I remember the first time I walked into this new school. Pretending to be sixteen when really I was over three hundred years old. Is that natural? I didn't think so. My 'brother' William Winters, wasn't in that class with me. For first hour, I was on my own. It may be strange to you that I can remember something so clearly that wasn't really that important. When you're what I am, things don't pass you by so much. It's part of my nature, I have an astounding memory.
Oh, I didn't tell you very much about me, did I? Well, let me clear things up. My name is October Winters, and I am a vampire. Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'm what they call a 'vegetarian' vampire. Meaning I only kill animals for food. I have a brother, like I mentioned earlier, and since he is the same age as me, we tell everyone he is my twin. Not identical, because that wouldn't fly. I have a 'mother' and a 'father', an older 'brother', an older 'sister', a younger 'brother', and a younger 'sister'. So I'm not the youngest in my 'family'. If you want to get technical, I could tell you who is oldest in vampire years. But in human years – I'm talking about appearance – I'm telling you I'm sixteen and I'm sticking to it. But the real truth is, but real parents died over three hundred years ago. It is a hard life – the life of someone like me – controlling myself while near that sweet human blood, moving away from my friends, and seeing my real family died those all of those years ago. I don't mourn anymore, however, it was quite some time ago, and I've grown used to it. A morbid thought, don't you think? Growing used to people dying? Something you have to do to live like we do.
It was my first day of school in a little town called Mustang, Oklahoma. I have to say, it's nothing like the places I grew up. And by 'grew up' I mean when I was a human. They were amazing, you could walk everywhere, no air pollution... Of course, this was way back when cars weren't even invented yet. I have to say, those were the better days. Cars are so useless. Even thought I drive one myself. Back in the places I grew up, everything was built around on central castle, where the king and queen lived. Very simple, very nice. You could walk everywhere you needed to go. Even all these years later I still have a strong liking for all that old stuff.
Back to the present. I was just walking into my third hour, my nose wrinkling at the scent of human blood. I was well fed, so my eyes were a nice golden color. Some of the pretty boys swooned at me, but I ignored them. In a couple of years I would move away, then word would some how get to me that they had married, reproduced, then died. I couldn't have a human soul mate, it wouldn't fit my life style.
I sat in the back, and my eyes scanned the classroom. I was used to transferring into a new school, not knowing anyone except for my family. We were really close, judging by all we had was each other in this new school. The Winters were the only group of people that actually understood me. I was all too proud of the way we handled being around humans, all day in one building. In one room. We had gotten quite strong. Their had been a couple of incidents where blood was exposed, but I just told the teacher blood made me queasy, and left the room. Since then I've gotten even stronger. If blood is exposed and I'm not hungry, I can sit by it all I want. Not to close, but in the same room. If I'm even relatively hungry, I have to leave. It's way more than I can handle.
The teacher called role, when he got to my name I said 'here' and a few heads turned, learning the name of the new girl. The very attractive, new girl. I pretended like I couldn't see them, and sat patiently in the back. I needn't even pay attention anymore, I've learned everything from tenth grade to twelfth grade over and over. Sometimes the text books would get something wrong. I would have to resist the urge to raise my hand and correct it, or the teacher if he told something wrong. I couldn't, however, how was I supposed to tell the class I was a blood sucking beast and lived during that time? I don't think that would go over to well.
Finally, the first four hours of the day were over, and lunch was next. I met up with my family, and we snagged a table that for the rest of high school would be known as 'The Winters' Table'. If I were someone like them, I wouldn't want to mess with the mysterious strangers that never ate. We never ate the school food, not because it was gross and looked as though it could crawl away, we never ate any human food at all. We had all fed the night before, knowing we would be stuck in a building with humans all day long. Since our eyes were golden and our faces were bag free, we chatted merrily about things we thought regular teenagers of 2008 would talk about. Language and style was another thing hard to keep up with when you lived forever. It was something we grew to do.
