Author's Note: Hellos to all you who are reading my story. First of all, thank you for all your reviews, they really are what keeps me writing. Second. Some of you who have been reading since the first chapter may notice that I'm on 20+ chapters. And you may, just may be getting that horrid feeling in your gut when you think a story is about to end. I personally at this point don't know when I'm going to end and hopefully with your help that's going to be true, like I said. You guys and girls are what keep me writing. As of last chapter I clocked in the 100th page. Now some of you (Probably most of you since your on this site) Are used to novel sized reading. Which would make me about halfway to a third of the way through. Which is kind of what I was hoping for. Because I just started to get in the main plot now. Like I said keep reviewing and I'll keep writing. If you know some friends who like reading and aren't on this site. Refer them to it. Better yet if they are vampire lovers, refer them to this story. Now your probably either moved on by now or are hoping this is going to end so you can start reading the actual story. So without further adue...

Chapter 24

I woke up to the alarm, it was strange, I hadn't remember setting one. I opened my eyes and looked to the side where the sound was coming from. I saw Rebeca's smiling face about a foot from mine. I smiled and saw that she was holding a clock. It was 6:30. I groaned and sat up.

"About time," She said smiling.

"What getting up at 6:30 in the morning isn't normal?" I asked her.

"Not for you," She said.

"Oh yeah. Right," I said to myself more than her.

"Come on," She said dragging me to my feet.

"Fine," I said in an exasperated sigh but smiling.

"Get dressed and take a shower, while your doing that, I'll eat breakfast and when your finished with your shower, you also can have a bite to eat," She said with a wink.

"thanks," I said and she left. I changed out of last night's outfit into a light green shirt with blue jeans, with my trenchcoat to top if off. I headed to the bathroom and took my shower. I exited fully dressed and ready. Rebeca was grinning at me from across the hall way a few yards from me. She walked to me and hugged me tight.

"Thirsty?" She whispered in my ear. Yes... I heard the voice say.

"Yes," I answered.

"Good 'cause I'm in a giving mood," She whispered seductively in my ear. I leaned down to her neck and kissed it once. Before leaning closer and biting down. The sweet, rich blood trickled down my throat, however. Like always, I fought my basic instincts to drink will I was full, which I was sure would kill her, or almost kill her. So I fought it. It was stronger now though, stronger than usual, it caught me off guard but I was able to resist. I thought it might be stronger because of the voice. Because I knew it was instinct, the voice, I thought, was because I wasn't strong enough but... I wasn't so sure, maybe it was all together something else that I didn't know. I overcame my instincts and withdrew. I took out a handkerchief and wiped her neck clean. The two holes were already scars and looked like pin pricks. And you couldn't see it unless you knew what you were looking for and you couldn't tell even up close.

"Everytime you bite me... It feels better and better," She whispered, her pleasure waning.

"That's good, I wouldn't want to hurt you," I said and she smiled.

"I think it's about time to head out," I whispered to her. She nodded with a smile. She walked to her room and after a few seconds, she was out with her backpack. I smiled and grabbed mine and we headed out the door. I was surprised when the fist didn't follow us. I guess the threat of exposing myself to my classmates was a good deterrent. She was right. I felt that the voice was quieter when in the presence diminished when there was a significant risk of exposure. I got in the driver's seat and Rebeca, in the passenger's set, I started to drive.

We got to school in good time, about 10 minutes before school started. We got out of the car, Rebeca smiled at me.

"What?" I asked her smiling back.

"Oh nothing..." she trailed smiling and started for the school.

"What?" I asked again following her. She just shook her head. I rolled my eyes and decided to leave it. We walked into the commons. It was packed with people gathered and talked about pretty much anything, especially about the events of the last few weeks. Me and Rebeca made our way through the commons with little difficulty. Ralph and Jessica caught up with us when we made it to the end of the commons. We all walked towards our class while we talked. We just talked about how Chrismas went and what we got. Me and Rebeca talked about going on a trip but we didn't mention the why, just the where. They were excited until we said we didn't get to do much sight seeing. And we just kept talking and we sat down at our table. It was nice to just talk for once. We hadn't done it in a while and it was nice. Everyone seemed to be having a good time til class started. Mr. Spinega walked up to the front of the class from his desk which he had been sitting at.

