"How...when...huh?" I stammer because of the actual shock I'm in right now. Wasn't she supposed to stay way longer in God knows where?
Standing in front of me is the petite figure of my life long best friend Dariana. She's a little bit older than me. She has long brown hair that reaches her hips, a thick body with curves, and sunkissed skin that compliments her red eyes. She's wearing her usual light-washed jeans, a red bandana pushing her hair back, a black crop top with the words Nope written in yellow and orange in the front, and white Vans wrapping up the whole outfit. The total opposite of my style, but then again she has the confidence to rock it. She's also Latina so don't you dare even try to offend her style, not like there's anything bad to say about it anyway
All I do is give her a big hug almost suffocating her
"I'll take that as a yes" She taps my shoulder, telling me to let her go. Sometimes I don't control my strength
I let go and mumble sorry
"How are you, no, why are you back already? Don't take that the wrong way. I love that you're here, why wouldn't I. I mean you make fun of me for falling off your skateboard all the time but that doesn't mean I hate you, then again you are leaving me all the time to travel the world but I'm just sad because I can't go with you" I'm rambling, I do this a lot around my closest friends
I hear and see my friend laughing in front of me, she still isn't used to my rambles I guess
I'm about to continue my ramble when I feel a hand on my shoulder and I turn to look at Jackson
"You should let the girl talk, love" Why does he have to have an accent? Ugh. It's not helping the little battle going on in my head
Dariana stops laughing abruptly and gasps
Jackson puts his arm around my shoulders, "Aren't you going to introduce us, Alexandra?"
I want to snap his arm in two for touching me. Breathe in. I said I would give him a chance. Breathe out
"Right, Dari this is Jackson. Jackie this is my best friend Dariana" I just had to throw in there the nickname. He puts his arm around me, I tease him, that's how it works
Dariana just gapes at him then me as if she can't believe it
The bell rings and I notice no one is around us anymore
"Shit, I'm late for class on my first day. I'll see you at lunch," Jackson gets his arm off and gives me a kiss on the cheek before rushing off
I'm so startled by his show of "affection" that I forget I'm late to class as well
"What the hell happened while I left!?!" Dariana grabs my hand and starts dragging me to my class. Samantha must have arranged her schedule so that the 3 of us to have as many classes together as possible
"I....I....huh? You didn't answer me first, why are you here, didn't you say you weren't coming back for another 5 years?" We are in front of my class now. Maybe she didn't talk to Sammy and just checked my schedule to have hers like mine
"We'll talk later, I think we're late enough" Dari knows I don't like messing up my record, not that much at least
When we enter the class everyone stops to stare at us
"Ms. Volturi, Ms. Vallera, 10 minutes late to my class?" Mrs. White was standing in front of the board teaching who knows what. Didn't class just start?
"Actually", Of course Dariana would talk back, "5 minutes because the other five were optional Erika"
"Mrs. White for you Dariana, now hurry up and take your seat, you too Alexandra"
I bow down my head and scurry to my seat. To my right is Sammy looking confused at Dariana as she makes a human move seats so she can sit to my left
Sammy looks at me as if I know why she's back so I just shrug.
Dariana and Sammy met each other last time Dari came here, that was like 4 years ago. They also became friends so we were like a small group. Dariana likes to travel around the world a lot. She has visited every single corner of the world but by the time she's done she re-starts because there's already something new. Every 8-10 years she comes back to the city to pay me and my family a visit. After she became a vampire my family took her in, but since she never adapted to their style of hunting she didn't considered herself family so she's just a very close friend
The rest of the classes were pretty boring, at least for me. When you live for how long I've lived and have gone to high school and college as many times as me, it becomes boring, but it beats staying at home all the time. Sometimes it's weird considering my parents or aunts decide to go to school with me. Don't get me started when people crush on my family. Ew no, just no
"Ale time for lunch" I hear someone call as they shake my shoulder
Already?
