“I can still hear what your talking about, it is like a conversasion that is being spoken nearby. Most of the time it sounds just like a buzzing when I am not paying attention. When I am I can hear it quite clearly.” Angelo said quite flatly. “if you want to keep me from hearing you four are going to have to study what I have given you to study better.”

~then I will use it as I have been using it until I can get you out of gym class. I don’t want you to have to live through that again. You’re my boyfriend, I will keep you safe as best as I could.~ burying his face in Lawrence’s neck he sighed. ~I don’t want to have you hurting.~

~my love I cannot feed on you. I just puked up what blood I did take from you earlier. you can’t take another feeding on.~ it was tempting very tempting to do by he know better. Angelo had warned him about it, and how it could become addicting to tzal

"Well...well..." For lack of anything to say, Lawrence stuck his tongue out at Angelo, childishly. "Well, bleeeeegghhh to you. That admittance made you sound very much like a creeper. I should lock our room's windows at night." His tone was light, teasing. He held Josh close, happy. "Thank you...so much..."

Tzal arched an eyebrow. ~You didn't even take that much. I am not fragile. Take enough to quell the hunger, not satisfy it. That is a small amount. I don't want you to suffer from hunger for my sake.~

“I am not a creeper, in fact most of the time I can ignore each of you but we are where there are no other thoughts to create a background sound to lose your voices in. also you need to learn how to hide your ‘voices’. If you don’t learn then one day someone is going to use them against you.” Angelo looked over at William and Tzalmon. “tzalmon he is trying to obey something I told him. I would rather not have him feeding off you for too much other then lovemaking.” Josh blushed.

Josh had not wanted to know what the others had been doing with their time. He had had a guess because of little thoughts that had come down the pipeline while they were up to….. he pulled his mind from that thought train. ~it is not like he would see much at our room window at night.~ slowly josh pulled Lawrence down to a seating position. He did not want to stand any more he wanted to relax into Lawrence’s arms. This place was a safe place and no one would tell the dean what they saw here.

~as much as I would love to I think that Angelo is correct. That way I never think of you as food at any time when I am blood crazed. He says that that is not likely to happen that often but there is a chance and if I train myself not to feed on those I love when I am just a bit hungry then I wont do it when I need it.~ William kissed tzal’s neck. ~but don’t worry love I can still give you pleasure.~

Lawrence blushed at the comment about Tzal and William, then grumbled, bitterly, and simply snuggled into Josh's arms. ~...Creeper.~ He was teasing, of course. He stretched out, nuzzling Josh.

Tzal snickered a bit, then scooted closer to William. ~I am not concerned with pleasure. I am concerned about your safety.~

Suddenly everyone was pulled apart so that they were sitting a few feet from each other. “Just because this class is not on your schedule I would APPRECIATE if you would PAY ATTENTION!” angelo sounded a bit miffed. “I cannot have you all going lovey dove and goo-goo eyed at each other.” He turned to look at William. “If I did not know any better I would say you were behind the feeling of love and pleasure but as you still have not gotten that gifted down fully it can’t be you.”

Josh sighed and folded his hands in his lap. He would have liked to have more time with Lawrence but if Angelo was going to act this way he did not want him looking at Lawrence or himself.

Looking up at Angelo William growled his nose fearing. For a moment he looked almost animal in his reactions. “that was not called for.” His voice was a low animal like growl.

Tzal stood up, turned his tail to Angelo, huffily, and walked right back to William, holding his arm and staring pointedly at Angelo. "You do that again and I will hurt you. And drop out of school." He sounded serious.

Lawrence also scuttled back over, resting his head on Josh's shoulder. "I kinda agree with Tzal." He was paying perfect attention.

“If that is the way you are going to pay it.” Angelo disappeared but his voice lingered long enough to give the final say. “When you four are ready to learn you will find you way out of here until then, enjoy.” And then he was gone.

Looking over at josh William sighed. “Now we have done it.” He pulled tzal into his lap and kissed him on the lips.

“so what are we going to do? I would not know what he was wanting from us with the way he just acted.” Josh ran his fingers through Lawrence’s hair wounding what would happen when night came. Where were they to sleep if they did not get out of here?

Tzal rolled his eyes. "He'll be back soon enough..." He kissed William back, gently. "He can't very well have the death and sudden disappearance of four students lingering on his head back at the school, now, can he?"

Lawrence snuggled him, smiling. "Once again, I agree with Tzalmon...let's just hang around here until he comes back. If we get bored, we can all play a game or something..."

After spending some time smooching tzal, which he was enjoying greatly, William started looking a bit worried. “it has been a few hours and he is still not back.” William could feel his fangs growing longer and it was getting a bit harder not to grab one of the three here and eat them. which when he thought about it that way only sickened him more when he thought of it.

Laying on his side josh continued to play with a stranded of Lawrence’s hair. He had been braiding it with out to much luck. “so what should we do about it? Can you get us back home?” josh asked as he remembered that William had cast the spell that got them into this class in the first place.

Tzal kissed William's cheek. "Just take some blood from me. It's all right. If it's too much, I'll be able to defend myself. Trust me. I'll throw you off, with my powers."

Lawrence yawned. "I dunno what to do...I feel like taking a nap..."

“I don’t think it wise Tzal.” William kissed Tzal’s cheek, and then looked over to josh. “No I can’t take us from here. It is one of the spells that I did not lean because I usually got violently ill when I came here. Now I know why.” He sighed thinking about all that blood he had spewed up upon coming here.

