As promised, here is the second chapter to the story. I may change my mind and do more than one chapter a day but that's only if I get some reviews soon. Here's chapter 2.
Chapter 2
Juliet's POV
"So, any new classes this year?" I asked Alex as we walked along the hall from the main office.
"Yup," she replied proudly. "I now have Social skills and Drawing and Design with you. How did you get in Drawing and Design?"
"I have to know the history of art if I'm going to be a historian." I told her, grinning broadly.
Alex stared at me with a cocked eyebrow and a quality smirk playing on her lips. "You hypnotized someone, didn't you?" she asked loftily, studying her nails while, at the same time, eyeing me suspiciously.
I froze. She couldn't possibly know. I gasped in my head. She wasn't there. She was speaking to Principal Drake when I was getting our schedules. I stared up at my love and saw the expression of relaxed triumph in her features. "How did you…?"
Alex tapped her ears before tapping her forehead and grinning down at me. "I also realized that we have three other classes and lunch period together." Alex continued walking with that same smirk on her face.
I shook my head and followed close behind. "You really ARE the alpha of all vampires." I murmured, her slight chuckle alerting me that she had heard.
"Yes, I am."
We made it to our first class and took a look around. There weren't any humans, but the monster population had overpowered the human population last year anyway so there wasn't much off a difference. We shrugged and took our separate seats. I decided to write some different ideas for books I might want to write while waiting for the teacher. I got lost in my work as I waited.
Alex's POV
Juliet took a seat near the front while I chose one closer to the back. I noticed that we had some new vampires that were either ogling me or staring at Juliet and the male ones didn't seem to have a problem with provoking me because they had leers on their faces while looking at my mate. I felt a growl building in my throat as one boy slowly stood and walked over to her. He stood in front of her desk and practically shoved the front of his pants in her face.
"Hey," I heard him say in a slightly deep voice. "I'm Clark. I come from a small town in Montana but, I was wondering if you might wanna go out sometime?"
Juliet glanced up and snorted. "No thanks." She told him.
He frowned and sat next to her. At this, I stood and began making my way forward.
"Well then," Clark continued in a lower voice. "Maybe you and me could go somewhere private and have a bit of fun with each other." Juliet must have sensed me coming because her voice became more nervous. "Maybe you could find someone else. My mate will be here in a moment."
Clark snorted and stood. I stopped, assuming he was going to leave her alone and I began slowly backing away again. On the contrary, he leaned close to my mate. "Don't worry; I'll take care of him. No vampire has been able to beat me yet. So where is he?"
I ran forward and slammed into him. He went flying into the wall and slid down in a daze. "Who the hell are you?" he demanded when he finally regained his voice.
"I'm Russo," I replied pleasantly, even though I'm sure my expression read anything but pleasant. "Alexandra Russo. I'm from a large city in New York and I'll beat the fuck out of you if you come near Juliet again."
He stared at me before bursting into laughter. "Please," he said. "You're a girl. You can't beat me. I'm one of the toughest vampires there is." I watched him stand and brush himself off. " In my town the men and boys do all the work so I've got immense strength and skill. Now where's that mate of yours sweet thing?" he asked Juliet. Juliet paled even more and looked up at me. I shook my head subtly and she looked down.
"He's already here," she murmured.
"Really?" Clark said. "Where? Hiding?"
Juliet shook her head and pointed up at me.
"Her?" he demanded. "Why, she can't protect you from anything. How is she going to beat me down?"
"I will give you till the count of three," I told him through gritted teeth, "to move away from my mate or I will TRY not to rip you to shreds."
Clark laughed uproariously at this and proceeded to take a step closer. "Oh yeah?" he challenged. "What are you going to do? You're just a weak girl vampire with probably no respect for the men that work to put a roof over your head. Now, this girl and I have business so if you don't mind…"
He pushed against me, but I held firm. I began to shake and glanced at Juliet. She shook her head vigorously and I took a deep breath to calm down. Then, faster than a viper, my arm shot out and clutched Clark's thick neck.
