When we got to school, we met Marnie, who's honestly kind of pretty. She started walking us around, telling us where everything was. She thought some human kid was one of us and pulled on what she thought was a tail, and all of the kid's books fell. I decided to make myself scarce and head for science, where I sat next to a raven-haired boy with sea-green eyes.
"Well hello," he said flirty, looking me up and down, "Where have YOU been all my life?"
"Canada." I said coldly. I had just met the guy and I don't like him. All I wanted was for him to leave me alone.
"I'm Luke. And you are? Besides hot, of course." He smirked. Is he EVER gonna give up?
"Jez." I turned from him and watched as Aggie Cromwell, Marnie, and that student she found earlier, Cody, entered. I covered my mouth with my hand when Aggie conjured a parrot.
At lunch, I found Cassie and Natalie and sat with them, and soon enough, the whole table was filled with guys, and only 2 of them came from Halloweentown! Poor Pete and Ethan, they did NOT look comfortable. One of the guys at the table was, wait for it... Luke. "Hey sexy, nice to see you again." He put his arm around my shoulders.
"Leave me alone, creep," I said in a warning tone. He just smirked, so I pulled his arm over my head, twisted it, and shoved, making him fall off the seat and onto the floor. Natalie gave me a semi-worried look. "What? I warned him." She chuckled softly. I caught Ethan's eye and he smiled at me, and his smile made my heart want to sing… Oh no. "I-I'll be right back." I told whoever was listening, and made a beeline for the girls bathroom. I tried to calm my breathing, my slender fingers gripping the sink tightly.
"Jezabel, are you ok?" Cassie asked. I shook my head no. My heart was pounding now. She grabbed my hands and looked me in the eyes, "You're going to be fine. Breathe in," I breathed, "Breathe out." After a couple minutes of her coaching, I eventually calmed. When we got back to the table, I could feel the Halloweentown kids' eyes on me, but I wouldn't meet anybody's.
After lunch, I found where Aggie was going to have us meet and rushed inside. I slumped on the couch. How was I supposed to talk to him now? All it took to make my wanting go off was his SMILE. I'm so doomed. I put my head in my hands.
"Hey, are you alright?" A male's voice asked. I looked up and into the gorgeous orbs of Ethan's eyes.
"I-I'm fine. Just stressed." Other people joined us, and soon enough we were all lounging in our locker.
Marnie came through and was surprised we all had huddled in there. "Why aren't you out there making friends?"
"They think we're freaks, and not the cool kind." somebody said.
"Well, you have to find SOME way to make friends…" she thought. "Hey Pete, catch!" she threw an apple and he climbed up the wall and caught it in his mouth. "The football team's looking for a quarterback, but next time, catch it in your hands." She went around the room, pointing out what each of them would be good at, then she got to me. "Jez, you have to make friends somehow. Ummm, what exactly… are you?" she asked as nicely as possible. I quickly shifted to my natural look, and a 'ohhh' resounded through the room.
"I'm a siren," I said, shaking out my bright red hair.
"Hmmmm, well, sirens are singers, right?" she asked.
"Yeah, but…"
"But what?"
"I've had control of my powers for quite some time now, but for some reason, they are acting up for me now. I don't want anyone to feel close to me just because the siren song hit them," I put my head down.
Two hands slip into my open ones, and when I lift my head, I see they belong to Ethan and Cassie. "We believe in you." She said.
