A/N: Okay so I'm sorry for not updating in awhile. School keeps me busy with all the homework. Plus I have two other stories that I've been putting before this one. Sorry again.
Chapter 3
BPOV
I followed Zoey out the door and she introduced me to a gorgeous guy. He was tall with dark skaterish hair that curled at the end. He had dazzling deep blue eyes and he must have been a vampire because the tattoos on his face and the colored in mark deemed him so. He wrapped his arm around Zoey's neck and pulled her close to his side. Now I understood how much Heath hurt. She was his everything, yet on the other hand Zoey was just trying to get on with her life.
"Erick, this is Bella." He nodded in my direction. "Bella, this is Erick. He's…"
"Her boyfriend." Erick held out his arm and grasped my forearm shaking it firmly.
Zoey grinned and started pointing out different buildings. She explained the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth former crests. I was now a third former as was she. Zoey led me to the doors and showed me the kitchen and the living room. Weirdly enough I felt at home here. I noticed that every person here was unbelievably beautiful. Erik followed us up the stairs in the girl's dorm.
"You have your own room. We recently lost one of our fledglings in a freak accident." She led me to the room across the hall from hers. I opened the door and was amazed by the room. My dresser and clothes were all there as well as my bedside table. I had a new bed set. It was adorable. I also had a laptop on my desk. I looked at it and pointed.
"That's not mine."
Zoey laughed. "Yeah, compliments of the school." She closed the door behind her and sat on my bed Erick following her. "Listen, your mark."
I felt my head. "Nyx told me she sent me to help you."
She nodded. "That's what she told me. It's good to know we're on the same page. Some advice I'd like to give you though. Trust your instincts. Don't talk to anyone else about this. This stays between the three of us. Got me?"
I nodded. "Of course. So what time does school start?"
She handed me the schedule off of the table. "School starts at 8pm and ends at 3am. You have to be back in the dorms by dawn."
I looked over my schedule.
1st hour- Vampire Sociology 101 Rm. 215
2nd hour- Psychology Rm. 3203rd hour- Grammar Rm. 300
4th hour- Lit 101 Rm. 214
LUNCH BREAK
5th hour- Kickboxing Rm. gym
6th hour- Intro into Music Rm. 315
Zoey glanced at my schedule. "We have 1st hour together so we'll walk together." She glanced at Erick. "Erick you have a class."
He nodded. "And you'll be there next hour." He grinned and walked out of the room as we trailed behind him.
Zoey and I grabbed granola bars and I pulled the embroidered jacket on over my shirt. I followed her across the campus and she led me to the third former hall. "This is the third former hall. Most of your classes will be here with the exception of Kickboxing and Music. Those will be in the gym and in the music room. Anyone will be happy to point you in the right direction."
I walked into class and sat next to Zoey. We sat near the back and a guy kept giving her these evil daggers. "Zoey?"
Zoey looked in my direction ignoring the guy. "Yeah?"
"Why is that guy shooting daggers at you?" She looked up.
"Um, I'll explain later." She mumbled something under her breath –I think about wind- and all of a sudden the guy's eyes teared up and he blinked multiple times.
I ended up getting a textbook that I slung into my backpack and then I was off to Psychology. Zoey dropped me off and I walked into class. A handsome vampire with shaggy blonde hair was sitting in his chair with his hands on his temples. It looked like he had a headache.
The bell rang. "Okay class, settle down."
The students ignored him. He placed his hands back on his temples and the class suddenly quieted. I felt very calm. It was weird. "Okay, as most of you know I am the new psychology professor. My name is Jasper Hale. You can call me Jasper though. You know that usually Nyx gifts only female vampires with mental affinites. Well I am one of those rare mentally gifted males. I have the affinity to calm and excite. I also feel your emotion."
The rest of the class went by pretty quickly. We leaned about the differences of a vampire brain compared to a human brain. Kind of boring if you ask me. Next I had Grammar. I hate grammar so to say the least it was horrid. After Grammar was our Lit class. The class had started writing essays yesterday on the effects of ancient philosophy to the modern mind so I was exempt. Finally lunch came.
"Hey, so how have your first classes been?" Zoey came up behind me walking beside me.
"Pretty good, I'll get the hang of it sooner than later." We followed the rush to lunch. I was disappointed though when I got there. Salad. "Salad?"
Zoey nodded. "Yeah, vampires are freaks about health. It's the whole if your body rejects the change you die thing. They want your body to be healthy and strong. We have salad everyday."
I grabbed my rabbit food and followed Zoey to an empty table outside. Erick soon joined us with talk of the new vamp teachers. "So Zoey, have you heard of them?"
She nodded. "Yeah, the green eyed guy approached me yesterday after our little skirmish." She tensed up. "He can read minds. More specifically, my mind."
Erick's mouth dropped. "You mean?"
She nodded. "He heard everything."
"Who heard everything?" Neferet placed her hand on Zoey's back.