"Sorry I spaced out" I grab my things and leave the room with my friends
Once we walk outside I feel sparks in the air. I turn my head to the side to find Jackson walking towards me
Dariana jabs my stomach with her elbow and sends me a smile, letting me know I haven't explained.
Right, I haven't told her
"Hey sweetheart,"
God help me with this man
"Hey Jackie, so I need to talk with my friend really fast could you get us a table? I'll be right there"
He nods, "Cole is waiting for me if you want to come along Samantha"
She looks up at him, shrugs and follows towards the cafeteria. Well her infatuation didn't last long
I'm suddenly in the library sitting down in front of Dariana. This woman has no shame in using her powers!
"What-"
"Shush, since when are you and Jackson a thing? No, scratch that, since when do you hang out with anyone from his species?" She whispers sounding alarmed, "Are you sick somehow? I know you can't get sick but you never know," She starts grabbing my face and feeling my forehead
I swat away her hands, "I'm not sick, goddamn stop touching me,"
"Ok then tell me what's going on,"
Funny story. Not
"Well, you see...."
I tell her everything that went down the day prior and see as her mouth gapes open the whole time
"Ok, gimme a sec. So you're dating him now because of a bet, and you already kissed him?!?!"
I cover her mouth with my hand and put my index finger over my mouth to tell her to shush
I sigh, "I'm his erasthai and well like I'm supposed to be with him or something like that but it's literally getting harder and harder by the second to not like him. First of all, he says all the right things. Second, he is literally not like any other lycan I've met that's all arrogant and stuff just because they have power. And third, he's-"
"God-like hot? Yeah he is. Girl you scored here" She leans back in her seat and sends me a smirk
"I wasn't going to say that but whatever. I'm not saying I want to hold on to this hate or anything but I'm feeling it fade away too soon and too fast. I can actually kind of stand Cole now. Cole!!!" I raise my hands to add to it
She chuckles, "I mean, Ale, is it all that bad that he's changing that?"
She leans forward and grabs my hands as she looks me in the eye
"I'm happy for you. Jackson is a good person Ale. Yes he's a lycan and I know you don't trust them but give the guy a chance, he could be very good for you"
I furrow my brows confused, "How do you know he's a good person?"
"Oh well like 2 years ago when I was in India I bumped into him and we caught up. Also, when your family found me you were still tiny and growing so you didn't go to high school yet. I did and I knew about him then. He's always been the same. With his looks and power, he could be the most popular guy in this school and get girls left and right, but he doesn't. He's actually very reserved. I don't know him well but he's not your usual popular jock. He does like to party so watch out"
I guess that makes sense but, "Why did you act like you didn't know him this morning?"
"Oh well I wanted you to tell me everything first"
"Fair enough," I look at the clock and stand up, "C'mon we have 20 minutes of lunch left and I feel like eating today"
She grabs my hand and we walk towards the cafeteria, "Still trying the whole human thing?"
I move my other hand as to say meh, "I'm trying but I really don't care at this point"
We enter the lunchroom and I immediately feel Jackson's eyes on me. This erasthai bond thing is so weird
"Hey guys we're back. You must be Cole, I'm Dariana" She stretches out her hand towards him
Him and every other guy around us do a double-take on Dariana.
I turn to my left and notice a blonde trying to make a move on Jackson. Some weird feeling kicks in but it is replaced by humor as soon as I see how uncomfortable he looks. We locks eyes and I can see he's just begging me to save him
I ignore his call for help, sit next to him and start talking to Sammy
I feel Jackson's big hand on mine, "Well looks like my girlfriend is here, nice talking to you" he says hurriedly and turns his back on her
I take a sniff
She's human…
She glares daggers at me. I just give her a look and move slightly forward as to challenge her. That's all it takes for her to leave stumbling over her own feet
I laugh lightly and take my hand away from Jackson's
"Hey, what's that for?" he gives me puppy eyes. He's such a child
I give him my hand back and notice as he smiles like a kid opening his presents on Christmas
Since I'm too lazy to get up to get food I just steal Cole's, he's too preoccupied with Dari anyway
Poor kid, she has a boyfriend. He'll find out eventually, also werewolf-vampire relationships don't really work
I feel Jackson's hand tighten around mine. When I look at him he's staring at something in the back of the cafeteria. I follow eyes to a human guy sitting at the back of the cafeteria. As soon as I look in his direction he lowers his head and if I'm correct I notice a faint blush. I turn back to Jackson and try to get his attention
"Jealous much?" I ask jokingly
"Yes"
I look at him wide-eyed, I wasn't expecting an answer, especially that
"Hey chill, I'm supposed to be dating you right now aren't I?"
