Chapter 2: Discoveries
Clare's point of view:
Today I was starting another high school career. I've been to so many schools over the years I lost track. I recently moved to Toronto, Canada from Romania. Hopefully people don't find out my secret. I can't deal with people harassing me and asking me stupid questions like 'Can you be around garlic' or my personal favorite 'Do you sleep in a coffin?'. Like do people actually believe what they see in the movies? Are they just that gullible? Apparently so. I was born a vampire in 1805. I have three brothers. James (the oldest), Claude (middle), then after Claude I was born, the last sibling I have is Jacob. Jacob is known as the baby of the family even though he is probably the strongest. We had to leave Romania for many reasons. One of which was that people were beginning to become suspicious about my family. As a vampiress I seduce man to feed. I first give them the signals so that they think I like them, tell them to meet me somewhere, and then feed. I'm not proud of it…but I have to that to survive. I know what you're all thinking. How do they act in the real world. Right? Well actually my parents have normal jobs such as, my dad Vincent being a lawyer and my mother Sylvia is a doctor. Being a doctor you're surrounded by blood. My mom feeds before work so she doesn't have to kill anybody plus she has self control. Control that only me and Claude have mastered. My father also has self control. Being a creature of night like me, comes with it's ups and downs. An Up would be I get to stay young and look good forever. A down would be killing. I sometimes don't want to eat because I don't like killing. I don't like draining people dry or slowly killing them painfully. I don't like being merciless, or cruel. But it's what I was made for. That's all I'll ever be. A killer who's heart no longer beats, or who has to the same thing every other day. This year I want to find love. Someone who actually understands me and doesn't judge. Someone who is like me. We also moved here because supposedly there are other vampires in the area. Hopefully some are at Degrassi. Little did I know there actually was one.
I soon got to school after getting ready this morning. I decided on wearing some brand new black skinny jeans, a cute nerdy Hello Kitty shirt, and my mulberry colored UGGs. I was wandering the halls looking for my class on a map which obviously didn't work. A couple of guys whistled at me but I just waved them off. I was still lost when I bumped into someone. He had all black clothing, longish brown hair, and astounding Emerald eyes that seemed to swallow me. But something was different about him. that's when it hit me. He has the smell. You see vampires have a certain smell that humans cant smell. We usually smell like death. If death had a smell. He had to have been a vampire. I could tell he thought I was. I knew because I was reading his mind. I'm one of those rare case in which the off spring of two vampires get two powers. I can read minds and play with or change people's emotions. It's actually quite fun to do my second power. I use it for good sometimes too. Like if there's two people who are madly in love with the other but are to afraid I change their emotions so that they confess to each other their feelings. Not all of us are heartless mosters. I was snapped back when I realized I haven't apologized yet.
"Sorry I didn't see you plus I was lost." I said shyly as a foreign heat crept up my face. Was I blushing? That's just not natural for someone who's supposed to be dead…or un dead.
"It's okay. Are you new?" the boy asked. I admit he was pretty attractive. Okay he was HOT!
"Yeah I just moved here from Romania" I said. He looked surprised when I said that.
"Cool. My names Eli." He said.
"Clare" I said sticking out my hand. He took it and placed a small kiss on my knuckles.
"Do you need help finding your classes?" he asked.
"Yeah I have Advanced English with Mrs. Dawes." I read off my schedule that was printed on a piece of pink paper.
"I have her too. Want to walk together?" he asked. He was definitely someone who I will want to grow closer to this year. After only knowing him for 5 minutes I already knew so much about him. just by looking in his eyes I saw his life story and how he was turned. And I'm pretty sure he now knew my story from looking in my crystal blue eyes.
"Sure. thanks Eli" I said grateful.
"No problem." He said coolly. He then led me into the room. Even though we were being really quiet 3 heads turned. Only vampires would have heard us. And boy did it smell like death and decaying flesh in here. I had no idea there was this many people like me and my brothers at this school. Eli sat down next to a boy who wore jeans and a T-shirt. He had Big blue eyes and some freckles. He was staring me down while I guess Eli explained to him who I was. I walked up to her desk and cleared my throat. She looked up and gave me a nice sweet smile.
"Hello, my name is Clare Edwards and I am going to be joining your class this year". She nodded.
"Hello Clare, I'm Mrs. Dawes." She gave me another smile. I'm guessing she's a peppy teacher. "You can sit behind Eli." She said. I smiled and nodded. As I was walking down the isle my stomach was doing back flips. I sat down in my seat and took out my writing journal. I was writing a story called the forbidden. It was like a modern day Romeo and Juliet. I stopped writing when there was a tap on my desk. I looked up and saw that it was Eli.
"Blue eyes. I want you to meet my friend Adam." He said.
" Hi Adam. I'm Clare."
"Hey. Can ask you a question?" he asked.
"Okay shoot." I said.
"Well…are you a vampire?" What was I supposed to say to that?