“Go ahead love I won’t mind watching over you.” Suddenly the sky darkened and the light dimmed to near night. Nearby the sound of silverware clashing to the ground heralded the arrival of dinner. Getting up josh walked over to it. There were three covered plates and a large bottle with a tag attached to it. Looking closely at the tag Josh frowned. “Why would he send you a bottle and no a plate of food William?” josh walked back carrying one plate and the bottle. He handed the plate to Lawrence and the bottle to William. “it feels a bit warm.”

Lawrence eyed the plate warily and set it down, ignoring it for a moment. "I'm suspicious. Let Tzal try it first. He has some control over death, and that gives him a small sense of immortality. So, he can save himself if it's poisoned..."

Tzal chuckled, and then tried the food. "It's not poisoned. Go on." He knew perfectly well what was in the bottle, and he was glad William wouldn't be so hungry anymore."

Sitting down next to Lawrence josh uncovered his plate and started eating. ~why would he want to poison us.~ he sent to everyone in the group. This was the first time he had done it but he know that they all could. It had been in the little packet that Angelo had given them all about what it was they had done. Most of it had been speculation on Angelo’s part but it had been good. ~I mean they know we were to have class with him today, and if we do not show back up he will be the one to be blamed”

A crossed from them William opened the bottle and took a sniff. Finding it was what he had hoped he upended the bottle in his mouth. ~so what all do you think he was wanting us to learn? I know that he wanted us to get used to talking to each other by mind but other than that?~ he said to the group then to Tzal he said ~why did you react the way you did when you found out about Lawrence having the power over light? Why were you trying to inch away from him?~ he lowered the bottle.

~No idea. I'm just really paranoid...~ Lawrence finally uncovered his plate and began to pick at his food. ~Guess it's not poisoned after all...~

Tzal had been about to answer William's first question, but then his face fell, and his eyes became hazy. ~I don't want to talk about it.~ His tone was terse.

Leaning over and kissing Lawrence Josh smiled. ~you kind of funny did you know that?~ he ate another bite of the food then set the plate down. “so if he is just going to feed us here then we have to work out the problem he has put in front of us. As much as I would love to just go and beat the sh** out of him I can’t, it won’t help and I don’t want to be kicked out of this school for beating up a teacher.”

“the only thing I can think of at this moment is blocking, and I am not sure on how we would learn it. Without him here.” William said before taking another drink. The stuff did not tasted as good as Tzal did but he had to accept that he was going to have to find other sources of blood, but bottled was not going to be one of it.

Lawrence shrugged. He had been hungry, so he ate all of his food. "I'm going to fight stubborn with stubborn. I don't think we should discuss this. I think we should eat and just go to sleep. The longer we stall, the more frustrated he'll get, and he'll eventually give up and come back."

Tzal ate most of his food, but spared the vegetables. He abhorred vegetables. "I could go for a nap."

As they spoke of naps the light dimmed again, now it was complete dark. Nearby two lights flickered into existents, they were standing on night tables next to two bed. “looks like he expected that or some magic is acting here to keep us alive.” Josh said as he picked up the last of his food and carried to the light so he could finish eating.

“it could be a spell set on this place.” William said thoughtfully, he had not thought of it before but it could have been a safety measure. “there could be a spell set in place that makes this place feed a student that cant leave so that they have time to figure out how to get back home from here if their master dies or some such and they are unable to get home right away.” William snagged a few of tzal’s vegetables. ~would you like to sleep on the bed or on the grass?~

Lawrence yawned, following him. Then he plopped down and curled up. "Night...I'm just going to bed..." He curled up on the bed, content with that much.

Tzal shrugged. "Either or...I don't really care."

After finishing the food josh curled up around Lawrence. “good night love.” Slowly he pulled the covers over them. happy to know that he was loved and that he would always be loved.

~come on you silly imp.~ William buried his face into tzal neck and licked it. ~we should take over a bed before they decided that they need both of them.~ with that he picked up Tzal and carried him to the bed.

Lawrence yawned quietly, curled up contently. "Night..." He was warm and felt safe. He did want to get back, though, so he could do his homework.

Tzal curled up in William's arms, closing his eyes. "Mm." That was all he said in agreement. He was too tired to say much else.

Curling up Josh fell asleep, his mind working over the day’s events. Then the dreams started, his tormenters came one by one. Their hands filled with things that were meant to hurt.
“You think he will stay with you? He does not love you.” Josh turned as something thin wiped out and cut him a crossed the chest. He had no shirt on, only his pants. “You think he will care for you?” his old roommate laughed at him. “He can never love you, you’re unlovable.”
“You’re the weakest kid ever.” Another voice started in on him. “You could not protect you self so how can you protect him?” his fist landed hard in josh’s side. “You’re nothing but a girl. And he does not want a girl.”

“You’re nothing but a leach, sucking of others for your own happiness.” This one was the dean, his cane cracking down as he spoke. “You mother should never have birthed you.” Josh swing out trying to stop the cane.
Outside of the dream he actually swung at Lawrence not knowing that it was him that was there.
The dean stepped back and then came back in swinging. Josh tired to stop the blows but each time the Dean or the student that was striking at him was gone when he would have hit them.

William woken from the sound looked over to Josh and Lawrence’s bed. “Do you need help?”

Lawrence squeaked and dodged the swinging fist. "He won't wake up, and I really need him to. He's having a nightmare."

Tzalmon grumbled as he was woken from his sleep by all the noise. "Who dares to disturb my slumber...?"

William kissed Tzal as he climbed out of bed. “you’re not a wicked witch or a sleeping mountain that line does not work love.” William sounded concerned as he spoke. Reaching were josh was he grabbed his hands and held them down.

Those around him grabbed him and held him down, their nails digging into his flesh and tearing it. Screaming he flailed about trying to get free.