Please enjoy another chapter to Living Day! Like always I love reviews and feedback!
Holt's eyes bounced around looking for his next target of his prank. Slimy goo he founded in Invisibilly's bag…it was super easy to pick pocket the damn kid. Finding the smiling princess Cleo de Nile, Deuce's over bearing bitch of a ghoul friend. He chuckled sneaking up behind her squashing the goo all over her head.
"NOOOO WHAT IN RA'S NAME IS THIS!" She screeched at the top of her lungs as Holt rushed into view pushing her back down in her seat.
"Down miss, no need to hurt yourself." He laughed at her rushing back over to Heath and Manny who were laughing as well.
"Aw man! You should have seen her face!" Heath yelped in happiness as Holt was looking for another victim. Seeing a green skinned girl walk into the train room his heart skipped a beat…fresh meat, he never seen her before, but somehow he recognized her.
"Hey there Miss. Fine!" He yelled over to her getting her to blush. "I believe I missed your name?" He flirted with her as Clawdeen jumped in his way.
"No you don't Holt get!" She growled pushing him away as his hair lit on fire. No one denies him what he wants.
"Oh no…looks we have a bit of a bitch problem to deal with."
Clawdeen growled getting Dracualura to stand in between Holt and her.
"Holt…stop." She demanded in a strong tone getting Clawd's attention as he looked over seeing Holt sticking his tongue out at Clawdeen.
"Holt! Back off bro she is my sister!" He rushed out and over making Holt pickup a fighting stance.
"Wanna go wolfie? Cuz last time we fought I almost killed you…now it's your choice!" He taunted making the wolf pale, but still held the glare on his face.
"Holt stop!" Draculura demanded again as Holt kissed her cheek making her go to slap him as he caught her wrist.
"Now now…no need to hit me…I didn't hurt you did I?" He shrugged making her glare darken, "I mean you did like Jackson…what is so different about me?"
"Jackson isn't mean." Frankie said speaking up for the first time. Holt's eyes rolled to her as his smile widen. "Oh that is why I know you…Jackson's little ghoulfriend!" Frankie's face turned a deep shade of red as Holt approached her.
"I-I am not his ghoulfriend." She told him shyly making his chuckle evilly.
"I don't blame yah…he is to damn uptight…maybe you will like a little more fun in your life?" He asked wiggling his eyebrows at her as she got a confused look on her face.
"Holt I think we better run!" Heath yelled right before he got turned to stone. Manny went to make a dive under a table as Deuce turned his gaze to him stoning him as well.
"Now where is that damn Hyde?" He asked looking around finding Holt standing by Frankie laughing.
"Well damn…I didn't know you cared about that dumb bitch that bad…I personally think she needs a good kick in the ass to knock her off the high horse!" He taunted the Gorgon who didn't even bother removing his glasses attacking the Hyde who side stepped him. Holt grabbed Frankie pulling her close, "He won't stone you…so you are my body guard for a second I hope you don't mind Miss. Fine."
Frankie was speechless as everyone backed away from the fighting monsters. Deuce got up to glare at Holt who was smiling behind Frankie, "Whoops, my bad I seem to have picked a protector."
"Drop her so I can stone your ass…" Deuce threatened as Holt laughed backing to the door, but it was blocked by Clawd who folded his arms across his chest.
"Now who is in the trouble?" Clawd taunted as Deuce laughed.
"Nowhere to go Hyde!" Deuce shouted holding his glasses tight as Holt glared at his situation. He didn't have long to think of another way out of this as a cold feeling slowly swept over him making him grab his head. "NO DON'T NOT NOW…PLEASE!" He shouted dropping Frankie as she rushed away from him.
Peace…silence was reaching his ears as the cold became unbearable, "JACKSON DON'T PUT ME BACK!" He shouted trying to keep the normie from pressing his way through. Calm breathing…no rage…no anger…no sadness…nothing to fuel him…nothing…nothing but calm. Blackness started to obscure his sight as Jackson came into view. "No…please…just a few more minutes...please I don't want to go back into the darkness." Holt begged as Jackson shook his head pushing him back in the dark abyss. Jackson swayed a bit as the train slowly came into view. Blinking a couple of times he looked around and saw all eyes on him. "I'm sorry." He whispered out before blacking out snoring.
Frankie stared at Jackson who was sleeping on the ground as Deuce walked over picking up the normie and placing him into the booth. No one seemed concerned for the boy as Deuce placed a blanket on him moving back over to Cleo who was still strongly complaining about her hair cursing the monster who was no longer here. Frankie moved over taking off Jackson's glasses feeling very uncertain about this new found discovery. She felt like calling his father and asking what she should do next but the Gorgon came back smiling weary at Frankie who stepped back from him scared he might hurt her.
"Whoa…sorry about that." He said backing up raising his hands up, "I didn't mean to scare you before…but Holt is an ass and force is sometimes the only way to get him to calm down."
Frankie sighed and took a seat across from a snoring Jackson as Deuce sat next to her. "I am normally the one that makes sure he isn't sleeping on the floor and random places." Deuce started to explain as Cleo was having her servants clean her hair.
"Are you his friend?" She asked surprised she met someone that cared about him as much as she did.