"Lisssten," I hissed. I took another deep breath to reel my demon side back in and tried again. "Stay away from my mate. If you want to know what I can do, ask the students that were here last year. But if you want to live, stay AWAY from my mate."
I dropped him and took my seat next to Juliet. Pulling my wand out of my boot, I summoned my stuff to me. Crossing my arms, I stared at the board opposite me. At that moment, the teacher flashed in, but Clark didn't seem to notice. "She's about to become my mate, girl. So back off." He ordered.
Pulling Juliet to him, he planted a deep kiss on her lips before smirking at me. I felt the change coming over me and the teacher motioned for all of the students to move back. They did so with eagerness as I felt my skin grow leathery and felt the slightly painful lengthening off my bones. I took another deep breath and changed back into a vampire. My vision focused on Clark and I saw him shaking slightly. I drew close to him and punched him across the jaw.
"I told you to stay away!" I snarled. "She is mine! I am the alpha of vampires. I am the strongest and toughest of them all. Leave Juliet ALONE!"
I punched him again for good measure and drew my mate to me, hugging her tight. Clark snarled, but stayed back; that is until I turned my back on him. Then he grabbed a desk and threw it at my back. I looked at the teacher for confirmation.
"Is it over Juliet?" she asked.
I gave her a curt nod and she returned it. I ran at Clark and jumped on him, biting into his neck as my hands flew at his chest and stomach. He tried to fight back but I kept coming harder and harder until he was close to passing out. I picked him up and glared into his eyes.
"You can't be the alpha," he said through broken teeth. "You're just a girl. Girls can't fight, they're supposed to wear dresses all the time, they have to cook and clean while the men work. You can't be Alex Russo."
I grinned evilly and said, "I'm a wizard as well, idiot. And if you had listened correctly, you'd know my name is Alexandra Russo. Now I'm only going to say this one more time before I just kill you. Stay away from my mate!"
I punched him and knocked him out. I slid into my seat next to Juliet as though nothing had happened and the other students hurried to do the same. I nodded to the teacher and she gave me a bittersweet smile before launching into the lesson. Juliet stayed near me all day unless it was those three classes we didn't have together. I walked around the school, just remembering for about three minutes and I was relieved to see that the monsters no longer kneeled to me. There was a slight emptiness and I knew what it was: my soul mate wasn't here to greet me like everyone else. I let my mind wander to where she might be before I raced to class.
At dawn, everyone headed to the cafeteria. Since there weren't any humans, the school did its classes at night and when the sun was up, it was considered nighttime. Everyone ate their meals heartily as they discussed the first day of classes. Juliet and I sat at the same table as last year and dug into our blood waiting for the others. I heard Kate's voice coming toward us and glanced up to see her, the Twins, Gwen, Maddie, and Sam heading toward us. I waved them over and noticed that they had an elf with them.
The elf wasn't like the one that had tutored Max. This one was very small and had greenish skin. Her teeth were yellow and pointed and her ears were really big. Her blonde hair looked clean though and she had on a nice black dress.
"I'm guessing this is Megan?" Juliet asked with a raised eyebrow and a small smile at the elf. Megan nodded to her without a smile and sat down on the end.
"How awesome is our schedule?" Maddie asked excitedly. "I now have free time since I don't have to take blood control classes and we can go out partying more often. What do you guys have?" she asked, digging into her Bloody Mary, heavy on the blood.
I glanced at Juliet and she shrugged. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Megan switch her blood cake with Gwen's and wondered what that was about.
"Hey Gwen," Annabelle called to her. "Wanna trade? I'll give you my cherry pie for your bloody cake."
Gwen nodded eagerly and the girls swapped. I tried to sense what was going on with Megan but I couldn't get to her head. I watched Annabelle carefully as she dug into the cake. She frowned slightly as she swallowed and suddenly she was down on the ground shaking wildly.
There's the second chapter guys. Show me some love and I'll post chapter three tonight.
