"Callie! Hurry up! You're going to be late for school!" My mother called up the stairs.
First day of high school. Just great. Jumping out of bed, I grabbed a pen and notebook off the floor and rushed down our cramped stairs, grabbing a bagel from the counter on my way out the door. My mum was waiting in our idling SUV, and we raced off as soon as I figured out how to close the door without getting the jacket caught.
Looking at me and my mother from the side, we look exactly alike. Both of us have long, straight brown hair. Our facial outline is heart –shaped, narrowing down at the chin. But when you look closer at us, you notice that my eyes are a light bronze, almost gold colored. I'm a good five inches taller than my mom, and a lot more of my father in me. That is to say, I'm half vampire. Of course, I know all about my mother's tragic love story. About how my mother and father met, of the difficulties in their relationship, and how they fell in love. But then, because of the said difficulties in their relationship (she's human, he's vampire), my father had to leave mother. That's where it gets fuzzy. Mom really dislikes talking about that part of her life. I can understand. I know mom still loves dad though, since my room is right across from hers, and she talks in her sleep. I've never met dad, and I'm not counting on meeting in the future either. If I did, I would like to say a few choice words to him, none of which are appropriate to say in front of my mother. Mother's always been very delicate for as long as I can remember. And because of my part-supernatural abilities, I've brought it on myself to look after her.
We made it to school without any incident, and actually managed to walk through the front entrance before I was mobbed by my two best friends, Rebeca and Lizzy.
"Did you hear about Jessica? I mean, she got a nose job, and it looks like someone slammed a door into her face." "I heard that Justin broke up with Clare during the summer. Maybe he'll finally ask me out." "Nicole got this totally fab hair cut, it's definitely going to set off a new trend."
"Calm down, guys," I half shouted, laughing. They might seem a bit ditsy, but they were the best friends anyone could ask for.
"Well, you don't have to worry about guys asking you out," Lizzy said jokingly. "Guys worship at your feet."
She was alluding to an incident in 7th grade when a boy whom I did not even recognize got onto his knees during lunch and asked me to be his girlfriend. They still tease me about it to this day.
Humans have always thought that I am beautiful, since I am half vampire. But in my own eyes, I'm just one half mortal human, one half blood sucking monster.
The sound of Rebecca's voice broke through my thoughts. "Speaking of guys and Callie, I heard that there's these three juniors, well, only one's a junior, the other two are seniors, that are, like, totally gorgeous. The junior isn't dating anyone right now, but I bet when he sees you he'll probably melt."
Where did she hear these rumors on the first day of school? And was she trying to set me up? It sounded definitely like something Rebeca would do.
I went through my typical first day of school. Getting to know the teachers, gathering up paperwork by the truckloads, and having people gawk at me everywhere I go.
Lunch time soon rolled around. After getting out of line with my lunch and locating where Rebeca and Lizzy were sitting, I plopped down between them, and brought myself up to date with the on goings of our new school via Rebeca and Elizabeth. Just then, my ears heard a gasp from the other side of the cafeteria, too soft for any human ears to catch. I looked in the direction of the sound, and met the bronze colored eyes of a person who looked remarkably like me.