"Hello hello, to you all. I'm sure you all had a great time but now it's back to school and let's see how much your brains have rotted from under use since break so we are having a pop quiz..." He trailed and everyone groaned.

"Don't worry just from last couple of months stuff, nothing new. However before we start. I'd like to introduce a few new students," He said. Everyone started to smile and whisper among themselves.

Just as he said that the door opened and the new kids walked in. It was like time slowed to a crawl. There he was. That kid from the concert walking in first. My breath caught. My heart started to race. And my fight or flight response kicking into me. Adrenaline started to rush through me, I bit my tongue and I could see red tint in my vision. My hands that were clenching the table increased, I had white knuckles. I didn't really know why I thought what I did. I didn't know why my body was reacting the way it was towards him. Or... Them. There were 3 of them. Two guys and a Girl. The two guys looks so much alike that they looked like twins. But there were subtle differences in both of them, very different subtleties. The leading one was about 3 inches taller. That was a common difference between identical twins, he also seemed have the air of authority around him. Something that the others didn't seem to have. He was a leader, he had what seemed like the same outfit as last time I saw him. White suite, white pants, white skin and bleach blond hair with hypnotic blue eyes. The person next to him, the other guy, had on the same outfit as his leader, same skin tone. But he instead had hazel eyes with just slightly darker hair than his counterpart, suffice to say he was still very blond. He also didn't walk the same as the leader, he had the walk of the servant. It told me that the leader must have made an example of the other, and despite how much he tried to hide it. He was broken, at least to the leader he was. The girl was last in. She had green eyes, same kind of pale skin as the others but her's was more... pristine, like a porcelain doll. Her hair was the even darker than the last one, but it only made her look realer, more of a common sight than the others. She had on tight white jeans, the others had slack like pants, she had more normal jeans for high school, except for the white color. Time seemed to go back to it's normal flow when the new kids stood in front of the whole class.

"Mich?" Rebeca whispered.

"Mich?" She repeated softly. I recovered and saw that she had her hand on mine and I looked to her.

"Mich," She said again.

"Yes?" I asked her.

"I just wanted to make sure you were ok. You got red eye for a few seconds and your heart rate increased dramatically," She said. I nodded.

"I just... My body just reacted, like I was about to fight," I whispered to her. She nodded before turning back to the front of the class.

"Hello. My name is Nathan, my brother's name is Adam and my sister's name is.." He trailed.

"Malissa," She interrupted Nathan. Ahhh... The Leader, the Servant and the Rebel.

He shot her a look before looking to the teacher. "May we be seated now?" He asked the teacher. The teacher nodded and they proceeded towards the back of the class. My instincts got stronger and stronger the closer they got. I clenched my teeth. And the sat down at the table next to ours. At the way we sat. I would be sitting normal and I'd be looking at their table. I could tell this was not going to be good. But at least I wasn't in Ralph's position. I wouldn't want to have my back to them at anytime. They all looked at me with contempt and Rebeca like a pack of wolves, not hungry wolves... yet. I almost. Just almost growled but didn't.

"Switch," I told Rebeca and me and her switched seats. I still had a view of them but this way Rebeca was as far from them as she could. The teacher started and our attention were drawn to him. It was tense in the class. You could've cut it with a knife. Even Jene seemed to be a little on edge. Whenever I felt eyes on us I glanced over to them but when I looked at them they weren't looking at us. I saw Rebeca doing the same thing. I heard mummers around class, they were wondering if I was in someway related to them. But I wasn't unless they didn't know. I wasn't like them. I wasn't like how I was all the time, just in the past few weeks. I was relieved when class finally stopped and me and Rebeca got up just as the bell started to go. I felt someone grab my wrist and I turned sharply. I saw those damn hypnotic eyes looking at me.

