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I will be doing this chapter in Nathaniel AND Katerina's point of view so that you can get to know Nathaniel better. BTW Nathaniel is 18 and Kat just turned 13. Shout out to Enya626 my only fan, and my favourite;) love you

Nathaniel'S P.O.V.

I watched Katerina play mesmerised by her beauty. As I sketched her I noticed how youthful and pure her smile was. I wish I had a chance in life to be pure, but my grandfather Valentine had ruined any chance I had of a normal life when he tainted my father with demon blood, which he happily passed onto me. Even when I was born I was contaminated and even my mother had been disgusted by me, her own child. And here she was, my beautiful baby sister perfect in every way, I loved her so much and yet I hated her, the jealousy was taking over my body in an all consuming wave and I knew what I had to do, I have to make her mine, she has to belong to me, and then her perfection will be mine and my impurities will be hers. She was mine, no one else's, just mine. I am satisfied. I finished my drawing of her and with one last look closed my sketchbook and tucked it in it's hiding hole; between the fireplace and the wall.

" Come on Katerina, time for bed, " I said checking my watch.

" What! Why! It's only 9:30, that is so unfair! " she yelled. I sighed, moody teenagers were such a handful! I waited a moment, composing myself and then responded,

" You have your first day of school tomorrow and you don't want to be grumpy, this is not up for discussion. " She huffed angrily and sat up from the piano stool.

" Fine! " she said " but for future reference I go to bed at 10:30. "

" Don't make me angry Katerina, " I said containing my rage.

" Oh, and by the way don't call me that I hate it, " and with that she stormed off.

~Next Day~

Kat's P.O.V.

I woke up at 5 and turned off my alarm, I was about to go ask mum if she wanted me to make breakfast when I remembered everything that had happened over the last week. I cried for a while, and then realising that it wouldn't change anything I got up, silently cursing myself for yelling at Nathaniel, I had just met him AND he had offered to take care of me and I had yelled at him. I am an idiot. I quickly had a shower and got dressed before heading downstairs for breakfast. When I got there I rummaged around in the cupboards until I found the cereal and then poured myself a bowl, waiting for my brother to come down. He walked into the kitchen just as I was putting my bowl in the sink and he smiled at me as if I hadn't gone psycho teenager on him last night. Oh well, if he wasn't going to bring it up neither was I.

" Morning Kat, " he said and I felt like pounding my head on the table.

" You know you don't have to call me that if you don't want to, " I said trying my hardest not to do a runner, " I was just grumpy, that's all. "

Nathaniel seemed satisfied by this and went to sit down at the table with his own bowl of cereal, " I only call you Katerina because it is such a beautiful name that it would kill me not to pronounce every syllable of it. " I didn't know how to reply to that so I just walked upstairs to get ready.

I came downstairs with my backpack, nervous for my first day of high school. Would I make friends, would everyone hate me? The only good thing about this high school was that Max, Rafael, Amatis and Rebecca my cousins went there too. Becca and Max were in year 8 and 9 but Rafe and Amy were In year 7 with me. Hopefully they hung out with me. Nathaniel walked into the hallway and I was about to ask him where the nearest bus stop was when he started talking.

" I am leaving now are you ready? You can sit in the front if you like, " he said and I was surprised that he was willing to give me a lift. I don't think it's exactly cool to take your little sister to school.

" I thought I would catch the bus. "

" Don't be stupid we go to the same school now, of course I'll give you a lift! " he said and then he continued, " unless you are embarrassed to be seen with your big brother. " I laughed at the thought, being seen with him would probably boost my popularity by about 510%

" As long as the offer stands I'd love to get a lift, " I said, and with that we left, locking the front door behind us.

When I got to school I was amazed at how big it was, there was people everywhere and even out in the open space I was starting to feel claustrophobic. I was looking through the crowd when I noticed Rafe and Amatis and ran over to them.

" OMG guys I'm so glad I found you it's so crazy out here, there are so many people! "

" Who was that guy you showed up with, he was hot, like dark and brooding ya know, " Amy said, and I laughed completely grossed out that Amy was attracted to my brother.

" Well, he is my half brother Nathaniel, which makes him your half cousin last time I checked! " Rafe laughed and high-fived me

" EWWWWW " Amatis said clearly grossed out by herself.

Rafael recovered from his fits of laughter and grabbed my hand dragging me inside to get my schedule, all the while rambling about a cute guy he met at acting camp

When we got our schedules I realised that I didn't have Science or Cooking with either of them. Homeroom was okay, I met a girl named Maia who was nice, but didn't have Science or cooking with me either. I walked into second period Science with a pit of dread in my stomach. I sat down at an empty table and waited for the teacher to arrive. When Mr Hodge arrived I calmed down a bit, after roll call we would find out our partners for the year, hopefully I got a girl who was super nice and popular too.

" Seelie and Ansel

Jia and Benjamin

Austin and Ryan

Katerina and Brandon " he continued to read out names but I wasn't paying attention anymore. A boy! I was with a boy! All I wanted was a girl that I could be friends with, but no, a boy! Ugh! He better be cute I thought to myself as he sat down next to me. I looked up from my stationary that I was organising and gasped. He was the hottest guy I had ever seen in my thirteen years of life. He had wavy black hair and chocolate brown eyes and a cute smile that was slightly lopsided. He towered over me smiling.

" I know I'm hot but no need to gasp, " he said laughing and I started to giggle, " I'm Brandon. "

" Kat, " I said smiling. We talked the entire lesson but still managed to take notes for the test at the same time. He was pretty smart, which was good for me because we will be doing quite a few group projects this year. After the lesson at lunch he came and sat with Rafe, his friend Jordan, Amy, Maia, Becca and her year 8 friends and I although Max ditched us because apparently it wasn't cool for year 9's to hang out with year 7's.

We sat in a big group and talked and it was super fun, I was feeling better about high school already. The day went too quickly and soon it was 3:15 and I had to meet Nathaniel outside the school gate he was late and it was 3:42 by the time he showed up. It took all the willpower I had to not yell at him in front of his friends. On the ride home I was giving him the cold shoulder and he got super annoyed at me because I wouldn't tell him what was wrong. He eventually figured out though.

" Katerina, I was with my friends, if you didn't want to wait you should have caught the bus, " I huffed at this, thinking about all the reasons why I couldn't catch the bus.

Nathaniel's P.O.V.

As soon as we got home Katerina attempted to run upstairs to her room, but I put my hands down on her shoulders rendering her unable to move.

" I'm sorry. I didn't know you were waiting for me, I forgot, I'm sorry, " I said again and I felt her tense shoulders relax beneath me. I hated her being mad at me. It was the worst feeling in the world and I had never felt pain like that before. I needed her, but more importantly I needed her happy.

" It's okay, " she said turning around to face me and smiling.

" Go get changed into some nice clothes, we're going out to dinner, " I said relieved she wasn't mad anymore.

" Why? "

" To celebrate your first day of high school, "

" 'kay, don't leave without me! I'll be back! " she said, and with that she bolted upstairs...