"So.. you going to tell us why you have a filled in mark?" Aphrodite interjects, shooing the guy away with her hand.
"I don't know. I didn't even know it was weird until recently. And I was told that the Zoey girl had the same problem and she's okay. I thought the color was the strangest part." I mumble the last bit, not meaning to really say it out loud.
"The color?" Aphrodite asks squinting at my mark again. She then looked up at the guy, who was still kind of staring, standing behind her. Then she looked back at me, and this time she did look taken aback. She was speechless, at last. I took advantage of the situation.
"By the way, since my roommate didn't introduce us, I am Faith." I say stepping around her and holding my hand out to the guy.
"Nice to meet you Faith. I am Darius, a son of Erebus." He says, in a deep voice, taking my hand.
"That's cool." I say having no idea what he was talking about. And not really knowing if it was cool or not. I had to keep myself from asking what he was a son of exactly, because I knew without a doubt Aphrodite would start yammering and insulting me again. Against my better judgment I turned back and faced her.
"So is there any chance you can show me around a little? Or am I completely crazy for even thinking such a thing?"
I had a feeling I was going to be stuck with her, whether she complained to Topaz or not, and I sincerely hoped she would lay off the bitchy attitude, at least a little bit. So I kept my fingers crossed as I waited for her reply. She sighed, loudly.
"Fine. I guess you should meet the other freaks." She says, almost sounding nice. Well as nice as you can sound when you're insulting someone. "We will finish later Darius, when my roommate is no where near our room."
She began to walk out the door, and I didn't need her to tell me she wanted me to follow her. At least she was easy to read. Darius just chuckled following us both out and shutting the door behind him.
"So you're human?" I ask.
"And you must be fucking Sherlock Holmes." She replies.
I groan. Obviously I wasn't going to get anything explained to me any time soon. I wonder if she treats everyone like crap. I then noticed the wide path people were giving her. I realized then that she probably does. You don't get glared at like this if you are Miss Sunshine.
"Stop slacking, we have to get to the dining hall before they all leave."
I pick up my pace, and just remind myself to take a slower walk through the place when I was alone.
"I cannot wait to see their reaction's. It almost makes me giddy." Aphrodite admits turning down a long corridor filled with even more people. The students start to notice that I am new, because the glares that were once aimed at Aphrodite were now curious stares at me.
Once again, glad I can now empathize with a zoo animal.
We seem to reach the dining hall. It was loud and filled with twice the amount of students I had seen so far. Aphrodite was making a beeline for the round table in the middle of the room. Filled with seven people. I took a quick analysis of them. They all looked like fledglings, but two of them were different. They had their backs to me, one was a blonde girl with shorter curly hair and the other a boy with dark brown messy hair, but I can't explain it; I could feel their difference. What it was, I had no idea.
Okay yes, maybe I am going crazy. I will not deny that it is completely plausible. But I had no time to fret over my sanity, because I was getting closer and closer to the table of people I was soon to meet.
"Aphrodite!" called the girl with dark brown hair. Of course the only thing I noticed after that was all of the tattoos that covered her forehead and traveled down her neck. She must be Zoey. She was extremely pretty with dark features that stood out amongst the rest. The two girls that were sitting right next to Zoey grimaced in unison as they watch us approach. One was a petite looking blonde girl, and the other a pretty black girl. Across from them were two boys. One was tall; one was short. And they were both definitely gay, and probably together. I was still ten feet from them and my gay-dar was off the charts. Sad day, the tall one was extremely cute. All of them had normal crescent moon marks. And then the other two turned around.
I can't really explain what happened next. The feeling I got as I looked into the girls eyes cannot be explained. It was not a bad feeling par say, but one that I certainly had never had before. I guess the only word close enough would be control, maybe power? Yeah, I know I am making no sense. I don't need any more reminders that my life is making less and less sense by the minute. Once the feeling passed, I noticed why she was different. She wasn't a fledgling; she was a vampire. And her tattoos were red. My heart leaped, maybe having a purple mark wasn't as uncommon as everyone was making it sound.
She was pretty, and her smile reached her eyes. I smiled at her, and then looked at the guy. He had the red marks too, and was a full vampire just as much as she was. That weird feeling hit me again, but this time it was a little bit different. And it freaked me out way more then the other feeling. It was a need. I felt like I needed this red tattooed vampire, and I didn't even know his name!
