from closing the door, so I opened the door slightly. "By the way, Alexa..." Payt scratched the back of his head, looking like he was nervous to tell me something.

"You can call me V, if you want." He said shyly and I noticed him poking the inside of his cheek with his tongue.

"I'd love to!" I smiled, my pearly white teeth showing. "Does that mean we're friends now?" I asked, hoping that he won't say otherwise.

"Yeah, I guess that's what it means. See you later! Tell me if you need anything else." He said (with glee obvious in his voice) and sent me his infamous wink before completely disappearing from my sight.

I closed the door shut and sighed dreamily. My eyes widened.

Was I beginning to like V?