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Chapter 1: Beth

"BETH! GET UP! YOU'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!" I groaned as I reluctantly pulled myself out of bed. School was the last thing I needed right now. I got a shower, got dressed and grabbed my backpack. My mom was in the kitchen, making pancakes and bacon. "Morning."

"Yeah. Morning."

"Honey, I know you're upset that we moved, but at least your room is bigger!" It was true. My room was bigger, but I was still upset about moving. I had left my few close friends in Chicago to move to stupid old Bathory. But, despite my wishes, I was here, and there was nothing I could do about it.

I gulped down my breakfast, and left, not wanting to be late on my first day of school. I ran up the steps only to be stopped by a smelly old man in a suit. His faced looked like your fingers after you've been in the pool for a few hours, and his eyes were cold and hateful.

"No Running. I assume your new, as of you haven't followed one of the most basic rules."

"Yes sir. It's my first day." I sighed when I heard the bell ring.

"Not a very good impression you're making, showing up late on your first day." He tsk'ed me and called out to a dark-haired boy running up the steps. "Mr. Tod! Late again, are we?" The boy rolled his eyes. "Well, you may guide our new student to her classes, and with haste!" The teacher frowned at us as I followed the boy into the school.

"Creepy old dude, isn't he?" He smiled at me. "I'm Vladimir, but call me Vlad."

"Beth." I smiled back. I felt myself start to blush. He was really cute. There was something about his dark eyes and his pale skin that made my heart skip a beat. "Oh, this is my locker. 1052"

"Cool yours is near mine." He smiled then walked down a few lockers to his. "So what's your first class?"
"Umm….. Health."

"Same. I'll walk with you." We shut our lockers and ran down the halls and managed to make it in before the late bell rang. As I was walking behind Vlad towards the back, a pretty, tanned brunette dressed completely in pink flashed him a straight, white smile and said, "Hi Vlad."
"Hi Meredith." I saw his cheeks start to turn the color of her lip gloss as we sat down in the back of the classroom. After a few moments of watching Vlad glue his eyes to Meredith, I understood. He was seriously crushing on her. The fact brought a small pang of jealously to my heart, but I hushed it. I hardly knew Vlad. I had just met him, for crying out loud!

For the rest of the period, I mostly just doodled around in my notebook. My mind wandered back to Chicago, and my best friends Jess and Lynn. Vlad peeked over and whispered, "That's really good!" I was startled, as I had been lost in my thoughts.

"Oh, these? They're just doodles."
"Well, they're very good doodles." He smiled at me and I felt myself blushing again. After another half hour of struggling, I went to my favorite class, Music, and took a seat in the front. I giggled when I saw Vlad walk in and said, "We have this class together too?"

He smiled and was about to say something when the teacher, Ms. Pym walked in. "Good morning class! My name is Ms. Pym. This semester we shall be sight reading music and working with the piano! Is there anyone here who already has experience with the piano? Anyone?"

I smiled and raised my hand. "I do."
"Ah, very good, Miss…?"
"Henson. Beth Henson."

"Okay, Beth, would you like to show us some of your work?"

"Sure, but I may be a little rusty." I smiled as I walked over to the huge piano. My heart beat faster as I sat down on the bench. I closed my eyes as I decided what to play. I opened them and rested my fingers on the keys. I took a deep breath and began to play Steve's Theme from The Last Song. I let myself go as my hands flowed over the piano keys. Every note I played warmed my heart, and I knew that in front of the piano was where I was meant to be. As I finished the song, I was snapped back to reality when the class started to clap.

"Wonderful, Ms. Henson, just beautiful!"
"Thank you." I said as I blushed.

"Wow. You can really play!" Vlad whispered.

"Yea, my Grandma taught me. That song was my favorite." I smiled as I remembered days of learning it. I practiced for hours on end until I had had it perfectly memorized. I didn't pay a whole lot of attention during class, since most of what Ms. Pym was teaching was stuff I already knew. After class, Vlad walked with me to our lockers.

"Do you think you could tutor me, if I need it?"
I laughed. "Sure." I opened my locker and grabbed my bagged lunch out of my bag, and walked with Vlad to the Cafeteria.

"You wanna sit with me?"
"Uh, sure, I guess." I sat down across from Vlad and we mostly sat in silence until a tall, tan boy sat down next to Vlad. He looked over at me, gaped, and said "Hey Vlad, don't you think it's kinda rude not to introduce me to your new friend?"

"Oh right. Henry, this is Beth, Beth this is my best friend Henry."

"Pleasure to meet ya, Beth!" I reached out to shake his hand, but instead he pulled my hand closer and kissed it. I blushed, pulling my hand back to my side. I had never really considered myself pretty, but I never saw myself as ugly. I was fairly sized chest-wise, pale, blue eyed and had dark hair that I dyed black. I never really had an acne problem and I usually didn't wear globs of makeup. So I pretty much considered myself average.

I didn't talk much during lunch, except for when Henry asked me, "Do you have plans for this afternoon?"

"Not really, unless you count unpacking boxes and being completely bored as plans." I grinned.

"Well, then why don't you hangout with me and Vlad after school?" Henry said leaning over the table.

"Uh, sure, I guess." I started to blush again. This time, I saw Vlad stiffen and whisper to Henry. I was a little confused, but I didn't pay it much attention.

Soon enough, the school day was over, and I was walking with Henry and Vlad to Vlad's house. When we got there, a woman walked out of the kitchen and said "Hi Vlad! I see you've brought a new friend…." Her eyes flashed to me, and then back to him.

"Right, Nelly, this is Beth. Beth, this is Nelly."
I extended my hand out to her. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too! Well, there's some Pepsi in the fridge, and some snacks in the cabinet, so feel free to help yourselves."
"Don't have to tell me twice, Nelly!" Henry grinned and walked over to the fridge to get a Pepsi.

"I doubted I would Henry! Anyways I've got to be going. My shift is going to start soon." With that, she kissed Vlad on the head and then left.

"Beth, want a soda?" Henry yelled from the kitchen.

"Yea, sure." I followed Vlad into the family room and sat down on the couch. Henry came in a few seconds later, handed me my Pepsi and sat down on the recliner.

"Dude, I just got the new Battlefield! Wanna play?" Vlad asked, already setting up the controllers.

"Are you kidding? How'd you get it already! It just came out today!" I gaped.

"Gotta love pre-ordering!" Vlad laughed and tossed me a controller.

After about an hour of playing, I had to hit the can. "Hey Vlad? Uh, where's the bathroom?" I asked, sheepishly.

"Oh, through the kitchen, first door on your left."
"Thanks." I got up and found the bathroom. After I was coming back through the kitchen, I heard Henry and Vlad talking. I stopped behind the wall and listened.

"Dude, you like her! You've got a crush on Beth!"

"No, I don't! I just met her!" I giggled as I could picture Vlad blushing.

"Are you going to tell her?"

"Tell her what?"

"You know, about….. you."

"What? Are you crazy? She doesn't need to know! And besides, we just met her today! At least let's wait it out." I got curious. What didn't I need to know?
"Are you sure? She seems like she can keep a secret…." Secret? There was a secret between them? Was it important?

"Not yet, okay? Not now." With that I walked back in and resumed playing with them, my mind still reeling from what I heard. What were Vlad and Henry hiding from me? I tried to shake the thought from my head, but I couldn't.

I lay awake that night thinking about Vlad. There was something about him that I couldn't quite put my finger on. Mysterious, almost.

Also, did I like him? It was obvious enough that he liked Meredith, but I couldn't help but think about how gorgeous he was. I drifted off to sleep with his beautiful dark eyes still in my head.

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