Arrest Warrant And Imposter Syndrome
~CALVIN~
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The vibration of my watch woke me up. My heavy eyelids rose from deep slumber while my mind still remained in the wet dream I was experiencing.
The disappointment that followed the idea that the scenes from moments earlier were nothing but hidden fantasies already ruined my mood. Enough to make me want to go right back to sleep and chase the scene of panting and moans from the woman curled up next to me.
With a sigh, I slowly worked on sitting up, my eyes looking over to see Jade sleeping away. I trailed my hazy gaze down her luscious body; the blanket had moved right off of her which had to be a semi-conscious move since the majority of thick fabric was on my side.
She was wearing a crop top and panties, and I could tell from the sight of her nipples poking through the grey material that she wasn't wearing a bra.
This woman's sexiness is beyond the dictionary.
I had to look away or I'd arouse myself and further worsen my mood, but it was my fault for taking things so slow when I really didn't have to.
There had to be something wrong with me.
I'd yet to figure out what exactly, but since the Charles incident, I'd felt 'different'. Though that didn't even feel like the right word to describe my rather odd behavior. My previous confidence seemed to decline, not to mention the exhaustion, chills, and cold hands and feet. My temperature would drop suddenly for no reason, making my concentration sluggish one moment and super fast the next.
What was currently bothering me and pushing me to try and seek help from someone else was the cafeteria incident before the food fight.
There was a scent in the air. One that smelled so delightful and addicting that I fought to locate it. It also made me sick to my stomach, like a double-edged sword of delicious craving versus catastrophic starvation.
I'd escaped from there on time, and after calming myself down, I was thankfully able to act more normal before heading to the art class to aid Tanner.
Since then, no other incidents had happened, and yet I was anticipating something huge to occur. We'd yet to face a semester where we hadn't tackled some sort of crazy catastrophe when we neared the end.
With how generally calm it had been the duration of the semester, I wasn't sure if I should be relieved or brace myself for the worst, but in an attempt to distract myself from all the piled up stress of feeling sick for weeks, I focused on relieving my symptoms with my own experimental medication.
It wasn't helping me feel one hundred percent, but it was enough for me to not worry about anyone else. Jade had been the only one to really notice my rather cautious behavior, but I'd been working extra hard to play my role of 'I'm fine' when she was around.
Looking at my wrist, I noticed it was three in the morning.
Time for my meds.
Pressing a specific button on my watch, the face of the device lifted up, revealing a hidden compartment where I kept two capsules that had helped ease my anxieties and feelings of nausea and exhaustion over the past couple of weeks since my symptoms began.
It was only a matter of time before I'd have to check in with Bianca as the special test she was trying to obtain from her sources from another universe would hopefully be here before the summer.
With the meds I'd made, I'd last till then, but any harsh activities including magic usage would make these little tablets useless.
Turning my watch upside down to retrieve the red-and-black capsules, I popped them in my mouth before reaching for the half-filled water bottle on the nightstand. Drinking the remainder of the lukewarm liquid, I sighed in relief as the warming effects of the pills activated first, as usual.
I can't wait to figure this out. Just today's assembly and the meetings to get the R-squad officially transferred over and we'll be able to move on to figure what this is.
"Calvin?"
I looked over to see Jade's eyes open slightly. She seemed confused as she fought to keep her eyes open. Their black appearance was still full of sleep and I wondered if she'd fall back to sleep before asking what I knew could be a question about whether I was okay or not.
Even in her sleep, she worries about me.
I put the empty water bottle back on the nightstand before I returned my attention to her and deliberately kissed her on the lips.
"I'm fine," I answered before she could conjure up the words. "Go back to sleep. I'm just going to the washroom."
"Mhmm." Her reply was cute as her eyes came to a close and she was back to sleep in three seconds flat.
She's exhausted today.
I didn't blame her for her tiredness. All this week had been spent on campus construction, finalizing the new curriculum, getting students' feedback on both the regular classes and extracurricular classes, and finishing the last set of exams for the semester.
The R-squad and Maxwells were probably still at the school helping with finalizing everything that had to be dealt with so we could finally have the summer off. With no major cases, we were ready to take our vacation the moment we bailed the R-squad out of their miserable situation.
I couldn't imagine having a solid two weeks of no work-related projects, assignments, or anything to do with Charles.
A dream.
Getting out of bed, I fixed the blanket to drape over Jade. She turned over to her side before she stole my pillow to hug in her arms.
"Calvin," she mumbled with a cute smile on her face.
I have to fix myself.
Anyone would dream to have someone like Jade in their life, let alone by their side, and I was playing around like dating was my first rodeo. If I wasn't careful, our relationship could easily become stagnant and that would leave me in the dust while everyone else ventured deeper in the realms of being bonded to and loved by our Hive Queen.
Letting go of the nervous thought, I headed to the washroom to piss. I didn't get to finish drying my hands before my phone began to buzz.
Pulling it out, I quickly scanned the alert from the agency, which included the location of an apparent break-in.
Do I really need to attend to this?
I couldn't help but look at Jade, watching her peaceful expression as she slept away. If I didn't accept it, her phone would be the next to ring and alert her of the side assignment.
It'll be quick.
Texting ACCEPT and putting my phone away, I turned the light off in the washroom and walked back to the bed to lean down and kiss Jade's forehead.
There wasn't any point in me waking her up to say where I was going. She needed all the rest she could get. I did feel like texting someone, so I wrote a quick text to the group chat that consisted of the Maxwells and Lisette before I headed out the door and closed it softly.
Get this over with so we can be free all summer long.
~JADE~
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"Why the hell am I here at three-thirty in the morning?" I grumbled as I continued to follow the coordinates to this stupid home check. The problem with being a Tracker was the agency didn't like giving the exact address but decided it only made sense to give back-in-the-day coordinates like we weren't in the age of glorious technology.
Lazy asses.
I hadn't even told the others I was checking in on this random text assignment. I should have ignored it and let someone else take it, but I figured the next on the list would have been Calvin and he must have gotten up to go get some work done seeing as he wasn't in bed when I woke up.