Chapter Four: Just Friends

Miranda Point of View:

I closed my eyes as I sat Indian-styled on my bed. My brown hair lifted from my shoulders and floated around me. I exhaled softly then, concentrated on nothing. One distraction and I could lose my whole concentration. I could feel my body leave my soft bed. Finally, I mastered peace within myself. I heard the door swing open and footsteps running toward my bed. "I am meditating…," I said, softly and impassively. Jessi calls me annoying? I'm trying to obtain inner peace and she interrupts me. She jumped onto my bed and reached for my arm. I heard her shriek when something shocked her. I opened my right eye and peeked at her. "Jessi, are you okay?" Her face was twisted in fear. "You shocked me." Both of my eyes were fully open now when I gasped in shock. I fell from the air and plopped on my bed. I rolled off the bed then, plummeted to the carpeted floor. My hair was disheveled and covered my face. I exhaled again and my hair lifted then, fell back to its original place. "Jess, I'm sorry for shocking you, but you asked for it. Next time when I'm meditating, don't bother me." I crawled back on my bed and looked at her. "So, what did you want?" Jessi lifted her brown hair from her shoulders then, released it. "Well, it has something to do with Athena's class. " My face dropped in surprise. "Crap, I forgot. I guess I let time get by me." I hurried to the closet and picked out an outfit. I changed quickly and put my hair in a messy bun. I applied make up to my face then, smiled at Jessi. "I'm ready, cousin!" We walked down the corridor towards Vampire Sociology 101 class. A few boys whistled to us and gave us looks as we walked down the hallway. Jessi shook her head at the scene. She never liked attention on her. I said dropping my leather bag on the desk. I plopped into my seat then, my eyes shifted to a boy with black hair and warm brown eyes caught my eye. I smiled at him and winked flirtatiously. He blushed then, turned away from me and continued walking. I laughed softly then, revolved in my seat to look at Jessi. Jessi dropped the books on my desk. "There, now we can go." I slid the book into my bag then, began walking off. "Well, let's get going we have dates." Jessi hurried to my side. "I can't possibly ask Eric Knight out." I turned to face her. "Yes, you possibly can!" "How?" I snapped my fingers. "I have an idea. I'll call Zach and ask him if we can change the place. We can go shopping in the market." Jessi smiled. "Yeah, that's a good idea." I grabbed her hand and started to run. "Where are we going?" Jessi called. "The hang out spot!" "Oh." "How are we going to contact Eric?" Jessi asked. I held up a shirt in the mirror then threw it on my bed. I put my hands on my hips and raised an eyebrow at her. I smiled at her deviously then, took out my phone and threw it at her. "Flip through the contacts." She pressed the down button, moving my contact list down and spotted Eric's name. She looked at me surprised. "How?" "I astral projected and I took his phone." I said simply. "Miranda..," she trailed off. I pulled my shirt over my head then, tossed it into the basket. I plopped on my bed and crossed my legs. "You're welcome." I went back to my closet and searched for a shirt. I picked out an orange long sleeved sweater and slid it over my head. I pulled it down then, flipped my hair. I held my hand out for my phone and Jessi gave it to me. I pressed the 'talk' button and waited for Eric to answer. "Hello?" "Hey, Eric, it's me Miranda. I was wondering if you would like to go to the market." "Yeah, that will be cool." "Jessi and a friend of mine will be going. Do you mind?" "Not one bit. " "We'll meet by the trapdoor." "Okay. See you there." I hung up the phone and grabbed my purse. "Let's go, Jess." "What about Zach?" she asked, trying to stall me. "I sent him a text message." We hurried out the door and ran outside towards the trapdoor. Eric and Zach were already there when we arrived. "I didn't know you knew Zach. Miranda, you must be the girl he was talking about." Zach blushed. I walked over to him and played with his hair. "Is that so? What did you tell him, cutie?" He looked into my eyes and I smiled. "Well, how amazing you were and beautiful." I kissed his cheek. "Thank you, that's sweet of you." Eric walked over to Jessi and hugged her. "Hello, Jessi." "Hi, Eric." They broke free and Jessi was blushing. "I was hoping we could be friends." "Me, too. From what I hear, you are a really great guy." "Who did you hear that from?" "Z and the rest of the guys told me." Zach wrapped his arm around me. "Let's go."

Jessi's Point of View:

I picked up a pretty scarf that was handmade. I held it out for Eric to see and he smiled."That looks beautiful." He took it out my hands and wrapped it around my neck. "Perfect. You know what? I will buy it." He handed the shopkeeper fifteen dollars then, looked back at me. "There." "I should pay you back. I could have paid for it." "No, I wanted to." You look beautiful, Jessi. I leaned closer into him. "Excuse me?" "I didn't say anything." Did I just hear his thoughts? How much more powerful can I get? Snow fell on my face and Eric got closer to me. He wiped it away with his finger and I smiled, revealing my rosy cheeks. "I'm so cold." I shivered and he wrapped his arms around me. I could feel his warmth through his sweater. My face was now red, not from the cold, but from his embrace. "Umm…Eric?" He looked shocked. "Sorry about that." "It's okay. You were only making me warm." He backed off and began to run away. "I have to go, sorry." "Eric!" Zach and Miranda came waltzing towards me. Miranda's fingers were laced through Zach's and Miranda was holding a bag with white boxes. What did she buy? "Miranda, what did you buy?" She smiled like a little kid on Christmas. "I bought a cake and a funnel cake." "Yummy." She nodded. "Where's Eric?" Zach asked. "Um…he left." Miranda released Zach and handed him the cakes. She hugged me tightly. "Oh, I'm sorry honey." "Can we talk at the room?" She nodded. "Sure."