Threatened (A House of Night story)

Chaos

A knock at the door snapped me out of my self-pity but I simply sat there, wondering if I imagined it. A few seconds later, more persistent knocking ensued.

I guess I didn't imagine it.

Quickly, I pushed myself up off the ground and glided towards the door to stop the annoying rattle. With a twist on the knob, the door clicked open with my face peering out the hallway in curiosity. My gaze had to travel down to where a five foot one girl looked up at me with an innocent, excited gaze.

"Hiya!" She even gave a little puppy jump with her greeting.

"Um...hello?" I wasn't aware children were being marked, but she was probably a simple teenage girl. Wait. Did I say simple?

Her smile brightened at my response and stuck out her little hand for me to shake. I obliged. "I know I'm short but I assure you, I'm capable of kicking ass." So she wasn't a child.

I offered a small smile, "Good to know. Uh, do you need something?" I wasn't trying to be rude but I wanted to catch up on misery. She gestured to the room on the opposing side of the hall with her thumb, "I just wanted to introduce myself! I'm Purlue, Luey to friends. I'm your neighbor, so to speak."

I nodded in understanding, opening the door a little farther as I leaned against the doorframe, "I'm Frost." Boy, did my tone match my name. I didn't want this to be her first impression of me. She just simply got me at a bad time. Hesitantly, I spoke up hoping my voice was much kinder, "Sorry, it's just with the whole..." I gestured around me to end the sentence.

"No problem!" She shook her head making her black hair whip around her face. "We all go through it but if you have questions don't hesitate to ask mmkay?" As an afterthought, she leaned in putting a hand next to her mouth to make it look secretive as she whispered to me, "I also heard you talking to the she-demon so it's totally understandable."

With that, the petite girl looked up at me again with sea green eyes that appeared friendly. Man, this girl was full of energy. It was buzzing off her in waves. On closer inspection, I realized her mark was red, not blue. "You're one of the red ones?" My mouth blurted out the question before I gave it permission and silently prayed she didn't ask about mine.

Instead, she bobbed her head, "That's right! We seem to be growing in number recently."

"Huh. Cool." I seemed to have ended it awkwardly but she didn't seem to mind.

Luey chirped up again before I could say good-bye, "Do you have your schedule? Maybe we have some classes together!" My face went blank. I wasn't aware of a schedule being given out to me, just the Fledgling Handbook.

Catching the drift of my cluelessness, Luey rolled her eyes and strolled passed me into my room. Overall, she looked like a cool girl to hang with but barging in like that bristled my feathers. Big no no to an only child who didn't like her space being invaded.

"Okay, I appreciate the help but this isn't really the best...", once again my words fell away as Purlue waved a piece of paper in her hand that she grabbed from the desk that I assumed every room had since it wasn't one of mine. A look of triumph crossed her face as she scampered over to me and practically smashed the paper into my face. "Look, look!"

I yanked the paper away from my face and wrinkled my nose in annoyance until my eyes pored over the page to where the classes would take up the rest of my year.

1st hour- Vampyre Sociology 101. Rm. 211 Prof. Astrea

2nd hour- Drama 101. Performing Arts Center. Prof. Danil.

3rd hour- Lit. 101. Rm. 213. Prof. Eros

4th hour- Jiujutsu. Outer Field. Prof. Rain

LUNCH BREAK