[ Chapter 1 of Book Two ]
Mia sighed as she Jackson entering the cafeteria. Someone has pushed him down again, causing him to drop his lunch.
Mia bit her lip, wishing she had a dominant personality. If she did, she would've gone over there and gave them a piece of her mind.
"Hey Jackson, got a spot over here for you!" someone called out.
Mia, just as Jackson did, looked over to see who'd just called him. Mia didn't know the boy. He'd been one of the gorgon monsters at Monster High with green snakes for hair and sun glasses on his eyes.
Jackson stood, gathering his lunch and walked over to the boy's table. The mysterious boy offered a cool smile.
Mia breathed a sigh of relief. Thank god.
"Mia, would you stop staring now?" Kim asked across from her, feeling uneasy as she bit into her eyeball sub.
Mia turned back around. "Huh?"
"You've been ogling the new guy all day. It's getting real old, real fast…" Kim was irritated, her stomach still upset over the odd, dorky Normie.
Mia looked down, feeling bad that she'd been staring. She swirled her spoon around in her Scallop Stew. "What do you mean? I haven't been ogling him. I'm just worried…everyone's been trying to bully him lately…"
"And you want to step in and help, blah, blah, blah…" Kim rolled her eyes. "Why help him anyway? It's not like he's one of us, he's a Normie."
Mia glanced up at Kim. "So what? Why does he being a Normie matter?"
"Are you kidding me right now, Mia? Normie's are dangerous! They can't be trusted; you never know when they'll flip on you."
"I don't think that's true, I've met other Normies and they don't seem like that…" Mia said quietly, sinking in her soup.
"They're lying to you!" Kim's fist pounded on the table.
"I don't know, Kim…"
"Didn't you say that one stole your boyfriend?" Kim's voice rose, drawing attention. "Isn't that proof enough for you? Normies can't be trusted!"
Mia scooped a spoonful of creamy stew and Scallops in her mouth, daring not to answer Kim. She was growing uncomfortable as more people stared, just waiting for her to respond to Kim. "W-Well…maybe your right, Kim." Mia didn't meet Kim's eyes. She pleaded silently, begging her to sit. She hoped that her silent thoughts got to her.
Kim sat, returned to her eyeball sub. "Of course I'm right…"
Across the cafeteria Jackson sighed as Deuce explained how hot-headed some ghouls could be.
"Hey Cara?" Mia asked as she leaned against the doorway of Cara's bedroom.
Her little sister stopped research on Normie blogs and turned around to greet her sister with a smile. "Hey, Mia. What's up?"
"About Normies…they aren't bad…right?" Mia asked quietly, closing Cara's bedroom door and taking a seat on her bed.
Cara blinked at older sister, wondering what brought on this sudden question. "Not all of them. Why?"
"Well, you see, there's this new guy at our school and he's a Normie, but-"
"There's a Normie at your school?" Cara asked excitedly. "Oh my god, what does he look like?"
Mia blushed pink, thinking of when she first spoke to Jackson. "Well, he's, um, cute, a little nerdy and geeky, but it suits him. He seems smart, I guess, but I tell since I don't have any classes with him – he's one of the sophomores, did I mention? He seems sweet and his eyes are as blue as the ocean and they're really dreamy. And then there's his smile, it's really adorable. And he left eyebrow is pierced, isn't that cool? And, and, and…um, and…" Mia ran out of words.
Cara giggled. "He sounds really cute. So, do you like him?"
"L-like him?" Mia winced back like she took a blow to the stomach. "N-n-no! He's just a friend…"
"A really cute friend." Cara noted.
"Well, yeah, but…well…I can't like a Normie, god Cara!"
"I don't see why not. Technically we're part Normie and besides, what does it matter? If you like him then you like him, you can't help who like, and a crush is a crush no matter what." Cara offered a smile to her older sister.
Mia face reddened. "Well…I guess you're right, but still…I don't even know him all like that."
"Then get to know him – duh. Why don't you ask him on a date?" Cara said, eager to help her older sister as much as she could.
"Well, I don't know…" Mia points at her knobby knee.
"Then don't know, don't even think about it! Just ask him, I'm sure he'll be delighted to go on a date with you, Mia. In fact, I know he will because you're the greater monster at Monster High." Cara giggled. Mia smiled lovingly at her sister and stood to trap her in a bear hug. Together they smiled. Mia thought to herself, she was lucky to have a little sister like Cara.
Mia sat in her room, lying across her bed with a pillow squeezed to her pounding chest. She was staring at the wall, wondering if Jackson would actually accept her if she was to ask him on a date. Then, out of nowhere, Dakota appeared in her mind, along with Rocco. She sighed.
How was she going to handle three guys?