Entwined

Entwined Ch. 1

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“Hey, Krystel!”

I looked up from my journal, my auburn bangs sweeping over my left eye. I tucked my favorite purple pen behind my ear and nodded to my friend Samantha as she hurriedly sat down in front of me. The big grin on her lips was about to crack her face in half. She squealed, “You will not believe it! We got two new students and they’re twins and oh my goodness they’re so hot!”

I frowned, “How is that surprising? New students come all the time.” They did come all the time, and not by choice. The House of Night was for vampyre fledglings. When a Tracker finds a teenager who will be a fledgling, they Mark them with a sapphire crescent on their foreheads. If we survived the Change, we became full vamps. If our bodies rejected the Change, we died. Simple as that. I know I should be more sympathetic when students die, but students are taught to get used to it. I was raised around death, so I already showed no reactions.

“You need to look at ‘em! They’re names are Bill and Tom and they came here all the way from Germany and they’re in a rock band and they’re-”

“Slow down! How the hell did you get all of that info if they just got here?”

“I have skills,” Samantha smirked and tapped the side of her head, “Neferet’s been showin’ ‘em around the school and I’ve kinda been eavesdroppin’ on ‘em. You should take a look at ‘em.”

I sighed heavily and turned in the direction she was looking, only to have my cerulean eyes widen.

They were hot. No, they were super hot. I dare say they were hotter than Erik Night, who was the hottest student in the House of Night.

They both had brown eyes, but my attention first rested on the boy with dirty blonde dreadlocks. A black gangsta hat rested on top of his head. He had a lipring on the left side of his lip, which he was playing with constantly. He was wearing a plain, green, over-sized shirt with plain, over-sized jeans. While Neferet spoke, he’d wink at a few staring girls. He winked at me and a wave of awkward disgust rushed through me. Somehow, he didn’t sit right with me. I looked at his twin who, for some odd reason, I could tell was the younger one, even though he was about an inch taller. His hair was pitch black and almost shoulder length. He had thick, black makeup around his eyes and an eyebrow piercing on his right brow. His shirt was slim-fitting and red with black splatters, and his jeans were skinny with a few holes and tears. His eyes were glancing around the dining hall in curiosity and amazement. The girls passed hushed whispers to one another about them, but the raven-haired kid gained the most attention, including my own. He was so…so…interesting.

Samantha’s voice sprung up, “He looks kinda like you.”

“He does not!” My protest was a little too loud.

“Are you kiddin’? You both got that whole ‘emo’ and ‘goth’ thing goin’ on.”

“So? That’s just coincidence.”

“I don’t think so- Oh! Here they come!”

Samantha and I held our breaths as Neferet, our High Priestess, gracefully walked by our booth. I accidentally met her moss green eyes and she smiled, “Hello you two.” She turned to the boys and motioned her hand to us, “Bill and Tom, these two girls are also new. They transferred to the House of Night about three weeks ago.” She looked at us again with a warm smile, “How about you introduce yourselves?”

Samantha grinned and waved, “Hey, I’m Samantha Winters. It’s nice to meet y’all! Trust me, y’all are gonna love it here!”

I looked up shyly and unintentionally met Bill’s eyes. We stared for a few seconds before I looked down, my face red and hot. I sensed his curiosity in his aura along with his…nervousness?