CHAPTER ONE

I woke up to my alarm clock buzzing louder than usual, but I always had a hard time waking up. Truth was I probably had a harder time waking up than any other so called "normal student." I was never normal no matter how hard I'd tried to fit in I never did. But at least I wasn't the only one. Me and my family were different. Outsiders. They never excepted us but it was probably better that way.

We're not meant to be like them. It would be probably better if they just didn't exist." My mother always told me. And I was actually starting to believe her. My older siblings got the picture.

Moriah and Justus we're twins. They were in their senior year of high school. They both had long brown hair and deep blue eyes that were clear as the ocean. But they were definently two totally different people no matter how similar they looked.

Justus always tried to go for the bad boy look which never really worked well for him. He always wore a jean or leather jacket no matter what the weather and his hair was just long enough to the point where it would cover his amazing eyes.

Moriah was more of the girly type. She was in love with drama and singing and was amazingly good at it. Most people were just so jealous of her talents that they just avoided her no matter how beautiful. Her long brown hair going just past the nape of her neck on which she wore a night black heart just like the rest of us. It was our clans symbol.

Then there were my two sibling that were in their junior year. Trisha and James.

Trisha and James were actually not my brother and sister like Moriah and Justus, they were my cousins. They had come to live with us until our next metriculation. Their parents died last year in a fire and have been some of the most quiet people in the whole school.

Oh and last there is me. I'm the youngest one and starting my sophmore year. "The baby of the clan." And nothing could be worse….I was the wallflower , the shadow in the back of the classroom. I had made no friends at school last year and I didn't plan on it being easy for me to find any. I'm not the bad girl like my brother Justus. I'm not beautiful and talented like Moriah. I had no place in this world. It wouldn't matter if I was dead. They never noticed me in the first place.

But then again I was already dead in a way. I have been dead for twenty years or so. And I'm not the only one, my family is if we were dead then how could we be alive!? How could we be "functioning members of society. My name is Haydence and I am a vampire.

CHAPTER TWO

As the school bell rang for the first day I went to go find my schedule in the gathering area. As I grabbed it from the table I looked at it to find my first class and get there as soon as possible. I wanted to sit in the back where no one could see me, laugh at me or even wonder who I was. Then I got the first good look at my schedule.

1st-Geometry-Robinson

2nd-French-Jagusch

3rd-Honors English-Erickson

4th-Culinary Arts-Warner

Break Period- 2nd Lunch

5th-Shakespere's Memoirs-Erickson

6th-Aerobics-McDonald

I was over excited when I saw my classes. Well at least besides math. Especailly Shakespere's Memoirs. I had loved Shakespere ever since Moriah had me help her read her lines when she got the lead in Romeo and Juliet. The love and compassion two people could have for each other. And how they could love each other so much that they would meet, get married and die for each other in a total of four and a half days.

It made me think of if I could ever have a true love like that, but the truth is there are not many vampires and people only live for a short time

and then they die. Plus they age when we stay them same. Never changing. My thoughts were interrupted as Lucas and Eric walked through the door for geometry. They were some of the most annoying but popular kids in school. They were my family's opposite in a way. They never turned down a conversation or good gossip. But truthfully I guess they weren't too different. I guess the only real difference between us and them was that everybody envied them.

"Haha the only difference" I laughed to myself.

These people first of all weren't vampires, second were way annoying and third they did horrible stuff all the time. Just last week the recruited new kids to be in their posse and made a kid jump of a bridge with dangerous water levels just to earn their respect. I was disgusted by them. The only one who seemed nice was Eric. But then again I could always be wrong.

"Okay everybody take your seats. Class has started and there are is no time for introductions. I am Mr. Robinson and today we will be learning how to solve equations and find sectors of circles." He said keeping his nose in his books.

G is the sector and equals 160 degrees

The arc equals 36 pi. Solve for the area of the equation.

I sketched the problem in my notebook and spent the whole hour confused on how to do it. I hated math. There are no logical explanations just theorums and proofs.

Then thank god the bell finally rang.

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As the day went on it finally was time for lunch. I'm sitting at a table alone and none of my siblings even have the same lunch. Great.

"Hey!" Said a small but friendly girl. I gave her a smile still confused why she would say hi to me. "Do you mind if we sit with you?"

"Um not really I guess." I said sheepishly.

"My name is Kaitlin and this is Alex, Robby, Jeremy and Oliver."

"We're you here last year?" Alex asked.

"Yeah but you probably haven't seen me around much. I'm not much of a talker or people person. I've kind of always kept to myself." I said shyly.

"Well we should be able to figure out a way to get you passed that" Robby said in a way to nice to just be acting friendly. The kid had some cute boyish looks but how could I ever even want to be interested in a human? This is why I never talked to them in the first place. They are just too much trouble.

I moved a little further away from him as I took a bite of the apple that was in my hand. Ugh this food tastes horrible! All human food tastes horrible! Anything but blood made me want to gag. But of course their not gonna leave a human buffet up for those of our kind. I will just have to live with eating this.

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On my way to my next class I saw Eric walking into the same room as me. What would he be doing here? But then I saw a swarm of girls behind him as he wasn't here for the education or class. He was just here so girls could fawn over him all hour for being such a "romantic or sensitive guy." Not I'd regretted taking this class.

Then something strange happened. He looked up at me, and for a second I thought I saw happiness and compassion in his eyes. A look I had definently never seen before especially towards me. But as I started to stare at him with disbelief, he turned his head to watch as the teacher walked through the door.

"Good day class." She said in a formal voice. "Welcome to Shakespere's Memoirs. This course will include working with some of the greatest play written such as The Four Tragedies, and Romeo and Juliet. If you think you are here for fun and enjoyment think again. We will be working vigorously to understand the life and ethics of drama in the Elizabethan Era. If you do not believe you can keep up or that this is not the class for you please talk with me after class so I can switch your schedule." She said in a strict but smooth tone.

"With that said you will each be assigned a partner for the entire semester with whom you will work each day. This person will have to become your tutor, friend, and mentor throughout the year" She said excitedly.

Then she grabbed a hat with half of the classes names on it and let the other half pick who they would be with.

I could hear a bunch of girls whispering about how Eric will be their partner and maybe even more. I started to roll my eyes until the most unbelievable thing happened.

"Haydence" He said looking up. "Your with me. This will be fun!" He smiled.

Why him? Why me? Why Eric?