In a break in the conversation, I scanned the cafeteria. My eyes lightly dancing over everyone's heads. No one interesting stopped my scan. Until I saw him. He looked so normal, sitting with his friends, laughing and shoving food in their mouth like their was no tomorrow. He was very normal, actually quite dorky looking. A smile placed on my stone face, really it was a involuntary muscle movement. Before he could see me looking at him, or before my 'family' could see me looking at him, I turned back to the table and plunged into the conversation again.
Okay, so we really aren't the normal family. In fact, none of us are related at all. If we were, that would be strange. The two oldest in my family, Kale and Carina. They are married, so defiantly not brother and sister. They don't tell anyone outside our family about it, they just say they are brother and sister. The two youngest, William – the one being my 'twin' – and Narissa, are also together. Of course Calvin and Melody – my 'parents' – are married and people around the town know all about that.
As you can see, I am the only one in my family without a mate. I think of them all as brother and sister, and couldn't see them otherwise. Maybe I am just doomed to a life of loneliness... Until I find myself a nice equal partner, it may stay that way.
Lunch was over sooner than it should be, such a drag, three more hours until the end of the day. Luckily, being a vampire, time doesn't bother me. I can't sleep, so I am up at three in the morning, trying to find something to do. And I have developed the virtue of patience.
Fifth hour was supposedly the longest hour of the day, and I had reading. I didn't mind, really. I just sat in the back of the classroom, answering questions one after another that the teacher shot off – stumping the other students – in my head. But I never raised my hand to give her an answer unless called on. They were usually surprised that a new student like myself could answer these questions with such ease. What they don't know is that I've taken the class to many times.
Once she was done with her lecture the bell rang. That wasn't to bad at all... I thought, putting on a nice smile and walking into my English class. Things had changed since I was in school for the first time. But my grammar was still of old English, and I tended to speak that way today. It was alright, since I barley spoke to students outside of my family. Unless teachers, but I never could pick up on the slang kids used like my older sister could. I tried to talk 'normally' when forcefully paired up with a random student to do a project, and it went over well. All those years of practice really paid off.
"Miss Winters." the teacher called out to me, and I raised my head, looking in her direction. "Please come to my desk."
I stood and walked over to her desk, not knowing what to expect because it was my first day. Turning away from her computer and facing me she asked if I would like to transfer into a Pre-AP English class, instead of this regular class with very annoying students.
"Since you did so well on the quiz I thought I might give you the offer. If you want to think about it over night and talk to your parents you can get back to me tomorrow" She explained, but the waiting and talking wouldn't be necessary.
I smiled at her, a nice smile, not to much, but enough to come off as a kind student, ready for a challenge. "Actually, I would have to say that I can tell you now I would love to transfer into a Pre-AP class." She nodded, and turned back to her computer, meaning I could return to my seat for the rest of the class. I did so, happy that I might get a bit more of a challenge than I was getting.
The bell rang, and I was off to my seventh hour. The last hour of the day, and also science. Looking around, I didn't see anyone interesting, so I turned my attention back to the teacher, and listened to her drone on and on about things I knew like the back of my hand. I looked out the window, and was happy to see the sky was still cloudy. How could I explain my sparkling skin to someone if the sun had came out and I had to race across the parking lot to my car. Race, as in human speed, not in vampire speed. Someone would notice, and point out my uncanny ability. I would probably get invited to the track team, but I couldn't do that. That would be cheating in my point of view. The only sport I participate in is one with my fellow friends, with the super-human qualities like I have.
Ah, and I was finally free. I got through my first day of school alive, and without harming a student, a teacher, or myself. Making my way through the crowd I gathered my family and we escaped to the parking lot.
"So, what did you think that was like?" Kale asked, walking backwards towards his car and looking at the school as he went.
"Quite brutal." his wife Carina answered with a smile.
The way they were with each other was beautiful, I had to admit I was jealous. But I had the love of my family and that was all I needed, right? Sometimes I wished I had the compassion of a boyfriend, but I pushed the thought of finding one out of my mind. It didn't seem like a very likely happening.
