I was so nervous. After all this was my first day of school where there would be other monsters, and humans. Would it be any different than going to a school that had just Vampires? Would everyone like me? Thankfully, I had already made friends prior to going. Clawdeen said she'd show me the school and if I had classes with anyone, she'd make sure they walked me to the proper spot so I wasn't late for anything. Nothing was more embarrassing than showing up late on your first day.

Speaking of, Clawd said he would drive me to school, if I could squeeze in with the triplets. Clawdeen had commented afterwards that Cleo was never invited for a ride in the morning. Ever. I had blushed and distracted us both from that fact.

I checked my reflection in the mirror; all I could see were my clothes. Honestly, I didn't know why I bothered anymore. Though, my outfit today was super cute! I applied my makeup, and then reapplied my makeup, and then gave up and did it once more. That should be fine…

I kept my phone turned off after Valentine had texted me, except for when I needed to text Clawdeen before we went to the mall and to call my Uncle. I was still super nervous about his message and kept ignoring it. However, by keeping my phone off, and ignoring incoming texts when it wasn't, my phone vibrated over and over as one after another texts came in. It was annoying. Valentine, Bram, Gory, Clawdeen, Blue, Frankie, and Abbey had all texted me. Leaving over twenty texts! I did feel guilty, reading Bram and Gory's texts, they were freaking out because they thought I was deader than dead.

Taking a deep breath, I responded to everyone's – minus Valentine's – texts before heading out of my room. My father was waiting for me in the foyer, and I kissed his cheek good morning.

"I have some business to sort through this morning," he explained to me, taking my arm and leading me towards the kitchen. "Otherwise I would take you to school and make sure everything was okay myself. However, I took the liberty of making sure you already have a school ID," he handed me a card with my picture on it. My mouth dropped. "A vampire created an…app? On the phone that captures a vampire's picture," he explained, and then waved towards the files on the counter. "These all are the official papers, transfers, blah, blah, blah."

Swallowing down a giggle, he always asked how people were convinced that he always spoke in a heavy Transylvanian accent and said 'bluh de bluh' and yet he said 'blah, blah, blah' a lot. I tucked the student card into my wallet, and looked up at him.

He was staring down at me with concern. "Do you want a ride to school? I can reschedule the meeting to later?"

Samantha entered the kitchen, "Reschedule?" she asked, "Darling, you've been stressing about that meeting for days."

There was no way that she didn't notice the way his face hardened at her and he straightened, but she walked over to me and tsked. "Laura, you're makeup is all messed up. Here," she grabbed a Kleenex and before I could object she was wiping my face with it. My father waited quietly until she was finished.

He switched over to Romanian, "If she was a vampire she would not question me."

"Daddy," I turned to him, "Don't worry about me, Clawd's giving me a ride to school. You just worry about your meeting. Whatever it is."

"If you need me, just call me," my father said, squeezing my shoulder, and then switched back to Romanian, "Do you want to talk about this after school?" he gestured subtly towards his fiancé.

I swallowed thickly and glanced towards Samantha. "Yes."

He nodded, kissed my forehead and walked me to the door. As we reached the door, he asked me if I took my iron pills, and then offered to pack some blood in a tomato juice can. I gave him a look and he held up his hands. "Just an offer."

I glanced outside as a quite rumble of distant thunder hit my ears. Clawd was placing the car cover into the trunk and glancing up to the sky. I bit my lip and was glad that I didn't have a heartbeat, otherwise my father would've totes heard my heart skip a beat.

How was I going to get over this? He was so…I resisted the urge to sigh. Clawd ran a hand through his hair and covertly glanced over to my house.

"If the dog is driving you, you better leave," my father suggested, opening the door. "I'll walk you over-"

"No!" I said quickly, "Daddy, Clawdeen and their siblings are going to be in the car as well. You have to get to your meeting anyways." I moved quickly to the front door and gathered my things up. My father picked up his briefcase, kissed Samantha quickly and then guided me out of the house. It was overcast and neither of us needed an umbrella.

My father walked over to his car and Clawd held up a hand. "Hey Mr. D."

The look he got back was a withering look, "Hello, Claude."

Under his breath, he added something in Latin before getting into the car. I knew he said something derogatory but didn't want me to hear it. I still gave him a sour look through the black tinted windows. Clawd stared after the car as I walked over.

"No offense, Draculaura, but your father still gives me the creeps," a shiver ran through him, and I giggled.

Howleen shot out of the house and nearly dove into the car, just as Clawdeen came storming out of the house, growling loudly. "Where is she?"

"Who?" I asked, innocently, tucking my hands behind my hands. Clawd leaned against the backdoor subtly, blocking her view inside of the car.

"Howleen! She stole my favourite leather jacket that I was going to wear today!" she growled, crossing her arms and looking around. Clawd made a noise and waved towards the house.

"She darted around back, she probably tricked you by slipping in the backdoor," he said, that sent Clawdeen on a chase after Howleen. I glanced over at Clawd and walked over to him; he opened the back door and sighed. "You owe me big time for covering for you, she'll use my back to sharpen her claws," he muttered as Howleen sat up and dusted off her shorts.

