Being One Of Them

Chapter I

Mia's POV

I felt the sunshine hit my face and I could barely open my eyes, it felt like any other Monday. Until I realized today was my first day in high school. I let out a happy sigh and laid there for a few more minutes thinking on how, from now on, things will be different. I jumped from the bed and immediately ran to the bathroom to get prepared.

Getting out of the bathroom I went to the drawer and picked out a hoodie with a pair of jeans and to top it all, some sneakers. You can say I'm not a girly-girl, I like using jeans and sneakers but sometimes I can, too, use dresses and such. I ran downstairs almost tripping. As I made my way down to my kitchen, my nose was suddenly filled with the smell of pancakes. I walked closer, I could see it was my mother who was cooking.

"Smells good mom," I said as I sat down on a chair

"Morning sweetheart," she said while cooking. "Mia I don't think it's a good idea for you to go to High school".

"Mom, I'm already big enough to take care of myself" I sighed, I was too old for this, I was already 17 and I could finally get to go to school. My mom was always a bit worrisome person, he was always unsure of the coexistence of humans and the supernatural. And I understood, but there's nothing we could do about it.

I felt a little tap on my leg. I looked down and saw my fluffy little friend, I bent down and pet Milo, my teacup Pomeranian; the most adorable dog ever. He doesn't leave my side and is just a fluff of energy.

"Hey Milo, today is my first day in school, what do you think about that?" I looked at my dog and waited for a response, but he just only looked at me with a blank face... thanks, Milo.

My mom served me the pancakes with some syrup on top. "Mia, eat your breakfast don't be late" My mom turned around and started washing the dishes while I devoured those delicious pancakes.

"Sweetie, eat a little bit slower" She didn't even need to look at me, my mom knows me so well.

"I have to do it or else I'll be late and I don't want that," I say with my mouth full of pancakes. After I finished I stood up, went to the kitchen, gave my mom a hug, and a quick goodbye. Before I left I grabbed my bag, because, yes, I almost forgot my bag on the first day of school, good one Mia.

"Please be careful!" Shouted my mom as I closed the door.

"Don't worry mom!" I yell back. As I closed the door I took a deep breath and looked around. A small town, with houses, roads, neighbors yelling at each other, so simple yet so perfect to me. Before coming here I lived in a big city, but I never liked it there. Especially after my dad died, my mom decided to live somewhere quiet.

The sun on a cold Monday morning was perfect for me. I don't care about waking up early, in fact, I love waking up early since today and forth I'll be attending school. I don't know why mom wanted me to be homeschooled, maybe the fact that the supernatural beings were living side by side with humans? My mom tends to overthink stuff a lot, but I don't, I just like exploring, seeing new things, I'm just a curious girl. Besides, who doesn't want to meet vampires and werewolves? you could say there was something that drew me to the supernatural.

As I daydreamed, I finally realized that I had reached my school. I could feel my heartbeat race as I finally saw the entrance, I felt like I was in a movie. I couldn't wait to make friends, socialize, and maybe even fall in love. In all 17 years of my life, I had never dated anyone. At first, I wasn't really looking for a partner, but now I wanna live my life to the fullest, since I will only have 2 years left before highschool finishes.

I crossed the entrance of the school and went to the reception. The doors were made out of glass and I was careful not to touch it as I opened it. A kind old woman smiled at me and said "Hi, sweetie, how may I help you?"

"Morning my name is Mia Gray, and I'm a new student in North Wood High School", the woman looked down on her keyboard and started typing.

"Ah yes, Mia," she said after reading something.

"Let me print out your High School schedule, take a sit there, I'll be back with your papers in a few", I thanked her and sat on one of the chairs in the reception, I looked through the doors and saw all of the kids walking to the school, all laughing and joking around, a little smile appeared on my face as thoughts came running to my mind on how High School was going to be fun.

The old lady came back and I hurriedly made my way to her desk, she handed me the schedule "So here are all of the subjects you'll be taking, below the subject you have the number of the room and to the left of it you have the hours if you have any question as to how to get to your class just ask around" I take the paper of her hand and looked through my schedule "Your locker is also written on the bottom left, I hope you have a lock, if not you can get one later so you can leave your school supplies". I once again thanked her and made my way out of the reception.

After a while of walking through the corridors, I found my class and started looking around, I saw everyone in their little groups talking and joking around. I stood right in front of the entrance for a solid 2-3 minutes like a dork, because of this I felt someone push me, I looked at who it was, the person who pushed me was a boy with blond hair and sunglasses covering his eyes, his lips parted a little bit revealing his white sharp fangs, he was wearing all black except for the t-shirt that was white, but the leather jacket, his shoes, and jeans were all black.

"Hey, you pushed me" I say while tracing behind him, I wasn't gonna let him off the hook.

"So?" Says the boy while taking a seat, putting his legs up on the desk. The whole class was watching the show and whispering to each other, what was so great about him that the whole class fell silent?

"You should apologize" I crossed my arms and gave him a mean look. The boy took off his aviator sunglasses revealing reddish colored eyes looking directly at me, this made me jump a little bit in fear but I tried not to show it.

"Do you think I care?" After that, his 6"0'-foot tall figure hovered over my 5"2' figure. I was nervous, I definitely knew I couldn't go against him. The boy took a step towards me, taking all my personal space, putting both of his hands on the desk, trying not to let me go. "You wanna try me baby?" a devilish smile appeared in his face and I gulped in fear. Note to myself: Never bother him.

"Uhm you know what? I can just sit there" I pointed to an empty desk behind him, I laughed nervously as I crouched to pass under his arm and started walking faster to my desk. I could feel his eyes tracking me as I walked towards my seat, I can't believe I made a scene like that, it's not like I could defend myself against him, but jeez he needs to learn some manners. As I sat down I covered my face with my hands, that was so dumb of me now people will know me by that girl who challenged a vamp. Great.

As time passed I saw different people enter, that I hope I can get along with them. I could tell which ones were vamps and werewolves, the humans always separated themselves from them. We were basically at the bottom of the food chain so humans would always try to lay low. But in my case, I'll make friends with not only humans but vampires and werewolves too.

After 10 minutes the teacher finally came in, he greeted us and looked at a folded paper he had in his hands. "Today we have a new student" As he says that, he started looking around until his eyes lay upon me, I awkwardly stood up and went to the front of the class and introduced myself.

"Morning everyone, my name is Mia Gray pleasure to meet you all" I gave a big smile, trying my best to give a good first impression and make them forget about what happened 15 minutes earlier.

"Everyone, please treat Mia well" The teacher gave a small tap on my shoulder and continued "You may sit Mia" I gave a nod and went back to my seat. As I walk I noticed my desk neighbor, he had dark brown hair, with honey-colored eyes, he also had a strong physic with his big shoulder and sharp jawline he looked bored and was staring off to space since I'll be sitting with him 'till the end of school I'll introduce myself to him "Hi, name's Mia and yours?" the boy looked at me with the same bored expression and replied in a monotone voice "Luke" giving no welcoming feeling.

School is gonna be harder than I thought...