"So glad you could join us for breakfast." The black girl says mockingly, as we finally reach the table.
"Yes, it wouldn't be complete if we didn't get our healthy dose of Hoe-bag." The petite blonde adds. I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle. Aphrodite gave me a glare. I didn't care; I was just trying to keep my eyes off of the red vampires.
"Don't flatter yourselves, I am not staying. I just came down to show you my new roommate." Aphrodite says pushing me forward.
Don't ask me how, maybe it is because my luck just keeps getting better, but I trip. And instead of bashing my head on the table, or twisting my ankle and writhing in pain on the floor, I fall right into the guys lap. Yes, you guessed it, the red vampire guy.
"I am so sorry." I manage to get out, trying to get the hell off of him. He helps me up, and when his hand touches my arm the need feeling I described earlier shot through my body. I jump away from him as fast as I could. I probably looked like a retarded rabbit.
"Don't worry about it. You okay?" He says smirking slightly. Of course the rest of the table had burst into uncontrolled giggles. Not the mean kind, just the "you just embarrassed the crap out of yourself" kind.
I just nod.
"It is nice to meet you, Aphrodite's new roommate." The cute gay guy says smiling up at me warmly.
"My name is Faith." I say.
"Nice to meet you Faith. I like that name." The other gay guy says politely. He was adorable.
"Well this is Zoey" the brunette that looked gorgeous with her dark blue tattoos, "Shaunee," the pretty black girl, "Erin," petite blonde girl, "Jack," adorable boy, "I am Damien," cute gay guy talking, "Stevie Ray," red girl vampire, "and last but not least Stark," who was definitely the hot red boy vampire.
"Nice to meet you all." I say as happily as could be. No one had even noticed my filled in purple mark, and I couldn't have been more overjoyed. And now I knew his name. Wait, no, stop being creepy, I tell myself.
Besides embarrassing myself, and the weird feelings I kept getting, things were running smoothly. And then Aphrodite interrupted.
"Hello? You all are absolutely blind, either that or getting way too used to the weird shit that keeps happening around here. Look!"
Aphrodite points directly at my mark. This time they gasp. Well Jack did.
"Woah! It's filled in like Zoey's was!" Erin exclaims excitedly.
I look over at Zoey. She didn't look angry, but well, confused. I couldn't imagine what was running through her brain. I wish Nyx had given her at least a little heads up. Would have helped both of us.
Questions came pouring out of almost every mouth. I didn't understand any of them. And then I heard Stark speak again.
"You're mark is purple."
Somehow everyone else heard too, because they all got quiet again.
"What does that mean?" Stevie Ray asks, in a southern twang.
I look at her, she sounded like she almost pitied me. Ignoring that stupid control feeling that was creeping up again, I frown.
"I don't know. But it must be okay. I mean you two have red marks. Purple isn't that far off from red." I say, hopeful that they'll all agree, and we can just start becoming friends already. But instead my words seem to bring them all to a dead silence. Both Stark and Stevie Ray looked pained. And the others were definitely remembering something bad that had happened in the past.
"We were not originally marked in red." Stevie Ray says, calmly.
I didn't understand. I felt like I should apologize, but I had no idea why. So I said what I was thinking, as profound as it was.
"I am confused."
"Of course you are, it's your first day and you're being overwhelmed. Guys give the poor girl a break. It's obvious Nyx is up to something, and I am not that surprised with everything that has happened." Zoey says standing up. It was the first direct thing she had said to me. And I knew right then Nyx was right in choosing her as her High priestess. I didn't even know what High Priestess duties entail, but I knew she would be good for it.
"Seeing as I was in your exact boat not even two months ago you're sticking with me." She continues addressing me again. I smile and nod. God I hated being shy. Put me in a new group of people, and bam.. quiet geek. I thought I was getting over it, but without Nichole apparently I was back to square one.
"This is going to be interesting." Aphrodite says, speaking for the first time since she ousted my mark and me. I shoot her a glare. At least I didn't have to be shy with her.
"Come on, I'll show you around. With Aphrodite as your roommate I bet you are even more confused then you let on." Zoey says, whispering the last part to me.
"You're good." I say, laughing.
"I will catch up with you all later, stay out of trouble." Zoey states, giving both Stevie Ray and Stark a look.
"Nice meeting you all." I add, as Zoey grabs my hand and pulls me away from the smiling faces, and weird unexplainable feelings.