"Ya didn't have ta cover for me," she said crossing her legs and glancing over at me, "I'll thank her though," she stuck her tongue out at her brother and stood up.

"Clawdeen!" Clawd called, and Howleen growled and dove back into the car. Clawdeen opened the door and glared at her brother.

"What?"

"You just missed her, she came out to toss her things in the car before heading into the back again," he said with a shake of her head, "You are slow today." Clawdeen growled and turned on her heel and headed back inside. I giggled and shook my head. Clawd chuckled and leaned against the car. He glanced at me, and then looked again. "Are those the clothes you got the other day?" he asked, when I nodded he added, "You look cute." My face heated up and I looked sharply towards the house, hoping he didn't notice. When I glanced back at him after my face cooled, his face was fading from a pink colour as well.

"Thank you," I said softly, "You look nice today, as well."

My phone vibrated and I pulled it out of my pocket. Valentine. I ignored it and shoved it back into my pocket.

"Aren't you going to even look at that?"Clawd asked as Howleen snuck out of the car and headed back into the house. I shook my head, "Why? Someone bothering you?"

"A friend from Romania," I said trailing off before adding, "He said something that I couldn't really...wrap my head around," I explained, knowing how awkward I must have sounded. He stared at me for a while before starching his cheek.

"Did he say he loves you or something'?" he asked seeming to relax against the car. Almost as if he was settling in to listen to me talk. I blinked and sighed.

"I wish he would've said that," I muttered and shook my head. Clawd opened the passenger seat and waved towards it, I raised my eyebrow and sat down. He leaned against the open door, alternating occasionally between looking at me and at the door.

"Did he break up with you then?"

"Nope, it's…weird and a bit long to explain…if I understood the text right," I muttered staring at the door, ready to drop the conversation if Clawdeen stormed outside.

"Hm, so from what you've told me, he didn't say he loves you, and he didn't break up with you, so I'm guessing he was or is your boyfriend. Thrown in some difficult vampire thing. Your life is basically a drama my sisters like to watch for entertainment," Clawd rolled his eyes and I stared up at him.

"Except most of those dramas are scripted and my life isn't scripted. If it was I would be living a different life than I am now," I replied smiling up at him. He glanced down, a look of concern on his eyes, but seeing my smile, it melted and he smiled back.

"Wouldn't we all?" he said and straightened as his siblings came out. "You can sit in the front, I'll shove Clawdeen in the back with her siblings," he waved slightly so I tucked my legs into the car and he closed the door. I smiled and mouthed thank you through the door and he smiled back.

The triplets dove into the back of the car, squeezing together. Clawdeen saw me and complained before climbing in beside Rocks. I apologized, but Clawdeen waved it off. "You are the guest."

"How come she gets the front?" Howleen complained as Clawd pulled out of the driveway.

"Because, the difference between her and you guys is that she isn't one of my siblings," he said as he began to drive to the schools. Clawdeen asked me the classes I had, and soon I knew which classes had my friends. I had first period gym with Clawdeen, second period Social with Blue, last period English with Frankie and Abbey. However, I had third period by myself. Home Ec. It was not really something I would have chosen, but my grandmother demanded my father that if I was going to do human school, I had to take Home Ec. Always traditional. A woman should know how to prepare for her life after school when she became a mother and took care of the home.

Merston High was very plain. It was awesome. My last high school was very old fashioned and we had to wear very old-fashioned uniforms – don't get me wrong the dresses were to die for, but…well it was nice to wear something that was completely your style.

It started to rain after we dropped off the triplets to their school, and it was thundering when we arrived at our high school. Clawd dropped us off at the entrance. I got out of the car and Clawdeen took my arm and grinned at me. "Ready to make your grand entrance?" she asked as we waved at Clawd, who drove off to find a parking spot.

"Can't that wait until lunch? I need to drop some papers off at the office," I said, pulling out the file that my father had given to me. She groaned and said fine. "Alright, where is the office?" I asked as we stepped inside the school.

"Over here, I'll escort you, because quite honestly, girl, you'll get lost so quickly," she told me with a grin. That grin didn't offer me any comfort. We headed into the office and after around fifteen minutes of talking to the principal I was sent on my way with a map of the school, as well as an actual schedule, and some textbooks that I was going to need for Social and English. The bell rang and all the normies and possible monsters scattered to their classes. I followed Clawdeen into the gym.

Since I didn't have a gym uniform yet, the gym teacher just sent me to sit on the bleachers and watch. I didn't object. I wasn't a big fan of playing sports, not as much as Clawdeen anyway. Basketball was not my favourite sport, to play. I didn't mind watching it. I cheered for Clawdeen's team – who won by six points thanks to her. After she came out of the changing room I hugged her and smiled. "Good job!" I cheered and followed her out of the gym.

"Thanks," she grinned, and pointed down the hall. Blue waved at us and headed over, "I gotta get to Biology, see you at lunch."

"See you!" I called, waving as Clawdeen walked off. "So, where is Social?"

"Just down the hall, after class I'll lend you my notes so you can get caught up," Blue promised, linking our arms together, "So let's stop flapping our gills, an' get to class before the bell rings."

