2. SCHOOL.
This had to be the biggest practical joke that I had severely encountered for the rest of my sixteen years of carefree life.
"Mother, I don't want to go to a high school." I said firmly, trying to control the insane fury building up in my head.
I followed Francesca around the trophy room; which I was now holding some hand-made posters from her fans. She was staring at the almost full of posters wall in a oh-dear-too-many-posters-and-pictures-already look in her face.
"But I thought you wanted to, dear." She replied, taking a poster from my hand without looking at me. "When I asked you few months back. Do you remember?"
Of course I remember! I thought she was joking with me when she did ask me and that was why I had said yes. I was only joking! Couldn't she tell that I was joking?! Obviously this mother of mine did not understand me at all!
Few months back in London she asked me about it but... I had never been to school before. James had always been my tutor, an excellent one. I would love to have him around as my tutor for the rest of eternity.
Now, it's almost September, what had happened last two weeks were almost fading into the back of my head. Sebastian had always gone out to play with his two new friends - Samuel Madison and Frederick Finnegan. I was jealous of Sebastian for being able to control his thirst whenever he was with those humans as well as my sister and my parents. They managed fairly well socializing with humans but not me. I was always an exception.
"Ugh! Ma! I. Was. Only. Joking! Can't you tell when you hear one?!" I half shrieked.
I dropped the posters angrily, folded my arms against my chest and slumped down to the nearest chair.
"Too late. I had already registered you there. You're-" she picked up the posters and put them on the couch, "-going with the two of them when the first of September arrives."
"I don't want to mingle with those human, you know very well I don't and definitely you amongst all of our kind, amongst the family, at least could understand why!" my voice was rising rapidly, trying to level my anger.
"Dear..." she sighed and turned to me as she finished with one of the posters. "School would be fun. You'll have new friends to hang out with. Learn new environments-"
"Friends?" I snorted. "For all we know, the last time I had a friend, he fascinated me so much that I had my teeth sunk into his throat."
"It's all in the past, dear." She said wearily with a hint of pain on her face. "I bet you could do much better this time."
"Ma, didn't you know that I almost jumped on the whole load of human on the day we bought our cars if it weren't for Sebastian and Fiona? On that Madison boy when we were alone on the porch? On Finnegan - well, not actually but I had thought about it!" Francesca raised her eyebrows when I mentioned Finnegan but I chose to ignore her. "What are your guarantees that I wouldn't do the same when I'm surrounded by fresh young bloods? I mean, Seb and Fee won't be around to stop me then." I reasoned.
"Really, Alexandra." She sighed. "It's all about self-esteem and determination. That how the rest of us managed not to attack people-"
"Really? Why hadn't I thought of those before?" I muttered sarcastically.
"-and if you have those, then you'll be just fine and will be able to do it much easier. Practice's what you need." She continued as if she didn't hear me.
"If I have those, Ma. The problem is... I don't have it." I insisted.
"I still want you to go to school." She said.
