Chapter One....Scene Four & Five

Sereneville High School seemed to be the only place one could find a healthy mixture of both classes. This morning it had a buzz of excitement as its students chatted and told each other of how they’d spent their summers and what, if anything, was new at school this year. Jade pulled up into the car park just as Athena did. She got out of her car, looking curiously at Eric and Tristan as they said their goodbyes. Her eyes lingered on Tristan’s rugged looks, her concentration suddenly interrupted as Bryce joined her.

“Hey there,” he said, giving her a quick kiss on her mouth. He looked to where her eyes had been a moment ago and clashed eyes with Tristan. The latter acknowledged him with a brief nod of his head but Bryce just stared back coldly at him.

“What’s your problem today,” Jade commented having seen the little exchange. “The guy is just trying to be friendly.”

“Yeah well he can be as friendly as he wants with me, just as long as he keeps his eyes off you.”

Jade scoffed. “Okay first, he wasn’t even looking at me, and second, I’m not some little Barbie doll that you can keep in your pocket and only show off to your friends. I can make my own decisions.” With that she walked away swiftly, leaving Bryce with a dumbfounded look on his face.

“Youch. If only looks could kill,” Tristan commented as they made their way down the hall to the admissions office.

“What are you blabbering about?” Eric said, already hating where they were.

“I’m talking about the look on that guy’s face, didn’t you see it? It was all terminator and shit. Like if I made one wrong move it was gonna be hasta la vista baby.”

Eric chuckled. “Barely here five minutes and you’re already making friends?”

“Well you know me, always the friendly type.” They found their way to the admissions office and picked up their class schedules and locker room numbers. Both cursed when they saw their first class was math and dragged their feet all the way to the classroom.

Eric first noticed her as he sat down at the rear of the room. She was sitting on his left, by the windows, her rich glossy hair a damning contrast to her near flawless pale skin. Raven chose that moment to turn her head and caught him staring at her. She inhaled deeply and suddenly turned away, looking very uncomfortable. Strange, Eric thought. He’d swear he always had a positive effect on women but this one was somehow different.

To his right, Tristan was in his own thoughts. He’d noticed the same girl he’d seen staring at them outside was in his class, her fiery red hair looking like a beacon in the front of the class. Maybe this dump won’t be so bad after all, he thought. He would have to proceed with caution. If she was somehow involved with that brute he’d seen her with, things could get complicated. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips. Yes this place wouldn’t be so bad after all.

The lesson had started almost twenty minutes ago but Raven had not noticed. Her mind was just thinking about blood, his blood. She was very confused because blood was everywhere in this school but his just had a peculiar scent to it, like it was somehow special or something. She suddenly felt very self conscious and wished the lesson could end sooner. She would have to stay clear of this guy and hoped this was the only class she had with him.

The day wore on and much to Raven’s dismay, Eric was right there with her in each class she went to, and so was his blood. Raven vowed to become a vegetarian if she survived the day and was relieved to hear the last bell go. She quickly packed her books and hurried out of the classroom, eager to get to the safety of her home.

Eric watched as she sped off down the hall and frowned. He would certainly have to get to the bottom of what happened here today. His male ego had taken a big hit and he felt only the dark haired beauty could sooth his wounded pride.

Jade was busy with putting back some books in her locker and did not see Tristan creep silently to stand beside her. She was shocked when she heard his voice and quickly spun around.

“Sorry,” Tristan apologized, “I didn’t mean to startle you.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Jade beamed, glad to finally talk to him. She’d been waiting for an opportunity to do that the entire day.

Tristan stuck out a hand and introduced himself, noticing that the underside of her hand felt just a tad rough.

Jade felt a strange warm feeling come over her at his touch and wondered why at that moment, she was feeling like a school girl with some childhood crush. She prayed that he did not notice her reddening cheeks and decided to distract him. “I haven’t seen you around before, are you new here?”

“Oh yeah, we just moved here a couple of days before school started. Though to tell you the truth, my brother and I hadn’t been for the idea in the first place but our mom can be pretty persuasive when she wants to.”

“I know the feeling,” Jade said, referring to her own parents adamantly refusing to let her change schools. “I take it your brother is the one with the dark tousled hair that looks like it needs a couple bottles of shampoo? I only ask cause he’s the only other new guy I noticed in class apart from that weird chick who kept staring out the window.”

“That’s the one and only,” Tristan answered. “Eric Xavier, my annoying but fortunately gay brother.”

“He’s gay?”

Tristan nodded but found he couldn’t keep his poker face on and burst out laughing. “I’m just messing around with you; he’s as straight as they come.”

“Oh you’re just the worst brother ever,” she said, wishing she had a brother she could torture so.

“Don’t be so quick to defend him, he does the same thing. I’ve just beat him to the punch this time.”

Jade’s soft little giggles came to a sudden halt as she saw Bryce walking towards them. “I uh…I gotta go,” she said quickly, already walking away.

Tristan caught her gently by the arm. “Wait,” he said. “Do you wanna like hang out with me sometime?”

“I just met you five minutes ago,” Jade said, though a silent voice in her head had just whispered yes.

Tristan shrugged. “It’s not my most subtle approach but I wanted to give it a shot before my brother did. He very rarely fails to notice a beautiful lady such as you. I’m still in shock I got here first.”

“Oh jeez what a line,” Jade said, blushing despite herself. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Bryce and knew what was coming so she quickly gave him her number and walked over to Bryce, turning him away from the inevitable argument and pulling along despite his protests of wanting to just “talk” to the guy.

Tristan felt elated and watched as Jade dragged Bryce along. He smiled when Bryce looked back but all he got was that cold dark stare again.

 

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