"Oh nothing, um Erick and I were just discussing the assignment in drama." Zoey shoved some salad in her mouth taking a sip of water.
"Oh, alright then." Neferet got a puzzled look on her face and then turned her attention to me. "So, how are you getting along Bella?"
"Fine thank you." My stomach clenched and I suddenly had a feeling that Neferet wasn't someone I wanted to trust.
She smiled. "Well that's good to know." She passed by Erick and gave him a sigh. "You know Erick, I would have expected more from you."
Zoey's face turned red and she lifted her hand but Erick pushed them down. "Zoey, it's not worth getting in trouble."
She dropped her hand and buried her face in her arm screaming something. The wind picked up and Erick shook her a little. "Zoey, stop it!"
The wind dropped and so did my mouth. "Did you do that Zoey?"
She sighed. "Yes, be lucky you didn't get a freakin' thunderstorm."
My eyes widened. "You could do that?"
She nodded. "Can and will if that woman doesn't quit pushing her limits. I can see it now… vampire killed in freak lightening strike."
The bell rang signaling that lunch was over. Zoey pointed me to the gym and I took off in that direction. PE was never my strength. I doubted this whole marked thing changed anything. Who signed me up for kickboxing anyway? I walked into class and I sat in the bleachers away from everyone else. I still didn't know many people.
"Can you really believe that we have kickboxing?" A African American girl sat next to me.
"No twin, I can't." The white girl next to her answered her. Did she just call her twin?
I glanced at them a little freaked and waited for class to start. The girl who spoke earlier nudged me. "Whoa! You're the new girl… the one with the mark like Zoey's."
I nodded. "Yup, I guess word travels fast."
They nodded. "Well I'm Shaunee and this is Erin." The girl pointed to herself and then the girl next to her.
Erin started to open her mouth but stopped when a booming voice caused us all to jump. "Merry meet. My name's Emmett and I'll be your kickboxing instructor for this semester. I expect all of you to complete this course without complaining. With my superior teaching skills you will all pass with flying colors." He grinned at his joke but no one caught on. "Okay, very well then… your gym bags are lined up against the wall. Please pick up yours and get changed in the appropriate locker room for gender."
We filed down the bleachers and I looked to find my gym bag. I picked it up and joined Erin and Shaunee. "You were right, he's absolutely gorgeous twin." Shaunee stared back at Emmett.
"I heard the music teacher is even hotter, he supposed to have these gorgeous green eyes and this amazing smile." Erin batted her eyes and sighed.
I giggled. "I guess I'll find out."
They looked at me curiously. "White girl say what?" Erin asked me.
"I have intro into music next period." I stripped off my polo and pulled on the t-shirt.
"Really? How did you get in?" Shaunee and Erin asked at the same time.
I pulled on the shorts and rolled them up once. "Um, I don't know… I was placed?"
Erin rolled her eyes. "You colored marked people are so lucky. Shaunee and I have been trying to get into that class ever since we heard it was getting a new teacher."
"Let's hustle girls!" I jogged into the gym successfully tripping on my way in. I missed my old school. Jake was in my PE class and he use to always catch me before I fell.
I lifted myself off the ground dusting off my hands. "You okay?" The teacher looked me up and down his eyes resting on my mark. He wasn't gawking at it like most. He seemed to be studying it. "Looks like Nyx forgot to give you good balance." He chuckled.
I laughed. "Yeah, it's nothing new though."
I got through kickboxing rather easily. Usually I try to avoid any thing that involves coordination. As soon as I got the hang of it everything came quickly. Before I knew it Emmett had stopped the class and we were jogging back into the locker room to change.
I pulled my polo and jeans back on and slipped my tennis shoes back on. I placed my gym bag in its correct spot and the bell ran. I sighed and hurriedly grabbed my book bag. I dived into the crowded hallway and was suddenly lost in a crowd of beautiful people. The late bell rang and I was nowhere near the music room. To tell you the truth I had now idea where I was.
I looked around at the empty hallway and somehow I had ended up on the Sociology hallway. I sighed and walked back down the hall looking for someone. Eventually I found the right hall and made my way toward the music room. I stepped into the room quietly but ended up getting my foot caught on the door as I stepped through.
"Thank you for joining us, Miss…" I pulled myself up as the image of perfection looked down at the roll. "Swan." He lifted his head to look at me for what I assumed the first time.
"Sorry I was late, I'm new and I got lost." He seemed to focus his eyes on me and then they widened. He sighed and ushered me toward a desk at the front of the class.
"I trust you won't let it happen again." He smiled and I verified the twin's rumor. He had the greatest smile I had ever seen.
"Yes sir." I took my seat and pulled out my binder.
"Please, call me Edward."
A/N: Okay, I know it's late but I'm updating so that's good. I would have updated sooner but I went to my first football game! Go Patriots! We won against our rivals for the first time in five years! 56-0!!
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Kayla