"We need to talk," he told me. If I had one less shred of self control I would've threw a punch.

"Don't touch me, ever," I told him fiercely breaking his grasp on my wrist and left with Rebeca. We got in the commons, in the middle. People moving around us everywhere.

"Mich, I'm scared," She said to me and hugged me tightly.

"Don't worry Rebeca, I don't let them touch you, harm you," I whispered. I heard her sobbing a little.

"Shhh..." I trailed and rubbed her back soothingly.

"It's ok... It's ok..." I whispered to her and she looked up to me. She wiped her tears from her face and smiled at me.

"Thank you," She said. I nodded.

"Let's get to class now. We wouldn't want to get in trouble for being late now would we?" I asked her and she smiled but shook her head. I smiled and we went to the gym. We walked down and into the lockerooms. I changed quickly and exited. I walked into the gym and Rebeca walked in a few seconds after I and I turned to her and smiled. She did too before she stopped cold. She was staring at something behind me and I turned on a heel and saw Malissa at the other end of the gym. Staring at us. I growled slightly, I saw her make a small, smug smile. I saw her get up and start walking towards us. I slowly, almost unknowingly pushed Rebeca behind me but she didn't object. I could smell something strange like a tangy musky taste in my mouth.

"It's fear," I heard Malissa.

"What you scent, is your girlfriend's fear," She said with a smug smile. I felt myself bend my knees, ready for a fight if one would happen. She smiled a little more.

"I'm rebellious, not stupid, I would be if I tried something in school. Even I don't need Nathan to tell me that. Not that that would stop him," She said.

"So. What do you want?" I asked her.

"In what scope?" I asked her. She smiled more.

"Cute and smart," She commented, earning a little growl from Rebeca.

"Why I came over. Was to inform you as to the situation. At least, at school. If you want more. Your going to have to talk to Nathan. Which I'm sure he won't give you a choice if you prove to be stuborn," She explained.

"And how would he do that?" I asked.

"Your powerful. At least, that's the rumor but your not strong enough for him. He's got experience over you," She answered.

"Or he just might like to see how you would react if he threatened you," She said nodding over to Rebeca.

"I'd kill him," Before Rebeca could say something.

"You'd try at least," She said before the teacher called for us to take our places. Which we did. She was on the other side of the gym. Mr Urial called us outside and we went and started with a lap around the quarter mile track. It was cold at first but the jog warmed us up.

"Ok guys and girls gather around," He said and we did, around him.

"It's track week," He said and I heard groans along with whispered.

"Today, the 100 meter dash. And since people won't concentrate unless we get this done. Mich," He said to me.

"You're against Malissa," He said. I groaned and she smirked. I rolled my eyes and walked to the line.

"You going to go all out?" She asked me, whispering so no one else heard.

"No. You know how much suspicion would bring up if we ran that fast?" I asked.

"I know that. What about just this time?" She asked me. I rolled my eyes.

"Fine," I said and she smiled. We got in the runner stance. I took a deep breath and got ready.

"Ready," Urial said.

"Set," He said and both of us raised our backs.

"Go!" He said and we both bolted. We were both off. Time seemed to slow and I was definatly faster. My mind realised just how much faster before time flowed normally and I had finished. I ran it out before slowing down and stopping. People were gaping at me.

"What? What time did I get?" I asked them.

"10.11 seconds..." Someone said.

"Malissa you got 12 seconds," Someone else said. I raised my eyebrows. I beat her by about two seconds. I said her walk to me, until we were just a few paces from each other.

"Good run. I think I just confirmed the rumors," She said with a smile before walking back to the people.

Author Note: If you didn't know the world record for 100 meter dash was set in the 2008 Olympics at 9.69. So. Mich getting that... It was suppose to represent how fast he really is. And like Malissa said. He has no experience...