Aria rolled her eyes at Nash as he kept telling them about the math paper and how he copied it from Julie. Sage kept eating the popcorn with her comical eyes fixed on Nash. "Nash, you could try your luck at acting. You do look like that guy from-" Sage's brows frowned in deep thinking as she thought of the movie.

"Call me by your name." Aria finished the sentence.

"Exactly, that movie. You look so much like the boy with your hair now." Sage said, and everyone chuckled when Nash frowned in annoyance. "Why haven't I noticed it before?"

"Guys, what am I saying and what you are all talking about," Nash complained, shrugging his shoulders and taking his seat.

"Dumb move, Nash, it's okay if you accept the fact that you prepared for the exam. Sage did well and she fucking pulled nights together to prepare. So shut the fuck up and, your bitch story," Florie said, getting up from her seat.

Everyone looked at Florie in a bit of shock. "I'm gonna go and get my fucking coffee."

"Okay." It was Nash who replied. Florie stood there for a minute looking down at Nash before giving him a nod and leaving.

"What was that?" Rhett asked. Nash looked down at his hands. He knew the reason why Florie snapped out of the blue. She is sad and anxious, she didn't do well and got a 'C'. Now her parents would be asking about it in the evening. Florie had asked him to help her but he kept dodging her saying he was busy.

"It's about her mark sheet and the call she is going to answer in the evening, isn't it?" Indigo questioned, looking at Nash. Everyone knew that Florie's best friend or the closest person was Nash. Nash is the only person in the entire school with whom Florie would be sharing every bit of her secrets and family life.

Sage stayed quiet and sipped her cold coffee, waiting for Nash to speak up. "Ugh, I should have helped her with the paper." Nash slummed down in his seat with his head between his hands. "She kept asking me to help her but I wasn't ready to help her this time and shit."

"It's fine bro. You don't blame yourself, we were all anxious about our preparation and exams. It was hard to concentrate on our shit, you don't have to take up the blame," Rhett voiced, placing his hand on Nash's shoulder.

Gideon passed the table and frowned when Sage didn't glance at him nor did she observe his presence. He looked back to see that they were having a serious conversation and Tariq was missing.

Sage sighed, picking up her bag. "I will go and check on Florie." Sage didn't wait for anyone as she left the cafeteria in a hurry. She saw Gideon but didn't spare a moment. She needs to find Florie before she finds her closed off and in a broken stage. Florie's parents are very particular about Florie's grades. They don't spare her if she gets anything less than an A.

Sage found Florie in the resting hall. Usually, the hall is always empty as it is far from the residential buildings. "Florie?"

Florie turned around and smiled at Sage. "Hey..." Sage took her seat beside Florie and they sat in complete silence. Florie leaned her head on Sage's shoulder and sighed before closing her eyes.

"6 am every morning, in my dorm room," Sage spoke in silence. She didn't get any reply and she wasn't expecting any reply. She was mentioning it.

*

Gideon watched as Sage traced her finger on his arm, her eyes focused on his. They were sleeping on Sage's dorm bed facing each other. The only light in the room is the study lamp. They are okay with it, they didn't want to turn on the lights in the room. The warm light is enough for them as they are sleeping close.

"Have you ever thought of tattoos?" Sage whispered. Gideon thought about it before shaking his head negatively.

"No, have you?"

"Hmm, maybe once, but never thought about it again."

"Why?"

Sage smiled. "Tattoos are a permanent thing. Maybe we could erase them using technology, but I'm not sure. I believe, or in my opinion, it needs to hold a true meaning and emotion if you want it to be marked on your skin. I never thought of anything so meaning full that I want it to be marked on my skin and carry it to my casket."

Gideon didn't say anything. "There's a long way, Sage. I hope you find something meaningful in the future that you want to be marked on your skin." Saga smiled. "Hopefully."

"Why were you disappointed?"

"Me?"