As we started towards the class, I bumped into someone, and nearly dropped my books. Before I could apologize, the person twisted around.

"Watch where you are going!" the girl snapped, she placed her fists on her hips and glared down at me. I held my hands up. "Do you even know who I am?"

"I'm sorry!" I said apologizing quickly; I was used to dealing with people like this from being in an all vampire school. Though, Gory was with me during that experience.

"You should be! Bumping into me. I dropped my compact!" she exclaimed reaching down and picking up the circular makeup disc. I smiled apologetically.

"It doesn't look damaged," I tried to get her to see the bright side, but she shoved it into her bag.

"Who are you?" she demanded, more than asked.

"Laura Dracul," I introduced, looking up at her. I quickly identified her as Egyptian, maybe my age, and extremely fond of herself. If she didn't have a heartbeat she could've been the splitting image of a vampire. She pointed at me, eyes narrowing.

"Well, Laura, you just made a very, very bad enemy-"

"Cleo! I see you've met Laura, she's the new girl on our block," Clawd interrupted, patting my shoulder. Deuce and Jackson were behind him, Deuce gave me a smile and I nodded. He grinned down at her and it clicked. This was Clawd's girlfriend. The fact that Clawd was acknowledging that he knew me seemed to make her even more irritated.

Blue stepped forwards and touched my arm. "Lala, we need to get to Social," she tugged slightly.

"Yes, Lala, go run off to class," Cleo sneered crossing her arms. "With…what's your name again?"

I looked at Blue, who was averting her eyes from Cleo. I looked over at Cleo again. Clawd said 'the new girl on our block', and everyone on our block was some sort of Monster. Cleo. Cleopatra. Clawd opened his mouth to say something, but I muttered something in Egyptian to see if I was right in my theory.

"Do you know who you are talking too?" she hissed, stabbing a manicure finger at me, "How dare you say that to me!"

"I'm just teasing," I waved my hands. "You're Cleo, Clawd's boyfriend. Though…no one's really said much more than that."

"How could you not know of me? Why weren't you informed that I am the most popular girl in school? Julia!" Cleo hissed turning to a girl I didn't notice before. She looked up almost lazily at Cleo. "All gossip spread should be spread to everyone, including the new people! They need to know their place!"

"I'm sorry," I said, looking at Cleo, "I didn't realize I was below you," I tilted my head slightly, "Though, you don't need to worry about me bothering you. I'll just stick amongst my own friends," I waved towards Blue and then smiled at Deuce and Jackson. Her eyes followed towards the other two.

Her eyes widened and she turned towards me, "Just watch how fast they'll ditch you once I declare you to be a loser."

"Cleo, stop," Clawd spoke sharply, and Cleo looked up at him. Mouth widening.

"You-"

The bell rang again, signalling we were all late for class. "Oops!" I frowned and turned to Blue, "I'm sorry, I should've listened to you. Let's go, bye guys! Nice to meet you, Julia!" I waved and grabbed Blue's arm and tugged her away from them.

"Not many people can stand up to Cleo without being declared the biggest loser, good on ya mate" Blue whispered later when we were working on an assignment with partners later.

"It's probably because Clawd and Deuce were there. Why was she so surprised that I knew Deuce? Is he popular or something?" I asked glancing over at her and writing down an answer, mostly from memory than actually finding the answer.

"Deuce? Yeah, he is one of Clawd's best mates. Cleo use to have a thing for Deuce, an' everyone knew it," Blue looked at my answer before copying it. I let her, not caring, I was like the textbook, but more accurate. "Clawd is part of the basketball team, captain of the football team, and just a general good bloke. This makes him popular. Anyone who hangs out with him frequently is dubbed popular as well."

"What about you and Clawdeen?" I asked finishing the assignment and tilted my paper towards her so she could see my answers better.

"Ha," she said bitterly, "I'm from down under and Cleo didn't like how I talked when she first met me and dubbed me a loser, made me feel like a fish outta water," she shook her head and sighed, "Clawdeen is one of my best mates, and while Clawdeen and Cleo were friends I was considered 'alright' but once Clawdeen called out Cleo for dating her brother…whew things got messy. Since Cleo is the most popular gal in school, she shoved Clawdeen down to my level since we were hanging out together."

"That's so mean!" I muttered looking at Blue, "You are a great girl, nice and stylish; you shouldn't be dubbed a loser because of how you speak. I have a Romanian accent, I sound ten times funnier than anyone in this school because of how heavy it is sometimes," I admitted with a fangy smile. Blue let out a laugh. "I'm serious, in the morning my soon-to-be step-mother can't understand me half of the time."

We laughed, finished our assignment and handed it in.

A/N: Thanks for all the fabulous reviews guys! Also, yes Draculaura knows a lot of languages. I mean, her first language is Latin, and one would think growing up in Romania she would know Romanian, and then English as wel. My headcannon is she knows (or at least can understand if she can't speak it) nearly all Germanic languages. English, Latin, Romanian, German, Dutch, ect, ect. As well as some words picked up in different languages from her father. After all she's nearly 1600 in this fanfic.

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