Chapter 2

Monday Morning: The day when Mr Crepsley, my new mentor (by gum that sounds weird!) was going to be working undercover at my school. He said that he would inform Marina and I of his reasons for doing this 'all in good time', so all we had to do was to keep quiet about everything that had happened, and keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Oh! And not let on that we knew who this new teacher was. Personally, I though that was easier said than done.

As I stepped onto the 45 bus I took to school every day, wearing my red coat which was confiscated most days for not being 'regulation uniform', but that I wore regardless just because by wearing it I felt like I was Crepsley's assistant, I smiled to myself at the fact that I didn't need to wear the coat anymore, I was Crepsley's assistant red coat or no red coat.

But still, I kept it on. It was warm. I listened to the music off my phone for an hour while watching the world pass by out of the bus window, enjoying the calmness before the stress that would surely ensue as soon as I reached school. When I told people about how long my bus journey was every morning, they always felt sorry for me, but really I liked the bit of 'me' time to clear my head and listen to some music for a bit.

As per, I was first into school, and I decided to go for a walkabout in the corridors to work off some of this new energy that I had since the blooding. I thought about how in the Cirque du Freak books, Darren was stressed out about trying not to show off his new skills in sport, but luckily for me that was not an issue. I was actually the worst person at sport ever, well it wasn't so much that I was bad, more as if I just could never be bothered to try. The teachers at first used to be angry with me, but by now they had just given up on me altogether, which I found hilarious.

So all I had to do was just stand there and not do anything, and nobody would be at all suspicious. I turned a corner when I reached the science blocks, meaning to walk back the way I had come, as it had been a while and more of my classmates should have arrived by now, but I heard something that made me stop dead in my tracks. Behind the closed door of one of the labs, I could hear the distinct tones of two of my science teachers, Dr Dorian and Mrs Charity, conversing. This intrigued me, and so I crept closer, hoping for some interesting gossip which I could share later, (yes, I am quite nosy when it comes to school life!) but instead, I heard my name.

Or rather, I heard Mrs Charity firmly tell Dr Dorian to "Keep an eye on Lynsey Fox." Whoa. That wasn't normal, was it? As I stood poised at the door, they continued. "Yes, our new staff member is joining today, Mr Horston. And I will be watching his lesson this afternoon. He better watch out." Backing away silently, I ran back to my form room. I didn't need to hear any more to know that myself and Larten's cover was on the line. Was this why Mr Crepsley had to investigate our school?

I wished that he was less secretive. He had just blooded us, for Charna's sake, surely he owed us the truth of why, instead of just smirking and telling us "we knew too much." Why hadn't he blooded Amy then? She was just as big a fan as me and Marina? She obviously knew too much as well. "Ah well" I thought to myself "who knows how a vampire's mind works.", then I had to stop myself laughing as I realised that me of all people should know just that, as I was now one. I didn't have long to wait before Marina turned up. Normally, she was always in long past the bell, but I suppose she had forfeited her lie in to discuss our pressing matters.

"Lynsey!"

"Hey!" I jumped off the table which I had been sitting on and ran over to our lockers, as I did without fail every day. This was the point where I would normally shout "Did you see hollyoaks!" (well, not shout exactly, but I have the loudest voice ever, so to everyone else it sounds like shouting.), but instead I 'shouted' "Oh. Em. Gee. Crepsley."

"I know...I wonder where he is."

"Ten o clock." I had always wanted to describe where something is by using the time, like how they do in the army.

"No pet its half 8." Oh dear. Instead of trying to explain I simply pointed out of the window where Mr Crepsley himself was walking up the school path in his usual red attire. "Oh..."

"But listen, ive got something to tell you. Before, I was going for a little walk, cos y'know how I like a stroll, and I bumped into Mrs Charity and Mrs Dorian..."

"eeeww, Dorian."

"Yeah, ew. Anyway, no, I didn't bump into them, I decided to spy on them, because its my dream to be a spy and I thought it would be fun, I thought they'd be talking about Lychee's grades or something, but no."

"Is this story going anywhere..."

"Yes, you haven't heard it all yet! They were talking about me. Mrs Charity told Dorian to keep an eye on Lynsey Fox. I mean they even said my second name. And then, she said that she would be watching Mr Horston's lesson and he should watch out..."

"Omg."Marina interrupted me.

"What?"

"He's calling himself Mr Horston? That is sooo unoriginal. He always calls himself that." she laughed.

"Hey, that's the name of his dead cousin/best friend! Don't be mean to poor Larten!"

"Yeah still...He could be Mr Vur?"

"That sounds really lame. Anyway, WHY ARE YOU BEING SO CALM ABOUT THIS?"

"Why are you stressing out?"

"Because they said they were watching Mr Horston's lesson! And they had to keep an eye on me!"

"Relax pet! You probably just look ill or something! And teachers watch other teachers' lessons all the time, its no conspiracy."

I couldn't believe how lightly Marina was taking this. "But...but she said Mr Horston had to watch out!"

"You probably just imagined that Lynz. Anyway, gotta go. Bye!" She left, pausing only to give me the death touch sign, and I laughed in spite of the uneasy feeling I had. I knew that it had to be something more sinister than what Marina made it out to be, and I had not imagined the 'he better watch out', no matter what she said.

I only hoped Larten would believe me, for if not I would have a tough time convincing the both of them. But I had no time to dwell on this, for at that moment Amy sat down in the seat Marina had just left.

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