Chapter 2

Happening

Lisa yelled to me from across the room. Lisa and Tamie were sitting next to one other. She was pointing to a seat in front of Tamie so I went over there.

"I didn't know you were going to be in honors English." Lisa said.

"Um yeah…I'm in all honors classes." I said

"Wow great, that means you'll be in all our classes." Tamie said clapping.

"Great" I muttered under my breath taking my textbook out.

"So I hear that you got the locker next to Allen." Lisa said wiggling her eyebrows.

I looked down so they wouldn't see me smiling.

"You are so lucky! Everyone has been trying to get that locker since the beginning of high school." Tamie said forcing a smile.

"Oh" was all I said and turned around.

We didn't talk for the rest of the class, even though I heard what they were thinking. That's how it went for all my other classes as well.

I didn't pay too close attention to what was being said because I've heard it all before. I decided to do a little searching of my own and the school. I released my soul from my physical form. I decided to find the Nights. I found them in Honors history class. They were in the front desks closest to the door. The sister was as stunning as her brother. She wore all white and it blended perfectly in with her creamy skin. She had on a leather jacket with two bottoms open exposing the lace on the spaghetti strap top, a skirt that came up to mid thigh, and white boots with a silver rose pattern. Her hair grew past her shoulders; it was so pale it looked white.

My self conscious level plummeted just being in the same room with her. I wondered over to the front of the classroom. I looked into their eyes and could tell they weren't there completely. Hmm I wonder what they are doing.

The lunch bell rang and I snapped back into my own body.

"See you at lunch Gabriel." Lisa said waving and ran out the room.

I went up to my locker and the twins were there. I got my purse and made sure my next classes books were lined up. I closed my locker and Allen was waiting for me.

"Hey again" He said in his dreamy voice grinning.

"Hi" I sighed. He took my breath away.

"You stopped by earlier, sorry we weren't there."

I looked up confused. He laughed.

"Soul searching,"

"Oh right." I sent back, but was still a little confused of what he meant. He picked up on my confusion.

"We don't usually stay in tuned to the classes. Our minds pick up everything so our soul can wonder freely." He explained and shrugged. I smiled back but that wasn't the reason why I was confused.

"Walk with me."

We went downstairs and it felt like everyone's eyes were on us.

"Do people stare at you all the time?" I whispered trying not to meet anyone's eye.

"Pretty much" he said casually.

"Where did your sister go?"

"She hates the food here, she believes were above mortals so we should have the best food." He sighed.

Mortals? What is he talking about?

We entered the cafeteria and I spotted her sitting at the same table from this morning.

"She went to Olive Garden." I said a little shocked.

"Yeah, that's her favorite. They always have her food ready at this time so she just goes and picks it up."

"What's her name?"

"Oh I'm very sorry, I never told you. Her name is Alice."

"Alice" I whispered. Her eyes shot up from her plate and glared at me. I flinched and looked down.

"Don't mind her. She's just not used to the idea of having another vampire here."

"VAMPIRE!" I gasped and jumped a little, eyes wide.

Some people turned to look at me but when they saw who I was with they looked away.

"I'm not a vampire." I said whispered lower so no one would hear.

He frowned and looked at me.

"What do you mean?"

I wasn't able to answer because Gabe and Lisa suddenly appeared beside me.

"Gabriel!" Gabe sang my name.

"Hey there." she said to Allen and winked.

"Hello." He said never removing his eyes from mine.

She frowned and looked back at me.

"I'll talk to you later." I whispered soft enough so they couldn't hear.

He nodded slightly and in the same moment turned and walked away.

"Hey Gabe, hey Lisa." I said trying to suppress my shock.

"Why didn't you introduce me?" She wished fiercely.

"Oh…I'm sorry I thought you already knew each other." I said quickly.

"Well it's ok, next time." She said.

"She better introduce me next time." She thought.

"He didn't even notice me…" Lisa thought sulking.

I rolled my eyes and followed them back to the table.

When we sat down I was immediately ambushed with questions.

"Gabriel, how did you make friends with him?" Amy asked.

"Yeah what's your secret?" Angela asked.

"Do you think he would hang with us?"

"What's his favorite color?"

"He isn't dating anyone is he? I didn't hear that."

"Where does his sister go shopping?"

It went on like that for at least two minutes with verbal questions and mental ones. I couldn't even answer any of them; it was just an endless cycle. I was just about to get up and ran like hell out of there when everyone went silent.

"Oh no" I pulled out my hand mirror and checked my eyes quickly. There wasn't anything to freaky about them; they were just a little bluer. I put it back in my pocket and looked back at them. Their eyes were wide and adoring.

"Hey there." a voice said behind me. "You don't mind if I take your friend away for a while." He said placing a hand on my shoulder.

"No, of course not" They said synchronized.

