I woke with a start, sitting up bolt upright. I wasn’t sure what had woken me or how long I had been asleep but as the realisation of where I was and what had happened struck me I couldn’t help but groan. At the same time the door to my room flew open and as it slammed into the wall beside it the flashback slammed into my mind. The dark room, the blazing pain across my back and the wandering hands. It was like all the oxygen was sucked out the room and I couldn’t breath. My hands flew to my throat as I gasped for breath and scrambled back on the bed trying to put as much space between me and the offending door. The flashbacks came frequently at the beginning but I hadn’t had one for years. This whole situation was really fucking with my head. In the doorway stood three guys each holding a box. One had his back to me and had clearly shoved the door open while talking to the other two behind him. One of the others met my eyes and his brilliant green eyes flew open in panic as he took in my state. He dropped the box to the floor and shoved his friend to one side, approaching me with his hands out in front of me like he was trying to calm down a wild beast. “Oh shit, oh shit, I’m sorry. We knocked and you didn’t answer, we assumed you weren’t here.”

I sucked in a huge lungful of breath and scrunched my eyes closed forcing myself to calm. It had been a long time since something had triggered me but I couldn’t afford to freak out now. I counted backwards from ten in my head and felt a strained type of control come back over me. I must look like a proper crazy person right now. When I opened my eyes, the green-eyed guy was on his knees in front of me looking up in concern. Of course, it would be exactly at that moment that I realised just how gorgeous he was. I mean, oh my god, it should be illegal to look like that. He had sandy blond hair that flopping into his eyes which were the most beautiful green that I had ever seen. As if he wasn’t hot enough, he broke out in a smile and I swear my ovaries fainted at the sight. That smile only grew when I didn’t say anything and it became blatantly obvious that I was checking him out.

Apparently my panic attacks can be very successfully treated by drooling over a hot guy, who knew?

I cleared my throat and looked over at the other two by the door. Of course they had be just as sexy. The one that had his back to me earlier had turned around and dear god, he had shaggy black hair and grey eyes, with muscles for days. This was the type of guy that would be able to slam you against a wall and make you forget your own name. His friend behind him looked just as good with piercing blue eyes and short cropped brown hair. Good lord if all the guys at this school looked like this then lock me up and throw away the key, this next year might actually just be worth it.

“I .. urm … fell asleep” I cleared my throat. Smooth Aria, now try again and try to sound like a normal person. “Sorry, I didn’t hear you knock.”

The green-eyed god at my feet chuckled a deep masculine laugh “You okay now, you looked like you thought we were about to eat you.”

The black-haired guy muttered something and his blue-eyed friend beside him barked out a laugh. Yeah it was pretty obvious what he had said and I felt the blush creep up my face. Get a grip Aria, this is not the kick ass female that you are.

“How did you even get the door open?” I asked eying them suspiciously. Yes, they were sex on legs, but they could still be serial killers.

“Oh, Caleb keyed us in to the door so we could bring your boxes up for you. He thought you would be out exploring the academy and he didn’t want us to just leave them outside the door.” One of the guys explained. I wasn’t sure which one.

Green-eyed sex god got to his feet chuckling at what he had inadvertently said “Let’s start again shall we?” he laughed. He strode back to the door,

shoved his friend outside and closed it behind him. I cocked my head to the side in confusion before a knock came at the door and I couldn’t help but smile at how cheesy he was. Getting up from the bed I walked over to the door and opened it. Green-eyed sex god smiled at me and extended his hand to me “Hi, I’m Kyle. We were asked to bring these boxes up for you. These are my friends, Liam and Sykes.”