"Yeah, but it's not like you actually like me. You never know"
I scoff waiting for him to say he's joking. When doesn't take it back I stand up and storm out of the cafeteria not caring I didn't get to eat a full meal
Stupid mutt, as if I would do something like that. I may not exactly like him but what kind of person would I be if I cheated. Does he really think that low of me? I'm honestly kind of hurt by that
"Alexandra!" I can hear him behind me but I ignore him
I keep walking towards my locker
"Alexan-" I turn around and face him
"Listen to me here dog, I may not like you but I would never cheat. That's below me and that you really think I would do something like that is a big insult for me" I push my index finger on his chest until his back hits the lockers
"So don't you ever even insinuate I will, would, or did cheat. Understood?"
I put my hand down and walk across the hallway to my locker again. I open it and take out gum, I need to chew something to not bite someone
"Look I'm sorry, I never meant it that way. But you have to understand that you not even liking me as a person really makes me doubt if you'll stay with me, which is the last thing I want to think about," he starts walking closer, "I don't know if I've made it clear enough but I want to be with you. I'm trying not to be like you think I am and just claim you like an object because you're not one, but don't doubt for one second that every time I see a boy stare at what should be mine I feel like taking you right then and there to show we are together, so don't tempt me, Alexandra" By now there's mere inches between us and I can feel sparks of electricity flying everywhere, I don't know how I feel about this all I know is that I want to close this tiny gap and like last night that scares the living shit out of me
As we both start to lean in the end of lunch bell rings. I clear my throat as students pile out of the cafeteria
"We're not done here. Trust me." he winks and with that, he's gone
I'm not liking this effect he has on me, I can't think correctly around him
"Are you alright Alex?"
I blink to clear my head and look at Cole
"Yeah, I'm fine. Where are the girls?" I look around for Sammy and Dariana
"I don't know after the bell rang they just ran off. Where's Jackson?" He shrugs and starts walking with me
"Same, no idea,"
Out of the corner of my eye, I see the guy from the cafeteria. I turn to Cole and put my finger up as if to say give me a second. He nods and walks ahead of me
I walk up to the kid and say "Hey" I say as peppy as possible
I guess he's startled by my sudden appearance because he lets go of all of his books. They almost fall. Almost. Thanks to my speed they didn't hit the ground so we didn't call attention to ourselves
"Sorry. You scared me" He says in a tiny voice
"It's totally my fault, I'm sorry. Here you go" I hand him his books
"Thanks" He grabs them and starts walking away
I catch up to him once more, "I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Alexandra Volturi"
"Hi. I'm Sebastian, I'm sorry for staring back there," He's being very curt but I can see he's not trying to be mean, he's just a man of few words
I shake my head, "It's fine. Did you need something? Maybe you had something you wanted to ask?"