"Yes, you were disappointed... You seemed distant." Sage cupped Gideon's face. Gideon is having a hard time as he has to change everything in his routine life and now follows the new routine and diet that Liara has sent him. He couldn't share it. Not because none would hear him... Because he isn't ready or sure of sharing it with anyone.

When the topic of the future arose between him and the boys. Cyrus joked saying Gideon was a lucky bastard and indirect jokes about nepotism. He wanted to yell and tell everyone that it wasn't his choice to walk in his parent's path. That he had his own plans. Instead, he stayed quiet and let the other dumb rich boys speak about shit.

"Assignments and projects are taking a toll. I'm tired." Sage didn't believe his words but she nodded her head. Her fingers are tracing everywhere on Gideon's body. She loves it when she feels Gideon's skin against her fingertips.

A smile started playing on Gideon's lips when Sage started playing with the waistband of his joggers. He knew it too well when she does that. Sage's cheeks flushed when Gideon held her hand and guided it to where she wanted to touch.

"You feel it?"

"Hmm."

"That happens only when you are near." Sage looked into Gideon's eyes. A fire was burning in her eyes and she tried to ignore the volcano of emotions that was building in her heart for Gideon.

Gideon clenched his jaw, keeping his emotions to himself. He doesn't want Sage to see them, the way he burns for her and for the way she looks at him. It is too much for him to handle when she looks at him with all those emotions and hope... Hope that he isn't sure of...

Sage licks her lips as she strokes Gideon's dick. Gently, without breaking eye contact, she pushes down his joggers and makes her way into her boxers. A shaky breath leaves her mouth when she holds the soft yet firm and hard thing in her hand.

Gideon closes his eyes when Sage starts doing her magic with her soft hand. He loves it... 

He loved the feeling of her fingers wrapping his cock, the feeling of her soft fingers against his most sensitive thing.

When she knows Gideon is going to cum, she stops and Gideon opens his eyes and looks at her in question. He loved it. Sage gets up and gives the look that flips everything. Gideon swallows, knowing too well what she was going to do now. Sage licks her lips before pulling down Gideon's boxers in one go. Her eyes widened in surprise and lust when she watched Gideon's cock twitch because of her attention.

She holds it in her hand, fascinated, before lowering herself and taking it in her warm mouth. Gideon curses out when he feels Sage's warm tongue lick off the tip of his dick. He closes his eyes and wraps his hand in Sage's thick hair. Sage looks up through her lashes at Gideon and smiles at Gideon's reaction. She knew the amount of control she had over Gideon when his cock was in her mouth.

Sage teases Gideon and he is on the edge of cumming all over her face and he doesn't love the teasing.

"Sage..." His voice was grumpy and low. "Take me in before I make you choke on it." Sage's body tensed upon hearing the deep threat and she could feel the wetness on her inner thighs.

Not wanting to tease him, Sage moved away and lowered herself until her tongue was close to his balls. She kissed his balls before sticking her tongue out and licking him from all the way down to up. Gideon breathed out loving Sage's tongue game. Sage licked him before taking him in one go and gagging. Gideon groaned and a moan left his mouth when he could feel it in his veins. Sage is excellent at what she does and he never wants it to stop.

He wonders where Sage learned this art. The art of sucking him perfectly and making him cum in a matter of seconds. He hates to admit that he doesn't have the liberty of holding it when Sage wraps her cute but hot mouth all over his cock.

"Fuck!" Gideon curses before he cums in Sage's mouth. He breathed in and out, feeling high in his mind. Sage moved to the attached bathroom to spit it out. She isn't comfortable with swallowing Gideon's cum yet. It's weird for her and when she did once, she left puckish. She didn't understand if she was the only one who felt like that or if everyone swallowed the cum.

When she stepped out of the bathroom after cleaning up, Gideon was cleaning up. Gideon smirked when he saw Sage. Sage's cheeks turned scarlet when she was the look.

"Do you know I'm a sucker for you?" Sage rolled her eyes and got on the bed. "Sleep, James. I got to wake up early."