Deuce nodded sadly looking at the sleeping boy as his snakes hissed, "I am his friend…so is Clawd the wolf that kept Holt from leaving…been friends since as long as we can remember. Even Heath was Jackson's best friend…you couldn't get them to separate…well that is after he figured out that Jackson was more than a normie…Heath was mean to him when they were younger. They finally grew out of that and became the friends we knew them as in elementary school and middle school. Then Holt came into the picture and everything changed including Holt…and Jackson." He stopped looking at his hands as Frankie listened to his story.
"Jackson became a lot more secluded and Holt became…well for a lack of better terms an ass. Heath took on the asshole trait following Holt to the ends of the world as Jackson drifted farther and farther from us. Like he is afraid of something…afraid of what they could become." Frankie knew what he was talking about. His story in the normie world just like hers, none of the monster stories in the normie world is ever nice. Like little horror stories that can come true if they aren't careful. She sat there thinking over what Deuce said as she shook her head violently getting his attention.
"He won't turn out like that! I will make sure of it." She said full of spirit making Deuce smile a small smile.
"I know he won't, but it makes life easier to let a person in…that is the hardest thing. It has always been and Holt is no different."
"I know him…" Frankie said looking a little hurt as Deuce placed a hand on her shoulder.
"No Frankie I mean really know him. Like all of his personal ticks…ones that he lets no one but you see."
She slumped down defeated, Deuce was right. She really didn't know the boy she spent all her time with. It was heart breaking to know that after all this time she never even met his other side…to truly know someone.
"I never thought of it that way…" she whispered out as Deuce got up.
"Better get ready the train will be arriving at the station here soon." He said placing on his hat moving back to Clawd who was shape-shifting back into a human. She watched as all the monsters were slowly reverting back to their normal disguises, all but a few. Manny and Heath slowly returned back to their normal selves as Frankie looked at her bracelet. She really didn't like hiding herself…but it was the only way to go to school. Lagoona was smiling at her as she waited by the door when the train pulled to a stop. Frankie clicked on her disguise before shaking Jackson awake who grumbled angrily at her.
Making a face she stood up shocking him a bit making him jump up.
"What the hell Frankie? That hurt!" He shouted making her giggled a bit as Deuce and Clawd walked over to him.
"About time…I was afraid I was going to have to carry you off again." Clawd said breathing out a sigh of relief as Jackson remember why he passed out. He looked at Frankie who raised her hand stopping his ramble before he started.
"Don't even apologize…they told me you would…Holt is an interesting person…a bit to wild for my taste though." She said grinning at Jackson who seemed relieved by her teasing. Deuce remained quiet not mentioning what Holt did to Cleo as the moved to the buses leading up to the school. Frankie stared out the trying to see the castle like school in the distance. Its over two hundred year old school stood proud on top of a large hill with a shinning lake below it not too far off the grounds. The town they left was a normie town that lived in the shadow of the large school. There were two other buildings Frankie couldn't see yet, but she knew they were the dorms. Within walking distance from both sides of the school, the Normie dorms on the left closer to the town, the Monster dorms right over the lake. It practically sat on the water for all the water monsters that got a little land sick. It also helped keep them a secret if they were harder to see. Walls surrounded both dorms to keep any unwanted people out. As the buses stopped by the large wooden doors Frankie couldn't wait to see the inside! It was everything she ever thought would be from a school. But the inside was nothing like the out…the torches that lined the wall gave off electric ran fire making it more bright. The floors were stone, but there was a slight modern gothic style feel of the building. There was stairs leading to the upper levels to the building where most of the class rooms were, but here on floor one was the dining halls, the kitchens, and guest rooms for when parents visit. Frankie followed the large group of monsters to the dining hall as the normies weren't too far behind them. Getting to the dining hall Frankie couldn't even believe her eyes. There six large tables that all the students started to sit at as the teachers were already sitting at their table over looking all the students filling into the room. There were so many of them…mixed between normie and monsters. Head Mistress Bloodgood was sitting the middle waiting for the students to fully get in. Frankie sat next to Jackson and a few of her friends from the train. Jackson just looked at his empty plate avoiding his cousin's eye as he was making fun of him with Manny and a few others.
"Welcome new students and to the old welcome back to New Salem Academy!" She announced to the students as she stood in front of the teacher's table.
"We have a few rules…"
Jackson zoned out as Frankie listened closely. He has heard all of this a thousand times and Holt breaks every single one of them. Watching Frankie's facial expressions when she was learning something made him smile just a bit. He was still tired from the train…not to mention hungry. Playing with his plate Frankie was suddenly slapping Jackson hard on the arm.
"Ow…Frankie stop…what's wrong?" He whispered as she didn't say anything, but pointed to the teacher's table.
"We have some exciting and sad news." He heard Bloodgood say as he paled and his heart slowly sunk to his stomach.
"Our old science teacher was not able to make it back this year…but we were lucky enough to find such a quick replacement…everyone please give a warm welcome hand to the one and only Dr. Jekyll!" She announced proudly clapping towards the older man with indigo eyes and black hair. A spitting image of Jackson only no yellow tips.
Heath finally gave Jackson a scared look as Jackson hide behind his hands. "Thank you all for such a warm welcome I do look forward to teaching all you young minds!" He announced smiling a big smiling before sitting down looking towards Bloodgood who said food was ready and people came out placing the food on the tables. Frankie couldn't take her eyes of the man at the table…he was a surgeon…but a teacher? She didn't even know he could…this year just got a lot more interesting for not only her…but Jackson and Heath as well.