Aphrodite's POV The Beginning!

I walked down the hall, and bumped into the girl of my dreams. Her name is Zoey Redbird, and I need to help protect her from Neferet, our high priestess at the House of Night in Oklahoma. I want to tell her how much I love her but I can never seem to get the word past the tip of my tongue.

We used to be enemies, I hated her guts she hated mine, I mean I hated her because she ruined my whole life, or at least it felt that way. She took my boyfriend; she took my place as high priestess in training which meant she also took the dark daughters and my friends. But soon enough I got over it when Nyx, our goddess, gave me a chance to make up for the things I had done in the past.

"Hey." I said to the black haired beauty, I stared at her, taking in every detail of her what seemed to be perfect painted on doll face, from her gorgeous long black hair and Blue eyes to her very eccentric tattoos that curve down her back and over her waist.

"Hi Aphrodite, how are you handling?" she asked, a worried look covered her face. I knew she was talking about the fact that I was once again a human girl, but I stall had my psychic visions, and I had currently lost my mark, which was at the moment drawn on my forehead with an eye liner pencil.

I was suddenly nervous, and could barley manage to speak with out letting my voice faultier, god she was beautiful when she was worried, I thought to myself.

"Umm, yeah, everything is fine." I looked down at my newly pedicured feet, my cheeks blushing at the fact that I got nervous in front of her like never before.

"Are you sure?" she patronized.

She walked up to me and placed a hand on my left shoulder.

"Aphrodite, if something is troubling you, don't hesitate to tell me, you know I can keep a secret and I might even be able to help you out." I felt a rush of calm energy flow through my body as I became less nervous. I could tell she was using spirit to soothe me,

I wanted to back away from her touch, for some reason, in some way, it made me feel weak, but I couldn't get my feet to move. She must have noticed something because at that moment she dropped her hand to her side, and a few moments later she gave me a reassuring smile before she went passed me and on her way to her dorm room.

I pulled my cell from my vintage purse and flipped it open to check the time and I saw that it was 3:30am. I was exhausted and headed toward my room, my roommate, Destiny Star, just passed away a week ago and I didn't want to be alone, so I turned the other direction to go to Zoey's dorm. She could always pacify me; maybe it was just her normally calm ways. Although today I was nervous from her and somehow maybe even intimidated. I thought about it for a moment as I walked to her room.

"Power." I said under my breath, she , she is so powerful and now that I am human again it makes me feel way more… vulnerable.

I knocked on her door, she opened it within seconds, and then her face saddened. . I was about to ask her what was wrong but she projected the words at me before I even opened my mouth.

"Oh, Aphrodite what's wrong?" she asked me hastily, and then she led me to her bed and sat me down next to her then handed me a box of tissues. It was only then that I realized that I was crying. I suddenly felt the burning in my eyes and the water rolling down my face. I was about to open my mouth to say I don't know, but then it slam blasted me.

"E…E…Everything, everything is wrong. The person I like, I can't tell because I'm too afraid of the rejection, this whole situation with those Raven Mocker's and Neferet has me to be honest scared shitless. And I have never felt so weak in my life and to some things up I just hate my life!"

She pulled me close to her and I didn't reject it, even though my mind was telling me something completely different than that of my heart,which wanted me to look up and kiss her. But I pushed the urge off and just let the closeness take it's place. I mean if it is truly meant to be for us to be together I want it to be at the right moment. She laced her fingers through my hair over and over as she began talking.

" Hey, listen I am super sorry about everything that you are going thru right now. And I was just thinking, it's almost valentines day, why don't we have a school dance, then you can ask that certain person to go with you. How does that sound?"

It sounded fun and all, it's just I wasn't sure that asking that certain someone was going to be the best thing to do, but I guess it was just worth a shot. I will ask her the night of the dance, I thought to myself then suddenly realized that I hadn't answered her and quickly said.

"Yeah…. Yeah I think that would be nice."

srry it was such a short chapter it's just I've been meaning to upload it for a while and I finally had a quick chance to do it hope y'all liked it I'll update after 2 reviews.

- Kodie Ashton/ Jadebreeze