Gabriella awoke groaning. "Where am I?"

"You're at my place." Troy replied. "You've just been turned."

She felt her throat go dry and clamped her hand around her neck. "Why does my throat feel dry?"

"You need to feed. It's part of the turning. All new vampires that are turned, need to feed right after awakening." He explained.

Eve comes out from the kitchen and hands Gabriella the bottle of animal blood. Gabriella opens it and chugs it down. After finishing, she feels good. "Not bad."

Troy chuckled. "That wasn't the response I expected, but I like it. How does your throat feel?"

"Better."

"Good. Ready to test your speed and go to school?" Eve asked.

She nodded and the friends ran to school.

Five minutes later, the friends were all standing in front of the double doors to the school. Gabriella smiled. "That was so COOL!"

"You beat us all." Troy said.

"I think you're gonna be the fastest." Eve said.

"Well, part of it is she's a newborn." Troy replied. "All newborns are faster than us."

"And stronger." Taylor said.

"True."

"I'm stronger than you?" Gabriella asked a little surprised.

"Yeah, Hunny. Stronger than me. But only for now. It'll be a couple of months until it dissipates a little. I could end up stronger than you."

"Oh. But I think I might take advantage of my newborn strength later. I wanna try."

"Ok. Come on." Troy replied and they all went to their lockers.

Chad saw them and noticed the smell of Gabriella changed. "You're a vampire?!" He asked shocked.

"SHHH! Keep it down, Chad." Troy whisper-yelled.

"How'd you know?"

"I can smell it." He replied then smirked. "Welcome to the club."

She looked a little surprised. "You're being nice to me?"

Chad just shrugged. "You may not be purebred, but you're still one of us. I like anybody who's one of us."

"You were mean to me because I was mortal?"

"Partially. But you smelled really good and I had almost zero tolerance. I wanted to devour you the second I met you. But I had to control it because we're not supposed feed on humans."

"And so you pushed me down and called me names."

"It was the only way. I'm sorry, Gabriella."

"I forgive you. I guess I understand where you're coming from. Half of the students here smell delicious. I could smell it as soon as I walked in the door."

"Thanks. You'll learn."

Troy looked at him. "If she can forgive you, then I can forgive you. Just don't do it again."

"Brothers?"

"Brothers." Troy replied and they man hugged.

They pulled away and Taylor slapped Gabriella's arm. "OW! What was that for?" She asked looking at her one of two best friends.

"Chad's mean to me and I've been a vampire my whole life." She whispered.

"I think it's more than what you think. I think it's because he likes you." Gabriella whispered back.

Taylor scoffed. "Yeah, right."

"I'm serious. I see the way he looks at you sometimes."

"I have to agree, Tay." Eve said as she glanced at Chad. "He's staring at you in some kind of daze."

Taylor glanced at Chad too and realized she was right. She blushed a little. "You like HIM too!" Gabriella whisper-yelled in excitement.

Taylor turned slightly more red. "Ok. But so what? He'll never ask me out." She admitted.

They all opened their lockers and got the books they needed and headed off to class.