Devotion

Hi, my name is Kali. Like California, only with a K. I'm half vampaneze. I wasn't born this way; I did it for someone I love. I know, I know. You're probably thinking what the hell is wrong with me and that love doesn't last. But this is different, I'm different, he's different. I guess you could call it devotion. But before I get too ahead of myself, I should probably start from the beginning…

It was my first day at school. Too bad it wasn't for everybody else. School had started about two weeks earlier and everyone always stares at the new kid who comes into the middle of class. I hate it; it makes me very uncomfortable because I'm very shy around people I don't know. I had just turned seventeen and it was my senior year, so I was younger than most of them. I hoped that I might make one friend, at least. But no, things were never that easy.

Before I could finish going over my list of classes in my head, I happened upon a fight. Well, not really a fight because one of the guys was maybe only an inch taller than me, and I'm 5' 6'', and the other guy was huge. And I mean huge. It looked like they were arguing about something. What, though, I don't know. It had started to draw a crowd, though, and soon enough, the crowd started egging them on with, "Fight, fight, fight!" Then the fists started flying and before I knew it, the giant was sprawled on the floor with what appeared to be a broken nose and a black eye.

The crowd had disappeared as fast as it had come, everyone suddenly very interested in their schoolwork. The shorter one who had won the fight was actually kind of cute. But before I could stare at him more, the principal came up and took both of them to the office. I secretly hoped that the short one wouldn't get in too much trouble - I'm weird like that – but with my luck, he would probably be suspended and I wouldn't be able to see him for a while.

I went to my first class, late, because I didn't know where I was going and got lost several times. It was a big school. Everyone stared at me because one, I was late, and two, because I was a new face.

"Oh, class, we have a new student with us." Jeez, what was I in, first grade? Weird school, I thought. "Your name is… Kalifornia?"

"Kali. Just call me Kali," I said, wishing I could become invisible. I heard people saying something along the lines of, "What were her parents smokin' when they named her?" or, "That's a weird name." Whatever.

I walked back to the only available seat, only to find that it was right in front of the shorter guy that I saw fighting. I guess I should say the guy who won the fight. He caught me staring at him. Oops. I looked quickly away, but I think that it just made my staring at him more obvious. He smirked. Oh, great. He's silently laughing at me.

I sat down in my seat, trying not to turn beet red with embarrassment. He taps on my shoulder.

"Hey."

"Hi," I said quietly.

"I'm Steve."

"I'm Kali, spelled with a K instead of a C."

"Mr. Leonard," the teacher said, cutting into our "conversation".

"Yes Mr. Green?" Steve asked, somewhat sarcastically.

"Pay attention. This will be on the test." I really hope that I didn't have to take the test that he was referring to. He read my mind. "Kali, you don't have to take the test, seeing as it's your first day here and we've been working on this for the last two weeks." Oh, thank God!

"Okay," I said.

Soon after that, the bell rang. I waited until everyone in my row left before I got up.

"Hello," said a now familiar voice to my right once I exited the room.

A/N: hi! this will be different than normal steve so if no likey, you are welcome to leave. And he looks like the Josh Hutcherson Steve like in the movie cause he is way hot. Please review! You can do it without an account!