We all jumped into our cars. Mine was a '94 extended cab Chevy. Candy apple red with an amazing sound system. Since had been living for quite sometime, we had all the money we could every need. Which meant spoiling our selves in the car and house department. William also had his own car, a '87 Camero, dark blue, completely tricked out. Since he was also sixteen he got to drive his own car. But Narissa was only fifteen she rode with William and Kale and Carina shared a white 4 x 4 Ford pick up.
How did this rather large family afford all these nice things? Well, we just told everyone that our father was a doctor – quite a lot of money there – and we had jobs. Hard work really paid off, look at what we're driving. Even though the hard work part wasn't really true...
With our speedy driving we were home in half the time it would take a human to drive half the distance. Climbing out of our cars we all headed inside our huge house.
It was like a mansion. An old house we found off in the wilderness that we all fixed up and built on to. It was really no problem, and very much worth it. It had two stories, and an underground level. A very large study, a game room, and a movie room all down there. The movie room was more like a home theater, really amazing, surround sound, a huge screen, the works. The study was a huge room in which the walls were covered in floor to ceiling book cases. They were all filled with books we had acquired in all the years of our lives. Some in decent shape, some the pages were falling apart in. But they were books none the less and I had read most of them.
On the floor level, their was a large entry way, that broke off into a huge living room, an open kitchen, a sun room, and a few other rooms that we weren't really sure what they were for. But in one room, their was a huge piano, bass guitar, and a electric guitar. Yes, I play all three. When you have nothing to do, you take up music. When you perfect one instrument, you move on to the next. I have to say I've mastered the three hardest instruments, so what do I do now?
Upstairs is all the bedrooms. We have very nice beds, that we don't sleep in. Don't forget we don't sleep a wink. In my room there is a queen sized bed four poster bed, a colossal walk-in closet, filled with outfits from every year you could imagine. A cherry wood vanity, and another door. This door when opened led to a balcony overlooking the forest we live in front of. You could see that because the door is glass. Across the room is a large bay window, looking to the other side of the forest. It may be boring to you, but for me, it is the source of almost all of my paintings, poetry, and compositions.
The next door on my side of the hall, Carina's room. After her's it's Narissa's. Then at the end of the hall through a large door is Melody's and Calvin's. Across from Narissa's is William's and over one from his is Kale's. Since I don't have a mate, the room across from mine is a empty room. Very nice and large. But very empty.
The hours of the night grew closer and I walked into Carina's room. Preparing for a night of being alone with plenty of time to think. She was reading a magazine, but put aside when I came in. Padding across the carpet in her room I sat lightly down on her bed, then laid on my stomach and looked at her.
"What's going on, hun?" she asked, looking into my honey eyes. She had to be the sister that was closest to me. Even though she was older, I just felt as though since Narissa was younger than me, I couldn't talk to her as well. When I didn't answer she laid down and gave me a stare, "Tell me."
Groaning, I turned over onto my back and looked at the high ceiling in her room. "It's just that you guys are so happy and paired off and I don't have anyone." I looked up at her, then went on, "I know I usually don't say anything and it doesn't really bother me it's just..." I stopped, not knowing how to say it all to her.
Sliding down on her bed she laid on her back and looked up at the ceiling with me. "I know... Your time will come for you to find the right person and then their he will be." I couldn't help but smile at her, she always knew what to say.
We talked back and forth for a little bit, then the room grew quiet. I thought about my day, and decided what to tell her. "I got transferred into Pre AP English today." she raised an eyebrow and congratulate me. I didn't deserve it. I wasn't even trying, school was just something I knew from doing it over and over and over...
Losing track of time was something vampires do. Time means nothing to us, why would it? We have all the time in the world. Literally. Before either of us knew it, it was four 'o clock in the morning. Bidding her good bye until it was time to go to school, I slipped into my room and sat in my window seat, a pencil and paper rested on my leg. In the mood for some writing.
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A/n : Okay, so that was my first chapter. What did you guys think? Should I continue? Reviews are very welcomed. They keep me motivated.