I got up quickly taking the chance to escape. We left the room with them still in a daze.

"What did you do to them?"

"You never did that before, bending their will to your own."

"Hypnotism" I said shaking my head.

He laughed. "More like mind control." His chuckled again and his face grew serious.

"What did you mean you weren't a vampire?" He asked opening the door to go outside.

I looked at him. "Just that, how could I be a vampire? My parents were both human."

"How old are you?"

"I was born in the sixteenth century, in a little town called Roseville. As you should know, people looked upon nature as an awesome and mysterious force. Due to the never ending search for explanations for the lightning in the sky, floods and storms, illness, birth and death. They came to a conclusion that it must have been shamans, medicine men and women, witches, and sorcerers which intervened with these forces.

"All witches knew how to use herbs and other ingredients to concoct potions that could cure many sicknesses. My mother was very sick when she was pregnant with me and had gone to the town's doctor for a potion that would cure her. She was better within a day, but by the following week, the doctor was condemned a witch and burned at the stake. My mother was really shaken by that. She started thinking that the witch casted a spell upon her so she would give birth to a demon; she never spoke her fears because surly she would die.

"When I was a baby, they saw that I was already sitting up on my own and crawling when I was two months. Usually, babies wouldn't be sitting up until three to four months, crawling is a whole other thing. The next month I started walking and I said my first word. My father was so proud that his child excelled so significantly, but it just confirmed my mother's fears. Even so she loved me to much to say anything. The town's folk grew jealous of my parents and watched me like a hawk." I laughed a hard laugh.

"When I turned five, my parents noticed that my eye color would change with each emotion I expressed. They never told anyone this and made me promise to always stay calm in public no matter what. When I was eleven, I developed a new "ability" so to speak. At school, if I touched anyone I would suddenly leave them feeling weak or confused and I would have all their memories. People started fearing me and soon condemned me a demon. My parents didn't even try to stop them; they knew I had to burn."

I looked away from him and up at the sky.

"I'm sorry." he said resting a hand upon my shoulder.

I looked back at him. His eyes looked like an ocean of sadness and it pulled me in.

"It's alright, thanks for caring, don't be sad." I said placing a hand upon is cheek. He leaned into my hand and closed his eyes sighing. I smiled a weak smile and he returned it.

"You don't have to finish if it's too much."

I sighed. "No it's alright." I said and continued.

"I was devastated; I couldn't believe that my parents would let this happen. All I wanted to do was disappear and never see their hateful faces again. They had me tied to a stake and by dawn they would light it. People started gathering once light started waking the nights slumber. The next thing I know everyone started screaming and yelling "where did that witch-demon go?" I woke to see them in a frenzy and I couldn't believe my ears, wasn't I right in front of them? I looked down at myself and blinked in surprise. The ropes were on the ground and I wasn't there. I felt as light as a feather. I started running and kept looking back to see if anyone followed but no one came. I wasn't looking where I was going and bumped into someone, but instead of falling, I went right through him."

"He screamed and started swiping at himself. I didn't look back to see what happened. I stopped running after three days and found a tree with a breach and stayed there for the night. The next morning, I woke to find myself still invisible. I was frightened that I would never become visible again and wished that I would reappear. By sunset, I went to find water. Thankfully there was a stream near by and I drank until my stomach was full. When I finally looked at myself, I was ecstatic but I knew this was dangerous because someone might recognize me. So I started practicing, after three months I had learned to shape-sift into animals, people, and different elements."

"All this time you never thought you were a vampire?" Allen asked interrupting my thoughts,

"Well I knew I was something, but I didn't believe in mythical creatures." I said shyly. He chuckled and gestured to continue.

"Well I learned about the soul searching as you call it, hearing others thoughts, and to posses another form, animal or human."

"Very interesting…" He murmured more to himself then to me.

"You said when you touched another being they would grow weaker right?"

"Yeah…" I answered not sure where this was going.

"Well that's never happened with me or my sister." he said.

"Oh…" I said sighing.

"Well that's not a bad thing." He added trying to lift my mood. "It's just different, each vampire has different abilities."

"Hmm…"

"Yeah…umm if you don't mind me asking, what is your diet?"

"Oh" I said a little shocked. "Well human food, fast food, the usual…why?"

"So you have no desire for blood?" He asked slightly frowning.

I shook my head. "No not at all."

"Interesting…" He said again.

Suddenly he turned around and was by the door. I was shocked at how far we walked but also of his action.

"The bells about to ring" He said and a second later it did. He smiled at me and said catch you later, then was gone.

For the rest of the day I couldn't stop smiling. What an interesting first day this was. My last period was gym. I got my uniform from the coach's office. It was red and white, the shorts were mid thigh length and the top had a big Trojan face on it. Why do the uniforms always have to be so ugly?