Urg, I had Spanish now. I got up from my seat, stuffed all my belongings in my bag, and started walking to the door. I looked back to see Jasper, but he wasn't in his seat anymore.

Confused, I looked around, only to see him by me, holding the door open. Oh, what a gentleman, I thought, only with a hint of sarcasm. I gave him a quick, "Thanks," and moved out of the classroom into the hallway.

I went outside, where the the rain was really starting to thicken, and made my way to Building 7. Before I entered it, though, I took another deep breath and enjoyed the feeling of the rain caressing my skin. Then I went inside and into the classroom.

I make my way to the teacher's desk, an action that I'm learning to to enjoy, and hand her my paper slip. She signs it, and pushes it over to me, with a soft, "Great to have you in my class, Grace," Her name is Mrs. Goff, she introduced herself with a small smile.

I looked around, searching for any inhuman pale faces, fear surrounding my mind with the image of Alice. Luckily, there were no vampires in this classroom, but there was the Vampire Boy's girl in here. I decided to sit by her and a girl with curly brown hair and blue eyes.

I approached them, "Hi," I say. "Hey," the vampire's girl says. The other, who appears to be a tad more obnoxious and outgoing, said, "Hey there! I'm Jessica, and this is Bella," motioning to the girl,"You're new here, right? I know we are going to be best friends!"

I just give a smile, "Yeah, I'm new, my name's Grace. Can I sit there?" I ask, pointing to the seat besides her. "Sure!" Jessica exclaims, her eyes brightening up, probably because of all the popularity points she's going to get for befriending the new girl.

I dropped my bag on the floor, and sit down. Just then, the bell rings, and the teacher says, "Hola, class. Mi nombre es Mrs. Goff, soy tu profesora de Español." And that's when I pretty much started to ignore her. "So, where are you from?" Jessica asked.

That's a tricky question. "Virginia," I say. It's not completely a lie, I have lived there with Will before… the accident happened. She started talking about herself, Bella, and some guy named Mike, whom I guessed was her crush/boyfriend. I tuned her out, trying to prevent my head from exploding from all the petty, hormonal, teenage things she was spitting out.

None of her trivial things really mattered to me, but when she said something about "Edward, Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett" I suddenly got interested. "They're Dr. Cullen's foster kids," she said, oblivious to the fact I had only recently started paying attention.

She looked at Bella with a look of disdain, "And apparently only Bella is good enough for any of them," she finished, with a low voice. Someone's jealous, I thought, fighting a smile. Mrs. Goff then called on Jessica to the answer of a question, on which she didn't know, and she stopped talking to me until the end of the class, something I was completely grateful for.

Without her to keep filling my mind with junk, my thoughts turned back to the vampires. From what I've heard from Jessica, they have been here for a long time. Normally vampires live as nomads, or at least with the least human interaction as possible.

But then again, they were not normal vampires, their golden eyes and incredible self-control spoke that much about them.

I suddenly remembered the note from Jasper, the crumpled paper I had dropped in my bag so the teacher wouldn't see it and confiscate it. I gingerly reached into my school bag, my hand moving around until I felt the little ball of paper.

I took it out slowly, and positioned myself as to not show Jessica what was written on it. I pressed the paper in between my hands, smoothing it out as much as possible. Jasper's handwriting was still there, I read his message.

I think I might have smiled a little. I folded the paper carefully, and put it inside my hoodie's pocket. I could feel the pressure of the thin paper on my lap, it was comforting.

I kept rereading those words in my head until the end of class.

When the bell rang, I was still in my little reverie. I stood up mechanically and put my things in my bag without thinking. I walked out of the classroom still lost in my head. It was only when I stepped out into the rain that I woke up.

I tried to clear my head from those pungent thoughts, the ones that said I could actually be happy with a vampire.

I thought of my previous encounters with vampires, their vibrant red eyes matching the color of the blood dripping from their mouthes, their cold skin nearly the same color of the snow that surrounded them, their beautiful face in a countenance of sadistic happiness while I, Grace Lilian Arrastia, cried over my dead mother's unfortunate death.

I was not a simple human, but I still laughed, cried, and loved. I still had human feelings, thoughts, and emotions. But the question was, did Jasper, and the other vampires living in Forks still have those too?

I touched a leaf from a near tree for a second, and felt my pendant become heavier. I walked away, and when I looked over my shoulder, I saw that the tree had withered considerably, and had now with brown leaves and drooping branches. I turned forwards again, trying not to feel guilty, and I continued to my next class.

Okay, on this chapter you get small tidbits on Grace's kind. Don't worry if you don't know what she is, I'm making it up, so its nearly impossible. Hehehe. Sorry for the misspelling in the Spanish teacher's talk, I don't have the right keys to put the little lines over the letters. What do you think was written on the note from Jasper?

I am updating really fast because we had a school break, so I'm having a three day weekend, I can't promise I'll continue to update as fast, but I'll try.

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