It was overwhelming, almost too impressive for me to understand. The buildings and houses and even the dense atmosphere was heavy on me, so burdensome that almost unconsciously I stopped. Everything seemed so different, everything was different. Well, after all it had been more than a hundred years since I was last out in the sunlight.
First day of school. Uff.
I took a deep breath and continued walking; the warm aroma of the wild flowers surrounded me as if in a protective layer of sweetness. The smell of the fresh paint was still in the air and it was almost intoxicating. The buildings surrounding the big campus were almost too big to even pretend to be high school buildings; they seemed to drag me right into its architectural grandeur. That was where I was going, Jefferson’s Senior High School in the State of New York.
For the first time in many, many years I was ridiculously nervous. For most people, normal teenagers who had a life, tenth grade was just a time that you spent with your friends, studied when you could since that wasn’t really our concern, and just enjoyed your adolescence. But for me, it was like a medieval torture that I had to go through every day and not just once. Technically, I didn’t have to go through this but I had to obey my master’s orders and attend this hellhole. So I walked through the school’s lane until I reached the first building on the right and found the office.
It was kind of awkward for me being among humans, teenage humans that talked about such superfluous stuff that it almost ached in my ears. It was so lame! But as my tutor said, had to fit in as best as I could. The line to the office was not long though; there were just two or three kids making line to get their book list and stuff. But what irritated me the most was the fact that even when I knew most if not all the things about this grade, I still had to wait and be taught. I could have easily got over all these dudes in front of me and get this all done, but… I had to be human.
“Aliz Feh…” Yeah, that was part of my name being called. And that usually happened here in North America, not one person knew how to pronounce my last name. Oh, damn me for being Hungarian and having a difficult name to pronounce!
“Feher Miss” I called, walking slowly towards the secretary whose hair was obviously dyed blonde because the black roots in the middle were incredibly noticeable. She looked at me from above her huge round glasses and went back to her papers.
“Miss Aliz” Her voice rung in my ears like a mistuned bell, almost two octaves higher than a normal human voice.” You are already late for your first class but since you are new I guess I can call the teacher and make an excuse for you”
I just nodded, what was I supposed to say anyways? Thank you didn’t really apply to this situation, and any other phrase I was thinking about wouldn’t have sounded too polite.
“So here’s your map, you school supplies list, you reading list, and your schedule. Now, off you go”.
Well that was quick, and quite impolite of her. Ugh, how irritating were humans! But good thing it was quick, so I grabbed my backpack and schedule and started walking away from the secretary’s desk. But before I opened the door, the high pitched voice sounded again in my ears..
“Miss Feh…”
“Feher” I said through gritted teeth. It was so annoying that no one knew how to say my last name. It was Hungarian not American. American last names were so lame and simple. I wished I could kill her for that, but I learned the hard way that killing people for that was not the right thing.
“ I think your tutor already got you all the books, didn’t he?” . This was great, I loved him, I loved my tutor but I wondered when he was going to let me do all things by myself. I mean, after all I was old enough to do some things alone.
“Yes” I said flashing a smile a bit too fake. But before I could turn around a strange feeling came. It was as if I was being suffocated, as if my lungs were about to collapsed. That feeling so rushed and out of nowhere resembled one single thing, thirst. But with that desperate feeling came a voice, so soft and mesmerizing.
“Hey umm, do you think you can give me the list?” The soft manly voice said from behind me. Even with the many years I had on me and the control I was supposed to have over myself, I couldn’t help to turn around and look at the person that had such beautiful voice.
And it was boy, a boy around seventeen years old with a black cap on his head. I couldn’t really see his face but there was something about him that seemed so weird and intriguing. He was pale, quite very pale or at least that was all I could see. His voice, even when whispering sounded so beautiful. But the secretary’s irritating nasal speaking just ruined the whole moment and made his sound awkward. It was hard not to fall for such tempting presence but I had to if I wanted to stay here.
So I slowly began walking away from the office towards my classroom, trying hard not to think of the sudden attack of the thirst. Being inside such big, modern building definitely made me curious, and it served as a distraction. It had been so long since I had last being in the outer world: smelling the fresh air, taking in every scent I could find, looking at such brilliant blue sky even when it was winter. That made me walk slower, slower than I should have for I was quite too late for school. But just the feeling of having my curly brown hair move with the wind was beautiful, it was refreshing.
After a while of walking I reached my classroom. It was a big white classroom with three window panels on the east side of it, looking directly to the gardens. The teacher looked at me with wide angry eyes that looked more surprised than mad. I don’t know if he was doing it on purpose, but his face almost made me burst out into laughter. Mr. Carlson I think it was his name.
“Miss…” There he was going.
“Feher” I said through gritted teeth. I was in between hating my last names or hating the stupid Americans that couldn’t pronounce it.
“You’re late for class” Something I always wondered, always all through this many years, was why humans tend to say things that everyone already know. Yes I was late, something else?
“But your tutor already updated us with your current situation, so I think you are excused for this day” Mr. Carlson said. My tutor here, my tutor there, he always surprised me. I never knew how he managed to be two steps ahead all the time. Not even I was aware of what my current situation was!
“So little missy, you can go sit there” he pointed at the last row of seats where there was an open space for me. Perfect, being on the front meant more attention drawn to me so the row before the last one was perfect. So I walked slowly towards it, staring down at the floor for the curious gaze of all the kids in the classroom was heavy on me.
I sat down and took my English book out while some of my classmates still stared at me. That was getting a bit irritating; yes, I was new, big deal! But well, the years that had gone by were not in vain, so I tried to calm down and seem…human. As long as I knew, humans liked attention, no matter how uncomfortable that could be. But I had to admit that even some of our kind liked attention and they liked getting it the bad way. The good thing is that in my world, everything had a price.
“So, let’s open our reading book on page…” The teacher began saying with his almost mockingly serious tone before a sweet voice interrupted him again. And there the teacher went, with his funny angry expression once again on his face.
He was there, standing in the doorway, with his cap and a guitar in his hands. It was the guy I found in the office and just as before, the same strange feeling ran through me. It was some sudden warmness, the kind of warmness I was not able to feel, for long ago I had been deprived from daylight. For some reason, I liked it but there was also this edge of danger in the warmness. But I ignored it.
“So, Mr. Aidan, late again?” The teacher asked him with a severe tone and finally gave him a serious look. Aidan just nodded and took off his cap. And to my surprise, he was really gorgeous, so very gorgeous with a classic beauty but still so modern and rebel.
“Well mister, since you’re late I guess you’ll have to sit on the back…as always” Yeah, the teacher had some sort of incapacity of being serious. Unlike the teacher, Aidan seemed so serious and deathly. There was something about his eyes, well, besides the strange reddish brown color of them. There was this strange…secret behind them; a secret that seemed to drag me into them.
The seat the teacher pointed to him was right behind mine. That was either, great because he was so breathtaking or totally wrong, because he had this aura that made my lungs collapse and my breathing become difficult. With a soft pace, he walked past me to the empty seat behind mine. Even his smell was so strange but such a wonderful aroma! If I had been alive then, I would have blushed so red and felt so nervous .But now, after so many years, I felt nothing besides the attraction that the boy created and the dangerous feeling of living again.
***so this is quite experimental but I'm already in the third chapter of the story.lol. So please read, comment, review***
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