Not What She Seems

Chapter Three

     I woke up to blarring music from my phone. I had forgotten to get a new alarm clock, so this was the best thing I had. I knew I soon had to deal with Ralph in my living room so I quickly got ready. I brushed my teeth, did my hair, did some makeup. I then walked to my closet, pulling on my black skinny jeans, a maroon flowy top, and my usual black leather jacket. I slipped on my pair of black velvet boots and went to the door.

     I opened my door and went down the hallway to find Ralph, sitting up with his head in his hands.

    "Hey.. how ya' feelin'?" I ask him. He looks up in surprise and relaxes once he sees its me.

     "My head is aching. Do you have anything that can help?" I nod in his direction, I grab some water and Advil from my kitchen and rush to bring it to him. He gives me a smile as a thanks and quickly downs it. I saw the cut on his arm and regret immediately washed over me. I hated that I did that to my new friend. Ever since I turned my emotions back on, I felt everything with so much passion. Sadness, anger.. love. I hated it. But I knew it was better this way. I promised I wouldn't turn my humanity back off.

     "So do you wanna go to school today? We can skip if you feel too much like shit." I say, half jokingly. A smile appeared on his way with a short chuckle.

     "Nah, I gotta go. My attendance record is horrible." He tells me. I just nod and sigh while standing up from the couch.

     "Well, I'll drive you. I can drive you to your house to get changed too, we have enough time." I inform him. He smiles at me and gets up too.

     "Cool, thanks Eve." He responds, I smile back at him as we head to the door.

     We arrive at his house. A few cars were in the front, I guessed his parents were home. He had a simple house, it was a perfect cookie cutter house. He got out and I followed. As we walked to the door, he pulled out his keys while preparing to unlock it. Once the door was open, he walked in. I had to stay outside the doorway, I wasn't invited in. He went to go up the stairs but stopped when he realized I didn't come it.

     "Come on in, Eve. You can just sit in the living room, I'll be out in a sec." He says, I feel the barrier lift as I walked through the door with a smile. I see his living room and walk to it, flopping down on tbe couch. I pulled out my phone and began to scroll through it.

     "Ralph, hun, was that yo-" I hear a female voice stop mid sentence. I look and see a middle aged women. She had Ralph's eyes and nose. "Who are you?" She asks with a confused and concerned look.

     "Oh! I'm Ralph's friend from school. He crashed at my place after falling and passing out last night, he wanted to change his clothes before going to school." I explain to her, I quickly get up and stick my hand out with a sweet smile.

     "Alright.." She shakes my hand. "Was he alright?" She asks, clearly concerned for him.

     "Yeah, he's okay. He has a small cut on his arm and that's it, I got him to my house safely." I tell her, I keep on a sweet smile while I hear a door open upstairs.

     "Mom? That you?" I hear Ralph ask from the stairway. His mom turns from me and walks up the stairs to him. I hear her talk in a hushed voice so I focus on hearing them.

     "Ralph! Don't tell me you slept with her! Have you been sleeping around?!" I hear her ask angrily.

     "What?! No! Eve's just my friend!" He whispers back to her. I hear her sigh and I could tell she relaxed.

     "Good.. just get to school." She dismisses him and I hear him walk down the stairs. He turns to me with a tired smile. I smile and twist my heel.

     "Ready to go?" He just nods and we head out the door. I rush back to my car and get in. We make our way to school.

     I park my car close to the school entrance. We got out and grabbed our bags. We walked in, side by side. I'd say we looked pretty much like best friends. Once we walked through the front door, I put my head up and started talking off my jacket. Everyone was looking at me, just like yesterday. Ralph looked at me like I was crazy.

     "What are you doing? It's freezing in here." He says with a short laugh. I give him a look then roll my eyes.

     "First impressions are good, but if you keep making the same impression, people think it's real." I explain to him. "Plus, it doesn't feel cold to me." It really didn't, I couldn't tell the difference between hot and cold. I couldn't feel much. He just shakes his head playfully at me while we walk to our first class. The girls payed no attention to me, but the guys? Couldn't keep their eyes off me. I felt powerful. I mean, I already was powerful, but I felt more powerful. I follow Ralph to the back while sending a wink to a random jock that was checking me out. I sit in my seat and something caught my attention.

     "I heard the new guy is smoking hot. Isnt he super rich too? He's in this class, right?" I hear a girl whisper to the other one next to her.

     "Yeah, I heard he's now the hottest guy in school." The second one responds. The first girl has a confident smile on her face.

     "I'm gonna sleep with h-" I quickly stopped listening. I didn't want to hear what she was about to say. Gross. I cringed and payed attention to my phone. I scrolled through my Instagram feed, seeing pictures from my old friends in Mystic Falls.

     "Good morning class, I'd like all of you to meet our new student. The second one this week." I finish scrolling while hear multiple girls gasp and a couple foot steps coming in the room. "Meet Kyran Blocker." I feel a heated gaze on me and I raise my head, meeting the pair of diamond blue eyes from last night.

    "Hey, I'm Kyran." Girls swoon in their chairs from his voice. My breath got caught in my throat and I narrowed my eyes at him. He kept his gaze on me. He had bleached blonde hair, dark eyebrows, a curved jaw, pink full lips, and slightly tanned skin. It would be hard to think he's a vampire. He was so familiar. Where could I know him from?! Ralph looked over and noticed my shocked expression. He tapped my arm, making me snap my head to him and mouthed the words 'are you okay?' I just nodded slowly. I looked back at Kyran, seeing his gaze go to Ralph for a second. It almost seemed like he was mad to see me next to Ralph. His eyes snap back to mine and he keeps them there. The teacher assigns him to a seat, but he stared at me the whole time.