Chapter 3

Alex's POV

We arrived at school in the same manner as always. Moving through the halls, Juliet and I nodded to the people who bowed to us, but Selena wasn't used to them doing it to her. "Why are they bowing to me?" she asked.

"Because you're my fixed soul mate as well as my sister." I replied. "It means you're as much the ruler of the monster world as we are. Not to mention you're a werewolf, so we can keep the peace between the werewolves…"

I glanced at Juliet. "The vampires…"

I smiled as I continued looking ahead. "And the wizards."

Selena nodded and kept walking.

We separated for our different classes and I sighed, hoping there would be no unwanted experiences this year. I snorted to myself. Yeah right. I thought to myself. Since when has that ever happened?

I sighed as I began my Artistic Theory II lesson. We were going to be working on whether or not you could blend all the colors and then use water to separate them again. I proved that you could use magic, but not water. Many of the new vampires laughed and even the teacher, Mr. Lock, chuckled. I left the class and went to my other four before heading to lunch. Sitting at my normal table, I wrapped Juliet in a hug and kissed the top of her head.

"Well, hello to you too." Juliet giggled, holding my hands to her waist.

"Mm, your hellos aren't nearly as enthusiastic as when we first started dating." I murmured into her neck.

"Because we're in public." Juliet replied, gesturing to all the monsters around.

I shrugged and took my seat at the table. The others soon joined us and Kate grinned excitedly at us.

"There's this new guy at school!" she squealed.

"So?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No one knows where he came from, but everyone I've spoken to has said that he's totally gorgeous." I kept my eyebrow raised, wondering when this would involve Juliet and me. Kate sighed and shook her head.

"Well, anyway, did you guys check out the restaurant?' Gwen asked.

"Yeah, it's run by my mom." Juliet replied.

"I thought you killed your mom." Maddie said in confusion.

"She told me that she was just put into a coma for three years so her neck could heal." The others nodded at this and they all began eating. Halfway through lunch, the Distress Duo, Michael and Makayla, walked over and sat on either side of us.

"Hey guys," I greeted them, chewing my raw deer meat. "What's up?"

"Nothing." Makayla answered, sharpening her nails against the tabletop.

"Just wanted to see how you guys were doing." Michael added.

"We needed to make sure you weren't dead." They chorused.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because," Makayla replied.

"Some freaky shit happened last year." Michael intoned.

"You were both almost killed multiple times." They said as one.

"Ok, what's up with the whole talking like twins thing?" I asked. The two troublemakers looked at each other and raised an eyebrow.

"We're fraternal twins." Makayla told me.

"We came from the same mom." Michael added.

"But had two different dads." They finished concurrently.

"It's very redundant." I said monotonously.

The twins cocked their heads. "How?"

"Selena and I are twins, Annabeth and Annabelle are twins and you two are twins. Who else?"

Everyone shook their heads and I sighed. "How are you two dating if you're twins?" I asked.

"Well, since we didn't find out…" Makayla began.

"Until this past summer…" Michael added.

"We really don't care." They shrugged together. I nodded and shrugged, going back to my meal.

Just then, we all heard footsteps and looked up to see a werewolf boy walking toward us. He had dark brown fur and deep green eyes that shined as bright as his smile of perfect white teeth. He had a square jaw and a muscular build. His fur was out and I could see his business hidden slightly between his legs. Kate, Maddie, Gwen and the Twins all sighed dreamily as he got closer. I stiffened immensely as fear gripped me and moved closer to Juliet while Selena moved closer to me protectively.

"Hi," the boy said in a voice that matched his face. The Distress Duo were the next two to fall head over heels for him. He looked at the three of us and grinned.

"Can we help you?" I asked slowly, trying to keep the stutter out.

"Yeah, I was just wondering if the cute girl would like to go on a date with me?" He half-said half-asked, winking at Juliet. My eyes narrowed and a lot of the fear was replaced by anger as I glanced at Juliet.

She gave him a polite smile and shook her head. "No thanks, I'm dating someone."

"Is the relationship stable?" the boy asked.

"Yes, very stable." Juliet replied, her smile getting tighter.

"Well, if you need a shoulder to cry on, a friend to help you or a sweet pair of lips to kiss on, my name's Cameron and I'll be waiting."

I snarled under my breath as he sidled away. "Damn werewolf!" I growled.

Juliet patted my arm soothingly and said, "I'm not leaving you Alex. Don't worry about him."

I snorted and replied, "Let's just get to class. I'm still pissed I couldn't fix our classes this year."

Juliet giggled and waved the others goodbye as we began walking for our separate classes.