I was just following him and didn't even notice where he took him. Surprisingly, we were in front of my class
"You have English 3 Honors too?" I ask. I've never seen him in this class
"No, I just needed to bring the teacher something"
I open the door right as the bell is about to ring, "Well if you need anything just ask me ok? I don't bite" I laugh
His lips upcurve, "Will do"
I take my seat in the front and feel someone's heated gaze on the back of my head. I know who it is but I ignore him because I'm not in the mood for his bs
Sebastian hands Mr. Lopez a piece of paper and walks towards the door
I wave and send him a friendly smile. He waves back
"Ok class I have just received a change from the English department. Instead of reading the book we were assigned when school started, we will be doing a collaboration with the drama club. We will be doing a Romeo & Juliet play"
I turn my head to look at Samantha and Dariana. We have read R&J for fun many, many times. We are suckers for romance books. This will be an easy A for us
"Since I know most of you haven't touched your books since freshman year I will give you a week to read at least up to act 3. To make this easier and faster we will work with partners, and they won't only work for the class but for the play as well so get comfortable around them"
I have a very bad feeling about this. I've read enough Wattpad stories to know what happens with partner projects and I'm really dreading it
"Since my whole plan has changed we will pick partners now and begin today. I have extra copies in the backroom for those who don't have one with them today"
Ok, Mr. Lopez usually lets us pick our own partners, I'll just go with Sammy or Dariana.
"Ok so we will split in half, the right half will put their names in and the other will pick out"
And he had to change his system, of course
Both Sammy and Dariana come to my side and I notice Jackson on the other. Just to make sure I sneakily move to his side so that I won't be able to get him
"Is this it? No switching sides? Ok, write down your names here and put it in that bag" Mr. Lopez tells the other side of the class
When he moves I notice chocolate brown eyes staring at me challengingly, I look beside me to make sure I was just imagining things
Nope, he moved
That son of a-. This is fine, there's like 30 people in this class meaning it's a 1 out of 15. I'm fine
"Now, everyone here grab a piece of paper. To make this fair you will grab it and you cannot see it. Grab it and give it to me, I'll write down the partners and tell you all at the end of class. I don't want you guys being unproductive and just goofing around with someone you know"
Nooooooo. Well there goes my plan of changing partners if I needed to
God, what have I done to deserve this? Why are you so eager to torture me?
When it's my turn to grab a piece of paper I try to take a look before giving it to Mr. Lopez but he snatches it from my hand before I have the chance. Why does the faculty also have to be supernatural?
I lock eyes with Jackson and see him smirking. How can he go from a shy little boy that's happy by just holding my hand to...whatever that is
Once Mr. Lopez writes down everyone's partners down we all sit back down
"Now for the groupings. Samantha and Carson, Macy and Miguel, Alicia and Rin, Ariana and Mikael,"
And like that, he goes down the list
"Dariana and Karma," How do I just know I'm next, "Alexandra and Jackson, and lastly Nene and Nico"
I can't really say I'm shocked, this is some Wattpad shit.
If you are reading into my thoughts right now tell the author to please not make me suffer
Yep, I'm going crazy and it's all his fault
"Get with your partners and start reading," Mr. Lopez says before getting back to his computer
I decide to get this over with so I just stand up and try to walk up to Jackson. I'm stopped by this blondie with green tips, I think her name was Nene
"Hey Alexandra," She's being friendly, too friendly
"Hi?"
"I noticed you weren't too happy with your partner, if you want I could always convince Mr. Lopez to help us switch. Not everyone wants to be around the new kid, I understand that" she puts her hand on my shoulder in a friendly manner but there's more underneath that sweet, friendly smile
The feeling from lunch comes back. It's a sense of...possessiveness. Why?
Oh.
I shake her hand off and put on my fakest smile
"Did I really give a bad reaction towards receiving Jackson as my partner?" I ask in a high pitched voice to match hers
She nods, "It's totally fine you know, we can talk to Mr. Lopez and switch" she starts walking towards the front of the class but I grab her wrist and turn her around
Trying to not sound hostile I lower my head near her ear, "Why would I be mad to be partnered up with my boyfriend?"
I let her wrist go and walk towards Jackson. He's grinning like an idiot
"What?" Why is he smiling? "Stop it, you're freaking me out" I shiver
"So I'm your boyfriend now?" He raises an eyebrow. How? I said that super low. When I don't catch on he moves his finger from his lips to scratch his ear
Fucking lycan hearing