At the end of their tenth day of training, each of the trainees and mentors sit around a small bonfire outside the barracks as the Sun drifts slowly beneath the horizon and as the mentors go off to their quarters in the Knights Fortress, the trainees begin to get into some mischief.

  Darius then leans into Aaron's ear, whispering under the noise of the fire "You remember that bet we made?" as he looks over at James and Laura, who sit close to each other, speaking to one another softly, barely audible between the fire and everyone else talking.

  Aaron seems to be reminded of their bet, upon seeing the two.

  He then responds by saying "Oh yeah, what about it?"

  Darius then smirks before responding "You know what, I think I like my odds of winning a whole lot more than yours."

  Aaron seems to look defeated before responding "Yeah, well what if I make him feel really embarrassed so he doesn't act on anything?"

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  Darius' face turns to one of despair as Aaron cheerfully waits for Laura to go to her and Asha's shared room.

  A while later Aidan and Asha are slumped over, asleep on Edwin's large shoulders.

  Laura then stands up and stretches before saying to James "I think I should go to bed, I'll see you in the morning, James."

  Laura then walks off to the barracks to sleep as Aaron replaces her on the bench next to James

  Aaron then gets a devious look on his face, before saying "So..."

  James looks at him before Aaron continues.

  "Laura..."

  James looks confused before realizing what Aaron means.

  Upon realization, James' face turns bright pink before he leaves and runs away to his room.

  As he storms into his room, he jumps into his bed and tries to sleep.

  Failing desperately, he just stares into the ceiling of his room until Edwin comes in, dragging Aidan into the room by his arms while Asha is comfortably wrapped around his broad shoulders.

  Edwin realizes that James seems to be stressed so he chimes in, saying "Anything you need?"

  A few minutes later, Edwin carefully knocks on Laura's door, there to deliver Asha to her bed.

  Edwin then speaks.

  "Laura?"

  Laura replies with a muffled "Mhm..?"

  Edwin responds to the noise, saying "James wants to talk"