The charm was still glowing as I pitched my now wrinkled clothing back into their assigned dressers, also getting completely dressed, and throwing on a blue Hollister t-shirt along with a new pair of comfy pajama jeans, they were the latest in fashion, and nothing beats pajama jeans on the type of lazy day I was going to have today.
By the time I glanced over at the clock, it was 7:55 p.m., I was just in time to be able to grab my books and rush down to the temple for the morning meet. I grabbed my backpack, kissed Nala on the head, and she meowed in return, even though I think she was still upset with me for bringing Loren into the dorm, and I glanced down at the necklace, there was no way I could show up in front of everyone with a glowing necklace around my neck. I was already strange enough with a thousand marks that no other fledgling had.
After a second or two of thinking, I made the hasty decision of taking the necklace off and storing it on the top shelf of my closet, for the meantime, where no one could see it, and then I took off downstairs, racing to meet the first bell of the morning as everyone filed into neat rows in front of the temple. I was squished into a small spot next to Damien, and I glanced over at him.
"Damien! Good morning!" I put on a friendly, inviting smile, especially since he was one of my closest friends. I expected him to tell me good morning in return, or go on and on about last night's episode of Glee; but nothing even close to that happened. He completely turned away from me and started chatting with the strange girl beside him, I think her name was Rebecca, but I'd never seen the two talking before. I hid a frown as I turned toward the front of the temple, just in time for Neferet to take center stage.
"Merry meet, fledglings." She said in a calm voice, her auburn hair cascading over her hair in thick coats. Every fledgling responded with a simple "merry meet," in return, and continued. "Today classes will be as normally scheduled, with the exception that fifth formers lunch will be and hour later due to daylight savings time." She took a glance around and stared at me, although she was speaking to the entire crowd. "Merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again." Everyone followed suit once more, returning the same sentence, and that's when the first hour bell rang. As everyone was filing out, I saw Stevie Rae giving me the death stare out of my peripheral vision, had she already turned everyone against me? I only gritted my teeth, and prayed to Nyx for the best.
First hour was boring, of course, it's my vampire sociology class, but nonetheless I couldn't wait to see Loren after lunch, not one on one time, but that's when I had my poetry class, which made me happier than ever. In second hour, my vampire history class, I got stares from each and every fledgling in the room, even the professor, which happened to be Neferet, stared at me. I ended up sulking down in my seat until the dismissal bell rang, and I hastily packed up my things, sprinting out of the classroom.
When I got to lunch, the normal table I sat at with Stevie Rae, Erin, Shaunee, and Damien was empty. I sighed and grabbed my lunch, then sat by myself at the corner of the table, as I looked around, I could see my usual group sitting and laughing at another table across the cafeteria; Stevie Rae was watching me, and she finally got up and came over to my table.
"Happy now, Ms. I almost let the teacher get into my pants?" she said sarcastically and I turned toward her, pitching my fork down onto the table.
"What the hell is your problem?" I looked at her and she just smirked, something was off, Stevie Rae didn't act like this, and neither did the rest of the group. She slid into the seat across from me.
"It's simple, Z, what goes around, comes around." She flashed me a warning smile and waltzed back over to the table with the others. I lowered my gaze slightly and shook my head.
What goes around comes around? I questioned myself as I watched my usual group of friends turn towards Stevie Rae, inquiring her about what happened when she came over to talk to me, and I got a death stare from them as well when her mouth stopped moving, although I couldn't tell exactly what she said.
Whatever this was, it didn't happen. Stevie Rae isn't mean, or cruel, or even rude, she's the exact opposite of all of those traits. I had to get to the bottom of this, I don't know what's going on, and I don't know how I'm going to fix it, but when lunch let out, I raced directly down the hall to my next class; not looking back.
