The school was buzzing with gossip and thoughts about the new girl. Her arrival from sunny Phoenix had been all the students had thought or talked about for weeks. It was silly to expect an intelligent thought out of anyone here, considering most of the things they occupied their time thinking about were pointless. Standing with my family in the parking lot helped, since their minds normally had some sort of intelligent thought. I was searching through the minds today instead of blocking them out, looking for the one I wouldn't recognize. I heard the reactions before I realized that she was here, pulling into the parking lot. I searched for her train of thought, expecting it to have something to do with dreading or looking forward to school. Then I caught a drift of Alice reciting a foreign song in her head as loud as she could. Before I could ask what she had seen she grabbed my arm and dragged me away talking aimlessly about where she wanted to go shopping tonight. "Do you think Port Angeles is too far?' she asked knowing I wouldn't question her as long as we were in the hallway. 'Of course not Alice, it's only a thirty minute drive.' And I whispered to her in a single breath low enough that no one could hear 'The school day doesn't last forever. We'll talk later.' She walked me to my class and said 'Meet me after lunch okay? We need to talk. Don't go to your class just meet me there.' Alice then ran off, at an extremely slow speed. I wondered why Alice didn't want me to go to my third hour class. Had she seen us doing something unpleasant? I put off thinking about it, knowing she would see my decision as soon as I made it.
The day went by fast and before I knew it I was getting up from our normal table to go to the bathroom. I had taken a bite of pizza during lunch when I caught someone wondering why I didn't eat, and I told Alice I needed to go rid myself of it. I walked into the bathroom and coughed up the pizza, and seconds before the bell rang me quickly hurried to class and took my seat. Plus, I knew I could easily get out of anything if I needed too. I walked into my Biology 2 class, expecting to take a seat at my usually empty desk. As I walked over there I searched through thoughts to see what Alice had been trying to get me to avoid. Everyone's thoughts were directed towards the new girl. She wasn't anything extraordinary, nothing to be so excited about. Then Mike Newton walked into class late, followed by the new girl. I laughed realizing she would have to sit by me, and I tried to pick up her thoughts to see her reaction to the realization as well.
And what hit me next was completely unexpected. As soon as I tried to listen to her thoughts, all I heard was a loud screeching noise that made me deaf for a few seconds. A few seconds was long enough to forget and let a low growl escape from my chest. When I regained my hearing, I turned to notice everyone looking at the AC vent directly behind me. I turned to look also, to try and play it off. The teacher spoke up. 'That's the third time this year we've had trouble with the AC system. Must be from lack of use.' A few people chuckled and turned back around. I turned and looked at the new girl, and saw she was walking towards the seat next to me. Hatred grew inside of me, for what happened when I tried to listen to this girls thoughts was a mystery. I saw her look at me and there face went pale, then to a look of disgust. She scooted her stool as far away as possible from me and sat down.
It was nothing but a few moments when I knew why.
She was not human, and she could be very dangerous.
When I caught a trace of her scent it was not recognizable. But I knew she wasn't a normal girl. Her blood smelled wonderful, but it was the overwhelming unknown scent that took my breath away. I wasn't sure exactly how to describe it. It was good and bad all at the same time. Had it only been a few moments? This must be what Alice had tried to prevent, but why?
I knew. Alice thought I'd lose control. Yes, her blood was very tempting, better than any I'd ever come across, but it was covered by this other smell.
Just then the professor asked if I'd escort Ms. Sawn to the office to get a Biology 2 book. I saw her face turn sour. She got up and started walking out, and I followed behind her. As soon as I saw that no one was around, I picked her up and was running down the street before she could even scream.
A/N- Thanks to everyone who has chosen to read this! The ending is still undecided, so review and let me know any ideas or suggestions you may have!
