Group of friends

Ariellas pov

Aries looked at me for a second before he was looking at everyone else. His teeth grinded together the more he took everyone in.

"I know you think you are being funny and that I don't know but I've been teaching for the last two years and I know what you are laughing at. And let me warn all of you if you laugh at my handwriting or even speak of it you will be crying by the end of the day." Aries snapped at everyone.

I paled alittle as I watched him closely. He slowly walked to his black desk and sat down. His eyes scanned the room continuously and I swear that every time they got to me they paused for a second. Maybe it was my paranoia but it felt like he had a vendetta against me. His relaxed personality couldn't hide the beast that he truly was.

I really wanted to ask the God next to me what he thought but it was like I was being intimidated to keep forward even without him saying a word.

I felt trapped in my seat during the whole class period even when Aries looked away. As soon as I even moved alittle it felt like his gaze was on me even when it wasnt. It was terrifying. This seemed to be my hardest class so far and it was only my second.

Self defense and offense he called it. I felt like it was more of a class on how to win a war because as he explained what we would be doing thoughout the time here I got more and more weary.

"Remember that if you are looking to join my army that this class is key. I will be watching everyone and this will either make or break you." He said as his closing statement.

I sighed in relief as I looked over towards the God who was packing up his stuff. I still had my book from last class because unlike everyone else I couldn't just magic it away.

"So how do you like it here?" The God asked with a look of genuine curiosity. He didn't seem as bad as Aries stated.

"It's different. Actually I have question. So do any of the. Umm any of the Gods or Goddesses like to be called professor or do we just use their name?" I asked. That was definitely something I needed to know because it was weird not calling them professor.

I looked over towards Aries who was packing up his stuff getting ready to leave out. Was this his only class?

"Just their names. Even though they try hard to make this place exactly like the mortal realms as they can, they still have something against anyone calling them professor or teacher. Weird." He laughed. He was down to earth. I definitely could see myself hanging out with him.

"Well it's break time. What's your plans?" He asked after looking at me closely. Break time?

"Theres only been two classes." I blurted. Everyone was rushing and leaving out. I did a quick scan and noticed that Blake was sitting back and talking to a girl with blue hair. She kept twirling her hair and batting her eyes.

A tap on my arm had me looking back over to The God that I had been talking to. It would take some time to fix my wondering mind.

"There's been four classes. I'm guessing you missed two of them but If you don't have any plans you could hang out with me and my crew." His smirk had me spooning. I Definitely didn't mind his company.

His raised eyebrow had me cursing myself. I was such an idiot. His heart dropping smile was disarming. "Sure." I meekly whispered.

I grabbed my book remembering that nobody knew I was powerless. Embarrassment hit me and self loathing started to take over. How could anyone want to hang out with a powerless Goddess? I looked down at my feet to hide the emotions I was feeling.

Before I could voice my dilemma he was grabbing my hand and teleporting. We ended up in a garden that looked to be a place that everyone hanged out. Multple groups were sitting and laughing. If it wasn't for the gold and white school uniforms for the girls and black and gold uniforms for the boys you could easily mistake them for anything but students from the academy.

I was pulled to the back of the garden. Just taking in all the laughing and playfulness took away the doubt I had for this school. It seemed like I was the bipolar one.

There was so many trees and colorful flowers spread out. The sun was out and was lighting up all the areas that didn't have shade. Definitely a beautiful sight.

"You can sit down on the grass if you want or we have blankets here." He stated as he pointed to a pile of blankets

"We?" I asked more interested in the plural statement he made. I doubt he would say we to just me and him. He plopped down on the grass and brought his knees up to his chest before leaning his elbows against them. His red eyes shined bright as he took me in.

"Yes me and my crew like I said earlier. I mean if you wanted to go somewhere alone I wouldn't mind." He said with a smile. I completely forgot about his crew.

It took me a second to understand his last statement and I wish I acted oblivious because mortification hit me hard.

"You are cute and so so innocent." He purred as he licked his lips. I was quick to look away. He was definitely a player. My dad gave me all kinds of books to read so I would stay away from the wrong crowd.

"Yo who's the beautiful Goddess you brought to our spot?" A God with an accent asked. A few other Gods and Goddesses all came along and all sat down.

It seemed like standing up was a bad idea because eyes were on me. Multiple eyes looked me up and down. I tried not to fidget but it seemed like my legs had other plans.